Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug, 1886.
Complete Left, 16th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th June, 1887.
I WALTER VAUGHAN of 134 Cattell Road, Sparkbrook near Birmingham, in the
county of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to an arrangement and a combination of arrangements for
drawing corks from bottles, and also for opening certain aerated water and other
similar bottles, and has for its object the employment of a lever, acting upon a slide,
which slide carries a hook, or its equivalent, which together with a spring for return
purposes is carried and mounted in and upon a pillar suitably prepared to be affixed
to a table, counter, or other convenient fixture.
In more particularly describing a contrivance made according to this invention I may
say: A suitable base is prepared either for screwing, or clamping &c., to a fixture,
and upon this base I mount a tubular pillar, having two longitudinal slots cut therein.
Corresponding with one of these slots I form two lugs, thereby forming a fulcrum
joint for a lever. I also provide a hand lever suitably bent or shaped so as to be as
much out of the way as possible, and having a fulcrum joint hole, corresponding to
the lugs beforementioned.
I then provide a slide to work within and also against the (front of the) pillar
having formed thereon an extractor or hook. This slide works upon the top of the
lever, and is kept pressed down by means of a spring.
Near the base I fix immediately beneath the hook or extractor, a pressure neck,
collar or forked jaw, which receives and resists the pressure due to the drawing of the
cork.

page_text: Also, near the base I further mount a fixed aerated water bottle opener, with an
escape air pipe, and india-rubber ring joint. This opener is placed at a suitable angle
for convenience of operation.
From this it will be seen that the purpose of this my invention is :-that having
inserted a corkscrew into the cork of a bottle, the bottle is placed underneath the
pressure neck or jaw, the sliding hook made to engage with the screw, then by means
of the lever the cork is extracted; while in the case of aerated water bottles, the
opener is fixed ready for pressing the bottle thereagainst.
CHAS. T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I WALTER VAUGHAN 134 Cattell Road Sparkbrook, Birmingham in the county of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an arrangement and a combination of arrangements for
drawing corks from bottles, and also for opening certain aerated water and other
similar bottles, and has for its object, the employment of a lever acting upon a slide,
which slide carries a hook or its equivalent, which, together with a spring for return
purposes is carried and mounted, in and upon a pillar suitably prepared to be affixed
to a table, counter, or other convenient fixture.
In more particularly describing a contrivance made according to this invention
I may say: A suitable base is prepared either for screwing, or clamping &c. to a
fixture, and upon the base I mount a tubular pillar having two longitudinal slots cut
therein. Corresponding with one of these slots I form two lugs, thereby forming a
fulcrum joint for the lever. I also provide a hand lever suitably bent or shaped, so
as to be as much out of the way as possible, and having a fulcrum joint hole corre-
sponding to the lugs beforementioned.
I then provide a slide to work within and also against the (front of the) pillar,
having formed thereon an extractor or hook. This slide works upon the top of the
lever, and is kept pressed down by means of a spring.
Near the base, immediately beneath the hook or extractor, I fix a pressure neck,
collar, or forked jaw, which receives and resists the pressure due to the drawing of
the cork.
Also near the base I further mount a fixed aerated water bottle opener, with an
escape air pipe, and india-rubber joint. This opener is placed at a suitable angle for
convenience of operation.
I will now proceed to describe more fully the manner in which this my invention is
to be performed by the aid of the accompanying illustrative sheet of drawings, upon
which are figures and letters of reference, like letters referring throughout the several
views to the same thing or part.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of this my invention.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 2, on line A B.
Fig. 4 is a part elevation shewing the cork extracted from the bottle.
a, is a base upon which the various parts are mounted or arranged. Upon this
base a, I mount a tubular pillar b, which is secured to the said base by screw nut c.
At d, upon the pillar, I forms lugs, through which a central joint pin passes. Between
these lugs and also working upon such joint pin d, I place the lever e; the fore part

page_text: of which passes into and through the tubular pillar, through the longitudinal slots ƒ & g.
Within the tubular pillar, between its upper part or end, and the top of the lever, a
slide his free to work, the said slide being always kept down by means of the coiled
spring i. Atj I form a jaw or neck to resist the pressure of the extracting of the
cork, against the neck end of the bottle. In order to lessen the liability to breakage
of the bottles I provide a recess in this said jaw, into which I place an india-rubber
pad k, this pad being secured in its position by means of the plate / and nut c.
I attach an aerated water, or other internally stoppered bottle opener, having an air or
gas escape pipe n.
At m
This machine is secured to a table, counter, or other fixture by means of the
cramps o, o¹.
When these machines or similar machines are secured by one cramp
only, they are liable to, and in fact invariably, move or wriggle about.
To obviate this I apply two cramps, which, by their combined action with the base
part p, form three points of contact upon the table or counter &c., thus forming a
steady and firm security.
In Fig. 5, I have shewn an enlarged detailed view in section, of the tubular pillar b,
shewing more perfectly in plan, the slide h.
The method of using this machine will now be readily understood to be as follows:-
The corkscrew q is inserted into the cork of the bottle as is ordinarily done. The bottle
is then passed into and between the jaw or neck, with the corkscrew hanging upon the
slide as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, & 3. The lever e, is then pressed down as in Fig. 4,
which raises the slide %, and thus extracts the cork r, as illustrated, see Fig. 4.
The opener m, being attached to, & in combination with the cork extractor affords
a very convenient instrument for opening internally stoppered bottles, as it is always
ready for use, and needs no separate or special fixing of itself.
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 :-
1st. The improvements in bottle cork extractors as hereindescribed and illustrated
upon the drawings that is to say, the use of a hook slide, working in or upon a
tubular pillar, acted upon by a spring and operated by a lever, as, and for the purposes
specified.
2nd. The clamping of machines for extracting corks or opening bottles, by means
of a double clamp, substantially as hereindescribed and illustrated.
3rd. The general combination and arrangement of the parts constituting a cork
extractor and aerated water bottle opener, substantially as hereindescribed and
illustrated upon the drawings.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Applicant's Agent.