Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
I, NEVILLE SMITH HEELEY trading as James Heeley and Sons of Graham Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to cork drawers, commonly called cork screws, and consists
of improvements upon an invention for which Letters Patent was granted to
W. B. Baker, on the 17th day of July 1880 and numbered 2950.
My invention consists of a double lever arrangement, mounted upon a frame, whose
lower end is made socket-wise, and fits upon, and around the mouth of the neck of a
bottle, when the apparatus is in use.
In carrying out my invention, I take a perpendicular open frame, with a socket
at its lower end, and a guide sleeve at its upper end, and through the latter, the stem
or upper part of the cork screw proper, passes and works.
The junction of the lower end of the stem, with the cork screw, has a circular
flange, which works axially within the hollow of the frame, and forms a guide, for the
perpendicular working of the screw and stem.
The upper end of the cork screw stem, is surrounded by a loose collar, wherethrough
the said stem passes, and upon the top side of which, the underside of the head, or a
collar at the upper end of the said stem, takes its bearing; and which head forms
the turn, by which the corkscrew is driven home, when in use.
To the two opposite sides of the loosely fitting collar, the two upper and inner ends
of two levers are jointed, and with the said levers fulcrumed and loosely jointed
upon the upper ends, or near the upper ends of two movable props or fulcrum bars,
whose lower ends are jointedly connected to the opposite top sides of the frame.
The dual levers are jointed and fulcrumed near their inner ends, thus making long
and short arms, which on the latter being pressed down, or drawn inwardly, the
former are raised, and with them the loose collar and screw.
The levers are disposed opposite to each other, and when the cork-screw is driven
home, their long arms stand outwardly and nearly horizontally, with the bent short

page_text: arms dipping downwards, towards the loose collar which now rests upon the top of the
sleeve, of the open frame, wherethrough the stem of the screw, passes and works.
To use the cork drawer, place the socket of the frame upon the neck of a bottle,
then rotate the screw, by the turn at its upper end, which advances into the cork,
and turns the levers inwardly upon their joint centres, and makes also the jointed
fulcrum bars or props move inwards, thus bringing the opposite arms of the levers,
directed outwardly. When in this position, take hold of the long arms of the levers,
by the two hands, then press downwards, and draw inwardly the said levers, when the
cork will be withdrawn, by the direct upward pull of the corkscrew.
I wish it to be observed, that the whole force applied in drawing a cork, is
centralized to the two opposite sides of the loose collar, where the extreme inner ends
of the levers, are jointedly connected.
The joint connections of the upper ends of the fulcrum bars, with the levers, are
made loose, to admit of the levers making the necessary angular movements.
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page_text: I, NEVILLE SMITH HEELEY trading as James Heeley and Sons of Graham Street,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 cork-drawers, commonly called cork screws, and consists
of improvements upon an invention for which Letters Patent were granted to
W. B. Baker on the 17th day of July 1880 and numbered 2950.
My invention consists of a double lever arrangement, mounted upon a frame,
whose lower end is made socketwise, and fits upon, and around the mouth of the
neck of a bottle, when the apparatus is in use.
In carrying out my invention, I take a perpendicular open frame, with a socket
at its lower end, and a guide sleeve at its upper end, and through the latter, the stem
of the worm of the cork-screw passes and works.
The junction of the lower end of the stem with the cork-screw, has a circular flange,
which works axially within the hollow of the frame, and forms a guide for the
perpendicular working of the screw and stem.
The upper end of the cork-screw stem is surrounded by a loose collar, where-
through the said stem passes, and upon the top side of which, the underside of the
head, or a collar at the upper end of the said stem, takes its boaring; and which
head forms the turn, by which the corkscrew is driven home, when in use.
To the two opposite sides of the loosely fitting collar, the two upper and inner ends
of two levers are jointed, and with the said levers fulcrumed and loosely jointed upon
the upper ends, or near the upper ends of two movable props or fulcrum bars, whose
lower ends are jointedly connected to the opposite top sides of the frame.
The dual levers are jointed and fulcrumed near their inner ends, thus making long
and short arms, which on the latter being pressed down or drawn inwardly, the former
are raised, and with them, the loose collar and screw.
The levers are disposed opposite to each other, and when the cork-screw is driven
home, their long arms stand outwardly, and nearly horizontally, with the bent short
arms dipping downwards, towards the loose collar, which now rests upon the top
of the sleeve of the open frame, wherethrough the stem of the screw passes and
works.
To use the cork-drawer, place the socket of the frame upon the neck of a bottle,
then rotate the screw by the turn at its upper end, which advances into the cork, and
turns the levers inwardly upon their joint centres, and makes also the jointed fulcrum
bars or props move inwards, thus bringing the opposite arms of the levers directed
outwardly. When in this position, take hold of the long arms of the levers by the
two hands, and press them downwards, when the cork from the bottle will be
withdrawn, by the direct upward pull thus exerted.
I wish it to be observed that the whole force applied in drawing a cork, is centralized
to the two opposite sides of the loose collar, where the extreme inner ends of the levers
are jointedly connected.
The joint connections of the upper ends of the fulcrum bars, with the levers, are
made loose, to admit of the levers inaking the necessary angular movements.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents partly in side elevation, and
partly in vertical section, a cork screw or cork drawer, constructed and arranged
according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the same.
Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the said cork drawer, when the same is
in use.
Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section on the dotted lines A B figure 1, and
figure 5 is a part transverse section on the dotted lines CD, looking from the under-
side. This view also shows the concaves of the insides of the uprights, which form
guides, and deterinine the vertical movement of the worm and stein of the corkscrew.
Figure 6 shows the upper part of the open frame, and figure 7 is a plan of the
same.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is an open frame, with a socket a³ at its base, and a crown and sleeve a³, a at
its upper end, and through both of which, the stem of the worm b² of the corkscrew,
passes and works.
Disposed at the junction of the stem with the worm as aforesaid, is a circular
flange 63, which works axially within the hollow of the frame, of which the inside
faces thereof; are concaved, and form guides which determine the perpendicular
working of the stem and worm.
Surrounding the cork-screw stem, is a loose collar e, wherethrough the said stem
passes; and secured to knuckles on the opposite underside of the said collar, the upper
and inner ends d², 2 of two levers d, d, are jointedly connected, and work in a vertical
direction. These said levers d are jointed upon the upper ends e of two links or
fulcrum bars e, whose lower ends es are jointedly connected to knuckles a', disposed
on the two opposite sides of the top or crown of the open frame a.
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The stem has a collar at its junction with the thumb-piece 6, and forms the
stop and lifting collar of the corkscrew.
Thus, on the worm being driven home into a cork, the long arms stand outwardly
as represented in figure 3, and when the said arms are taken hold of and depressed,
a cork from a bottle is readily withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
First. A double lever cork screw, or cork-drawer, connecting and jointing the
upper and inner ends of the dual levers as aforesaid, to a centrally disposed and
loosely connected collar c, as described and set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Secondly. Carrying and jointedly supporting the dual levers upon the tops of
links or fulcrum bars e, whose lower ends are jointedly connected and supported
upon the cork-screw or cork-drawer framing, as described and set forth in figures 1,
2, 3 and 4.
Thirdly. The combination with the levers d, frame a, a³, worm b, 62, and collar 6ª,
of a collar c, and jointed links e, connected and working substantially as set forth
in figures 1, 2 and 3.
Lastly. A cork-screw or cork-drawer, of which the parts are constructed, arranged
and work as set forth in figures 1, 2 and 3.
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