An Improvement in Cork Drawing Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Cork Drawing Machines.
I, CORNELIUS CHAMBERS, of the firm of Merritt & Chambers, of 296, Broad
Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Barfitters and Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvement in cork drawing
machines of the kind described or referred to in the Specifications of my prior
Patents No. 4564 of A.D. 1888 and No. 6230 of A.D. 1888.
My present invention consists in an improved arrangement of the hand lever and
its connections to the slide which carries the cork screw by which the machine is
simplified and can therefore be produced at a lower cost.
According to my present invention the said hand lever is a simple single lever
instead of being forked as in my prior Patent No. 4564 of A.D. 1888 and in one
of the forms described in my prior Patent No. 6230 of A.D. 1888.
The said hand
lever is situated above the said slide and connected thereto by a link within the
barrel which latter is slotted at the front (and at the back also if required) to
allow of the handle being moved up and down. The fulcrum end of the hand lever
is jointed to a lug at the back of the barrel and the hand lever is bent near its
fulcrum end so that when the cork screw is in its highest position the hand lever
will stand up in a line with the barrel. The hand lever is pulled down to insert
the cork screw and lifted to extract the cork and throw the same off the cork
screw.
Dated this 9th day of March 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Cork Drawing Machines.
I, CORNELIUS CHAMBERS, of the firm of Merritt and Chambers, of 296 Broad
Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Barfitters and 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:
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvement in cork drawing
machines of the kind described or referred to in the Specifications of my prior
Patents No. 4564 of A.D. 1888 and No. 6230 of A.D. 1888.
My present invention consists in an improved arrangement of the hand lever
which carries the cork screw, by which the machine is simplified and can therefore
be produced at a lower cost.
According to my present invention the said hand lever is a simple single lever
instead of being forked as in my prior Patent No. 4564 of A.D. 1888 and in one
of the forms described in my prior Patent No. 6230 of A.D. 1888. The said hand
lever is situated above the said slide and connected thereto by a link within the
barrel which latter is slotted at the front (and at the back also if required) to
allow of the handle being moved up and down. The fulcrum end of the handlever
is jointed to a lug at the back of the barrel and the hand lever is bent near its
fulcrum end so that when the cork screw is in its highest position the hand
lever will stand up in a line with the barrel. The hand lever is pulled down to
D

page_text: insert the cork screw and lifted to extract the cork and throw the same off the cork
screw.
In order that my invention may be the better understood and carried into
practice I have illustrated the same on the accompanying sheet of drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation Fig. 2 is a front elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional
side elevation of a cork drawing machine constructed according to this
invention and
Fig. 4 shews the slide and connecting link of the same separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
A¹ is the barrel carried by the bracket A* and containing the slide B to the
lower part of which is pivotted the cork screw C the upper part c¹ of the cork
screw being screw threaded and working in the nut D which latter moves to and
fro through a certain space in the barrel A¹ the travel of the nut D being limited
by the top of the nose E and by the top of the side slots a' a' in which side
projections on the nut D engage. These parts are similar and act in a similar
manner to the corresponding parts in the cork drawing machines described in the
Specifications of my prior Patents herein before referred to.
F is the hand lever which according to my present invention I make a single
lever passing through the longitudinal slot a³ in the barrel A¹ and jointed at its
fulcrum end f¹ between the divided lug at formed on the back of the barrel A'.
G is the link connecting the handlever F to the slide B this link is jointed to the
handlever Fat and to the slide B at the latter being slotted (as shewn in
Fig. 4) to receive the link G. Fig. 1 shews how the handlever when in its highest
position stands up in a line with the barrel through the handlever being bent at its
fulcrum end. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 shew the handlever F in its lowest position
when the corkscrew is inserted in the cork ready to be withdrawn. The sides of
the longitudinal slot a³ in the barrel serve as a guide for the handlever and prevent
its moving sideways.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :--
In a cork drawing machine of the kind herein referred to and in combination
with the inclined barrel A' thereof and the slide B, corkscrew C and sliding nut D
contained within the said barrel, the employment of the single ended handlever F
passing through a longitudinal slot a³ in the said barrel and jointed to a lug at at
the back thereof so as to be capable of up and down movement and the link G
connecting the said handlever to the said slide B substantially as hereinbefore set
forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of December 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.