Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
I, FERDINAND HAAG, of 64, Rüppurrerstrasse, Karlsruhe, Baden, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is a cork cutting machine in which the rotary
spindle can be lowered by means of a draw rod actuated by hand or foot power
aud is subsequently raised by a lever provided with a counterweight.
In the accompanying drawings is shown an elevation partly in section of the
improved machine."
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The standard a carries the vertical spindle by means of the bearing arms ;
this spindle or vertical shaft being provided with a driving pulley d keyed
thereon. The shaft c is so keyed to the pulley d that it can be adjusted to move
freely up and down, in the usual manner and it is moreover carried by the lever e
which engages by means of the collar f in a groove formed in the said shaft.
At the rear end, the levere carries a counterweight r which has for its object
to constantly maintain the shaft in its uppermost position. At the front end
of the lever e is jointed the draw rod g moving through a guide and actuated by
means of the handle h or of any suitable treadle, as shown in dotted lines in
the accompanying drawings. By means of this rod g the lever e and with it
the working spindle c can be pulled down. The spindle c is perforated through-
out its length and carries at its lower end the boring tool k. The work table ?
is secured to the standard a and is provided centrally with a countersunk block
of hard wood g to protect the boring tool. Around the upper end of the spindle c
is arranged an inclined discharge plane carried by the support o.
The machine operates as follows:-
The spindle is rotated by passing a driving belt around the driving pulley,
the cork is placed on the operating table and the rod g being pulled the
lever e and the spindle c are lowered. The boring tool & now cuts out a cork m
from the cork piece 7. When the rod g is subsequently released, the weight r
raises the spindle c while the cut out cork m remains in the boring tool k.
each successive depression of the spindle ca new cork m is cut out and pressed
into the boring tool k so that these corks m push each other up through the borer
and spindle c until they drop out of the open top thereof on to the inclined
plane n.
At
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:
A cork cutting machine characterized by a rotating spindle c provided with
a cutting or boring tool k being arranged to move up and down through bear-
ings 6 and carried by a lever e which forces the boring tool & through the cork

page_text: by acting on a suitable pull rod, after which this tool is drawn out of the cork
by the weight r; the cut out corks pushing one another up through the spindle c.
Dated this 20th day of July 1890
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicant."
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicant."