IMPROVEMENTS IN A MACHINE FOR WIRING THE CORKS IN BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, Patent Agents, of
Chancery Lane, London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declaro the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN A MACHINE FOR WIRING THE CORKS IN
BOTTLES" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to construct a machine for putting the wires over
the tops of corks in bottles, and twist the said wires. around the necks of the
bottles so as to hold the corks in their positions in the bottles.
All of the operative parts of the machine are attached to or supported by a bed
plate or table, which, when the machine is in operation is raised up on legs or
other supports, so as to make the top of the table or bed plate stand at an
elevation of about three feet, more or less, from the floor on which the operator
stands.
Secured to the top of the bed plate or table are stands or bearing supports for
the journal bearings of a driving shaft, and for other purposes. The front one of
these supports, besides furnishing a bearing for the said driving shaft, also provides
bearings for nippers for holding the front end of the twisted wire in proper
position over the cork of the bottle, and the cam for operating said nippers, also
the shears for cutting off the wire after it is twisted properly on the bottle, and
likewise the holder of the mouth of the bottle when it is placed in the machine, all
of which specific parts of the machine will be presently described.
The driving shaft besides having on it the driving gear wheel, by which it is
driven, carries a cam for imparting a longitudinal movement to a sliding shaft and
its attached wiring jaws, as hereinafter described, and also a gear wheel, for driving
through a train of gearing the sliding shaft, and its attached jaws when it is
required to rotate the said sliding shaft as hereinafter described.
The sliding shaft has its bearing in a sliding head, which is seated in one of the
stands bolted to the bed plate. The said shaft is rotated in the said sliding head
by means of a gear wheel, which is actuated by a train of gearing hereinafter
described, the said gear wheel allowing the shaft to slide longitudinally within it

page_text: by means of a longitudinal groove in the periphery of the said shaft, and a key
or tongue attached to the said wheel, and depending into the said longitudinal
groove.
The sliding head is moved longitudinally in the machine, by means of a follower
or lever and its actuating cam. The upper end of the said follower or lever is
attached to the sliding head by means of a link, so as to allow the sliding head to
move in a straight line while the top end of the said lever describes a small are of
a circle. The lower end of the said lever or follower is slotted for a fulcrum pin,
and the fulcrum lug to which it is fulcrummed is also slotted vertically, so as to
move the fulcrum pin up or down as occasion may require to increase or diminish
the length of throw of the top end of the lever or follower, and consequently the
amount of longitudinal movement of the sliding head. This is for adjusting the
machine to different work or different sized bottles. A pin or sheave attached to
the said follower or lever, is engaged by the rotating cam and moved as the said
cam rotates, so as to carry the sliding head forward and backward at each rotation
of the said cam. The operating jaws (which carry the wire to and twist it around
the neck of the bottle) are attached to the front end of the sliding shaft, and moved
forward and backward, and rotated by and with the said shaft.
The rotating cam is constructed so as to move the sliding shaft and its operating
jaws forward and backward quickly, for the most of the longitudinal movement,
and then slowly forward for a short distance, so as to accomodate the jaws to the
operation of twisting the wire on the bottle, the jawa being required to move
toward the bottle as the act of twisting the wire shortens it, and consequently the
distance between the jaws and the bottle. The operating jaws are pivotted near
their central part to a transverse bar or head, which is securely fixed to the front
end of the sliding shaft. The front ends of the said jaws are arranged to close
tightly together, and the rear ends of them are separated several inches apart, and
attached by follower links to a sliding collar which slides on the sliding shafi.
The opposite ends of the follower links are respectively attached by hinge joints or
pivot pins to the jaw pieces and the sliding collar. A coiled spring surrounds the
sliding shaft, in front of and pressing against the sliding collar, to press it back
and open the jaws when a spring catch releases the said sliding collar at the
extreme forward limit of its movement, as presently explained. When the sliding
shaft is moved backward, just before it reaches the extreme limit of its movement,
the rear end of the sliding collar strikes a stop, and then the continued rearward
movement of the said shaft causes the said collar to slide relatively forward on it,
and thus close the jaws, and as soon as they are closed, the spring catch engages in
a notch or hold in the sliding shaft, and thereby holds the jaws closed Lightly until
they make their next full movement forward, and then, just as soon as the nippers
grasp the wire which projects in front of the ends of the operating jaws, a tappet
(connected with and operated by a lifting table) releases the spring, detent or
catch, and allows the spring to throw the jaws open. And as soon as the jaws are
thus opened, they are moved rearward by and with the sliding shaft, until the
stop closes them again as above described. The stop is made adjustable so as to
close the jaws at any desired point. The mechanism of the other parts of the
machine is such, that as soon as the jaws are closed, the sliding shaft to which
they are attached commences to rotate, and this rotation of the said jaws twists
the wires between the bottle and the ends of the jaws just enough to tighten the
wire on the bottle over the cork, and during this twisting operation the rotating
cam moves the jaws just far enough ahead to take up the shortening distance
made by the twisting wire. The rotation and forward and rearward movements of
the sliding shaft, are made by the gearing and cam connections between the two
shafts, so that at each revolution of the driving shaft, the sliding shaft wakes one
complete movement forward and backward, and a sufficient number of rotations to
thoroughly twist and tighten the wire on the cork in one bottle, and the length of
the throw of the said shaft backward and forward, is just enough to feed out
through the jaws, wire enough to cork one bottle.

page_text: The bottle to be corked or wired is placed on the lifting table, which slides up
and down in ways, and is moved up by a treadle, lever, and connecting rods. A
weight at the rear end of the lever acts as a counterweight to help raise or balance
the table.
A sliding rod attached to and actuated by the lifting table extends longitudinally
therefrom through the machine in any convenient or suitable location, and actuates
a tappet, and a clutch, at the proper moment to make the mechanism of the
machine act in harmony with the movements of the said bottle table, and thereby
places all the movements of the machine automatically under the control of the
operator who moves the treadle, and places the bottles on the lifting table.
In utilizing this provision of the machine, a bracket or arm attached to tho
lifting table, is connected by a connecting rod, with a cam which operates the
nippers to close them tightly on the wires as soon as the said wires are thrown
forward far enough for the nippers to receive them. This cam is constructed so as
to close the nippers before the lifting table reaches the full upward limit of its
movement, and hold the nippers closed until the wire is affixed to the bottle
enough to hold it in place. The nippers are babitually thrown open by a spring,
which holds the said nippers open until the cam closos them again. The nippers
are fulcrummed to a strap, which said strap is hung on a pin which projects from
the front face of one of the bearing supports or standards. The pin is made long
enough to allow the strap with the nippers, considerable lateral movement, for the
purpose of preventing the nippers from interfering with the removal of a bottle
from the machine, but a spring habitually throws the nippers up against the
machine or the support.
The clutch above mentioned operated by the sliding rod, couples a gear wheel to
a second driving shaft so as to start the rotary mechanism of the machine at the
proper moment the position of the lifting table (with a bottle on it) requires the
rotury movements of the machine to cominence, to harmonize the whole operations
of the machine. This second driving shaft is to run continuously by means of a
belt or gear wheel, but by means of the clutch, the first driving shaft with all the
mechanisms operated by it, is started and stopped with each raising and lowering
of the lifting table. The wires which are used with this machine are carried on
spools, two of which are attached to the opposite sides of tho jaws, and feed their
wires forward through transverse holes in the jaws. Two other spools are attached
to the rear end of the sliding shaft, which is made hollow, and the wires from them
are passed through this hollow shaft to the jaws, where all of the wires used unite
and are twisted into a wire cord which forins the wiring of the bottle. There may
be two or more of these wires used at one time. Where only two of the wires are
used, the spools not in use will simply remain idle; all of the spools are attached
to the machine so as to counterbalance each other on the jaws or shaft, as the case
may be. The wires attached to the machine as above described, and united in and
twisted by the jaws, are applied to the top of a bottle as follows:-The front ends
of the several wires in the first instance are twisted up tightly by hand, just in
front of the jaws, in the first instance, i.e. on starting a new set of wires, but after
that the machine does all the twisting. The twisted ends of the wires, when the
jaws are thrown forward, are grasped by the nippers, and just a moment later the
lifting table with a bottle on it is raised up so as to press the top of the bottle
with a cork in it, up under tho wires and between the jaws. The mechanism of
the parts is such that just an instant later than the time the top end of the cork in
the bottle strikes the wire between the jaws, the said jaws are opened by the
tappet mentioned releasing the spring detent or catch, and allowing the spring to
throw the jaws open. The continued raising of the lifting table still a moment
later also carries the mouth of the bottle still further up between the jaws, and
this helps also to open the jaws.
The wires thrown over the cork of the bottle in this manner, are caught between
the top end of the cork, and the bottom end of a spring follower which slides in a
vertical chamber of one of the arms or standards. This sliding follower, thrown

page_text: down by a spring, permits the top end of the bottle, when pressed upward by the
lifting table, to rise up into the lower end of the cavity of said chamber, and carry
the wires over the cork along with it, the spring follower meanwhile holding the
wires down on the cork of the bottle but permitting them to slide over it as
the bottle is raised; the front end of the wire however is meanwhile held between
the nippers. A pair of clamps are hinged to the bottom end of the spring follower,
and thrown down by small springs so as to allow the wires to pass between them
when they are opened, but centreing the wires over the corks when the bottle is
raised up, the said clamps closing up with the wires between them when the top
end of the cork or bottle strikes them in its upward movement.
The front edges
of the said clamps are bevelled so as to allow the wires to slip down off of them
when the table is lowered. A spring catch or clamp is also attached to the arm or
support, which catches under the neck of the bottle when the lifting table is
lowered, and holds the bottle just in the proper position for allowing the wires to
be twisted around the neck of the bottle just below its flange or wiring lock. This
feature of the machine adapts in to long or short necked bottles.
For the purpose of forcing the loose wires at the rear side of the bottle down to
the wiring neck of the bottle when the jaws are thrown back and opened, a finger
is pivotted to the cross-bar of the jaws and arranged to be thrown down in front of
and between the jaws, when they are opened, so that the front end of this finger
can press the wires down at that moment to their proper position. This finger is
tbrown upward by a spring, and it is thrown forward and down at the proper
moment by a sliding rod, a pawl or detent on said rod engaging with a pin on the
finger bar.
A pair of shears attached to the inside of the standard or arm, cut off the twisted
wires between the bottle and the ends of the nippers as soon as each bottle is
wired. This leaves a sinall twisted wire cord projecting a little beyond the ends
of the nippers for the next bottle. The nippers are operated just at the proper
time for this purpose by a rod-and-cau, the said cam being placed on the first
mentioned driving shaft and operated by it. As has before been stated this shaft
makes one revolution at cach full stroke or operation of the machine, so of course
the last mentioned cam can easily be set to operate the shears just as the twisting
of the wire is completed.
The sliding shaft is rotated by a wheel, which is driven through a train of
gearing from the first mentioned driving shaft. The wheel has a tongue which
enters a longitudinal groove in the sliding shaft, and this construction allows the
shaft to slide in the said wheel when the sliding movement before alluded to occurs,
and at the same time provides an engagement for the said wheel for the rotation of
the shaft, when it is required..
A clutch on a gear wheel is engaged by a cam on the first mentioned driving
shaft, so as to clutch two wheels together at the proper time to rotate the sliding
shaft, otherwise one or the other of the two wheels will stand idly on its shaft,
which will be allowed to rotate idly within it. The cam on the driving shaft is
arranged to engage its clutch in that portion of the rotation of the shaft which is
proper for the rotation of the sliding shaft as hereinbefore specified.
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page_text: The sliding head C is moved longitudinally in the machine, by means of a
follower or lever D, and its actuating cam, B. The upper end of the said follower
or lever is attached to the sliding head C₁ by means of a link d, so as to allow the
sliding head to move in a straight line while the top end of the said lever describes
a small are of a circle. The lower end of the said lever or follower is slotted for
the fulcrum pin d', and the fulcrum lug, A³, to which it is fulcrummed is also slotted
vertically, so as to move the fulcrum pin up or down, as occasion may require, to
increase or diminish the length of throw of the top end of the lever or follower, and
consequently the amount of longitudinal movement of the sliding head C. This
is for adjusting the machine to different work or different sized bottles. A pin or
sheave D¹, attached to the said follower or lever D, is engaged by the rotating
cam B and inoved as the said cam rotates so as to carry the sliding head C' forward
and backward at each rotation of the said cam B². The operating jaws E, E,
(which carry the wire to and twist it around the neck of the bottle), are attached
to the front end of the sliding shaft C, and moved forward and backward, and
rotated by and with the said shaft.
The cam B is constructed so as to move the sliding shaft and its operating
jaws forward and backward quickly, for the most of the longitudinal movement,
and then slowly forward for a short distance, so as to accommodate the jaws to the
operation of twisting the wire on the bottle, the jaws being required to move
toward the bottle as the act of twisting the wire shortens it, and consequently the
distance between the jaw, and the bottle. The quick moving part of the cain is
shown in Fig. 1, between the points band b, while all of the rest of the periphery
of the cam, ie, between the points band b, is made so as to move the lever D, aud
its attached parts, just enough to accommodate the jaws to the twisting movement
above described. The operating jaws. E, E, are pivoted at a near their central part,
to a transverse bar or head E, which is securely fixed to the front end of the
sliding shaft C. The front ends of the said jaws are arranged to close tightly
togellier, as shown in Figs. 3 and 8, and the rear ends of them are separated
several inches apart, and attached by the follower links E, E, to a sliding collar E³,
which slides on the sliding shaft C. The opposite ends of the links E³, E², are
respectively attached by hinge joints or pivot pins el, e, to the jaw pieces E and
the sliding collar E³. This construction of the operating jaws, and the open position
of the said jaws, is shown in dotted lines, and the closed position by the full lines
in Figure 8. A coiled spring E, surrounds the sliding shaft C, in front of and
pressing against the sliding collar E³, to press it back and open the jaws when the
spring catch shown in Fig. 10 releases the said sliding collar at the extreme
forward limit of its movement, as presently explained. When the sliding shaft C
is moved backward, just before it reaches the extreme limit of its movement, the
rear end of the sliding collar Estrikes the stop E, and then the continued rearward
movement of the said shaft causes the said collar to slide relatively forward on it,
and thus close the jaws, and as soon as they are closed, the spring catch e engages
in a notch or hold in the shaft C, and thereby holds the jaws closed tightly until
they make their next full movement forward, and then, just as soon as the
nippers F grasp the wire which projects in front of the ends of the operating jaws,
the tappet (connected with and operated by the lifting table G) releases the spring
detent, and allows the spring E to throw the jaws open. And as soon as the
jaws are thus opened, they are moved rearward, by and with the shaft C, until the
stop E closes them again as above described. The stop E is made adjustable, so
as to close the jaws at any desired point. The mechanism of the other parts of the
machine is such, that as soon as the jaws E are closed, the shaft C, to which they
are attached, commences to rotate, and this rotation of the said jaws twists the
wires between the bottle and the ends of the jaws just enough to tighten the wire
on the cork, and during this twisting operation the cam B moves the jaws just far
enough abead to take up the shortening distance made by the twisting wire. The
rotation and forward and rearward movements of the shaft C, are made by the
gearing and cam connections between the two shafts, so that at each revolution of

page_text: the driving shaft B, the sliding shaft C makes one complete movement forward and
backward, and a sufficient number of rotations to thoroughly twist and tighten the
wire on the cork in one bottle, and the length of the throw of the said shaft
backward and forward, is just enough to feed out through the jaws E, wire enough
to cork one bottle.
The bottle to be corked or wired is placed on the table G, which slides up and
down in ways g, and is moved up by treadle G, lever G³, and connecting rods G³, G*.
The weight W at the rear end of the lever G2 acts as a counter-weight to help raiso
or balance the tablo.
A sliding rod H actuated by the cam faced attachment g of the table G extends
longitudinally therefrom through the machine in any convenient or suitable
location, and actuates the tappet h, and the clutch at the proper moment to make
the mechanism of the machine act in harmony with the movements of the said
bottle table, and thereby places all of the movements of the machine automatically
under the control of the operator who moves the treadle G', and places the bottles
on the table G.
In utilizing this provision of the machine, a bracket or arm Fattached to the
table G, is connected by a connecting rod F, with the cam F3 which operates the
nippers F to close them tightly on the wires X as soon as the said wires are thrown
forward far enough for the nippers to receive them. The cam F is constructed as
shown in Fig. 2 so as to close the nippers F before the table G reaches the full
upward limit of its movement, and hold the nippers closed until the wire is affixed
to the bottle enough to hold it in place.. The nippers are habitually thrown open
by the spring f, which holds the said nippers open until the cam F closes tliom
again. The nippers F are fulcrummed to the strap, which said strap is hung on
a pin which projects from the front face of the support or standard A'. "The
pin f is made long enough to allow the strap with the nippers, considerable
lateral movement, for the purpose of preventing the nippers from interfering with
the removal of a bottle from the machine, but a spring (not shown) habitually
throws the nippers F up against the machine or the support A'.
The clutch Hoperated by the sliding rod H, couples the gear wheel I to the
driving shaft I so as to start the rotary mechanism of the machine at the proper
moment the position of the table G (with a bottle on it), requires the rotary move-
ments of the machine to commence, to harmonize the whole operations of the
machine. The shaft I' is to run continuously by means of a belt or gear wheel,
(not shown) but by means of the clutch H₁, the shaft B with all the incchanisms
operated by it, is started and stopped with each raising and lowering of the table G.
The wires x, x², x³, x', which are used with this machine are carried on the
spools J, J, J, J, the two first of which are attached to the opposite sides of the
jawa E, and feed their wires forward through transverse holes in the jaws E as
shown in Fig. 4. The two latter named spools are attached to the rear end of the
sliding shaft C, which is inade hollow, and the wires,, are passed through this
hollow shaft to the jaws E where all of the wires used unite and are twisted into
a wire cord X which forms the wiring of the bottle. There may be two or more
of these wires used at one time. Where only two of these wires are used, the
spools not in use will simply remain idle. All of the spools are attached to the
machine so as to counterbalance each other on the jaws or shaft, as the case may
be. The wires attached to the machine as above described, and united in and
twisted by the jaws E, are applied to the top of a bottle as follows:-The front
ends of the several wires, in the first instance are twisted up tightly by hand, just
in front of the jaws E, e, on starting a new set of wires, but after that the machine
does all the twisting. The twisted ends of the wires X. when the jaws are thrown
forward, are grasped by the nippers F, and just a moment later the table G with a
bottle ou it is raised up so as to press the top of the bottle with a cork in it,
up under the wires, and between the jaws E, carrying wires x, x². The
mechanism of the parts is such that just an instant later than the time the top
end of the cork in the bottle strikes the wire X between the jaws E, the said jaws

page_text: are opened by the tappet & releasing the spring detent e³, and allowing the spring E
to throw the jaws open. The continued raising of the table G still a moment later
also carries the mouth of the bottle still further up between the jaws and this helps
also to open the jaws E.
The wires, ', thrown over the cork of the bottle in this manner, are caught
between the top end of the cork, and the bottom end of the spring follower K
which slides in the vertical chamber A of the arm or standard A'. This sliding
follower, thrown down by the spring , permits the top end of the bottle, when
pressed upward by the table G to rise up into the lower end of the cavity of said
chamber A, and carry the wires a³, x', over the cork along with it, the follower K,
meanwhile holding the wires down on the cork of the bottle but permitting them
to slide over it as the bottle is raised, the front end of the twisted wire X however
is meanwhile held between the nippers F. A pair of clamps k, l, as shown in
detail Figure 11, are hinged to the bottom end of the follower K, and thrown down
by small springs, so as to allow the wires to pass between them when they are
opened, but centreing the wires over the corks when the bottle is raised up, the said
clamps closing up with the wires between them when the top end of the cork or
bottle strikes thein in its upward movement. The front edges of the said clamps
are bevelled so as to allow the wires to slip down off of them when the table is
lowered. A spring catch or clamp I, is also attached to the arm A' which catches
under the neck of the bottle when the table G is lowered, and holds the bottle just
in the proper position for allowing the wires to be twisted around the neck of the
bottle just below its flange or wiring lock. This feature of the machine adapts it
to long or short necked bottles,
For the purpose of forcing the loose wires at the rear side of the bottle down to
the wiring neck of the bottle, when the jaws are thrown back and opened, a
finger M is pivoted to the cross bar of the jaws and arranged to be thrown down
in front of and between the jaws E when they are opened, so that the front end of
this finger can press the wires down at that moment to their proper position. This
finger is thrown upward by a spring m and it is thrown forward and down at the
proper moment by the sliding rod M, a pawl or detent m¹ on said rod engaging
with a pin m² on the finger bar, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The method of moving
said rod M is, also shown in said Figures 8 and 9. M³ is a lever pivoted to the
rod M and also to a projection M³ on the shaft C. The lower end of lever M*
abuts against a stop M. The arrangement is such that when the jaws reach the
lever M² to throw the rod M¹ forward, and depress the finger bar as before
explained.
A pair of shears N, attached to the inside of the standard or arın A¹, cut off the
twisted wires between the bottle and the ends of the nippers as soon as cach bottle
is wired. This leaves a small twisted wire cord projecting a little beyond the ends
of the nippers for the next bottle. The shears are operated just at the proper time
for this purpose by the rod N', and cam Ne, the said can being placed on the
driving shaft B and operated by it. As has before been stated this shaft makes
one revolution at each full stroke or operation of the machine, so of course the
cam N can easily be set to operate the shears N just as the twisting of the wire
is completed.
The sliding shaft C is rotated by the wheel C which is driven through the train
of gearing B, B, B, from the shaft B. The wheel C has a tongue b, which enters
a longitudinal groove in the shaft C, and this construction allows the shaft to slide in
the said wheel when the sliding movement before alluded to occurs, and at the same
time provides an engagement for the said wheel for the rotation of the shaft, when
it is required.
A clutch B' on the gear wheel B' is thrown into engagement by the cam B³ on
the shaft B so as to clutch the wheels B³ and B' together at the proper time
to rotate the shaft C. When not so clutched together one or the other of the
wheels B, B, will stand idly on its shaft which will be allowed to rotate idly
within it. The cam BS on the shaft B is arranged to engage its clutch in that

page_text: portion of the rotation of the shaft B which is proper for the rotation of the start,
as hereinbefore specified.
The clutch B operated by cam BS is provided with a pin resting within an
aperture in the wheel B³; a spring ordinarily keeps the clutch from engagement
with the gear B', but in the revolution of the cam B, it strikes the clutch and
forces the projecting pin through the gear B³ into contact with the gear B' thus
clutching the two gears.
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 =
1 In a bottle cork wiring machine, the combination of a pair of inovable jaws
with a rotating and sliding shaft to which jaws are attached mechanism as described,
for opening and closing the jaws and a cam rotated by a train of gearing for moving
the jaws longitudinally whereby the sliding and rotating movements of the said
jaws together with their opening and closing movements complete the wiring of
a cork, automatically at one operation.
2ud The sliding and rotating shaft C provided with wiring jaws E in combina-
tion with the sliding collar E³, stop E' and spring E' and the detent e³, with the
means for operating same, whereby the movements of the jaws are controlled by
the sliding shaft and the detent as described.
3rd A vertically moving finger or wire depresser pivoted to the transverse bar
or frame of the movable jaws of a bottle wiring machine in combination with a
sliding bar for actuating the finger operated by the longitudinal movement of the
said jaws and a lover connection as described so as to throw the wire down the
flange of the neck of the bottle at each stroke of the machine, before the twisting
of the wire commences.
4 The vertically moving finger M, the sliding operating bar M for moving the
said finger M, and the detent or pawl m' and operating pin m³ in combination with
the pivoted lover Ms constructed and operated as described.
5th The cam B, pivoted lever D, sliding shaft C, with its attached movable
jaws E, opening spring E' and closing stop collar and abutment E³, E³, combined
and arranged so that at each revolution of the cam B the sliding shaft, with its
attached movable jaws shall make one forward and backward movement, with the
necessary opening and closing of the said jaws, at each revolution of the cam.
6th The vertically sliding table G, having cam faced attachment g², the sliding
rod Harranged as described so as to be shifted by the engagement of said
attachment therewith, and devices substantially as described connecting the
sliding rod H, with the jaw operating mechanism whereby the jaws are thrown into
operation by the reciprocation of table G all the recited elements in combination as
and for the purposes set forth.
7th The combination of the driving shaft B and sliding shaft C and its attached
gears connected together by the gearing B³, B', B, C whereby the sliding shaft
and its attached jaws are rotated a sufficient number of times to thoroughly twist
and tighten the wire on the bottle during a fractional portion of the revolution of
the driving shaft and forward and backward movement of the sliding shaft is
effected during the remainder of the rotation of the driving shaft.
8th In combination with the reciprocating table the sliding and rotating jaws
and their operative mechanism substantially as described arranged at one side of
said table, and the nippers F, at the other side of said table. Said nippers provided
with operative mechanisin substantially as described by which they are operate I wo
grasp the wires projecting from said jaws and hold them during the backward
movement of the said jaws substantially as set forth.
9th The spring clamp L attached to bottle mouth holder A, K so as to clasp the
neck of bottle just below the flange thereof and hold the bottle by the top end of
its neck during the wiring operation.
10 The automatic wire holders k, for centreing the wires over the cork, the
said holders hinged to the bottom of the spring follower of the bottle mouth holder,

page_text: and provided with springs for automatically closing the said wire folders on the
wires and with bevel edged lips to allow the wires to escape from the said holders
when the wires are drawn down tightly on the corks of the bottles.
11th In combination with the sliding and rotating jaws, and the wires X, the
automatic nippers F and means as described for operating both of the jaws and the 5
nippers, whereby the twisted front ends of the wires are held while the jaws aro
being moved back and the wires placed on the bottle and cork.
12th The automatic nippers F their operating cam F³ connecting rod F² and the
bottle holding table combined substantially as described and set forth.
13th The combination of jaws E, nippers F, and shears N, with means
substantially as described for operating the same arranged as set forth.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of March 1884.