Improvements in Devices for Extracting and Replacing the Corks of Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Extracting and Replacing the Corks
of Bottles.
We, HARRY HOWARTH BEAUMONT, JOHN CALLAHAN and MATILDA KAYSEN, all
of Numbers 203 and 205, Grand Avenue, in the City and County of Milwaukee
and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object the construction of a device for the ready
extraction of corks from bottles containing beverages, and the equally ready
replacement of said corks therein, when desired, and to these ends the said in-
vention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts,
all as will be more fully set forth hereinafter, in connection with the accom-
panying drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure is a side elevation of our improved device, parts being represented
as broken away or in section to better illustrate certain details of construction,
showing the position of parts when a cork has just been drawn.
Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a partly sectional or broken view illustrating the principal parts
shown in Figure
in a different position.
Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken approximately on the line 4-4 of
Figure 3.
Figure 5 is an outside view of the obliquely movable casing on the opposite
side to that shown in Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a partly sectional view illustrating the principal parts shown in
Figures 1 and 3 in still another position.
Figure 8 is a detail view showing the transverse cam-groove in the upper part
of the stationary standard.
Figure 9 is a detail rear view of the corkscrew-nut and its carrier.
Figure 10 is a detail sectional view on the line 10-10 of Figure 7.
Figure 11 is an edge view of the cam-disk.
The
Referring to the drawings, A represents an inclined stationary standard,
having a horizontal bracket arm a projecting therefrom, and adapted to rest
upon a counter, bar or table A², said standard having a lower projecting arm A¹
provided with a screw-threaded bore therethrough for the reception of a thumb-
screw a', whereby the standard A is firmly secured in position for use.
upper part of said standard A is provided with a transverse cam-groove B, and a
longitudinal recess b, therein, as best shown in Figure 8. C D, represent the two
opposed parts of an obliquely movable casing, which are united by screws b¹ 63
and which casing encloses the standard A and each half of the casing has a

page_text: lower projecting shell, marked cd, respectively, and each terminating in an
inner projecting guide-lug c¹ for engagement with the inclined guide-ways d¹
formed in the opposite sides of the standard A, whereby the said casing has
oblique movement up and down upon the inclined standard A.
E E represents a cam-disk, which oscillates within the part C of the casing by
means of a short rock-shaft F¹ mounted in said part C, one end of said rock-
shaft being rigidly connected to said disk, and the other end being rigidly secured
to the operating lever F. An edge view of this cam-disk is shown in Figure 11,
wherein it is plainly shown that the part E¹ is of reduced thickness, as compared
to the part E, and that at one point in the edge the disk is cut away in such
manner as to leave an inclined edge el to this portion of the part E¹ and an
undercut inclined edge e to this portion of the part E. Further, the part E of
the cam-disk is formed with a stud-bearing, f¹ on its face near the cut-away
portion of its edge, on which is mounted a roller f adapted to travel within the
described cam-groove B in the standard A.
On the side of the upper part of the standard A opposite to the side having the
transverse cam-groove B are two lugs and d², the latter having a perforation g²
therethrough to receive the corkscrew G, as best shown in Figures 1 and 2, and
the upper lug having a conical bearing g¹ in its under side for the reception of
the pointed top of the conical head g of the corkscrew. His the corkscrew-nut,
having an internal bore of the proper form to receive the corkscrew G and to
freely revolve the latter as the said nut travels up and down in the operation of
the device, and straight sides p p to prevent said nut itself from revolving. I is
the corkscrew-nut carrier, having a lower cross-bar which engages with a trans-
verse groove h in the back of the nut H while the shank of the carrier above the
cross-bar engages with a longitudinal groove in said nut, as best shown in
Figure 9. This carrier has a latch-head i tapering on its front side from one edge
to the other, and substantially flat on its rear side, and further having a lug i
projecting from its front face adapted for engagement with and disengagement
with the bottom wall of the cam-groove B in standard A. J represents a recess
in the part C of the casing to receive the upper part of the carrier I, when the
corkscrew nut H is in its lowest position (as in Figure 3, and as shown in dotted
lines in Figure 2) and J¹ is a spring whose lower end is secured to the part C of
the casing below the recess J and whose free upper end is in front of said recess.
K K are jaws for grasping the necks of bottles from which corks are to be
extracted, and are lined with india-rubber pads k k¹, and formed integrally with
upright arms L L whose upper ends are hinge-jointed to the parts CD of the
casing, as best shown in Figure 2, where said upper ends are shown bent so as to
slip into holes in said casing, and then again bent to retain said arms in this
position. The inner end of the jaw K is provided with a lug M, and the inner
end of the jaw K' with a socket or projecting notched portion M¹ to receive and
engage with said lug. The lower shells c d of the casing are provided with
recesses which hold pins m m¹ around which are coiled springs N N¹, the adjacent
short ends of said springs being bent to pass through holes in said shells, while
the long ends of said springs extend forward, and their extreme ends are bent
down and inserted in holes in lugs 0 0 which project laterally from the
jaws K K¹.
P is a guide-piece cast with the part C of the casing, and forming, with the
adjacent side-piece P¹ of said part C, a guide-way for the flat sides p p of the
corkscrew-nut H, whereby said nut is prevented from revolving. The part C has
the enclosing side and top pieces of the casing formed integrally therewith, the
part D fitting against said sides and top, as best shown in Figure 2, while between
the guide-piece P and the adjacent side-piece P¹ of the part C, there are two oppos-
ing lugs qq, to support the corkscrew-nut H, in its lowest position, as best shown
in Figure 3. Q is a wire-cutting blade attached to the exterior of the part C
of the casing in such a manner as to be free from the swing of the operating
lever, and useful when the corks are protected by wires in first cutting the same

page_text: before inserting the neck of the bottle between the jaws K K', and R designates
an oil-hole for the proper lubrication of the device.
The operation of our device will be readily understood from the foregoing
description of its construction taken in connection with the accompanying
drawings. In order to insert a bottle to be uncorked the jaws K K¹ are opened
by a sharp forward pull on the united rear ends at M M', which overcomes the
resistance of the springs N N¹ and spreads the jaws into the position shown in
full lines in Figure 6. The neck of the bottle is then slipped between the
jaws K K', and a backward push of the bottle neck given against the back of
the jaws, when the latter will snap together, into the position shown by the dotted
lines in Figure 6, and firmly hold the bottle neck between them. Let it be
understood that the parts, at this time, are in the position shown in Figure 7,
with the corkscrew-nut H resting on the lugs 9 g. Then move the lever F from
the position shown in Figure 7 to that shown in Figure 3, which would cause the
corkscrew G to enter and traverse the cork in the neck of the bottle, the casing CD
meanwhile being raised upward by the revolution of the cam-disk E E¹ rigidly
secured to the lever, on account of the engagement of the roller f within the
transverse cam-groove B, this upward movement of the casing carrying with it
the bottle, suspended by the jaws K K¹, and also carrying up with it the cork-
screw-nut H, and the latter as it slides up on the corkscrew G, which is supported
independently of the casing by the standard A, will cause the said corkscrew to
revolve, by reason of the spiral bore in the nut, so that the corkscrew will enter
the cork of the bottle, as already stated, and as the cam-disk revolves with the
continued downward movement of the lever F, the lug ¹ of the nut-carrier I is
forced into the cam-groove B in standard A (when the parts are in the position
shown in Figure 3) and as the lever F reaches the position shown in Figure 1, the
carrier I and nut H will be suspended in their highest positions, with the cork
entirely withdrawn from the bottle, but fast on the corkscrew G. Now, if it is
desired to merely use a part of the contents of the bottle, the latter is pulled
away from the jaws K K¹, which action opens the latter, and the springs N N
being now back of the rear pivotal point of the jaws at M M' will hold said jaws
open. Then the bottle is put back and its neck pressed against said point M M',
closing the jaws, just as already described, with reference to the dotted lines in
Figure 6, the forward ends of the springs N N¹ being now in front of the
point M M and keeping the jaws closed, just as before. Then by raising the
lever Ffrom the position shown in Figure 1, and moving it backward, until it
is again in the position shown in Figure 3, this action raises the casing (the
nut H, carrier I and corkscrew G-which still retains the cork-remaining
stationary, as the flat rear surface of the carrier-head has not been disturbed by
the movement of the part E¹ of the cam-disk under it) and as the bottle is raised
with the casing the open mouth of the bottle again receives the cork, still on the
corkscrew. In order to free the cork from the corkscrew, this backward motion
of the lever F is continued, from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position
shown in Figure 7, and just as this movement commences the part E¹ of the cam-
disk moves away from under the flat rear surface of the head of the carrier I,
the said head thereby reaching the cut-away part 2 of the said cam-disk, and
just as the inclined edge e¹ of part E¹ moves from under the said head i, the
undercut inclined edge e of the part E of said cam-disk begins to move over the
beveled front surface of said carrier-head i, thereby forcing said head into the
recess J and wholly out of the cam-groove B, and holding said carrier and its
suspended and attached nut H against upward movement as the cam-disk and
lever F continue their backward movement, the casing meanwhile descending by
reason of the travel of the roller f on the cam-disk within the cam-groove B in
the stationary standard A, and when the parts are in the position shown in
Figure 7, the cork is left within the bottle-neck free from the corkscrew, as the
described descent of the casing has carried the nut H below the point of the
corkscrew, meanwhile revolving the latter, so that the descending cork is readily

page_text: released therefrom. It is obvious that precisely the same action of the parts
would have taken place if there had been no bottle grasped by the described
jaws K K¹, and hence if there is no desire to re-cork a bottle, the jaws are left
open and when the described backward movement of the lever has been accom-
plished, the cork, when freed from the corkscrew, merely drops upon the floor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. In a device for extracting and replacing the corks of bottles, the com-
.bination with a stationary inclined standard having a transverse cam-groove
across one side of its upper end and lugs projecting from the opposite side thereof,
of a corkscrew loosely suspended from said lugs, a casing movable up and down
on said standard and having bottle holding jaws at its lower end, an oscillating
cam-disk within said casing rigidly secured to a rock-shaft passing through the
casing, an exterior operating lever also rigidly secured to said rock-shaft, a
guide-way and supporting lugs within said casing, a corkscrew-nut movable in
said guide-way and adapted to be supported on said lugs and having a spiral
bore for travel upon said corkscrew, and a carrier attached to said nut and having
a latch-head for engagement with said cam-disk and with said transverse cam-
groove.
2. A device for extracting and replacing the corks of bottles, comprising a
stationary inclined standard having a transverse cam-groove across one side of
its upper end and lugs projecting from the opposite side thereof, and inclined
longitudinal guide-ways on each side of its lower portion, a corkscrew loosely sus-
pended from said lugs, an inclined casing having guide-lugs movable in said
guide-ways, spring-controlled bottle-holding jaws hinged to said casing, a rock-
shaft mounted in and passing through the upper part of the casing, an oscillating
cam rigidly secured to the inner end of said rock-shaft and an operating lever
rigidly secured to the outer end of said rock-shaft, a non-revolving corkscrew-
nut having travel on said corkscrew, a carrier attached to said nut and having
latch-head for engagement with said cam-disk and with said cam-groove, an
oil-hole for lubricating the interior of said device, and an exterior wire-cutting-
blade located above the said rock-shaft, and free from the swing of said operating
lever.
3. In a device for extracting and replacing the corks of bottles, the combina-
tion with a stationary standard having bracket arms and a thumb-screw for
attachment to a suitable support, and said standard inclining obliquely towards
said attaching parts, of a casing obliquely movable on said standard and contain-
ing cork-drawing devices, an operating lever, and an obliquely-set pair of spring-
controlled bottle-holding jaws, whereby the bottle to be uncorked or recorked
may be held in an inclined position while being placed within or removed from,
said jaws.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.