IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CORKS FROM BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM RUSHWORTH of Idle in the County of York, Innkeeper, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING
CORKS FROM BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS, to be as follows:-
:-
The object of my invention is to arrange an apparatus by which cork-screws are
made to screw into corks by pressure without having occasion to turn the apparatus
round, and on the withdrawal of the corks from the bottles or vessels the screw.
inserted will un-screw itself from the cork as it is being withdrawn.
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-
At the end of a tube I form a quickly pitched thread and fit a screwed bar
therein, to one end of which is fixed a cork-screw with the thread cut in the
opposite direction to the screw on the bar. At the other end of this bar I attach a
cross head which projects through slots cut in the tube, and to the side of the tube
I place a small hook for the purpose of removing wire or other fastenings from
the cork.
When the apparatus is applied the screwed bar is made to project from the tube
and on placing the end of the cork-screw against a cork and applying pressure on
the end of the tube, the screwed bar will revolve and insert the cork-screw into the
cork, and on pulling at the tube to withdraw the cork, the screwed bar will revolve
in the opposite direction and partly unscrew the cork-screw as the cork is being
withdrawn.
I, WILLIAM RUSHWORTH of Idle, in the County of York, Innkeeper, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention, for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING
CORKS FROM BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to arrange an apparatus by which cork screws are
made to screw into corks by pressure, without having occasion to turn the apparatus
round, and consists in mounting in a tube a quickly pitched screwed bar, to one

page_text: end of which is secured the cork screw with the thread cut in the opposite direction
to the screwed bar, and to the other end of the said bar is,attached a cross head
which projects through slots cut in the tube and by which the cork is drawn.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I will describe the same
more in detail by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents an
elevation of my apparatus with the quickly pitched screwed bar enclosed within
the tube. Fig. 2 is another elevation shewing the bar screwed out. Fig. 3 is the
screw detached from the tube and Fig. 4 is a view shewing a portion of the tube
and screw in section.
In the tube A is mounted a quickly pitched double threaded screw B which is
hollow for a portion of its length, the spaces forming the screw being cut to such a
depth that the material at the centre of the bar is cut away, thereby leaving the
same hollow with a clear space between the threads from one side of the screw to
the other. Through the collar at the bottom of the tube A, I pass pin C upon
which is placed a small roller D that fills the cavity or space between the threads
from one side of the screw to the other, so that when the screw B is out as shewn
by Fig. 2 with the end of cork screw E upon a cork, and pressure applied to the
tube in the direction of the arrow, the double threaded screw will revolve
traversing towards the head of the tube; whilst at the same time the thread of
the cork screw E being cut in the opposite direction will penetrate the cork;
which is withdrawn by pulling at the arms F of the cross head which is attached
to the double threaded screw B. When the cork is partly withdrawn in the
manner described, on releasing the arms of the cross head and pulling in the same
direction at the head of the tube, it will be totally withdrawn, the screw B
traversing out towards the position as shewn by Fig 2, at the same time the cork
screw E will unscrew itself from the cork; or the cork can be totally withdrawn
by pulling at the crosshead arms, and on taking hold of the cork and the head of
the tube and pulling so that the screw B traverses outwards, the screw E will
unscrew itself out of the cork, leaving the same free for being again inserted. To
the collar at the bottom end of the tube, I secure a pin P for the purpose of
disengaging the wires that are usually placed over the ends of corks in bottles.
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:
The combination of a quickly pitched screw B with a cork screw E bhaving the
threads cut in opposite directions, arranged substantially for the purpose, and in
the manner described, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th da
100A
WAUGH & CHAPMAN,
Agents for the Applicant.