An Improved Machine for Wiring Corks in Bottles.
Year: 1887

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Date of Application, 9th May, 1887
Complete Left, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar, 1888
An Improved Machine for Wiring Corks in Bottles.
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, Patent Agents, o
52 Chancery Lane, London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, which has been communicated to me from abroad by
Nathaniel Batchelder Abbott, of Brooklyn, New York, United States of America,
Gentleman, to be as follows:-
In this machine the wire to be used is wound on spools which are journaled in a
suitable rotary frame which is supported in a projecting bracket attached to the rear
end of the machine. The said frame with its contained spools is given a rotary
movement, by an independent train of gearing, actuated by the driving shaft of the
machine in such a manner that at the wiring of each bottle a certain fixed quantity of
wire (sufficient for wiring one bottle), is unwound from the spools. As soon as this
amount of wire is unwound from said spools, the rotary movement of the said spools
is automatically suspended by the driving gearing, which is constructed so as to
operate in this manner.
From the said wire spools the wire as it is unwound is led forward through a hollow
or tubular shaft to the operating and twisting jaws which are attached to and mounted
on the front end of this tubular shaft. The said tubular shaft is mounted in suitable
bearings at the upper side of the machine, and is driven by suitable mechanism so
that it has both a rotary and a horizontal movement in said bearings. Both of these
movements are made intermittent, and each is made at times quite independent of the
other. The longitudinal movement is made for the purpose of carrying the wires
forward to a point where they may embrace the neck of the bottle, and the rotary

page_text: movement is for the purpose of twisting the wire around the neck of the bottle so
embraced by the said wires.
The bottle to be wired is held with its neck up in a suitable seat or rest provided for
it on the front end of the machine, and directly over the upper end of the bottle there
is placed a laterally projecting arm which is fixed to the top, or bed plate of the
machine, by its lower end, and thence extends upwardly and laterally over the said
position somewhat in the shape of the letter L.
To the rear-side of this shaped arm, and at or near its outer end, is pivoted a
vertically swinging arm, to the rear end of which, and outside of the pivot pin by
which it is attached to the said shaped arm, is a curved elbow which extends
slightly downward and forward, around in front of the neck of the bottle when it is
placed in the machine, and to the lower forward end of this arm is pivoted a swinging
jaw, the face of which in front of and towards the neck of the bottle to be wired, may be
serrated so that it may readily engage with and push over close to the bottle neck, the
short, twisted wire stub, which is formed by the last previous cutting of the wire
from the neck of a bottle. This swinging jaw is adjusted to a greater or less
movement so as to accommodate it to a larger or smaller bottle, by means of a
laterally projecting tubular arm, which carries centrally within it a longitudinally
sliding bar, the front end of which slightly projects from its tubular seat and engages
against a fixed stop forming the side of the bottle neck rest, and acts as an automatic
stop to guide and limit the movement of the said swinging arm at its forward throw
or movement, and thereby the movement of the said swinging jaw is automatically
adjusted to any size of bottle.
Just back of the above mentioned serrated jaw, and far enough removed from it
for the interposition of the bottle neck, is a cutting knife which forms a part of the
shears by which the wires are cut off after they shall have been wound around the
neck of the bottle and over its cork.
The other part of these shears is attached to the front end of a swinging lever
which is pivoted to the before mentioned shaped fixed arm of the machine, and this
and the before mentioned vertically swinging arm are actuated at the same time by
the operation and movement of a cam shaped lever interposed between them and
actuated in the proper time. The purpose of this pair of shears is to cut off the wires
from the bottle after the said wires shall have been sufficiently twisted thereon. The
cutter of the inner arm of the shears is pivoted to the said arm, so that it may have a
slight lateral movement toward the bottle just as the shears are closing on the wire.
A spring holds this laterally swinging blade of the shears up to its work (the neck
of the bottle) and a forwardly projecting lug or prong attached to the said swinging
cutter blade, passes behind the other cutter blade just as the shears close, and thus the
front edge of the said cutter blade is thrown forward towards the bottle neck at the
instant of the closing of the shears. The inner jaw of the cutter blades or rather the
jaw to which the inner cutter blade is attached is made blunt, and given a slight
movement forward after the other cutter blade shall have stopped, and this forward
movement engages it with the short stub of twisted wires projecting on that side of
the bottle neck and bends them down against the side of the neck of the
bottle, just as the short stubs of twisted wires are bent down against the neck of
the bottle at the other side of the neck by the aforesaid serrated jaw. The lower side
of said shaped arm at the point where the wires pass under it is serrated for
holding the wires laterally in position over the cork.
A swinging pair of nippers, pivoted at the front side of the L shaped arm, at the
front of the machine, operated by suitable mechanism, grasps the front ends of the
wires (twisted together by the last previous operation of the machine), and holds
them in place during the wiring of the cork in a bottle.
The wires used on this machine are passed from the storage spools forwardly
through said tubular shaft, and thence through suitable leads to the front of the
twisting jaws which are pivoted to the front of said tubular shaft, so that the said jaws
are thrust forward and backward with the said shaft, are rotated with it, and are
opened and closed automatically as the shaft is moved forward and backward. The

page_text: said wire leads are so arranged that two of the wires are led outside of the said
pivoted twisting jaws, and thence through apertures at the front end of the jaws.
These are the two side wires which are used to wrap around the neck of the bottle.
The other two wires are led between a saddle bar placed transversely in the machine
just at the front end of the jaw fulcrum, and a vertically adjustable clamping plate
above the said saddle. A central pin passing vertically through this clamping piate
and the said saddle piece separates these wires laterally. These two wires pass
forward over the top of the cork to the before mentioned grasping nippers at the front
end of the machine. The twisting jaws at the front end of the tubular shaft carry the
wires forward, twist them around the bottle neck, then after the twisted wires shall
have been cut off as described, the said jaws return for a new operation.

page_text: An Improved Machine for Wiring Corks in Bottles.
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, Patent Agents, of
52 Chancery Lane, London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention which has been communicated to me from abroad by Nathaniel
Batchelder Abbott of Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Gentleman,
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The Improvements described in this specification relate to inventions patented by
me for the same purpose in the letters patent bearing date January 17th A.D. 1884
No. 1617 and June 23 A.D. 1884 No. 9297-without which improvements the
aforesaid inventions are of little practical use or commercial value.
The first part of my present invention relates particularly to the mechanism for
holding and operating the spools of wire from which the binding-wires are drawn at
given intervals or as needed to provide the wire necessary in wiring the corks.
In the machines described in the specification of said former letters patent the
spools of wire are attached to and partake of the motion of the sliding and rotating
spindle which by its movements causes the wires which pass around the neck to
encircle the same and also twists all of the binding wires after said wires have been
properly placed over the cork and around the neck of the bottle into a single strand
which is afterwards severed by the cutting mechanism. These operations require but
little power and hence the mechanism may be light thereby reducing the friction and
enabling the speed of the machine to be greatly increased and more work to be
performed.
In my said former inventions the spools of wire are arranged upon and move with
the sliding and rotating spindle. By this arrangement much unnecessary work is
put upon the mechanism for placing and twisting the wires, which mechanism must
be made stronger to stand the strain caused by the motion of the spools.
The cost of the machine is increased the speed and consequently the amount of
work is reduced and the life of the machine is greatly lessened. By a higher rate
of speed the wiring of the cork is done more effectually as well as more
expeditiously.
The disadvantages of the former arrangement are avoided and several advantages
attained by arranging the spools of wire separately from the spindle but in such
relation thereto that the wires may be properly conducted to the placing and twisting
mechanism, leaving the spindle free to perform its legitimate work.
The first part of my invention is illustrated on sheets 1 and 2 of the illustrations,
in which;
Figure 1 is a plan of a wiring machine which shows the aforesaid improvement.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the part containing said improvement broken away
from the main part of the machine looking in the direction of arrow y.
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken through the line z, z, Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a similar view taken through line z Figure 3.

page_text: Figure 5 is a vertical section of the spindle and connected parts.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts in the aforesaid figures of the
drawings.
The machine shown in Figure 1 is constructed and arranged to place two of the
binding-wires over the top of the cork and one on each side of the neck of the bottle
and to twist said binding-wires together into a single strand, to sever said strand and
to press the projecting end thereof down close to the neck of the bottle.
This part of my specification relates particularly to the placing and twisting
operations of the machine.
The spindle A is caused to slide reciprocally and to rotate, producing thereby
corresponding movements in the devices secured to the end thereof which place and
twist the wires.
The mechanism for producing the sliding movement of the spindle consists of cam B
on main shaft C the movement of said cam being communicated to said spindle
through a pivoted lever b attached to the spindle and constructed to engage with the
cam. These devices and the mechanism for driving the main shaft shown in
Figure 1 are described in my former specifications and need not be here described.
The means by which the rotary movement of the said spindle is effected consist of
a gear-wheel or pinion, a, arranged in a frame, a¹, and around the spindle, said frame
projecting from the journal-box, a², and formed integrally therewith or secured
thereto, and a large gear-wheel, a³, meshing with said pinion and turning loosely on a
shaft, a Figure 3. In the end of the spindle which passes through the box, a², and
the pinion is formed a slot, a, into which a spline, a, on the pinion projects, thereby
permitting said spindle to slide through the pinion, and also to revolve therewith at
the proper time. Extending from the gear a³ and turning on the shaft at is an
elongated collar, D, having cogs d and a gear-wheel, d¹, formed on or secured to
opposite ends thereof, a cog-wheel, c, keyed on the main shaft, meshing with said
cogs d, and a pinion, d², meshing with said gear d.
The spool-holding frame E, provided with journals e e¹, one of which, e, is hollow,
to permit the passage of the binding wires w, w¹, w³, w³, from the spools e³ ³ there
through, is journaled in a bracket, G, and within said frame are rotatively arranged
the wire-spools e² e³, of which the spools e³, that hold the wires w² w³, which pass over
the top of the cork, are preferably larger than the spools e², from which are drawn the
wires w, w, which extend around the neck of the bottle, since more wire is required
to pass over the cork than around the neck of the bottle, and to so arrange the wires
that they will become exhausted simultaneously it is necessary that the relative
portion of the length of the wire on the large and small spools shall be the same as
that existing between the wires w² w³, which pass over the cork and those, w, w¹,
encircle the neck of the bottle.
that
On the hollow journal e is keyed the pinion d², which, together with the gears d¹, d,
and c, transmits the motion of the main shaft to the spool-holding frame, said gears
and frame rotating continuously during the entire length of the rotation of the shaft,
in which time a bottle is completely wired and removed from the wiring mechanism
and the said mechanism restored to that position in which it is ready to receive
another unwired bottle. The object subserved by the revolution of the frame and the
wire-holding spools is the maintenance of the parallelism of the binding-wires, which
is essential to enable the same to draw through the tubular spindle, by preventing
their entanglement.
During that operation of the machine in which the binding-wires are caused to
encircle and pass over or are placed around the neck of the bottle there is no rotation
of the spindle, only a backward sliding movement; hence there is no danger of any
entangling of the wires, as the said spindle moves over and around them, the said
wires extending through four separate holes therein, as, Figure 5, but during that
operation which immediately succeeds the placing of the wires, by which said wires
are twisted close to the neck of the bottle, the spindle makes several revolutions,
varying in number according to length required of the twisted strands.
To enable the mechanism to quickly and effectively perform this operation the

page_text: spindle is caused to rotate quite rapidly, which is readily done with but comparatively
little friction and strain upon the parts owing to the light construction thereof, which
is made possible by removing the heavy spools of wire from the spindle.
Should the spools remain stationary during the twisting operation of the spindle, it
is evident that the length of wire between said spools and spindle would become
twisted as many times as the said spindle revolved; hence it is necessary for the
spools to revolve and that the aggregate number of revolutions of the said spools shall
equal the number of revolutions of the spindle in order to maintain the parallelism of
the wires during the sliding movement of the said spindle.
Owing to the weight of the wire-spools it is desirable, in order to reduce the
strain and the wear and tear of the machine as much as possible, that the speed
of revolution of the spools be much slower than the rate at which the spindle
rotates. Therefore, while making in the end the same number of revolutions, the
time taken by the spools in their movement is much greater than that occupied by the
spindle. For this reason the movement of the spools begins simultaneously with the
inition of the placing of the wires and continues during said operation through the
twisting and severing of the strands and through and ending with the operation in
which the mechanism is restored to that position in which it is ready to receive a
second bottle; or, in other words, the revolution of the spools is preferably made to
continue during the entire act of wiring a bottle. To secure this result the mechanism
for transmitting the motion of the main shaft to the spool-frame is so constructed and
arranged as to continue to transmit the motion of said shaft during any movement
thereof, one form of construction of said mechanism being illustrated in the drawings
and described herein before.
To effect the intermittent rotary movement of the spindle which causes the twisting
of the wires the mechanism which causes the same is so constructed as to transmit the
motion of the shaft, or from the gearing turning therewith, to said spindles at
intervals, being connected and disconnected automatically. The mechanism whereby
this is attained consists of a pinion, a, on the spindle A, a gear, a³, turning on a
shaft a, and meshing with said pinion, as hereinbefore mentioned, and a sliding
bolt, a, moving reciprocally through the hub of said gear a³ and operated to cause the
locked position thereof by a spring, a', as indicated in Figure 3. In the face of the
collar D, next to the gear-wheel a³, is a recess d³, which by the rotation of said collar,
is caused to pass across the end of the sliding bolt, which, by the pressure of the
spring a', is forced into said recess across the joint between the collar and gear wheel,
thereby causing said gear-wheel to turn with said collar. During the time the sliding
bolt projects into the recess d³ the motion of said collar is communicated to said
gear-wheel and from thence to the pinion and spindle, said time depending upon the
length of wire to be twisted. To disengage said bolt from the recess a pivoted
lever F, is employed, having an arm f, the end of which is tapering or provided with
an inclined surface, f, which engages with the projection as on the sliding bolt and
forces the same from the recess d³, and an arm f2, provided with oppositely-projecting
fingers ff, which engages a cam c¹ on the main shaft Figure 4. The relation and
operation of said cam and pivoted lever is such that when the spindle has made the
requisite number of turns the said lever causes the withdrawal of the sliding bolt from
the recess in the collar, and when said recess has, by the revolution of the collar,
turned away from the bolt the lever is disengaged from the sliding bolt, leaving the
same free to be projected into the recess when it is again brought around to the bolt.
The relative proportion of the gearing and collar is such that the said collar makes
but one entire revolution during the operation of wiring a bottle.
By reference to Figure 2 considerable space is seen to intervene between the
frame a¹ and the pinion d³ of the spool-frame. The purpose of this arrangement is to
permit the sliding movement of the spindle which moves backward or toward the
spools in the operation of placing the wires around the neck of the bottle. Spring-
actuated catches 99, engaging with stops d' and all on the gears d¹ and a³,
respectively, are employed to prevent any backward movement of the gear wheels and
the consequent tangling of the wires.

page_text: The wire-holding spools are retained in the frame by the removable pins or rods e*,
which are prevented from falling from the frame by the pivoted catching-pieces e³, as
shown in Figure 1. By means of this construction the spools may readily be taken
from the frame and full spools inserted in lieu thereof. Tension springs e are attached
to the holding-frame in such a manner that they press against the rotating spools, and
by such pressure prevent the wire from unwinding too rapidly from the spools.
The second part of my said Invention relates particularly to the mechanism for
turning over the severed end of the wires which have in cork wiring machines
heretofore invented been left projecting straight out from the side of the neck when
the bottle is removed from the machine.
This portion of the twisted severed end is so objectionable to the trade that it was
necessary to turn the end down by hand or by a separate machine. The additional
cost and trouble of either method is so great as to render a cork wiring machine not
provided with mechanism for turning down the severed end of comparitively little
commercial value. This part of my invention overcomes the objection and the bottle
is completely wired at one operation. This part of my said invention also relates to a
device for regulating the tension of the wires and a simple device whereby the
overdrawn wires are pressed down close to the neck of the bottle and near the circling
wires next to the rotating and sliding spindle before being twisted.
These devices are applied to the machines described in specifications before
mentioned and in order that the relation of this part of my present invention to the
heretofore known parts of a wiring machine may be clearly indicated and the improved
machine be clearly understood, I have shown the old and new parts of a wiring
machine in sheets 3 to 5 of the illustrations of the second part of my said invention,
in which
Figure 6 is a plan of a wiring machine; Figure 7 a front elevation of the same;
Figure 8 is a front elevation enlarged showing the socket which receives the head of
the bottle, the bending down devices, the holding nippers and other parts arranged
around in the position they take when the completely wired bottle has been removed
from the socket and the twisted ends of the wire have been brought forward and
inserted between the nippers which are about to close thereon. Figure 9 is an
elevation of the rear of said socket and surrounding mechanism in the same position.
Figures 10 and 11 are respectively front and rear elevations of the same mechanisın
shown in Figures 8 and 9 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 side
of the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figure 11. Figure 12 is a view, partly in
section, of the mechanism for regulating the pressure of the pivoted bending-down
lever. Figure 13 is a sectional view taken through the line x Figure 8 showing the
position of the wire drawing and twisting device, the nippers and other parts, ready
to permit the insertion of the head of the bottle. Figure 14 is an enlarged detail
view, in plan and section showing 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 15 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. Figure 16 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 17 is a similar view of a double-acting cam. Figure 18 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 19 is a perspective
view of the pivoted knife-holding lever. Figure 20 a similar view of the wire
depressing plate. Figure 21 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. Figure 22 is a longitudinal section of the bottle-socket and
the mechanism moving on the end of and turning with the tubular shaft, and also the

page_text: tension devices in their relaxed position. Figure 23 is a similar view of the same
devices but in a position in which the tension is being exerted; and Figure 24 is a
perspective view of the saddle.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts in figures 6 to 24 inclusive of the
drawings.
The old portions illustrated and which I do not here 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-pliers 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 are attached the twisting-pliers, 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-pliers, and the overdrawn-wire-guiding tubes b."
The ends of the twisting-pliers 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 pliers and through the perforated ends thereof to the
nippers, and the overdrawn wires 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 13.
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 bottle is as follows: The neck of the
bottle is forcibly inserted up through the opening formed by the pliers into the socket
carrying the wires w and w³, 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 f¹,
turning loosely on the main shaft g, is caused to rotate said main shaft by means of
the clutch mechanism f, which is under the control of the operator, through the foot-
lever f, which in turn actuates the mechanism which causes the sliding movement of
the shaft C. The result of this operation is, that the twisting-pliers are moved back-
ward 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 w and 1 to encircle the neck of the bottle. When the
pliers have reached this position, which is the end of the sliding movement, a clutching
device in the portion 63 of the head now operates to throw said portion 63 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 band
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 plier-jaws 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 of a series of successive operations without
removing the bottle from the socket leaves the twisted ends projecting straight out
from the neck of the bottle and the finishing operation of bending down the said ends
is 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.
In my improved machine the last operation, which constitutes the chief feature of
this part of my invention is the bending down of the twisted ends. The devices for
accomplishing this result are arranged around and attached to the socket E in the

page_text: 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 8 to 11 inolusive.
The device for bending down the projecting ends on the front side of the bottle, or
the side next the nippers, consists of a rocking frame pivoted to the arm e¹ at e
Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11, a bolt extending through said frame, as indicated. Said
frame consists of downwardly projecting plates or portions h, ¹ Figure 16 which lie
'on opposite sides of the socket, as shown in Figures 6, 8 and 9, and are connected by
cross-bars h³, 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 Figures 8 and 10. That part of said rocking frame which acts directly to
bend down the twisted end nearest the nippers is a lever h, pivoted to the bottom of
the side portion h¹, Figure 16 consisting of the tooth end, which engages the
twisted end, and an elongated end 18. 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 12 consisting of a spring-actuated plunger h³, regulated
by a nut on the threaded end arranged within the tubular end h, the end of said
plunger bearing against a steel plate e, on the socket Figures 8 and 13. The effect
of this arrangement is, when the arm h³ 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 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 operator in such position that said
toothed end presses against the projecting twisted end and bends the same down
against the neck. A spring ho, 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 h¹,
having the lower corner cut out, forming an angular recess ¹², the function of which,
as well as the plate itself, will be detailed hereinafter.
A projecting flange h¹³, Figures 14 and 15 is provided on the serrated face of the
bending down lever h, which supports the projecting twisted ends of the wires in the
bending down operation, similar to that illustrated in Figure 21 hereinafter
described.
The mechanism for severing the twisted strands of wire and bending down the
twisted ends projecting from the side of the bottle nearest the plier-head is arranged
on the opposite side of the socket and curved arm, and is illustrated in Figures 9 and 11
and in detail in Figure 18, and consists of a swinging frame I, pivoted at e² on the
same bolt which acts as a pivotal point for the rocking traine, 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 9 and 11.
To 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 18, said piece being
provided on one side with a slotted arm, through which passes a bolt *, Figures 14
and 15. The said arm projects into a hollow portion, through which said bolt i*
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 14 and 15.
From the opposite side of the tubular portion of the piece an arm 7 projects as
indicated in Figures 14, 15, 18 and 19 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 as the side, thereby forming a continuous curve. Rising
from said swinging frame are spring supporting strips between which and the
standard on the arm h³ are arranged springs". For operating both of said frames
a double-acting cam is employed, pivoted to the back of the curved arm e¹, or to a
plate e, bolted thereto, said cam consisting of two curved portions jj, on opposite
sides of the pivotal point thereof, the upper portion thereof j, engaging with the
B

page_text: roller on the rocking frame, while the lower portion 1 bears upon the roller i on
the swinging frame I, the engagement of said rollers and i with said portions ;
and j¹ being maintained by the springs, which tend to draw said rocking 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 g', which engages with a plate g³, on a reciprocally-moving rod 93, at stated
intervals, and from an adjustable collar g', secured on said rod g³, through a pivoted
connecting-rod ³ to the double acting-cam. The said connecting-rod is pivoted to
an arm j.
The knife is of peculiar form, having a long narrow projecting end ¹³, extending
out from the main portion thereof, which is much broader than said narrow end
thereby forming a cutting angle 13, 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 15 and 21. The flange 13 on the
toothed or serrated end of the lever he also serves the same purpose, as indicated in
Figures 14 and 15.
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 in the socket, and 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 he to perform its work, and also to lower the plate h¹¹ toward
the twisted strand, which lies in the recess 12 when the rocking frame has reached
the extent of its movement as shown in Figure 11 and 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 A", 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 as in
Figures 14 and 15.
In cutting the twisted strand the end of the knife passes behind the plate h¹
before the cutting angle touches the wires, as shown in Figure 14, and after the
separation of the strand the knife continues its movement until the curved outside
of the arm strikes the plate or cutter h", 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 15.
By the time the severing and bending-down operations are completed, the cam 9¹,
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 g²,
which, when released, flies upward under the upward force of the spring g', which is
arranged around the rod g³ between the plate and a fixed bearing go, on the frame
of the machine as shown in Figures 8 and 10. 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 10 and 11, which it assumes
at the end of the severing and bending-down operations, to that shown in Figures 8
and 9 which is the normal 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 normal position so as not to obstruct the remaining
operations of the machine. When this point in the operation of the machine is

page_text: 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.
b
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 pliers 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 6, and 13 and simultaneously therewith, by means of the
tripping-plate secured to the frame, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 23
against which the lever 619 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, 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 plier-head 66, carrying with it all
of the parts attached thereto, including the leader or plate 6 and the guiding-tubes b,
attached thereto, thus leaving the overdrawn wires w³ ³ extending diametrically
beneath the socket and across the opening between the perforated jaw of the pliers, as
indicated in Figure 13. This last operation restores the machine to that position in
which it is ready to receive a second bottle to be wired.
That portion of the machine which embodies minor features of my invention is
shown more in detail in Figures 22, 23 and 24 of the drawings, in which are the
devices for stretching and holding the over-drawn wires w³ ³ during and immediately
preceding the twisting operation, and also for depressing the said wires close to the
neck of the bottle.
I will briefly describe the mechanism with which the clamping device 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 attached the plier-head 6, to which
the pliers are pivoted, and projecting from said head are two perforated portions 67 68,
through which the rods 60 and 610 move, the former of said rods 69, being secured to
the portion 63 and projecting forward through the portion 67 toward the socket, and
the latter 610, forming a part of the leader 66, and projecting backward through the
portion 68, away from the socket, into the portion 63. Around said rod 63, between
the portions 6 and 67, is arranged a spring b", and arranged within said rod is a
spring 612, and plunger 613. Near the end of the rod 610 is a pin 614, and a slot 615,
through which extends a fixed pin 61. The clutch mechanism of the portion 6
consists of a locking-bar 6", which enters a recess 618, in the shaft at the proper time,
a lever 610, and spring 620 acting to throw said bar into locking arrangement, as in
Figure 23. To the leader 6 is pivoted an angular tension-plate 61, or clamping
device, one part of which projects over a saddle 6, which is poised on the knife-
edge b. The other portion of said tension-plate projects upward just in front of
the plunger 63, as indicated in Figure 22. The overdrawn wires w² to pass from
the tubular shaft forward between the tension-plate and the poised saddle to and
through the guiding-tubes b, so that any movement of said tension-plate down upon
the saddle will grip and hold said wires immovably therebetween.
The operation of the aforesaid devices is as follows, namely: 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 pliers 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 64 in the standard of the
machine and remains stationary, a pin 6%, on the saddle separating the wires w
and w. The backward movement of the shaft, however, continues, the head 6*
sliding along the rods 6 and 610, and when the portion 68 of the said head strikes the
pin 6 the leader 6 is drawn back, carrying the tension plate backward against the
end of the plunger 613, thereby pressing the lower portion of said tension-plate down
upon the wires w² w³ between the same and the saddle, as will be understood and
holding them immovably. 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 pliers,

page_text: the twisting operation begins, caused by the rotation of the tubular shaft and the
pliers attached thereto. The function of the plate e is illustrated in Figures 22
and 23 acting, as hereinbefore stated, to press the overdrawn wires w² 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.
By reference to Figure 6 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 D¹, secured to the frame of the machine and rotated by a system of
gearing D², driven from the main shaft. This arrangement of the spools and the
mechanism for operating the same has already been described in the first part of
this specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination, with a wire twisting device
and a wire-conducting spindle to which said twisting device is attached, of a wire-
holding device having a plurality of wire recls or spools therein from which the wire
is conducted to the twisting device through the rotating spindle, said wire-holding
device being arranged separately from and rotating independently of but in the same
direction as the wire-conducting spindle, and mechanisin constructed and operating
whereby said spindle and wire-holding device are caused to rotate simultaneously, but
in different times or rates of speed substantially as set forth.
Second. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination, with a reciprocally sliding
and rotating spindle, of a wire-holding device arranged separately from and rotating
independently of but in a line with and at a distance from said spindle, and mechanism
arranged so as to leave the space between said wire-holding device and the end of the
spindle clear of any obstruction, and constructed and operating to cause the rotating
movement of said wire-holding device substantially as set forth.
Third. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination of a reciprocally sliding and
rotating spindle, means for causing the sliding movement thereof, a pinion arranged
on said spindle and adapted to turn said spindle and to permit the same to slide there
through, a gear-wheel meshing with said pinion, a wire-holding device arranged
separately from and rotating independently of said spindle, gearing constructed and
arranged to cause the rotating movement of said wire-holding device, and clutch
mechanism constructed and operating to throw the gearing which rotates the spindle
and that which rotates said wire-holding device into holding engagement substantially
as set forth.
Fourth. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination of a tubular wire-conducting
spindle, a pinion arranged thereon and constructed and adapted to turn said spindle
and to permit the same to slide there through, a gear-wheel meshing with said pinion,
a wire-holding device arranged separately from and independent of but at a distance
from and in a line with the tubular spindle, gearing constructed and arranged to
cause the rotary motion of said wire-holding device, clutch mechanism constructed
and operating to throw the gearing which rotates the spindle and that which actuates
the wire-holding device into operative engagement, and actuating mechanism for said
gearing substantially as set forth.
Fifth. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination of a reciprocally sliding and
rotating tubular wire-conducting spindle, a pinion arranged thereon and constructed
and adapted to turn said spindle and to permit the same to slide there through, a
gear-wheel meshing with said pinion, a sliding spring-actuated bolt arranged in said
gear-wheel, a cam and pivoted lever for operating said bolt, a gear wheel c, on the
driving shaft, a collar D, having a recess d³, to receive the sliding bolt and gears d d
thereon, a wire-holding device provided with suitable journals, one of which is
hollow, and a pinion d², thereon, meshing with said gear d', and a spring-actuated
catch 9, and stop d*, all said parts being constructed and arranged substantially as set
forth.

page_text: Sixth. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination of a spindle-supporting standard
or frame, a rotating and reciprocally-moving wire-conducting tube or spindle
journalled in said standard, a pinion arranged on said spindle and constructed and
adapted to rotate the said spindle and at the same time to permit the same to slide
there through, a cog or gear-wheel meshing with said pinion, a curved arm projecting
from said standard, whereby the wire-holding device is held at a distance from the
fixed pinion of the sliding spindle, a wire-holding frame journaled in said curved arm
in a line with the sliding spindle and at a distance from the fixed pinion, and having
a hollow journal and adapted to hold a plurality of wire-holding spools, a pinion
arranged on said hollow journal, a collar provided with cogs thereon meshing with
said pinion of the hollow journal and journaled in said curved arm in the space
between the wire-frame and the fixed pinion on the sliding-spindle, and clutch
mechanism arranged and operating to throw the said collar and the gear-wheel which
rotates the sliding spindle into operative engagement, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Seventh. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination, with mechanism
for drawing 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 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 substantially as set forth.
Eighth. 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, substantially as set forth.
Ninth. 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 h°, 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 substantially
as set forth.
Tenth. 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 h°, pivotally secured to said frame, and means
for causing the engagement of said lever with the twisted ends of the binding-wires
projecting from the side of the bottle opposite to the twisting and severing devices
substantially as set forth.
Eleventh. 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 there to, a bending-down lever
pivoted to said portion h¹ 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,
substantially as set forth.
Twelfth. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a socket to
receive the head of the bottle, a rocking frame having portions
h¹ 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 %, substantially
as set forth.
Thirteenth. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a socket

page_text: adapted to receive the head of a bottle, a rocking frame having portions h³ projecting
downwardly on opposite sides of said socket, said frame being pivotally arranged in
relation to 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 h 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 substantially as set forth.
Fourteenth. 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 h, and a tubular portion ha 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 toothed jaw
around toward the interior of said socket, substantially as set forth.
Fifteenth. 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 h
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 framne, and means
for operating said cam, substantially as set forth.
Sixteenth. 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, substantially as set
forth.
Seventeenth. 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 said engagement, forces said cutter toward the bottle-socket
and against the projecting twisted end of the severed binding-wire, substantially as set
forth.
Eighteenth. 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 arm i, engaging with
said spring and bolt, and an arın having a curved side or edge i³, a cutter secured to
said arm and having a curved extension ", a cutting-edge, beneath said extension,
and a projection 4, 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 substantially as set forth.
Nineteenth. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, a knife or cutter having a
curved extension 2, a cutting-edge ", and a projection ¼ substantially as set
forth.
Twentieth. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a socket
adapted to receive the neck of a hottle, 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 ¹³ therein, a bending-down lever pivoted to said portion /¹
of the rocking frame and having a toothed jaw h', and a tubular portion h³ 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 cap having the portions jj, which engage with and actuate said rocking
and cutter carrying frames, a rod 9³, a spring 93, arranged around said rod, a pivoted
connecting-rod j³, plate g², and a cam g', on the main shaft, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
Twenty-one. In a machine for wiring the corks in bottles, the combination, with a

page_text: 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, substantially as set forth.
Twenty-second. 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 w³ ³ during the twisting operation, said
clamping device being placed on that side of the bottle-holding socket from which the
continuous binding-wires are fed, substantially as set forth.
Twenty-third. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a
clamping device or plate under which the overdrawn wires w 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 substantially as set forth.
Twenty-fourth. In a machine for wiring corks in bottles, the combination of a
sliding tubular shaft C, a perforated head 65 rigidly secured to said shaft, a leader 66,
having a knife-edge thereon, a rod 610 projecting backward through said head 65,
and having a stop 6, a sliding portion 63, provided with clutch mechanism, and a
rod 6, projecting therefrom through the head 68, having a spring 6", there around
between said head and a portion 63, and a spring actuated plunger 6¹³ therein, an
angular tension plate 61, arranged adjacent to said spring-actuated plunger 613 and
resting upon a pivoted saddle 6", all said parts being arranged and operating
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Twenty-fifth. 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 substantially as
set forth.
Twenty-sixth. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination, with the gripping-pliers
constructed and arranged to seize and hold the severed twisted ends of the continuous
binding-wires, and mechanism constructed and arranged to cause said pliers 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.
Twenty-seventh. In a bottle-wiring machine, a bending down lever he, provided
with a serrated or toothed end h, having a projecting flange h¹³ substantially as set
forth.
Twenty-eighth. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combination of a socket to receive
and hold the neck of a bottle, a rocking frame pivotally secured to said socket and
provided with an arm h³, a cutter-carrying frame pivotally secured to said socket, a
double-acting cam engaging with said arın h³ and said cutter-carrying frame, and
springs i, 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 substantially as set forth.
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