Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1888
Specification Accepted, 8th June, 1888
We, OTTO STURM, and ALWIN SCHRADER, Manufacturers, of Dessau, in the Duchy
of Anhalt-Dessau, German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to bo performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The present Invention has for its object to provide a machine for wiring bottles,
which acts in such a way that the cork is firmly secured to the neck of the bottle by a
wire which is automatically twisted. The machine operates in such a manner, that the
wire, which being wound upon coils, is first twisted, then caught by a bottle, put
around it, twisted again, and finally cut off.
The machine is illustrated upon the annexed Drawing.
Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section through the machine. Figure 2 a cross
section through same. Figure 3 is a horizontal plan. Figure 4 represents the tongs
for cutting off the wire ends. Figure 5 shows the neck of a bottle with the wire put
around.
The machine is provided with a table a on which a pedestal b is secured, and upon
this table the bottle is wired. Under the table is provided the hollow spindle c,
upon the enlarged fork e of which are arranged the coils d. The coils d are mounted
upon a common pin f which is secured in place by means of a thumb screw g.
The wire is carried from the coils d through the hollow spindle c into the head h
thereof. On the machine illustrated there are provided three coils d. They are
carrying their wires iiin such a way through the head that a wire passes to and
over each side of the head whilst the third one goes through the uriddle. By the
spring k (Figure 2) the coils d are pressed, or held fast and the wire is thus prevented
from being drawn out too far. The spindle c is held in the bearing land caused to
rotate by turning the tooth wheel m and the pinion n which is fixed in the spindle c.
The wheel m is rotated by the crank o.
The hollow spindle c is also furnished with collars p within which are placed
runners on the forked end of the lever g; the latter is connected by the rod r to a
treadle s pivotted at t on the frame of the machine. By putting the foot upon and
pressing down the treadle s, the treadles will move downwards, while the hollow
spindle c is carried upwards. The crank shaft u which is caused to rotate by the
crank o is fitted with two arms v v¹ provided with pins w wo¹ which pins work against
the legs of the shearings tongs ³. The legs of the tongs are arranged at
different heights, so that the pin wo will bear on the top leg and the pin wo on the
lower leg.

page_text: The leg of the tongs ³ is somewhat curved at *.
If the crank o be turned in the direction of the arrow 1 (Figure 3) the pin w will
finally be caught by and lodged in the curved recess and the pin w¹ will come in
contact with the leg whereby the jaws of the tongs will be caused to shut. These
tongs serve to cut off the wire on the bottle when twisted. The tongs y (Figures 1
and 3) are intended for holding the upper end of the wire loop. Those tongs consist
of a fixed jaw y' and a recovering jaw y³ having a weight y upon it. The moving
jaw y³ will be pressed against the fixed jaw y' and clasp the wire when introduced in
them.
The operation of the machine may be described as follows:-
The ends of the wires (being i¹³) wound upon the coils are passed through the
hollow spindle c and the three holes in the moveable head h and then caught by means
of wire pliers. By turning the crank o the wire is twisted in the pliers, or underneath
them. Now the wire is so prepared that the regular work may take place without the
aid of any tool. The twisted end of the wires is then inserted in the tongs y, this
being effected by lifting the lever y³. Then the bottle is put on the bottle holder and
its neck passed between the two exterior wires i and ¹ until the cork touches the
elastic head z while the third wire is carried by the centre portion of the end of the
cork and is bent out as shown in Figure 1. Now the hollow spindle c is turned by
means of the crank o whereby the ends of the wires i are twisted so as to firmly
secure and hold them together. By further turning the crank, the shearing tongs.
are finally put in operation for the pins w w¹ of the arms v vl will bear upon the legs
of the tongs and move them until the jaws of the tongs are closed and the wire
is sheared below the loop, or twist just formed. During the time the twisted wire
ends are being inserted in the tongs y, the treadles must be pressed down, thereby
the hollow spindle is caused to move upwards. It will then only be necessary to raise
the lever y³ and release it again and the twisted wire end will be caught by the jaws
of the tongs y. The wire hoop fastened round the bottle has the shape shown in
Figure 5 and holds the cork in the bottle. Instead of three wires, four, or more may
be employed where the cork itself is required to be held in position by two, or three
wires.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
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First. A machine for wiring bottles, comprising a wire supply, or feed device, such
as c, and a device such as the tongs y, provided to hold such wires, which are so
arranged that some of such wires are passed round the neck of the bottle, while one,
or more wires is, or are passed over the cork, the parts being so arranged, that by
turning the wire supply, or feed device c the wires carried through the head of said
feed device are twisted together on the neck of the bottle, said wires being sheared by
shears such as the shearing tongs 3; substantially as set forth, or particularly as
described with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
Second. In a machine for wiring bottles, the construction of parts, substantially
as and for the purposes herein described, and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawings.
Dated this 4th day of May 1888