Improvements in or relating to Machine Cork Drawers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1892-Accepted; 6th Aug., 1892
:
.PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Machine Cork Drawers.
I, RALPH OGDEN of Great Norbury Street, Hyde, Cheshire Engineer; do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to machine cork drawers and has for its object to enable
the operator to hold the bottle in an upright position underneath the screw whilst
the cork is being withdrawn.
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In carrying out my invention I employ a metal rod or bar by preference secured
to any convenient part of the machine say to the front and which hangs downwards
and at the bottom end is provided or formed with two curved arms which surround
the body of the bottle. when placed beneath the screw.
"
Hitherto the bottles have been held according to the judgment of the operator
and the neck of the bottle has got at an angle and consequently the screw and
bottle have been broken. By my improved guide this cannot occur as the two
arms hold the bottle in the upright position and guide it up and down whilst the
cork is being extracted.
My improved guide is equally applicable to cork drawers arranged at an angle.
Dated this 18th day of May 1892.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Machine Cork Drawers.
I, RALPH OGDEN of Great Norbury Street, Hyde, Cheshire, Engineer 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:
My invention relates to machine cork drawers and has for its object to enable the
operator to hold the bottle in a line with or in an upright position underneath
the screw whilst the cork is being withdrawn.
In carrying out my invention I employ a metal rod or bar by preference secured
to any convenient part of the machine, say to the front and which hangs downwards
and at the bottom end is provided or formed with two curved arms which partly
surround the body of the bottle when placed beneath the screw.
Hitherto the bottles have been held according to the judgment of the operator
and the neck of the bottle having sometimes got at an angle the screw and bottle
have consequently been broken. By my improved guide this cannot occur as the
bottle on being placed between the two arms is kept in a line with the screw and is
guided up and down whilst the cork is being withdrawn independently of any skill
on the part of the operator.
My improved guide is equally applicable to machine cork drawers arranged at
an angle.
And in order that this my said invention shall be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings illustrative
of my invention and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the
various figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
Figs. 1 & 2 are perspective views respectively of two kinds of machine cork
drawers with my improved guide shewn applied thereto.
In accordance with my invention my improved guide consists of a rod or bar A

page_text: which is by preference clamped or screwed to the front of the machine and which
extends downwards and terminates in the curved arms B. B. The bottle is placed
between these two arms which keep it in line with the screw, the guide extending
sufficiently low down to allow of the downward movement of the bottle whilst the
cork is being withdrawn.
In the case of new machines instead of being made separate the guide may form
part of the machine as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
As applied to machines arranged at an angle I clamp the guide to the machine
at C by means of nuts and bolts as shewn in Fig. 2.
The guide may be fastened to the counter or table top to which the machine
is clamped and the clamping screw may serve to hold it but I prefer it to be
attached to the machine itself.
Having thus 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 :-
In machine cork drawers the use and employment of a guide attached to or
forming part of the machine substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1892.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.