Cork Puller.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Cork Puller.
I, EDWIN WALKER, Inventor and Manufacturer, of the City of Erie, in
the County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 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::-
My invention relates to a construction of cork puller, as I shall describe referring
to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section with the lever thrown back in position
for operation.
Fig. 2 is a like view, shewing the position of the lever when the screw is quite
in a cork of a bottle.
Fig. 3 is a like view shewing the position of the lever when the cork is with-
drawn from the bottle.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the
arrow.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section partly in elevation on the line y of Fig. 4, looking in
the direction of the arrow.
Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of the vertically moving parts.
A is the frame, having a base B, for fixing to a counter or other suitable support
in the usual manner, and a tubular portion A having its lower end a countersunk
to receive the mouth of a bottle, and in the rear side a slot C extending from the
top nearly to the bottom of the tube, this slot allowing the projecting part C₁ of
the tubular nut carrier D to slide up and down.
The nut carrier D has at its lower end a cork screw nut D₁ adapted to receive a
cork screw E which has a stem El free to rotate within a tubular cork screw
carrier F which can slide in the tubular portion of the nut carrier D.
From the cork screw carrier F a projection F extends out through an open slot d
in the tubular nut carrier, and also out through a corresponding slot d in one side
of the tube A¹.
The upper end of F is recessed to form a shoulder on which rests a washer f¹
fixed on the upper end of the cork screw stem E' by a transverse pin f2, and a
screw e in the upper end of the cork screw carrier F bears upon the upper end of
the cork screw stem E, which is thus prevented from moving vertically within the
cork screw carrier F, while at the same time it can rotate freely therein.
In the frame A behind the tubular portion A' is pivotted the axis G¹ of the
operating lever H which has a handle H', and in the projection C¹ of the nut.
carrier D there is a vertical slot I through which passes the axis G' of the
lever H.
The lever H has a circular periphery on which bears an anti-friction roller c
mounted on a stud c in the projecting portion C' of the nut carrier D. And at the
end h³ of the circular part there is an inwardly projecting pin h¹.
On the projection F of the cork screw carrier Fis a transverse guide 1' with
which the pin engages during part of its movement, and on the rear part of the
projection is a like transverse guide J with which the pin engages during
another part of its movement.
The operation of the cork puller is as follows:-
The lever H being back to the position shewn in Fig. 1, the lower part of the
circular edge bearing upon the roller c retains the nut carrier D in its lowest
position, and the pin being engaged in the transverse guide 1' has raised the cork
screw carrier F and the cork screw E to their highest position. The operator,

page_text: presenting a bottle K to the end a of the tube A', moves the lever H in the
direction of the arrow in Fig. 1; and the pin h' acting in the guide I' moves the
cork screw carrier F downward, forcing the cork screw E down through the nut D¹
into the cork K', the nut causing it to rotate as it descends. During this movement
the circular.edge h travelling over the roller c retains the nut carrier D and the
nut D' in their lowest position, but when the lever H has reached that part of its
stroke shewn in Fig. 2, when the cork screw E is quite in the cork K', the pin '
has passed out of the guide 11 and is just about to enter the guide J. The
movement of the lever H being continued in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2,
the pin ' enters the guide J and the end ³ of the circular edge leaves the
roller C, and then, as the lever H is moved onwards to the position shewn in Fig. 3,
the pin acting in the guide J raises the nut carrier D and nut D¹ together with
the cork screw, carrier F and the cork screw E, until the cork K' is withdrawn
from the bottle K. On moving the lever H back, the nut carrier D and the nut D¹
together with the cork screw carrier F and the cork screw E with the withdrawn
cork K' on it are first returned to their lowest position, as shewn in Fig. 4; and then
the pin passes out of the guide Jand, just before it enters the guide 1, the circular
edge again comes to bear on the roller c.
h
The stud then enters the guide I' and
raises the cork screw carrier F and the cork screw E which is being drawn up through
the nut D' is caused to rotate backwards and unscrew itself out of the cork K'.
The lever H being thus returned to the position shown in Fig. 1, the puller is again
ready for operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cork puller constructed and operating substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a cork puller such as is above referred to, a frame having a tubular part
with countersunk mouth, and with a slot at the back and a slot at the side, within
the tubular part and fitted to slide therein a tubular nut carrier having a slotted.
projection sliding in the rear slot, and on the projection a transverse guide and an
antifriction roller and within the nut carrier a screw carrier with screw and stem
free to rotate, and with a projection passing through side slots of the nut carrier
and frame tube, and having a, transverse guide, substantially as described.
3. For giving motion to the nut carrier, screw carrier and screw, a lever pivotted
on the frame and presenting during part of its stroke a circular edge to the roller
on the nut carrier, having also a laterally projecting pin engaged during part of
the stroke with the transverse guide on the screw carrier and during part of its
stroke with the transverse guide on the nut carrier, substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of February 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.