Year: 1888

page_text: We, ALEXANDER SCHÜNEMANN and CARL SPINDLER both of Hamburg Graskeller
No. 21, in the Empire of Germany Manufacturers, 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, reference being made to
the drawings hereunto annexed in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a sectional
front elevation of a bottle corking machine constructed according to this invention :-
The object of the invention is principally to temporarily secure the bottle in the
press so as to avoid shock on the bottle when fastening it therein-and consists in a
means of cushioning the upper or movable limb of the bottle holder so that the same
may descend easily upon the neck of the bottle-m is a suitable base plate supporting
a vertical pillar s. On the latter is fixed the bracket d adjustable in vertical direction
thereon and adapted to support the base of the bottle or the like to be corked. On
the upper portion of the pillar S slides the bracket A which is adapted to move in
vertical direction to arrive upon and secure the mouth of the bottle, and contains
suitable devices as heretofore known for receiving and compressing the cork to be
driven into the bottle-The part A is continued upward to afford on its upper part a
guide for the limb Q carrying the driver for forcing down the cork-The said
extension of the part A is hollow and closed above and forms an accurate socket to
receive the upper narrowed portion of the pillars so that the air contained in the
space above the pillars may serve to cushion the descent of the part A. The
pillar s carries a fixed lug r which may project outward through a slot in the lower
portion of the limb A. and to this lug is pivoted the hand lever h counterweighted
by a poise G so that the lever is always retained or moved back to its upward
position.
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In such position the lever h abuts against the edge of the limb A and holds the latter
in its uppermost position. The lever h is connected by the rod y to the driver Q.
When a bottle is placed on the bracket d and the lever h is moved down by
hand, the limb A remaining unsupported descends by its own weight retarded however
by the compression of the air in the chamber x, the downward action of the lever causes

page_text: the driver Q to enter the slot containing the cork in the arm A, and force the cork
into the bottle The compression of the cork may be performed from the driver Q by
an inclined lever acting upon suitable mechanism in the arm A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is ;-
In machines for corking bottles and the like, the combination with a stationary
bracket of a movable bracket containing the cork compressor and sliding upon a pillar
engaging in a closed socket therein for the purpose set forth, and a cork driver
sliding upon an extension of said movable bracket substantially as illustrated and
described.
Dated this 13th day of August 1888.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicants.