Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th May, 1887.
Complete Left, 5th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct., 1887
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM C. VAN VLIET, of 37, West 52nd Street,
New York, United States of America.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines for wiring corks in bottles and similar vessels.
In the specifications of United States Patents, number 352,168 granted
November 9th 1886, to William C. Van Vliet, and numbers 295,735 and 318,955
granted March 25th 1884, and June 2nd 1885, respectively to Oramill C. Carpenter,
all of which are for improvements in machines for wiring corks in bottles, several
forms of mechanism are illustrated designed to secure the corks in bottles by passing.
four separate strands or wires over the cork and around the neck of the bottle, two of
said wires passing up over the top of the cork and one on each side of the neck,
the ends of said wires being twisted together on opposite sides of the neck of the
bottle.
In each of said machines the mechanism is adapted to draw the binding wires
around the neck of the bottle and over the cork, to twist the ends of said strands or
wires on opposite sides of the neck, and to sever the binding wires from the con-
tinuous length of wire, but with the exception of the machine described in the
specification of Patent 352,168, of William C. Van Vliet, the said twisted ends of the
binding wires remain projecting straight out from the sides of the neck of the bottle
after the bottle is removed from the machine and must be subsequently pressed close
to the neck of the bottle by hand.
The mechanism illustrated in said Specification of Patent, number 352,168, is
adapted to press said projecting twisted ends down close to the neck of the bottle but
the bending down mechanism is separate from and entirely independent of the wiring
mechanism and after the binding wires have been drawn over and around the head of

page_text: the bottle, twisted and cut off by the wiring mechanism, the bottle is then removed
from said mechanism and is inserted into the bending down mechanism by which the
final operation is performed.
This necessarily involves two separate and distinct operations, requires considerable
handling of the bottle and thereby limits the working capacity of the operator
and the machine, and also increases the complexity of the mechanism and its cost of
construction.
The primary purpose of the invention herein specified is to avoid this double
handling of the bottle, by so constructing a machine that all of the necessary
operations of wiring the bottle, severing the wire, and bending down the projecting
twisted ends are performed consecutively without removing the bottle from the
machine until all of the operations are finished and the bottle is completely wired.
In addition to this principal object the invention is further designed to provide a
device for regulating the tension of the wire, and also a simple and effective con-
trivance whereby the overdrawn wires are pressed down close to the neck of the
bottle and near the encircling wires, on the side of the bottle next to the rotating and
sliding spindle, before being twisted.
The form of construction selected to embody the invention in an operative machine
is described in connection with certain old features illustrated in the specifications
herein before referred to.
The construction and operation of those wiring machines to which my invention
relates and which are described in the specifications herein before mentioned will be
herein briefly described in order that a more complete understanding may be had of
the relation of my improvement thereto and a clear line of separation drawn between
what is old and what is new in the mechanism.
In said mechanism the old portions thereof and to which I lay no claim are the
gripping-nippers which seize the twisted ends of the binding-wires and the mechanism
for operating the same the reciprocally and rotatively moving twisting plyers which
cause the binding-wires to encircle the neck of the bottle, and the device for producing
the proper movements thereof; the sliding and rotating tubular shaft to one end of
which are attached the twisting plyers and the mechanism for operating the same and
which also, by means of the wire-guiding tubes therein, maintain the separation of
said wires and serve to direct the same from the spools to and through the twisting
plyers and the over-drawn wire-guiding tubes and the mechanism for causing the
rotating and sliding motion of said shaft at the proper time.
The ends of the twisting plyers are so shaped as to form an opening beneath the
Bocket which receives the head of the bottle, the encircling wires passing around the
outside of said plyers and through the perforated ends thereof to the nippers, and
the over-drawn wires extending diametrically across said opening from the tubular
shaft through the guiding and separating tubes or nozzles to the nippers.
In the initial operation of the machine the binding wires must be held or twisted by
hand to enable the nippers to seize the same, but after the first wiring operation and
each successive wiring, a sufficient length of the twisted ends is left. to enable the
nippers to seize and hold the ends of the wires.
The operation of the machine in wiring a single bottle is as follows:
The neck of the bottle is forcibly inserted through the opening, formed by the
plyers, into the socket carrying the wires lying over the top of the cork up therewith;
and, when the head of the bottle is in the position to permit the encircling-wires and
to be drawn properly around the same, a bevel gear wheel actuated by the pulley
turning loosely on the main shaft is caused to rotate said main shaft by means of the
clutch mechanism which is under the control of the operator through the foot lever
which in turn actuates the mechanism which causes the sliding movement of the
tubular shaft.
The result of this operation is, that the twisting plyers are moved backward or away
from the nippers, the jaws opening around the neck of the bottle. By means of
projecting lugs the jaws close together behind the neck of the bottle, thereby causing
the wires to encircle the neck of the bottle.

page_text: When the pliers have reached this position, which is the end of the sliding move-
ment, a clutching device operates to throw a portion of the head, which, because of its
normal loose position on the tubular shaft perinits said shaft to move backward there-
through, into holding engagement with the said sliding tubular shaft, which begins to
rotate, carrying said head and the several parts connected therewith, thereby twisting
the four binding-wires between the ends of the separating tubes and the plate in the
socket, into a single strand.
The distance between said tube and said plate is about twice the length of the
projecting twisted ends the said strand being severed at about the middle thereof,
leaving a portion of the twisted wire still projecting from the pliers and the tubes.
After the wires have been twisted a sufficient number of times, the cutting
mechanism operates to cut said twisted strand.
In the machines heretofore made, this last operation completes the wiring of the
bottle by a series of successive operations without removing the bottle from the socket
the twisted ends projecting straight out from the neck of the bottle, the finishing
operation of bending down the said ends being done by hand; or when performed by
mechanical means, said mechanism has been so arranged in relation to the wiring
mechanism that the bottle must be withdrawn from the said wiring mechanism and
inserted into separate bending-down devices, thus doing what my invention is designed
to avoid, viz. the additional handling of the bottle.
In my improved machine the twisting and severing of the wires is not the last
operation performed before the bottle is removed, but is followed by that operation
which constitutes the prime feature of the invention, viz. the bending down of the
twisted ends.
The devices for accomplishing this result are arranged around and attached to a
socket in the front portion of the machine, said socket being formed in or secured to
the end of a curved arm extending up from the frame of the machine.
The device for bending down the projecting ends on the front side of the bottle or
the side next to the nippers consists of a rocking frame pivotted to the curved arm, a
bolt extending through said frame.
Said frame consists of downwardly projecting plates or portions which lie on
opposite sides of the socket and are connected by cross bars, an arm projecting from
the upper bar having a spring supporting standard extending upwardly therefrom,
said arms being also provided with a roller.
That part of said rocking-frame, which acts directly to bend down the twisted ends
nearest the nippers is a lever pivotted to the bottom of the side portion consisting of
a toothed end which engages the twisted end, and an elongated end. To regulate and
adjust the pressure of said toothed end, to permit the same to meet different sized
bottles, suitable mechanism is provided for instance a spring actuated plunger regulated
by a nut on the threaded end, arranged within the tubular end the end of said plunger
bearing against a steel plate on the socket.
The effect of this arrangement is, when the arm is raised by the action of certain
other mechanism to be described hereinafter and the lower portion of the rocking-
frame is thereby lowered, to cause the end of said plunger to strike the steel plate and
by a further lowering of said lower portion, the toothed end is thrown around toward
the bottle in the socket, the bottle being held by the operator in such position that
said toothed end presses against the projecting twisted end and bends the same down
against the neck.
A spring throws the toothed end away from the bottle and from between the jaws
of the nippers when the rocking-frame is released. On the inside of the bottom of the
side of the rocking-frame is a hardened plate or cutter having the lower corner cut
out forming an angular recess the function of which, as well as the plate itself will be
detailed hereinafter. A projecting flange is provided on the serrated face of the
bending-down lever which supports the projecting twisted ends of the wires in the
bending down operation.
The mechanism for severing the twisted strand of twisted wire and bending down
the twisted ends projecting from the size of the bottle nearest the plyer head is

page_text: arranged on the opposite of the socket and curved arm, and consists of a swinging
frame pivotted on the same bolt which acts as a pivotal point for the rocking-frame
and projecting away from said bolt in the same direction as the arm having a roller
on the extreme end thereof.
To the lower parts of said frame is pivotted that portion of said frame, which directly
severs the twisted wires and bends down the projecting end, which consists of a piece
pivottally arranged between two bearing plates said piece being provided on one side
with a slotted arm through which passes a bolt.
The said arm projects into a hollow portion through which said bolt passes, and
around said bolt, between the bottom or end of said hollow portion and the slotted
arm a spring is arranged which presses said slotted arm outwardly.
From the opposite side of the tubular portion an arm projects, the outside of which
is curved, and extending out beyond said arm and secured thereto, is a cutter or
knife which is also curved to about the same degree thereby forming a continuous
curve.
Rising from said swinging frame are spring supporting strips between which, and
the standard on the arm are arranged springs.
For operating both of said frames, a double acting cam is employed, pivotted to the
back of the curved arm or to a plate bolted thereto, said cam consisting of two curved
portions on opposite sides of pivottal point thereof, the upper portion thereof engaging
with the roller on the rocking frame, while the lower portion bears upon the roller on
the swinging frame the engagement of said rollers with said portions being maintained
by the springs which tend to draw said rocking and swinging frames toward each
other and still permit the necessary operation of each.
The pivotal movement of said double acting cam is transmitted from the main shaft
through a cam which engages with a plate on a reciprocally moving rod at stated
intervals, and from an adjustable collar secured on said rod through a pivotted
connecting rods to the acting cam. The said connecting rod is pivotted to an arm.
The knife is of a peculiar form, having a long narrow projecting end extending
out from the main portion thereof, which is much broader than said narrow end,
thereby forming a cutting angle from the inside of which projects a wedge-like
projection which passes under the projecting twisting end after the twisted strand
has been severed and supports the same, while said end is pressed down close to the
bottle by the upper part of the knife.
The flange on the toothed or serrated end of the lever also serves the same
purpose.
The mode of operation of the above described devices for severing the twisted
strand, and bending down the projecting stubs is as follows.
The bottle having been inserted into the socket and the encircling and overdrawn
wires properly adjusted around the head of the bottle, by the operations previously
described the twisting of the four wires begins. During the continuous of this
operation, the rocking and swinging frames begin to move, the rocking frame to
cause the bending lever to perform its work and also to lower the plate towards the
twisted strand which lies in the recess, when the rocking frame has reached the
extent of its movement and the swinging frame to throw the cutter down towards
the twisting wires, which severs the strand at or near the close of the twisting
operation.
In cutting the strands the wires lie in the recess of the plate as above stated, and
are thereby held firmly when the knife strikes and severs the strand, at the same time
the toothed end presses the projecting twisted end down close to the bottle and
continues to press against the neck of the bottle during the cutting operation, acting
thereby to hold the head of the bottle immovably in the socket.
In cutting the twisted strand, the end of the knife passes behind the plate before
the cutting angle touches the wires, and after the separation of the strand the knife
continues its movement until the curved outside of the arm strikes the plate or
cutter. As said plate and the side portion to which it is secured are rigid and the
piece to which the knive is secured is movable, the knife is thrown in toward the

page_text: neck of the bottle against the projecting twisted end of the severed wires, thereby
pressing the same close to the neck of the bottle and at the same time the slotted
arm represses the spring.
By the time the severing and bending down operations are completed the cam
through which the motion of the main shaft is communicated to said severing and
bending down devices, as above described, has disengaged itself from the plate which,
when released, flies upward under the upward force of the spring which is arranged
around the rod.
This upward movement of the rod which latter carries the connecting rod upward
with it causes the return of the double acting cam to the normal unoperated position
of said mechanism, and thereby releases the rocking and pivotted frames and the
parts attached thereto, from that position which they have assumed in bending down
the twisted ends of the binding wires and allowing them to return to their unoperated
position, so as not to obstruct the remaining operation of the machine.
When the point in the operation of the machine is reached and the bending and
severing devices have returned to their normal position the bottle is withdrawn from
the socket completely wired, with the twisted ends of the binding wires pressed close to
the neck of the bottle.
Upon the removal of the wired bottle the return sliding movement of the spindle
and attached parts begins, and continues until the twisted ends of the wires which
remain projecting from the ends of the Plyers and guiding tubes are brought forward
and inserted between the jaws of the nippers, which close down upon the same.
Simultaneously therewith, by means of the tripping plate secured to the frame, and
against which the lever strikes at the end of the forward sliding movement of the
tubular shaft the clutch mechanism is disengaged from the shaft.
Upon the release of the head portion a spring acts to throw the same toward the
standard backward away from the socket and the plyer-head carrying with it all of the
parts attached thereto, including the leader or plate and the guiding tubes thus leaving
the over drawn wires extending diametrically beneath the socket and across the opening
between the perforated jaw of the plyers.
This last operation restores the machine to that position in which it is ready to
receive a second bottle to be wired and the operations hereinbefore described are
repeated.
The devices for stretching and holding the over drawn wires during and immediately
preceding the twisting operation and also for depressing the said wires close to the
neck of the bottle, are as follows but to enable the same to be more fully understood I
will briefly describe the mechanism with which the same is used and upon which the
operation of said device in some measure depends.
To the end of the tubular shaft or spindle is rigidly attached the plyer-head to which
the plyers are pivotted and projecting from said head are two perforated portions
through which the rods move the former of said rods being secured to the head
portion and projecting forward through one perforated portion toward the socket, and
the latter forming a part of the leader and projects backward through the other
perforated portion away from the socket into the head portion.
Around said rod is arranged a spring and within said rod is a spring and
plunger.
Near the end of the rod is a pin and a slot through which extends a fixed pin.
The clutch mechanism of the head portion consists of a locking-bar which enters a
recess in the shaft at the proper time, a lever and spring acting to throw said bar
into locking engagements.
To the leader is pivotted an angular tension plate or clamping device, one part of
which projects over a saddle which is poised on the knife-edge the other portion of,
said tension-plate projects upward just in front of the plunger.
The over-drawn wires pass from the tubular shaft forward between the tension
plate and the poised saddle to and through the guiding tubes, so that any movement
of said tension-plate down upon the saddle will grip and hold said wire immovably
therebetween.

page_text: The operation of these various devices is as follows to wit:
In the initial operation of the machine the backward sliding movement of the
tubular shaft carries all of the attached parts therewith and when the jaws of
the plyers have passed around and behind the neck of the bottle, sliding movement
of the shaft has reached that point when the head portion strikes the adjustable
fixture in the standard of the machine and remains stationary, a pin on the saddle
separating the wires.
The backward movement of the shaft however continues, the head sliding along
the rods and when the portion of the said head strikes the pin the leader is drawn
back carrying the tension plate backward against the end of the plunger thereby
pressing the lower portion of said tension plate down upon the wires between the same
as the saddle and will be understood and holding them immovably therebetween.
At the end of this backward sliding motion when the wires are thus held firmly by
the tension plate and between the jaws of the plyers the twisting operation begins
caused by the rotation of the tubular shaft and the plyers attached thereto.
A plate as hereinbefore stated to press the over drawn wires down towards the
neck of the bottle notches in the bottom of the said plate serving to prevent any
side movement or slipping of said wires.
The mechanism for producing the rotary and reciprocatory motion of the tubular
shaft is not described herein not being considered essential to an understanding of
that portion of the machine which forms the subject of the invention.
The four wire holding spools can be arranged independent of the tubular shaft
being removably arranged upon a bracket secured to the frame of the machine and
rotated by a system of gearing driven from the main shaft.
It will be understood that many variations of construction and arrangements of the
various parts herein described may be made for instance instead of forming an
abutment on the rocking frame to engage with the cutter the said abutment may be
operated and formed of an independent piece of mechanism and also so with other
portions of the mechanism hence I do not wish to be limited to the exact form of
mechanism described.
DL: 5th L... PR 1005
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Wiring or Securing Corks in
Bottles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
―
This invention relates to machines for wiring corks in bottles and similar vessels.
In the specifications of United States patents, number 352, 168 granted November 9th,
1886 to William C. Van Vliet, and numbers 295,735 and 318,955 granted March 25th
1884 and June 2nd 1885, respectively to Oramill C. Carpenter, all of which are for
improvements in machines for wiring corks in bottles, are illustrated several forms of
mechanism designed to secure the corks in bottles by passing four separate strands or
wires over the cork and around the neck of the bottle, two of said wires passing up
over the top of the cork and one on each side of the neck, the ends of said wires being
twisted together on opposite sides of the neck of the bottle.
In each of said machines the mechanism is adapted to draw the binding wires
around the neck of the bottle and over the cork, to twist the ends of said strands or
wires on opposite sides of the neck, and to sever the binding wires from the continuous
length of wire, but with the exception of the machine shown in patent 352,168 of
William C. Van Vliet, the said twisted ends of the binding wires remain projecting
straight out from the sides of the neck of the bottle after the bottle is removed from
the machine and must be subsequently pressed close to the neck of the bottle
by hand.
The mechanism illustrated in said patent, number 352,168, is adapted to press said
projecting twisted ends down close to the neck of the bottle, but the bending down
mechanism is separate from and entirely independent of the wiring mechanism and
after the binding wires have been drawn over and around the head of the bottle,
twisted and cut off by the wiring mechanism, the bottle is then removed from said
mechanism and is inserted into the bending down mechanism by which the final
operation is performed.
This necessarily involves two separate and distinct operations, requires considerable
handling of the bottle and thereby limits the working capacity of the operator and
the machine, and also increases the complexity of the mechanism and its cost of
construction.
The primary purpose of the invention herein specified is to avoid this double
handling of the bottle, by so constructing a machine that all of the necessary
operations of wiring the bottle, severing the wire, and bending down the projecting
twisted ends are performed consecutively without removing the bottle from the
machine until all of the operations are finished and the bottle is completely wired.

page_text: In addition to this principal object the invention is further designed to provide a
device for regulating the tension of the wire, and also a simple and effective con-
trivance whereby the over-drawn wires are pressed down close to the neck of the
bottle and near the encircling wires, on the side of the bottle next to the rotating and
sliding spindle, before being twisted.
The form of construction selected to embody the invention in an operative machine
is illustrated in the accompanying six sheets of drawings which show, in connection
with certain old features illustrated in the patents hereinbefore referred to, the novel
features of my invention, said common portions of the mechanism being included in
the drawings to more clearly indicate the relation of the novel portions thereto.
In said drawings, Figure is a plan of a wiring machine in which is shown the
mechanism selected to illustrate the invention, Figure 2 is a front elevation of the
said machine, Figure 3 is a front elevation of the socket which receives the head of
the bottle, and the bending down devices, the holding nippers, etc., arranged there-
around, in that position of the mechanism in which the completely wired bottle has
been removed from the socket and the twisted ends of the wires have been brought
forward and inserted between the nippers, which are about to close thereon, said
twisted ends and the mechanism that holds and projects the same, being omitted from
this view, the same being shown in Figure 2.
Figure 4, is an elevation of the rear of said socket and surrounding mechanism in
the position described in Figure 3, Figures 5 and 6 are respectively front and rear
elevations of the same mechanism shown in Figures 3 and 4 in a position which
immediately precedes that shown in said last named figures, in which position the
bending-down mechanism is pressing one of the projecting twisted ends close to the
front side of the neck of the bottle, while at the same time the cutting mechanism is
severing the twisted strands on the opposite of the neck of the bottle as shown in
Figure 6.
Figure 7, sheet 4, is a view partly in section of the mechanism for regulating the
pressure of the pivoted bending-down lever, Figure 8 is a sectional view taken
through the line x Figure 3, showing the position of the wire drawing and twisting
device, the nippers, etc., ready to permit the insertion of the head of the bottle,
Figure 9 is an enlarged detail view, in plan and section, illustrating the position of
the bending-down lever when pressing down the twisted ends on one side of the
bottle while the cutting mechanism is severing the twisted strands, and Figure 10 is a
similar view of the same devices after the twisted strands have been severed and the
bending-down devices on the same side of the bottle are performing their work.
On sheet 6, Figure 11 is a perspective view of the main portion of a rocking frame
to which one of the bending-down devices is pivoted, the larger portion of said
bending-down device being broken away in said view, Figure 12 is a similar view of
a double-acting cam, Figure 13 is also a perspective view, showing a pivoted swinging
frame to which is attached the severing mechanism and the bending-down mechanism
on one side of the bottle.
Figure 14 is a perspective view of a corked or wired bottle, Figure 15 a perspective
view of the pivoted knife-holding lover, Figure 16 a similar view of the wire-depressing
plate, and Figure 17 an enlarged view in perspective of the end of the cutter and a
portion of the binding wires, showing the manner of bending down one of the
projecting twisted ends.
On sheet 6, Figure 18 is a longitudinal section of the bottle socket etc., and the
mechanism moving on the end and turning with the tubular shaft and also the tension
devices in their relaxed position, Figure 19 is a, similar view of the same devices but
in a position in which the tension is being exerted, and Figure 20 is a perspective
view of the saddle.
Similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in each of
said above described views.
The construction and operation of those wiring machines to which my invention
relates which are described in the patents herein before mentioned will be herein
briefly described in order that a more complete understanding may be had of the

page_text: relation of my improvement thereto and a clear line of separation drawn between
what is old and what is new in the mechanism illustrated in the drawings.
In said illustrated mechanism the old portion thereof and to which I lay no claim
are the gripping-nippers A, which seize the twisted ends of the binding-wires and the
mechanism for operating the same, the reciprocally and rotatively moving twisting
plyers B, which cause the binding-wires to encircle the neck of the bottle, and the
device for producing the proper movements thereof, the sliding and rotating tubular
shaft C, to one end of which is attached the twisting plyers and the mechanism for
operating the same and which also, by means of the wire-guiding tubes therein,
maintains the separation of said wires and serves to direct the same from the spools D,
to and through the twisting plyers and the over-drawn wire-guiding tubes b, and
the mechanism for causing the rotating and sliding motion of said shaft at the
proper time.
The ends of the twisting plyers are so shaped as to form an opening beneath the
socket E which receives the head of the bottle, the encircling wires w and w¹ passing
around the outside of said plyers and through the perforated ends thereof to the
nippers, and the over-drawn wires w³ and w³ extending diametrically across said
opening from the tubular shaft through the guiding and separating tubes or nozzles b
to the nippers as indicated in Figure 8.
In the initial operation of the machine the binding wires must be held or twisted
by hand to enable the nippers to seize the same, but after the first wiring operation
and each successive wiring, a sufficient length of the twisted ends is left to enable the
nippers to seize and hold the ends of the wires.
The operation of the machine in wiring a single bottle is as follows:
The neck of the bottle is forcibly inserted up through the opening, formed by the
plyers, into the socket carrying the wires w² and w lying over the top of the cork up
therewith and when the head of the bottle is in the position to permit the encircling-
wires w and w¹ to be drawn properly around the same, the bevel gear wheel f, actuated
by the pulley f turning loosely on the main shaft y, is caused to rotate said main
shaft by means of the clutch mechanism ƒ”, which is under the control of the operator
through the foot lever f³, which in turn actuates the mechanism which causes the
sliding movement of the shaft C.
The result of this operation is, that the twisting plyers are moved backward or
away from the nippers, the jaws 6 opening around the neck of the bottle and by
means of the projecting lugs close together behind the neck of the bottle, thereby
causing the wires wand w¹ to encircle the neck of the bottle as indicated in Figure 14.
When the pliers have reached this position, which is the end of the sliding
movement, a clutching device in the portion of 63 of the head now operates to throw
said portion of the head, which, because of its normal loose position on the
shaft C, permits said shaft to move backward therethrough, into holding engagement
with the said sliding tubular shaft C, which begins to rotate, carrying said head
and the several parts connected therewith, thereby twisting the four binding-wires
between the ends of the separating tubes b and the plate e in the socket, into a single
strand.
The distance between said tube b and said plate e is about twice the length of the
projecting twisted ends, the said strand being severed at about the middle thereof,
leaving a portion of the twisted wire still projecting from the plyers and the tubes b.
After the wires have been twisted a sufficient number of times, the cutting
mechanism operates to cut said twisted strand.
In the machines heretofore made, this last operation completes the wiring of the
bottle by a series of successive operations without removing the bottle from the socket
the twisted ends projecting straight out from the neck of the bottle, the finishing
operation of bending down the said ends being done by hand, or when performed by
mechanical means, said mechanism has been so arranged in relation to the wiring
mechanism that the bottle must be withdrawn from the said wiring mechanism and
inserted into separate bending-down devices, thus doing what my invention is designed
to avoid, viz. the additional handling of the bottle.

page_text: In my improved machine the twisting and severing of the wires is not the last
operation performed before the bottle is removed, but is followed by that operation
which constitutes the prime feature of the invention, viz. the bending down of the
twisted ends.
The devices for accomplishing this result are arranged around and attached to the
socket E, in the front portion of the machine, said socket being formed in or secured
to the end of a curved arm e¹ extending up from the frame of the machine as
indicated in figures 3 to 6 inclusive.
The device for bending down the projecting ends on the front side of the bottle
or the side next to the nippers consists of a rocking frame pivoted to the arm e¹, at e³,
figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, a bolt extending through said frame as indicated.
Said frame consists of downwardly projecting plates or portions h, h¹, figure 11,
which lie on opposite sides of the socket, as shown in figures 1, 3 and 4 and are
connected by cross bars ³, an arm h³ projecting from the upper bar h², having a
spring supporting standard * extending upwardly therefrom, said arms being also
provided with a roller h³, figures 3 and 5.
That part of said rocking-frame, which acts directly to bend down the twisted
ends nearest the nippers is a lever he pivoted to the bottom of the side portion /¹,
figure 11, consisting of the toothed end h², which engages the twisted end, and an
elongated end h³. To regulate and adjust the pressure of said toothed end, to permit
the same to meet different sized bottles, suitable mechanism is provided that shown in
figure 7, consisting of a spring actuated plunger h, regulated by a nut on the threaded
end, arranged within the tubular end h³ the end of said plunger bearing against
steel plate on the socket figures 3 and 8.
The effect of this arrangement is, when the arm ³ is raised by the action of certain
other mechanism to be described hereinafter and the lower portion of the rocking-
frame is thereby lowered, to cause the end of said plunger h to strike the plate e³ and
by a further lowering of said lower portion the toothed end is thrown around toward
the bottle in the socket, the bottle being held by the operation in such position that
said toothed end presses against the projecting twisted end and bends the same down
against the neck as shown in figure 14.
A spring throws the toothed end away from the bottle and from between the
jaws of the nippers when the rocking-frame is released. On the inside of the bottom
of the side h of the rocking-frame is a hardened plate or cutter h", having the lower
corner cut out forming an angular recess h¹, the function of which, as well as the
plate itself will be detailed hereinafter. A projecting flange ¹³, figures 9 and 10, is
provided on the serrated face of the bending-down lever he which supports the pro-
jecting twisted ends of the wires in the bending-down operation similar to that
illustrated in figure 17 described hereinafter.
The mechanism for severing the twisted strand of twisted wire and bending down
the twisted ends projecting from the side of the bottle nearest the plyer head is
arranged on the opposite of the socket and curved arm, and is illustrated in figures 4
and 6, and in detail in figures 13 and 14, and consists of a swinging frame I, pivoted
at e² on the same bolt which acts as a pivotal point for the rocking-frame, and projects
away from said bolt in the same direction as the arm h³, having a roller i on the
extreme end thereof as in figures 4 and 6.
Te the lower parts of said frame I, is pivoted that portion of said frame, which
directly severs the twisted wires and bends down the projecting end, which consists of
a piece, pivotally arranged between two bearing plates, figure 13, said piece
being provided on one side with a slotted arm 3, through which passes a bolt *,
figures 9 and 10.
The said arm projects into a hollow portion ³, through which said bolt passes,
and around said bolt, between the bottom or end of said hollow portion and the
slotted arm, a spring is arranged which presses said slotted arm outwardly, as will
be understood by comparing figures 9 and 10.
From the opposite side of the tubular portion of the piece i¹, an arm projects as
indicated in figures 9, 10, 13 and 15, the outside of which, is curved and extending

page_text: out beyond said arm and secured thereto, is a cutter or knife, which is also curved
to about the same degree as the side, thereby forming a continuous curve, shown
more especially in figures 9 and 10).
Rising from said swinging frame are spring supporting strips 10, between which.
and the standard ht, on the arm h, and arranged springs ".
For operating both of said frames, a double acting cam is employed, pivoted to the
back of the curved arm el or to a plate et bolted thereto, said cam consisting of two
curved portions j, j¹, on opposite sides of the pivotal point thereof, the upper
portion thereof i, engaging with the roller 5 on the rocking frame, while the
lower portion bears upon the roller i on the swinging frame I, the engagement of
said rollers h³ and i with said portions j and ¹, being maintained by the springs ill,
which tend to draw said rocking and swinging fraines toward each other and still
permit the necessary operation of each.
The pivotal movement of said double acting cam is transmitted from the main shaft
through a cam g', which engages with a plate g³, on a reciprocally moving rod g³ at
stated intervals, and from an adjustable collar g, secured on said rod g³ through a
pivoted connecting rod j³, to the double acting cam. The said connecting rod is
pivotted to an arm, shown in figures 4 and 12.
As indicated in figures 13, 15 and 17 more clearly, the knife 2, is of peculiar
form, having a long narrow projecting end, extending out from the main portion
thereof, which is much broader than said narrow end, thereby forming a cutting
angle, from the inside of which projects a wedge-like projection ", which passes
under the projecting twisted end after the twisted strand has been severed and supports
the same, while said end is pressed down close to the bottle by the upper part of the
knife as in figures 10 and 17.
The flange on the toothed or serrated end of the lever he also serves the same
purpose as indicated in figures 9 and 10.
The mode of operation of the above described devices for severing the twisted
strand, and bending down the projecting stubs is after the following manner.
The bottle having been inserted into the socket, the encircling and overdrawn
wires properly adjusted around the head of the bottle, by the operations previously
described then the twisting of the four wires begins and during the continuance of
this operation, the rocking and swinging frames begin to move, the rocking frame
to cause the bending lever h, to perform its work and also to lower the plate ",
towards the twisted strand which lies in the recess, when the rocking frame has
reached the extent of its movement, as shown in figure 6, the swinging frame to throw
the cutter down toward the twisting wires, which severs the strand at or near the
close of the twisting operation.
In cutting the strands the wires lie in the recess h¹ of the plate ", as above stated,
and are thereby held firmly when the knife strikes and severs the strand, at the same
time the toothed end h' presses the projecting twisted end down close to the bottle
and continues to press against the neck of the bottle during the cutting operation,
acting thereby to hold the head of the bottle immovably in the socket as in
figures 9 and 10.
In cutting the twisted strand, the end of the knife passes behind the plate 4",
before the cutting angle touches the wires, as shown in figure 9, and after the
separation of the strand the knife continues its movement until the curved outside 28
of the arm strikes the plate or cutter and as said plate and the side portion h to
which it is secured are rigid and the piece to which the knife is secured is movable,
the knife is thrown in toward the neck of the bottle against the projecting twisted
end of the severed wires thereby pressing the same close to the neck of the bottle
and at the same time the slotted arm represses the spring, as illustrated in
figure 10.
By the time the severing and bending down operations are completed the cam g',
through which the motion of the main shaft is communicated to said severing and
bending down devices, as above described, has disengaged itself from the plate g
which when released, flies upward under the upward force of the spring g³, which is

page_text: arranged around the rod, g³, between the plate and a fixed bearing 9 on the frame
of the machine, as shown in figures 3 and 5.
This upward movement of the rod g³, and which also carries the connecting rod
upward with it, causes the return of the double acting cam from the position shown in
figures 5 and 6, which it assumes at the end of the severing and bending down
operations, to that shown in figures 3 and 4, which is the normal unoperated position
of said mechanism, and thereby releases the rocking and pivoted frames and the parts
attached thereto, from that position which they have assumed in bending down the
twisted ends of the binding wires and allowing them to return to their unoperated
position, so as not to obstruct the remaining operation of the machine.
When the point in the operation of the machine is reached and the bending and
severing devices have returned to their normal position the bottle is withdrawn from
the socket completely wired, with the twisted ends of the binding wires pressed close
to the neck of the bottle substantially as indicated in figure 14.
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Upon the removal of the wired bottle the return sliding movement of the spindle and
attached parts begins, and continues until the twisted ends of the wires which remain
projecting from the ends of the Plyers and guiding tubes 6 are brought forward and
inserted between the jaws of the nippers, which close down upon the same, as indicated
in figures 1, 2 and 8, and simultaneously therewith, by means of the tripping plate
secured to the frame, as indicated by the dotted lines in figure 19, against which the
lever strikes at the end of the forward sliding movement of the tubular shaft C,
the clutch mechanism that holds the portion 63 in engagement with the said shaft,
as indicated in figure 19 is disengaged from said shaft.
Upon the release of the portion 63, a spring acts to throw the same toward the
standard backward away from the socket and the plyer-head 6, carrying with it
all of the parts attached thereto, including the leader or plate 6 and the guiding
tubes attached thereto, thus leaving the overdrawn wires w², w³, extending
diametrically beneath the socket and across the opening between the perforated jaw of
the plyers, as indicated in figure 8.
This last operation restores the machine to that position in which it is ready to
receive a second bottle to be wired and the operations hereinbefore described are repeated.
That portion of the machine which embodies other features of my invention is
illustrated more in detail in figures 18, 19 and 20, on sheet 8 of the drawings in
which is shown the devices for stretching and holding the overdrawn wires w², 2013,
during and immediately preceding the twisting operation and also for depressing the
said wires close to the neck of the bottle.
To more fully understand the tension or clamping device, I will briefly describe the
mechanism with which the same is used and upon which the operation of said device
in some measure depends.
To the end of the tubular shaft or spindle C is rigidly attached the plyer-head 6º, to
which the plyers are pivoted as shown in figure 8, and projecting from said head are
two perforated portions 67, 68, through which the rods and 610, move; the former of
said rods 6º, being secured to the portion and projecting forward through the
portion 67 toward the socket, and the latter 6, forming a part of the leader 6º, and
projects backward through the portion 68 away from the socket into the portion b³
Åround said rod 1, between the portions and 67, is arranged a spring ", and
arranged within said rod is a spring and plunger 6.
Near the end of the rod 610 is a pin 616, and a slot 1 through which extends a fixed
pin 616.
The clutch mechanism of the portion 6³, consists of a locking-bar 617, which enters
a recess 618 in the shaft at the proper time, a lever 61 and spring 620, acting to throw
said bar into locking engagements as in figure 19.
To the leader be, is pivoted an angular tension-plate 621, or clamping device one part
of which projects over a saddle 622, which is poised on the knife-edge 623 the other
portion of said tension-plate projects upward just in front of the plunger 613, as
indicated in figure 18.
The over-drawn wires w³, w³, pass from the tubular shaft forward between the tension

page_text: plate and the poised saddle to and through the guiding tubes b, so that any movement
of said tension-plate down upon the saddie will grip and hold said wire immovably
there between.
The operation of these various devices is as follows to wit :-
In the initial operation of the machine the backward sliding movement of the tubular
shaft carries all of the attached parts therewith, and when the jaws of the plyers have
passed around and behind the neck of the bottle, the sliding movement of the shaft
has reached that point when the portion 63, strikes the adjustable fixture 24, in the
standard of the machine and remains stationary, a pin 2 on the saddle separating the
wires w³, and w³.
The backward movement of the shaft however continues the head 65 sliding along
the rods, and 610, and when the portion 68 of the said head strikes the pin 6, the
leader 66 is drawn back, carrying the tension plate backward against the end of the
plunger 6, thereby pressing the lower portion of said tension-plate down upon
the wires w³, w³, between the same as the saddle, as will be understood, and holding
them immovably therebetween.
At the end of this backward-sliding motion, when the wires are thus held firmly by
the tension plate and between the jaws of the plyers, the twisting operation begins
caused by the rotation of the tubular shaft and the plyers, etc. attached thereto.
The function of the plate e is illustrated in figures 18 and 19, acting as hereinbefore
stated to press the overdrawn wires w³, w³, down toward the neck of the bottle, the
notches in the bottom of the said plate serving to prevent any side movement or
slipping of said wires.
The mechanisin for producing the rotary and reciprocatory motion of the tubular
shaft is illustrated in the drawing but not described herein, not being considered
essential to an understanding of that portion of the machine which forms the subject
of the invention.
By reference to figure 1, it will be seen that the four wire holding spools D are
arranged independent of the tubular shaft C, being removably arranged upon a
bracket D,secured to the frame of the machine and rotated by a system of gearing D'
driven from the main shaft.
This arrangement of the spools and the mechanism for operating the same, form no
part of my invention and are hereby disclaimed, it being the intention of the inventor
thereof, to make a separate application of the same.
It will be understood that many variations of construction and arrangements of the
various parts herein described may be made, for instance, instead of forming an
abutment on the rocking frame to engage with the cutter, the said abutment may be
operated and formed of an independent piece of mechanism, and also so with other
portions of the mechanism hence, I do not wish to be limited to the exact form of
mechanism shown and described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination with mechanism for
drawing or placing the binding wires over the top of the cork and around the neck of
the bottle; twisting devices, whereby the ends of said binding wires are twisted into a
single strand; a cutting device operating to sever the binding wires around the neck
of the bottle from the continuous length of the binding wires; of bending devices
operating automatically to bend the projecting twisted ends of the severed binding
wires down close to the neck of the bottle, all of the operations of said drawing,
twisting, cutting and bending mechanism following consecutively without removing
the bottle from the machine, for the purpose set forth.
2. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination with a socket adapted
to receive and hold the neck of a bottle, of bending down devices constructed and
arranged to press the projecting, twisted ends of the binding wires close to the neck of
the bottle on opposite sides thereof, for the purposes set forth..

page_text: 3. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination with a socket adapted
to receive the head of a bottle, of a bending down lever he constructed and arranged
to press the twisted ends of the binding wires, projecting from the side of the bottle
opposite to the twisting and severing devices, down close to the neck of said
bottle twisting and severing devices arranged on the side of said socket opposite
to said bending down lever; and means for operating said lever, for the purpose set
forth.
4. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the head of a bottle; a rocking frame pivotally arranged in relation to said
socket; a bending down lever he pivotally secured to said frame; and means for
causing the engagement of said lever with the twisted ends of the binding wires pro-
jecting from the sides of the bottle opposite to the twisting and severing devices, for the
purpose set forth.
5. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the head of a bottle; a rocking frame having a portion h¹ on one side of said
socket and pivotally arranged in relation thereto; a bending down lever pivoted to
said portion of said frame; means for causing the engagement of said lever with
one of the projecting twisted ends of the binding wires as set forth, and operating to
permit the automatic accomodation of said lever to different sized bottles,. for the
purpose set forth.
6. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket to receive
the head of a bottle; a rocking frame having portions h¹, h projecting downwardly on
opposite sides of said socket and pivotally arranged in relation thereto; a bending
down lever pivotally attached to one of said portions, as h¹, on one side of the socket and
adapted to bend down one of the projecting twisted ends of the binding wires; a knife
or cutter carrying frame pivotally arranged in relation to said socket and having a
cutter thereon engaging with said portion h, for the purpose set forth.
7. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the head of a bottle; a rocking frame having portions h, projecting down-
wardly on opposite sides of said socket, said frame being pivotally arranged in relationito
the socket; a bending down lever pivotally attached to one of said portions, as h¹, on
one side of the socket and adapted to bend down one of the projecting twisted ends of
the binding wires; a knife or cutter carrying frame pivotally arranged in relation to
said socket and provided with a cutter secured thereto, adapted to engage with the
portion of the rocking frame; and mechanism constructed and arranged to cause
and maintain the engagement of the bending down lever with one side of the neck of
the bottle while the cutter is severing the twisted strand on the opposite side of said
neck, for the purpose set forth.
8. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the neck of a bottle; a bending down lever having a toothed end or jaw ',
and a tubular portion ³ provided with a spring actuated and adjustable plunger
projecting therefrom; and means constructed and arranged to cause the engagement
of said plunger and socket and to thereby throw the tooth jaw around toward the
interior of said socket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
9. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the neck of a bottle a bending down lever having a toothed jaw ', and a
tubular portion h³, provided with a spring actuated and adjustable plunger projecting
therefrom; a rocking frame to which said lever is pivoted and which is pivotally
arranged in relation to said socket; a cam for operating said frame; and a means for
operating said cam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
10. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination with the wire cutting
device of means constructed and arranged to bend or press the twisted severed ends
of the binding wires down close to the neck of the bottle after the severing thereof
from the continuous length of the binding wires, for the purpose set forth.
11. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the neck of a bottle; a pivotally arranged cutter adjacent to said socket; means
for operating said cutter; and an abutment with which said cutter engages and which by

page_text: said engagement forces said cutter toward the bottle socket and against the projecting
twisted end of the severed binding wires, for the purposes set forth.
12. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a swinging frame I
having a spring receiving chamber, a spring and bolt arranged in said chamber; a
pivoted cutter-carrying piece provided with a slotted iron engaging with said
spring and bolt, and an arm having a curved side or edge ³, a cutter secured to said
arm and having a curved extension 13, a cutting edge beneath said extension, and
a projection ; an abutment with which said cutter engages during the cutting and
bending down operations; and means for causing the movement of said frame and the
engagement of said cutter and abutment, for the purposes set forth.
13. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, a knife or cutter having a curved
extension 2, a cutting edge, and a projection 14, for the purposes set forth.
14. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a socket adapted to
receive the neck of a bottle; a rocking frame pivotally arranged in relation to said
socket, and having downwardly projecting portions h, h³ and an arm h*, said portion h
having a recess A therein; a bending down lever pivoted to said portion of the
rocking frame and having a toothed jaw h and a tubular portion 8 provided with a
spring actuated plunger therein and operating as set forth; a cutter-carrying frame I
pivotally arranged in relation to the bottle socket; a knife pivotally secured to said
frame I and engaging with the portion of the rocking frame; a double acting cam
having the portions; and which engage with and actuates said rocking and cutter-
carrying frames; a rod 93; a spring 9, arranged around said rod; a pivoted con-
necting rod; plate g²; and a cam g on the main shaft, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
15. In a machine for wiring the corks in bottles the combination with a socket adapted
to receive the head of a bottle of a plate e, provided with notches in the lower edge or
side thereof, interposed between the head of the inserted bottle and the twisting
mechanism, for the purpose set forth.
16. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, a clamping device operating
automatically and constructed and arranged to engage with and hold the separated
unsevered overdrawn binding wires w², w during the twisting operation, said clamping
device being placed on that side of the bottle holding socket from which the con-
tinuous binding wires are fed, for the purposes set forth.
17. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a clamping device
or plate under which the overdrawn wires w³, w³ pass, placed on that side of the
bottle holding socket from which the said binding wires are fed, and means constructed
and arranged to cause the holding engagement of said plate upon said wires during
the twisting operation, for the purposes set forth.
$1
18. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a sliding tubular
shaft ; a perforated head 6 rigidly secured to said shaft; a leader 6 having a knife
edge thereon a rod 60 projecting backward through said head 6 and having
stop 6¹¹ ; a sliding portion ³ provided with clutch mechanism and a rod 6º projecting
therefrom through the head 6, having a spring 6 there around between said head
and portion 63, and a spring actuated plunger 613 therein; an angular tension plate 621
arranged adjacent to said spring actuated plunger 613 and resting upon a pivoted
saddle 62, and said pivoted saddle 6", all said parts being arranged and operating
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
19. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles the combination of a bottle holding
socket; a bending down device arranged on one side of said socket; a combined
cutter and bending down device arranged on the opposite side of said socket; and
mechanism constructed and arranged to cause said bending down device to engage and
press down the twisted end of the binding wires on one side of the bottle and
to maintain said engagement while the twisted wire is being severed and bent down
on the opposite side of said bottle, and to cause said combined cutter and bending
down device to sever the twisted wires and bend down the projecting ends, for the
purposes set forth.
20. In a bottle wiring machine the combination with the gripping plyers constructed

page_text: and arranged to seize and hold the severed, twisted ends of the continuous binding
wires and mechanism constructed and arranged to cause said plyers to seize and release
said twisted ends, of a bending down device constructed and arranged to engage
with said twisted ends upon the release thereof by the nippers for the purposes set
forth, and mechanism whereby said bending down device is caused to engage with
said twisted ends.
21. In a bottle wiring machine a bending down lever he provided with a serrated
or toothed end having a projecting flange h, for the purposes set forth.
22. In a bottle wiring machine the combination of a socket to receive and hold the
neck or head of a bottle; a rocking frame pivotally secured to said socket and pro-
vided with an arm h³, a cutter-carrying frame pivotally secured to said socket; a
double acting cam engaging with said arm and said cutter-carrying frame; and
springs connecting said rocking and cutter-carrying frames and operating to hold
the frames in engagement with said cam and to return said frames to their normal
position upon the release of said cam, for the purposes set forth.
D
At 1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.