Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles and 'the likb.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr, 1895
Complete 'Specification Left, '2hd 'Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles
and 'the likb.
We, JOHN 'CHARLES CRAMPIN READ of Cavendish House, Harborne, in the
County of Stafford, Engineer, and 'GEORGE ISAAC HURST of 257 High Holborn,
in the County of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
Our invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient 'apparatus for
drawing corks from bottles or the like which apparatus is economical ih 'first cost,
necessitates 'but little 'fitting, and is 'not liable to get 'out of order. An apparatus
constructed according to this invention consists of a casing capable of being mounted
or secured to a table or other support by a screw clamp or other means, the safa
casing having an opening at its lower part at which the cork to be drawu is
presented. In this opening is a nut which can slide in 'the casing but is normally
held in position by means of a catch. It is prevented from rotating by a groove
and feather arrangement or by it and the opening in which it slides being made
non-circular. A cork screw engages with the said nut, the rear end of the said
screw being secured (so that it can rotate) 'to a slider which is moved up and down
in guides in the casing by any suitable device but preferably by theans of h händle
which is cast with parts on which it can be turned in bearings on 'the casing and
also with an excentric or can which engages between upper and lower ribs or
projections from the slider to which the corkscrew is attached. When the handle
is partially rotated the slider 'and the corkscrew carried by it'a're depressed by the
said cam or eccentric and the nut being held stationary by the catch aforesaid the
screw as it descends rotates in the nut and enters the cork of 'the bottle or the 'like
held beneath it. By a further 'movement of the handle the cam or excentric acts
upon the catch to release it from the nut so that the continued operation of the
bandle brings up the screw and the 'nut together and with them the cork, which is
so withdrawn from the bottle or the like, which is then removed. By the 'further
or reversed movement of the handle, the 'nut 'and screw with the 'cork thereon are
moved downwards, and the aforesaid catch engages again with the 'hut 'so as to hold
it down and then by the still continued action of the handle, the slider causes the
screw alone to move upwards and his the nut is now held stationary the screw is
rotated and so is removed from the cork and the apparatus is then ready for
another operation.
Dated this 24th day of A 1805
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles
and the like.
We JOHN CHARLES CRAMPIN READ of Cavendish House Harborne in the
County of Stafford Engineer and GEORGE ISAAC HURST of 257 High Holborn
in the County of London Engineer 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:-
This invention has for its object to provide a simple efficient and inexpensive
apparatus for drawing corks from bottles and the like, the said apparatus requiring
but little fitting and not being liable to get out of order. An apparatus constructed
according to this invention consists of a casing containing in the interior a frame
capable of being moved up and down in guides the said frame carrying the cork-
screw engaging in a nut which is of such shape as to, or is provided with such
means as will, prevent it from rotating but admit of it moving longitudinally in the
casing when required, a detent or catch being also provided in the casing to prevent
the longitudinal movement of the said nut while the cork-screw is being inserted
into, and withdrawn from the cork. The to and fro movements are given to the
frame carrying the cork-screw by means of a cam or eccentric which is rotated by
handle and caused to act alternately on two bearing surfaces on the frame the said
detent or catch being also operated upon at the proper periods so as to release the
nut with which the cork-screw engages and adinit of its moving up and down with
the frame.
:
The said invention is described more particularly with reference to the accom-
panying drawings illustrating the manner in which our invention may be
performed or practically carried into effect.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus constructed according to this
invention the front plate being removed to shew the interior and the parts being
shown in the positions they occupy when the cork-screw is being inserted into the
cork to be withdrawn.
Figure 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the parts in the positions they
occupy when the cork is being withdrawn from the bottle.
Figure 4 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the cork-screw
is being withdrawn from the cork; and
Figure 5 is a modification in the detent or catch.
A is a casing made in two parts connected together by screws a the said casing
being provided with brackets b and a clamping screw c by means of which the
apparatus can be secured to a table, counter or other support. At the lower part
of the casing A is an opening B at which the cork to be withdrawn is presented,
in which opening is a nut C which can slide longitudinally therein but is prevented
from rotating by any suitable means for instance by a feather or projection d on
the nut engaging a groove d' in the side of the opening B as shewn. The nut C
is held in its normal position in the opening B by a detent or spring catch D which
engages a projection è on the said nut. With this nut engages the cork-screw E
the rear end of which is secured to a frame F so as to be free to rotate, which
frame is capable of being moved up and down in guides in the casing A and is
operated by a cam or eccentric G formed in one with, or connected to, a handle H
and provided with a circular part y constituting an axis on which the said eccentric
can be turned in a circular opening constituting a bearing in the casing A. This
eccentric engages between upper and lower ribs or projections F* F³ formed on the
frame F to which the cork-screw is attached.
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page_text: When the handle H is turned from its normal position in the direction of the
arrow in Figure 1 the eccentric by acting on the lower rib or projection F
depresses the frame F and the cork-screw E (the nut C being held stationary by
the detent or spring catch D engaging the projection e and the feather or pro-
jection d engaging the bottom of the groove d) is caused to rotate as it descends
and enter the cork of the bottle, or the like, held beneath it. By a further
rotation of the eccentric, after the cork-screw has entered the cork, the said
eccentric acts upon a tail piece i on the detent or spring catch D as shewn in
Fig. 3 so as to disengage the said catch from the projection e on the nut C, and
then, by continued rotation in the same direction, the eccentric by acting on the
upper rib or projection F on the frame F raises the said frame and cork-screw,
and as the nut C is released the said nut will rise with it and also the cork which
is thus withdrawn from the bottle or the like as shown in Figure 3. By the further
rotation of the eccentric in the same direction or by reversing the direction of
motion thereof the frame F together with the cork-screw with the cork thereon
and also the nut C are moved downwards by the eccentric acting on the lower rib
or projection F until the nut descends beneath the detent or spring catch D, which
will then engage the projection e on the nut and so hold it down, and then, by the
continued rotation of the eccentric in the same direction, it acts upon the upper
rib or projection F' thereby causing the frame F together with the cork-screw E to
rise, and, as the nut C is prevented from rising with the said frame, the cork-
screw E will turn in the nut as it moves upwards, and so is withdrawn from the
cork, and the apparatus is then ready for another operation.
The invention is not limited to the precise details shewn in the drawings as they
may of course be varied without departing from the nature of the invention. For
instance the catch instead of being operated in one direction by a spring as
shown, may be positively moved in each direction by an eccentric g cast with the
main eccentric G or secured thereto, and entering a slot in the one arm d³ of the
lever D turning on a centre d' and provided with the detent eat the other end.
This is shown in Figure 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. In apparatus for drawing corks from bottles and the like, wherein a recipro-
cating slide or frame carries a rotatable cork-screw passing through a non-rotatable
nut capable of moving with the cork-screw, the use of a pivoted detent or spring
catch such as D adapted to engage with the nut so as to prevent it from moving
with the cork-screw whilst the cork-screw is being inserted into and withdrawn
from the cork the said detent or spring catch being arranged to be operated by or
from the cam or eccentric that works the screw slide or by a separate cam or
eccentric so that when the cork-screw has been introduced into the cork the detent
or catch is made automatically to release the nut so that it can then follow the
motion of the cork-screw for withdrawing the cork substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the apparatus for
drawing corks from bottles or the like substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd dox of Sentember 1805
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.