Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 25th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th May, 1887.
I, ROBERT GREY BARNES, of 40, Nicholas Street, in the city and county of Bristol,
Timber Broker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the improved appliance for withdrawing corks from bottles, which constitutes
this invention, the screw which penetrates the cork is supported in a crosshead,
surmounting a frame which springs from a suitable base plate. The upper part of the
scrow works in a nut which extends upwards from the crosshead aforesaid. At the
outer extremity of each of the arms which constitute the handle of the screw is a
weight the momentum of which, when the apparatus is worked, assists to drive the
screw into the cork. Below the crosshead above mentioned is a beam which is
furnished at the two extremities with eyes through each of which passes a rod
supporting the crosshead. The beam is capable of being moved vertically on the rods
of the frame through the medium of a hand-lever conveniently hinged at one end to
one of the rods of the frame. The horizontal disposition of the beam is maintained
by means of links loosely pivotted to the beam and to the lover. At the centre of
the beam is an orifice which the neck of the bottle is made to enter and the cork is
thereby presented to the screw. The screw is then rotated by the application of
manual force to the weighted arms at the top, and when the scrow has penetrated the
cork to the required extent, the hand-lever aforesaid is forced downwards and the
bottle is thus drawn down, leaving the cork on the screw.
During the operation the bottle is held in one hand of the operator.
The screw is now turned in the reverse direction to that required for penetration
and the cork being prevented by the underside of the nut from rising with the screw,
becomes disengaged therefrom and drops on the base of the framo. A stud or pin
may be fitted to the screw to constitute a stop to the upward travel thereof beyond
the point necessary to unscrew the cork therefrom.
The apparatus may be adjusted to stand vertically or at an angle.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Appliance for Uncorking Bottles.
I, ROBERT GREY BARNES, of 37, Nicholas Street, in the city and county of Bristol,
timber broker, 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 :—
In the improved appliance for drawing corks from bottles, in which this invention
consists, the screw which penetrates the corks is secured to or formed in one piece
with a screw working in a nut surmounting a crosshead carried on columns, rods or
bars extending vertically from a suitable base plate. At the outer extremity of each
of the arms which constitute the handle by which the screw is operated is a weight by
the momentum of which when the screw has been started the subsequent motion
thereof is continued either for driving the screw into a cork or withdrawing it from a
cork. Below the crosshead is a beam having at its two extremities eyes or sockets
through which pass the columns, rods or bars aforesaid and on which the beam is
capable of being moved vertically through the operation of a hand-lever conveniently
hinged at one end to a bracket springing from one of the columns, rods or bars
aforesaid. The beam is maintained in a horizontal plane by means of links loosely
pivoited to it and to the lever. Midway in the beam is a socket through which the
neck of a bottle from which a cork is to be drawn is passed, the bottle being
in one hand of the operator that the top of the cork bears against the underside of the
nut which extends upwards from the crosshead, it being understood that the screw
has been previously raised by turning the weighted arms aforesaid in the proper
direction therefor with the other hand of the operator.
so held
An impetus in the reverse direction is then imparted to the screw which descends
and the cork-screw penetrates the cork. The hand-lever aforesaid is now operated to
lower the beam and the bottle is thus forced downwards clear of the cork which is left
upon the screw.
The motion of the screw is now again reversed and the cork being prevented by
the nut from ascending with the screw falls therefrom when the screw has ascended
into the nut.
Under a modification the top of the neck of the bottle from which the cork is to be
drawn is received into a cup which forms the lower termination of a sliding bracket
having arms free to move vertically in grooves formed in the body of the nut. When
in position for driving the cork-screw into the cork the bracket is raised and the upper
part of the cup is made to bear against the underside of the nut. After the cork-screw
has been driven, or during the operation of driving it into the cork, the bracket iş
forced downwards away from the nut by means of a sleeve operated by weighted arms
and embracing loosely the body of the nut which sleeve is rotated for the purpose by
the free hand of the operator.

page_text: The cork-screw is drawn clear of the cork in the same manner as described in
connection with the arrangement first above set forth.
Referring to the accompanying sheets of illustrative drawings, the figure shown
on sheet 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of an improved appliance,
constructed in accordance with this invention, for drawing corks from bottles."
Towards the top of the columns a rising vertically from the base plate 6 is a
crosshead d surmounted by the nut e in which the upper screw works. At the
bottom of the screw is the cork-screw which penetrates the corks. The screws f
and g are operated to travel vertically by means of the weighted arms h which
constitute the handle of the said screws.
Below the crosshead d is a beam i having at its extremities eyes or sockets through
which the columns a are passed. Through the medium of the forked hand-lever k each
member of which is connected by links to the beam i the latter is moved up or
down on the columns a. The hand-lever k is hinged at one end to the bracket k¹
springing from one of the columns a, as shown. In the drawing the beam i is
represented raised to its full extent and in position to receive a bottle the cork of
which is required to be drawn. The neck of the bottle is passed through the socket m
of the beam i. The screws ƒ and g are shown lowered, but it will be obvious that
previously to driving the penetrating screw g into the cork the weighted arms h are
rotated to raise the screws and to clear the way for the cork to be presented to the
underside of the nut e.
The bottle having been placed in position, as aforesaid, an impetus is then imparted
to the weighted arms h by the free hand of the operator and the cork-screw is driven
into the cork. The hand-lever is then pulled down on its pivot in the bracket k¹
and the beam i, being thus forced downwards, carries the bottle with it, and the cork
is left upon the screw g. The motion of the screws is now reversed and the cork
being prevented from ascending with the screw g falls therefrom when the screw
has ascended into the nut e.
At Figs. 1 and 2, sheet 2, of the accompanying drawings is illustrated a modification
in the method of lowering the bottle after penetration of the cork by the screw g
In this arrangement the top of the neck of the bottle is received in a cup n which
forms the lower termination of a bracket o having arms extending vertically on the
nute and free to slide in grooves provided therein. Loosely embracing the upper
part of the nut e is a sleeve p furnished with weighted arms p². This sleeve is slotted
as represented and when the sliding bracket o is raised, as seen at Fig. 1, the upper
ends of the arms thereof are in contact with a part of the diagonal face of the slot of
the sleeve at each side of the nut. If, when the screw g has been driven into a cork,
which is effected in the same manner as above described with reference to the figure
shown on sheet 1 of the drawings, the sleeve p be rotated in the proper direction (or
if this be done while the screw g is being driven into the cork) the bottle is forced
downwards from the screw g and the cork remains behind upon the said screw.
Fig. 2 the bracket o is shown lowered, the sleeve p having made a complete revolution
round the nut e. It is to be understood that one half a revolution of the sleeve around
the nut suffices to lower the bracket to the required extent. The bracket o is pushed
up to its normal position by the operator of the appliance when applying another
bottle. In this modification the working parts of the appliance are supported in the
frame A.
At
Under this invention corks may be extracted from bottles with great rapidity and
without liability of straining the operator or fracturing the bottles.
the nature of this
Having now particularly described and ascertained
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An improved appliance for drawing corks from bottles consisting of a combined
working screw such as fand cork screw such as y the former working in a nut such
as e surmounting a cross head such as d and operated through the medium of weighted
arms such as h, and a beam such as i, with hand-lever such as k, or its equivalent, for

page_text: withdrawing a bottle from the cork after penetration of the latter by the cork-screw,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The modification of the improved appliance for drawing corks from bottles
hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, sheet 2, of the appended
drawings, in which the bottle is withdrawn from the screw by means of a sliding
bracket such as o operated through the medium of the rotating sleeve p embracing
the nut e as set forth.
3. The combination of parts constituting the improved appliance for drawing corks
from bottles constructed, arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the figure shown on sheet. 1 of the appended drawings,
and the modification hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, sheet 2,
of the said drawings.