An Improved Machine for Corking Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 21st July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Corking Bottles.
I JOSEPH THOMPSON, of 1 and 2 Fair Street, Horselydown in the County of Surrey,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a corking machine wherein the rammer is operated at
the required moments only for the purpose of forcing in the cork from a continuously
revolving shaft with which it is geared at the proper times by means of treadle-
operated mechanism so that both hands of the attendant are left free to manipulate
the bottle and cork whereby the corking operation may be expeditiously performed.
The corking rammer is carried by a reciprocating rod working in guides and
moved in one direction by a spring and in the other direction by a wiper or cam
which acts on a tappet on the plunger rod and is operated from a continuously
revolving shaft with which it is connected by a sliding connection which permits of
the wiper or cam being moved in and out of the path of the tappet so as to strike
the same or revolve idly, as the case may be, the wiper being brought into, and out
of, operative position by a treadle motion; or the wiper may be geared with the
shaft at proper times by means of a clutch.
Dated this 19th day of October 1889.
J. THOMPSON.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Corking Bottles.
I, JOSEPH THOMPSON, of 1 and 2 Fair Street, Horselydown, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, 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 consists of a corking machine wherein the plunger or rammer is
operated from a continuously revolving shaft, but only at required times, for the
purpose of forcing in the corks; the shaft being put in and out of operative
connection by means of treadle-operated mechanism by which the bottle-stand is
also raised and lowered so that both bands of the attendant are left free to
manipulate the bottle and cork, thus enabling the operation to be expeditiously
performed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
specification, wherein figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the complete machine
and figure 2 is a horizontal section, on the plane of the driving shaft, the wiper being
moved out of operative position. The same letters of reference indicate like parts in
both figures.
The corking plunger or rammer A is carried by a reciprocating rod B working
in guides CC and moved in the upward direction by a spring D and in the other
direction by a wiper or cam E which acts on a tappet-stud F projecting from the
side of the plunger rod B and carrying a friction roller. The wiper is operated from
a continuously-revolving shaft G with which it is connected by a sliding connection,
in order that the plane of rotation of the wiper or cam may be moved along the
axis of its shaft so as to strike the tappet F or revolve idly, as the case may be.
In the arrangement shewn in the drawings, the wiper revolves with the shaft G
but is free to be shifted along the same, and for this purpose the wiper is fixed to
an inner shaft H which is free to slide longitudinally within a tubular part of the
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page_text: shaft G which has longitudinal slots at 9 9 traversed by the shank of the wiper.
The shaft G is driven by a belt on pulley G and the shaft H is shifted longitudinally
to bring the wiper into and out of operative position by a treadle [, coupled through
a rod K with one arm of a bell crank lever L fulcrumed at and whose other arm
is engaged with a neck at the end of the shaft H, the rod K. acting on the lever L
in the upward direction through the intervention of a spring k. The treadle is also
coupled by a rod N with the rising and falling table O on which the bottle is placed.
By this means, the mouth of the bottle is brought up to the proper position to
receive the cork from the guide-cylinder P, concurrently with the moving of the
wiper into position to act on the tappet the plunger being brought down to force
the cork into the bottle-mouth when the wiper comes round to and strikes the tappet.
b is a rubber cushion at the upper end of the plunger rod B which strikes against
a stop to limit the upward motion of the plunger.
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. The combination, with the cork-driving plunger, of a continuously-revolving
wiper adapted to be shifted along the axis of its shaft into and out of position to
act on a tappet on the plunger rod, substantially as, and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination, with the cork-driving plunger, of a continuously-revolving
wiper carried by a shaft which is free to slide longitudinally with regard to, but is
permanently coupled with a power-driven shaft so that the two revolve together
whilst permitting the shifting of the plane of rotation of the wiper, substantially as,
and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination of a continuously revolving wiper whose plane of rotation may
be shifted along the axis of its shaft, as specified, with the treadle motion by which
the bottle table is operated so as to cause the wiper to be brought into and out of
operative position concurrently with the raising and lowering of the bottle table,
substantially as specified.
Dated this 91st day of July 1890