Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles.
I, EDWIN WALKER, of the City of Erie, in the County of Erie, in the State of
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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;-
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My invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus for drawing
corks out of bottles which I will describe with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved cork
drawer.
Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same, on the linea in Fig. 1, looking in
the direction of the arrow.
In these drawings A is the frame of the cork drawer provided with jaws A' A²
and a thumb screw B having a swiveled head B' thereon, whereby the frame A
can be clamped to a suitable support.
In the front of the frame A there is a tubular passage D which extends from
the top to the bottom thereof, and has an annular ring or projection & therein
near its lower end, and the lower end of the rear side of the said passage D
In one side
extends downward in the shape of a semi-circular bottle neck rest a.
of the frame A there is a longitudinal slot a¹ Fig. 2 opening into the tubular
passage D and at the rear of, and communicating with the passage D, there is a
slot D in the frame extending from the top nearly to the bottom of the passage D.
On the side of the upper part of the frame A opposite the slot a¹ there is a
stud a upon which an operating handle C is mounted; on one side of the hub of
the handle C there is a short arm C provided with an inwardly projecting stud c
which extends through a curved slot A³ (as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 3), which
slot opens into the slot D. In the tubular passage ]) there is a nut E provided
with a stud e which extends out through the slot a¹ in the frame; this nut E
normally rests upon the ledge d in the passage D and is adapted to move freely
up and down in said passage the length of the slot a' in the frame.
In the upper portion of the passage D there is a reciprocating head F adapted
to move up and down in the passage D, and on the rear side of the head F
there is an arm F¹ having a guide rib f on one side thereof adapted to operate
in a suitable groove (not shewn) in the side of the slot D¹ and a horizontal slot
in the other side (see dotted lines in Fig. 3), in which the stud e on the arm C¹
of the handle engages to operate the reciprocating head F up and down in the
passage 1). In the head F there is journaled the shank h of a cork screw H, so
that it revolves freely therein, the cork screw H extending down through the nut E
(as shewn in Fig. 3). The nut E is prevented from turning in the passage D by

page_text: the stud thereon extending out through the slot a¹, and therefore when the
head and screw H carried thereby are moved down and up by the operating
lever C, the screw H is rotated in its passage down and up through the nut E.
To the frame A at the sides of the lower end of the passage D is pivoted a
curved jaw I having an operating handle J which extends upward at the side
of the frame A adjacent to the slot a¹ therein; this jaw I being adapted to fit over
the neck of a bottle K inserted into the lower end of the passage D over the
bottle neck rest a, and to clamp the bottle neck thereto, as illustrated by dotted
lines in Fig. 2. On the operating handle J there is a laterally projecting lug į
adapted to engage the stud e on the nut E when the handle J is in its normal
position, shewn by full lines in Fig. 2, and so long as it is in this position the
nut E is held thereby in its normal position (shewn in Fig. 3); when however,
the handle J is moved forward to clamp the neck of a bottle, as shewn by the dotted
lines in Fig. 2, the lug. j is disengaged from the stud e permitting the raising
up of the nut E, but when the clamping jaw lever is released and falls back to its
normal position, it automatically again engages the stud e and retains the nut E
from raising until it is again moved forward as hereinbefore described.
In operation a bottle K from which it is desired to draw the cork is placed
in the position shewn in Fig. 2, the lever J is then moved forward so as to clamp
the bottle firmly upon the bottle neck rest which disengages the lug j from
the stud e on the nut E; the operating lever C being then moved forward and
raised operates to move the head F downward forcing the cork screw H down
through the nut E and into the cork to be drawn, then by reversing the movement
of the operating handle C the nut E and the cork are drawn up into the passage D).
The lever J then being released, falls back into its normal position, and the
bottle K is removed, the operating lever then being again moved forward moves
the nut back to its normal position, when the lug on the lever J again
automatically engages the stud e thereon. The movement of the operating lever C
being then again reversed so as to raise the head F, the screw H is reversed in
its movement by its passage up through the nut E thereby unscrewing the cork
from it which latter falls out of the way.
I do not limit my invention to the exact method of clamping a bottle neck
herein before described, as the same can be considerably modified and varied
from the construction shewn and described without departing from the nature
of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is: -
1. The combination in a cork drawing apparatus of a suitable frame, an
operating lever pivoted thereon, a reciprocating head operated by the said lever
and carrying a swivelling cork screw working through a non-rotable nut adapted
to move up and down in the frame and provided with a stud projecting out
through a slot in the frame, a clamping jaw adapted to hold a bottle neck, and
worked by a lever having a lug which automatically engages the stud on the nut
when the lever is not acted on, but which is disengaged therefrom on moving
the jaw for clamping a bottle neck so as to allow the nut to rise with the cork
screw and cork, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination in a cork drawing apparatus of a frame having a tubular
passage therein, a semi-circular bottle neck rest extending from the frame at the
lower side of the lower end of said passage, a reciprocating head in the upper
part of said passage, a cork screw pivoted in said head, an operating lever for
moving the said head down and up in said passage a nut in the said passage below
the head through which nut the cork screw works, a stud on the said nut projecting
out through a slot in the frame a lever clamp pivoted to the frame for clamping a
bottle neck to the said bottle neck rest, and a lug on the handle of said lever clamp
adapted to engage the stud on the said nut and to be disengaged therefrom by

page_text: neck, substantially as and for the purpose set
3. Apparatus for drawing corks from bottles combined and operating as herein
described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 17th day of May 1899.