An Improvement in Corking Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1894.
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Corking Machines.
1, EDMOND MAZURE, of Auldana, near Magill, in the Province of South
Australia, Vigneron, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows
The object of my invention is to provide an improved contrivance or attachment
to corking machines for enabling the bottles to be corked entirely full of liquid
without danger of bursting.
With the corking machines at present in use for wine, beer, and other fluids, an
air space must be left in the neck of the bottle, otherwise the cork cannot be driven
home, or if unduly forced into the neck is in danger of causing the bottle to burst
with consequent loss of bottles and fluid.
My invention consists in providing an open hollow or fluted needle which descends
into the neck of the bottle with the cork, and is preferably attached to the plunger
of the corking machine. The needle is so arranged as to slide along the back of
the cork receiver and its lower end to enter the neck of the bottle before the cork
receives a downward pressure from the plunger. As the cork is forced down by
the plunger the open hollowed or fluted side of the needle forms with the glass of
the neck a channel through which any excess fluid or air can escape from the
bottle.
The corking operation can be continued at the highest possible speed of which
the machine is capable without fear of breakage of bottles, and each bottle be
corked entirely full.
Dad thi 7th day of Mov 1001
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improvement in Corking Machines.
1, EDMOND MAZURE, of Auldana, near Magill, in the Province of South
Australia, Vigneron, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved contrivance or attachment
to corking machines for enabling the bottles to be corked entirely full of liquid
without danger of bursting.
With the corking machines at present in use for wine, beer, and other fluids, an
air space must be left in the neck of the bottle, otherwise the cork cannot be driven
home, or if unduly forced into the neck is in danger of causing the bottle to burst,
with consequent loss of bottles and fluid.
My invention consists in providing an open hollow or fluted needle which descends
into the neck of the bottle with the cork, and is attached to the plunger of the
corking machine. The needle is so arranged as to slide along the back of the cork

page_text: receiver and its lower end to enter the neck of the bottle before the cork receives a
downward pressure from the plunger. As the cork is forced down by the plunger
the open hollowed or fluted side of the needle forms with the glass of the neck a
channel through which any excess fluid or air can escape from the bottle.
The corking operation can be continued at the highest possible speed of which
the machine is capable without fear of breakage of bottles, and each bottle be
corked entirely full.
In order that my invention may be the more clearly understood, I will now
proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Fig. 1. is an elevation partly in section, of portion of the corking machine,
showing the plunger and needle raised.
Fig. 2. side elevation partly in section showing cork driven into the neck of the
bottle.
Fig. 3. sertional plan of the cork, needle, and neck of the bottle, showing the open
channel formed by the needle.
Fig. 4. an elevation of the needle and portion of the plunger, showing the open
hollowed or fluted side.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all figures.
A is the plunger of corking machine. B open hollow or fluted needle secured
preferably by means of a set screw or other suitable means, to the lower end of the
plunger A and of sufficient length to project into the neck of the bottle below the
lower edge of the cork, before pressure is imparted to the latter. C cork. D neck
of bottle.
On reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the open hollow or fluted side of the
needle faces the neck of the bottle, and that the convex portion is pressed into the
cork. The position of the parts is so regulated that the needle B has descended
sufficiently into the cork receiver to project below the lower edge of the cork C
and into the neck of the bottle D before the cork C receives the pressure of the
plunger A. By this means the needle B being interposed between the side of
the cork C and the neck of the bottle, its open hollow or fluted side forms with the
glass an open channel as the cork is driven downwards through which the excess
liquid and air overflows or escapes. The bottle can thus be filled perfectly full
without any fear of bursting, and the necessity of any appreciable air space avoided.
As the plunger A rises the needle B is withdrawn and the cavity or channel formed
in the cork by the convex side of the needle fills through the natural expansion of
the cork.
I wish it to be distinctly understood, that I do not confine myself to the
particular form of the needle shown though finding that this well answers the
purpose, but may make the open hollow or Hute of the needle either rounded or
angular, or the needle may even be in the form of a tube, if found desirable with
large corks.
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 corking machines, the combination with a plunger (such as A), of an open
hollowed or fluted needle (such as B) so arranged as to slide along the back of the
cork receiver and its lower end to enter the neck of the bottle before the cork
receives pressure from the plunger, substantially as herein described and for the
purpose indicated.
Dated this 14th day of January 1895.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.