IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CORKING BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: JOHANN JACOB HERMANN SCHULTZ of Hamburg, Germany, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CORKING
BOTTLES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in corking machines, and the object of
my improvements is the application of cork compressors with convergently
arranged or pivoted compressing jaws.
According to the first part of my Invention the cork-compressor is composed of
two loose jawe, which are connected with the slide-piece of the machine and
receive therefrom a reciprocating motion. Both jaws being sliding at guides
converging towards the front of the machine compress the cork, to which the
advancing motion of the one jaw is communicated by an arm or projection attached
to the jaw, until the cork is pushed into the neck of the bottle.
Three, four or more compressing jaws may also be used, which, when arranged in
such a manner as to form an equilateral triangle and to approach each other in
equal proportions, will, when one of the jaws is pushed towards the opposite angle,
compress the cork from as many equally distant points towards its centre, as there
are compressing jaws.
Another part of my Invention refers to cork compressers which are composed of
two jaws pivoted at both sides as a fixed die-Each pivoted jaw has the form of an
angle-lever, the one extremity of which is attached to a pivot; the point of
application of the moving power is at or near to the vertex of the angle.
The free arm of the angle-lever is shaped at a suitable curve, thus forming a
compressing surface which surrounds the cork entirely during its compression.
When the compresser is closed, the pivoted jaws form with the die a circle of
the size to which the cork is to be compressed. The shape of the jaws also may
be described as follows. Two levers are pivoted at both sides of the die; the free
extremities of such levers, being placed towards the die, are provided with the
noses which are shaped as follows. They are first curved at a radius of the length
from the pivot to the sides of the fixed die which are correspondingly shaped in
order to allow the noses to slide along. Then they are outwardly bent at the third
part of a circle, which is exactly of the size of the cork when compressed entirely―
One of these noses terminates in an outwardly bent hook, surrounding the outer
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page_text: corresponding curvature of the other jaw while compressing the cork; the
extremity of the shorter jaw is pointed, thus forming an uninterrupted smooth
compressing surface which, at the beginning of the compression, is of the shape
of an equilateral triangle formed by two convex and one concave sides with
rounded corners. This triangle decreases during the compression more and more
until, at the end of the compression, the three rounded corners form a circle of the
size of the compressed cork.
Dated thig 99nd dow of Fahmuan 1001

page_text: I JOHANN JACOB HERMANN SCHULTZ of Hamburg Germany Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CORKING
BOTTLES and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
"
This Invention relates to improvements in corking machines, and the object of
my improvements is the application of cork compressors with convergently arranged
or pivoted compressing jaws.
According to the first part of my Invention the cork compressor is composed of
two loose jaws, which are connected with the slide piece of the machine and receive
therefrom a reciprocating motion. Both jaws being sliding at guides converging
towards the front of the machine, compress the cork, to which the advancing
motion of the one jaw is communicated by an arm or projection attached to the
jaw, until the cork is pushed into the neck of the bottle. Figure 1 of the annexed
Drawings is a sectional side elevation of such cork compressor; Figure 2 is a top
view of the opened compressor and Figure 3 of the closed compressor; Figure 4 is
a cross section at the line A B in Figure 2. a and a' are the jaws sliding at the
guides d. d.; the jaw a¹ is connected with the slide piece b by the bow f and
catches by means of the hook a behind the projection a³ of the jaw a in order to
take alone the jaw a and so to open the compressor as the dove-tailed projections d'
engaging in corresponding notches of the guides d and the converging grooves x. x¹.
in the base plate M prevent the jaws from slipping off from the guides d.
Three, four, or more compressing jaws may also be used which when arranged in
such a manner as to form an equilateral figure and to approach each other in equal
proportions will when one of the jaws is pushed towards the opposite angle,
compress the cork from as many equally distant points towards its centre as there
are compressing jaws. Figure 5 is a sectional side elevation of a compressor with
three jaws; Figure 6 is a top view thereof with opened jaws; and Figure 7 a top
view of the closed compressor. a. a. and as are the jaws of which a¹ is connected
with the slide piece b. A notch, wherein the jaw a¹ engages, is provided in the
jaw a thus causing both the movable jaws to slide simultaneously. The jaw a' is
fixed to the base plate.
Another part of my Invention refers to cork compressors which are composed of
two jaws pivoted at both sides of a fixed die as illustrated by Figures 8 and 9
which show top views of the opened and closed compressor respectively. Each
pivoted jaw has the form of an angle lever the one extremity of which is attached
to a pivot; the point of application of the moving power is at or near to the vertex
of the angle. The free arm of the angle lever is shaped to a suitable curve thus
forming a compressing surface which surrounds the cork entirely during its
compression. When the compressor is closed the pivoted jaws form with the die a
circle of the size to which the cork is to be compressed. The shape of the jaws
also may be described as follows; two levers n and o are attached to the pivots x
and w at both sides of the fixed die u. The free extremities of such levers being
placed towards the die are provided with the noses z and y which are shaped as
follows:-They are first curved at a radius of the length from each pivot to the
sides of the fixed die u which are correspondingly shaped in order to allow the
noses and y to slide along. Then they are outwardly bent to the third part of a
circle which is exactly of the size of the cork when compressed entirely for being
pushed through the hole t in the base plate. The nose z terminates in an
outwardly bent hook v surrounding the outer corresponding curvature of the other

page_text: jawy while compressing the cork; the extremity of the shorter jaw y is pointed
thus forming an uninterrupted smooth compressing surface which at the beginning
of the compression is of the shape of an equilateral triangle formed by two convex
sides and a concave one with rounded corners. This triangle decreases during the
compression more and more until at the end of the compression the three rounded
corners form a circle of the size of the compressed cork. Both jaws are connected
with the slide piece of the machine by means of bolts 8 and r engaging into oval
Blits P and g.
Having thus fully described my said Invention what I desire to claim and secure
by Letters Patent is :-
First In machines for corking bottles the combination of the jaws a and a¹
with the converging guides d. d. substantially as described and illustrated by
Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4.
Second In machines for corking bottles the combination of three, four or more
compressing jaws, arranged in such a manner as to form equilateral figures with
the slide piece b substantially as set forth and illustrated by Figures 5. 6 and 7.
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Third In machines for corking bottles the combination of the pivoted
*compressing jaws shaped as described and illustrated by Figures 8 and 9 with
the slide piece of the machine.