Improvements in Apparatus for Corking Bottles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Nov. 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Corking Bottles.
I, ALFRED HINDLE, of Warbrick Road, North Shore, Blackpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Mineral Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention is designed to provide a continuous self acting machine for
corking bottles driven by a strap or other gearing from any suitable motor.
The bottle is placed on a platform or table operated or raised and lowered by
a lever connected with an eccentric, crank or reciprocating mechanism and the
plunger which drives in the corks is also actuated by a similar eccentric or crank
the two working synchronously and preferably placed on the same shaft.
The corks are placed in a compressor of conical or other suitable construction
through which the plunger passes and the corks are fed thereto from a hopper
or may be placed in position by hand.
The plunger is provided with a cross head working up and down between guides
and attached to the eccentric or crank by means of a suitable connecting rod
and may be provided with a spring to prevent undue pressure upon the bottle.
The mechanism is supported by suitable framing and the driving shaft may be
driven direct by a pulley or may be driven by a second motion wheel as found
most desirable.
In operation the two eccentrics work together one to raise the bottle into
position and the other to press the cork into the mouth of the bottle when it is
so raised.
Dated this 28th day of February 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.

page_text: desired the pulleys B may be dispensed with and motion be transmitted direct
through the gear wheels C.
On the driving shaft A are placed two eccentrics D and E with connecting
rods d and e the connecting rod d carrying at its end the plunger F for forcing
or pressing the corks into the bottle neck and the connecting rod e connecting
with a movable platform or table G upon which the bottle is placed, and a
movable slide H by which the corks are compressed.
The bottle table or platform G is raised by the lever I actuated in one direction
by the spring J and in the reverse direction by the link j and connecting rod e
connected to the eccentric E.
The movable slide H which forms the compressor for the corks is of
conical or other suitable form to compress the corks in the V shaped piece K.
The sliding compressor H is actuated by the lever also attached to the link j
of the connecting rod e. The compressor is moved forward by the spring h¹ and
drawn back by the lever h which at the same time compresses the spring.
The corks may be fed to the compressor H singly by hand or they may be fed
automatically from a hopper placed to contain them.
The corks are forced into the bottle by the plunger F which moves down as the
bottle table is moved upwards. The plunger F is provided with a cross head L
working up and down between guides l.
In operation the two eccentrics D and E work alternately, the one to force
the corks into the bottle and the other to draw back the bottle table G and the
cork compressor H which are moved forward again by their respective springs
as the plunger F descends.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A machine for corking bottles construeted with two operative eccentrics,
one actuating a plunger to force the corks into the bottles and the other
actuating a horizontal slide, and a rising table by which the corks are com-
pressed and the bottles raised to receive the corks substantially as described and
shown.
2. A machine for corking bottles having the several parts constructed and
arranged in combination substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 29th day of November 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.