An Improved Apparatus for Placing Wooden Tops on Corks in Aerated Water Bottles and also Wiring said Tops and Corks in said Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1889-Accepted, 29th June, 1889
PRAVINIONAL SPKYKYICA MINY
PROVISIONAL SPECKYICATION
An Improved Apparatus for Placing Wooden Tops on Corks in
Aerated Water Bottles and also Wiring said Tops and Corks in
said Bottles.
FRANCIS LYDON Blacksmith Whitehall Galway Ireland, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To construct an Improved Apparatus for placing Wooden Tops on Corks in Aerated
Water Bottles and also Wiring said Tops and Corks in said Bottles.
The object of this Invention is to place the Wooden tops on the Corks and also to
place and twist wires around the necks of the bottles and over the Wooden Tops so as
to hold the Wooden Tops and Corks in proper positions in Bottles.
All the operative parts of the machine are attached to or supported by a bed plate
or table, said bed plate or table being supported by means of legs or other supports.
The said bed plate or table being at any height that may suit the operator.
Secured to the said bed plate or table are bearing supports for the journal bearings
of a driving shaft, bearing supports for a sliding shaft also bearing supports for the
wooden top arrangement.
To the said bed plate or table are also attached a number of slides.
Between the legs or other supports of said bed plate or table are four rollers and
which are supported by said legs or other supports the said rollers being for holding
the wire which is to be used in connection with this Invention.
The specific parts of this machine are herinafter described.
To one end of said driving shaft are attached two cams, one of said cams being for
imparting a longitudinal movement to the said sliding shaft and also to the wiring
jaws (which are attached to the said sliding shaft and which are herinafter
described).
The other cam on said driving shaft is for imparting a longitudinal motion to said
slides and at the same time gives a like motion to a movable ring the said ring being
attached to said slides; the said longitudinal motion of said ring causing a nippers
and shears to work up and down. The said nippers and shears are attached to a
hollow tube through which the sliding shaft passes.
To the other end of said driving shaft is attached a cam or any other suitable
device for actuating a guide for keeping the wires in a proper position whilst the
bottles are being wired.
Also on said driving shaft is a cranked arm (or a Cam may be used) actuating a
carrier for carrying the wooden tops. On suid driving shaft is also a cam which
actuates a lift downwards and to the bottom end of said lift is attached a dart or
needle. When the said lift is actuated downwards by said cam the dart is forced into
wooden top which is on carrier and then lifts the wooden top off carrier and holds it
in position for placing it on top of cork in the bottle that is to be topped and wired.
The carrier is actuated backwards from the lift at the proper moment by means of a
spring.
To the said driving shaft is also attached a sector of a wheel which works into a
pinion said pinion being keyed on a tube through which the sliding shaft passes. The
rotating of said pinion causing the said nippers and shears to also rotate and in doing
so the wires are twisted around neck of bottle, the top wires being at this time over
the wood top, said wooden top being in position on cork in bottle, also causing said
shears to cut the wires at the neck of bottle at the proper moment.
A portion of the wires in the wiring jaws being left twisted for the next bottle.
The wiring jaws consist of two movable jaws (controlled by springs) which clasp
neck of bottle. The said jaws also carries the two wires which are to be placed around

page_text: neck of bottle; also a guide (also controlled by a spring) placed at a certain height
above wiring jaws, the said guide carrying the two wires which are to be placed on
the wooden top.
The nippers and shears consist of two movable jaws hung on pivots, said pivots
being attached to the hollow tube through which the sliding shaft passes and are
caused to come together by means of the ring which is attached to the said slides
thereby causing the nippers to bring the two top wires into a proper position with
the two wires which are around neck of bottle, the nippers and shears are then at a
proper moment caused to rotate by means of said sector of wheel on the driving
shaft, causing the pinion on sliding shaft to also rotate.
The arrangement for placing the wooden tops on the corks in the bottles that are
to be wired consists of a tubo in which are placed a quantity of wooden tops, a carrier
for carrying the wood tops out of said tube; also a tube for holding a lift, the said
lift having a dart or needle for taking wooden tops off the said carrier, the said lift
with dart being actuated by means of the cam on driving shaft, the said carrier being
caused to go from lift by means of a spring at the proper time.
The wires of said machine are carried from the four rollers through the hollow tube
which encloses the sliding shaft to the wiring jaws and from thence to the bottle.
The bottle to be topped and wired is merely pushed through the wiring jaws at
the proper moment and the driving shaft is then caused to rotate by means of
manual labor or other power the said rotating causing the cams on driving shaft to
actuate the said slides and sliding shaft and thereby placing the wires on top of the
wooden tops and also around the neck of bottle, and at the same time twisting and
cutting wires at neck of bottle, there is also left at same time a portion of the twisted
wire and which is held by the wiring jaws so as to be ready for the next bottle.
So that the operator has only to put the wires on the rollers when supplying the
machine with wire; as from them until the wire is used off the rollers this Invention
supplies woodon tops and also feeds & twists wires to bottles automatically.
Dated this 14th day of January 1889.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Placing Wooden Tops on Corks in
Aerated Water Bottles, and also Wiring said Tops and Corks in
said Bottles.
FRANCIS LYDON Blacksmith Whitehall Galway Ireland, do hereby declare the 3
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 statoment:-
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The object of this invention is to construct a machine for placing wooden tops on
corks in bottles and also place and twist wires around necks of bottles and over the
wooden tops so as to hold the wooden tops and corks in a proper position in bottles.
The construction and operation of the said Invention will be readily understood by
reference to the accompanying drawings of which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the machine.
Fig. 2 is a front end view of the machine without the front legs or supports.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the clutch and shears, the movable ring which actuates
said clutch and shears; also the the pinion T and guide a.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of shaft K (fig. 1) also of cams N, M, sector of wheel L,
cam G, wood top holder F, tabbit cam H and cam I.
Fig. 5 is a general plan of the machine without the shaft K.
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All the operative parts of the machine are attached to or supported by a frame 5
said frame being supported by means of supports or legs, the said frame being at any
height that may suit the operator.
Referring to the drawings; B is the frame of the machine (which is supported by
the legs or supports A. A.) said legs or supports A, A also form the bearing supports
for shaft K, on said shaft K are the cams N, M, Sector of wheel L, cams G and I, 5

page_text: tappit cam H and if manual power is used the handle S. To said support or leg A is
also attached an arın R (Figs. 1 and 4) said arm R holding in position the tube t and
the wood top dart v, attached to said arm R is the spring y also the levers O and P.
To said support or leg A is also attached the guide h for bottle holder 9. Attached
to said fram B is the slide C, to said slide C being attached the ring E¹. To said
frame B is also attached the guide a said guide a forming a bearing support for the
hollow and sliding shaft Z the other support of shaft Z being a portion of the
frame B. Attached to said shaft Z are the clutch and nippers D. D. and the wire
carriers c and d also on said shaft Z is the pinion T.
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On said frame B is guide 6 for
axles of ring E. Between the supports A. A (Fig. 2) are placed four rollers for
holding the wires m which are to be used in connection with this machine. S is a
handle if manual power is to he used in connection with this machine but if other
power is to be used pulleys or geared wheels can be staked on in place of handle S.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 5 the wires m are passed through the hollow and
sliding shaft Z (Figs. 1 and 3) to the wire carriers c and d (Fig. 1); the operator
has then merely to actuate the handle S (Fig. 1) in order to twist the four wires m
(Fig. 1, 2 and 5) outside the wire carriers c and d this operation also causing a wood
top to be pushed out of wood top holder F (said wood top holder F being sufficiently
supplied with wood tops) said operation being effected by the spring actuating the
wood top pusher U (Fig. 2) thereby causing a wooden top to be placed under the
wood top dart v then at the proper moment the wood top pusher U (Figs. 2 and 5)
recedes from under the wood top dart v said operation being effected by means of
cam I which actuates lever 0 (Fig. 1) but immediately before the wood top
pusher U is caused to go back the wood top dart is actuated downwards at the
proper moment by means of the tappit cam H which actuates the lever P said
actuating causing the wood top dart to lift and hold the wood top in position for
bottle as shown in Fig. 1.
The machine is now ready for working the operator has then merely to take the
bottle and pass the neck of said bottle through the wire carrier d (Fig. 1) the
neck of said bottle f being caught by bottle holder g and tube t said operation being
effected by the passing of the neck of bottle fup through the wire carrier d, said
operation forcing bottle holder 9 against neck of hottle and also neck of
bottle against the tube t which effectually holds bottle fin position without the
aid of the operator.
The operator then turns the handle S (Fig. 1) and in doing so causes the shaft K
to rotate said rotation causing cam M to actuate the hollow and sliding shaft Z back
from the bottle fand also the wire carriers c and d then at the proper moment the
cam N causes the slide O to travel towards the bottle fand in doing so causes
the clutch and shears D D to meet, said meeting of clutch and shears D D brings the
four wires into position for twisting. Then at the proper moment the sector of
wheel L comes in contact with the pinion T which causes said pinion T to rotate said
rotation causing wheel E to revolve said revolving also causing the said clutch and
shears D D also to revolve (or turn) said revolving twists the wires around the neck
of the bottle fand also cuts wires at neck of bottle leaving at the same time a portion
of the twisted wire outside the wire carriers c and d.
The cam I then at the proper moment causes the lever O to push the bottle holder g
from bottle thereby allowing bottle to drop into a shoot, said shoot being for
conveying bottle away from the machine.
The machine is now ready for next bottle; the wood top and wires being placed in
position as hereinbefore described.
One revolution of the driving shaft K causes the clutch and shears to revolve the
number of turns that may be required to twist the wires m at neck of bottle f
The length of the throw of said hollow and sliding shaft Z is just sufficient to
supply wire for one bottle at each revolution of K.
With this improved machine the attendant worker has merely to put the bottles
in o the wire carrier d and then actuate the shaft K. The speed of the machine is
only limited by the workers dexterity and quickness.

page_text: I do not restrict myself to the precise details herein described or delineated
provided that the distinctive features of my Invention are retained, those being my
arrangement for placing wood tops on bottles and also the improved construction for
placing wires on wood tops and also around neck of bottle and twisting and cutting
wire.
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 :-
1. The combination of the driving gearing with the other parts of the machine,
substantially as herinbefore described.
2. The improved construction of the wood top arrangement as herin before
described.
3. The improved construction of the wiring jaws as herinbefore described.
4. The improved construction of clutch and shears as herinbefore described.
5. The improved construction of bottle holder as herinbefore described.
6. The improved construction of the hollow and sliding shaft for conveying wires
to wiring jaws as herinbefore described.
7. The improved construction of the wire twisting apparatus as herin before
described.
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FRANCIS LYDON.