Improvements
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
Improvements
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I CARL BLOMBACH of the City of Ronsdorf in the German Empire, Merchant,
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 :-
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This invention has reference to that class of cork screws which are apt to
withdraw the cork by simply turning the device and it has for its object to improve
such a cork screw in such a way that it works reliably and affords the withdrawing
of the cork with ease, whilst the apparatus is constructed in such a manner that it
may be put into a waistcoat pocket.
The manner in which I carry my invention into effect may be understood from
the accompanying drawing on which:
Figure 1 shows a front view of the device ready for use and in position out
of use;
Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 is a horizontal section along line I-I of Figure 1 ;
Figure 4 shows the act of being inserted into a cork.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.
a is a wire of steel or hard iron formed spiral or manufactured otherwise as a
screw of this known sort, which is sharpened at the point for the ready and strong
engagement with a cork. Its upper or outer end is provided somewhat above the
screw thread with a groove b, c are two plates of sheet metal which are fitted in
the middle with a bent out portion d which corresponds with the diameter of the
neck formed by the said groove_b. These plates are laid round said neck of
the wire and joined together by rivets, screws or by other suitable means. In the
shown example I prefer to use rivets. When the plates c are affixed to the wire
neck, the wire is able to be turned between the plates, but a shifting up or
downwards of the same cannot take place.
Now to each side of the plates care linked by the rivets e arms f, which are
pressed or stamped out of sheet metal and are preferably made of U section, so
that the upper portion of the arm where it is joined to with the plates surrounds
the same as will be understood from Figure 3. The outward motion of the arms f
are limited by projections 9 provided for this purpose on the plates, against which
the upper portion of the arm tosses, the inwards motion is limited by the wire.
itself as is shown in dotted lines Figure 1, its point or sharp end is thus protected
by the ends of the arms f, so that the device may be put conveniently into a waist-
coat pocket and carried therein without damaging the same.
Nearly in the middle the arms are provided with projections . The wire a is
fitted at its head with a handle k of any convenient form according to the special
purpose for which the apparatus is required.
In the present example I have formed the end of the wire like a thumb screw,
which form of handle is well known as very convenient to manipulate the device.
Now the action of the same is as follows:
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When it is desired to draw the cork the arms f are opened so as to allow the
screw to be somewhat inserted into the cork, then the arms are shifted towards the
bottle so that the projections take hold on the bottle. mouth and the ends of
the arms lean upon the bottle neck and afford in such a manner a reliable support

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for the whole apparatus, the wire of which, when now being turned draws out the
cork easily. The act of withdrawing the cork as described will be seen from
Figure 4. After the bottle has been opened the cork may be taken off from the
device by pressing the arms against the cork and turning the screw in the contrary
direction as before.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
A device for drawing corks consisting of a wire screw (a) having a neck (b)
adapted to receive the plates (c) which are fastened turnable to said neck, of
arms (f) being linked to said plates and provided with projections (i) which
together with the arm ends engage with the bottle mouth and neck respectively
after the screw has been inserted into the cork and afford then with security the
withdrawing of the same all combined arranged and operating as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated thin 9th
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