Year: 1885

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by Andreas Frederick Petersen, of Nykjobing in the Kingdom of
Denmark, Manufacturer, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained, in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in corkscrew machines for rapidly
withdrawing corks from bottles.
The object of the present invention is to produce a durable, simple and
consequently cheap machine for withdrawing the corks from bottles, the same being
specially designed for use in large restaurants, public houses, dining rooms or
places of amusement, as one man is able to uncork at least 2000 bottles in one
hour even without previous practice.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side view of the improved machine,
the parts being represented in raised positions ready to bore the corkscrew into the
cork.
Fig. 2 is a side view showing the position of the parts when the corkscrew has
been depressed and bored into the cork.
Fig. 3 is a top view or plan of the machine as represented in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shows the bell shaped mouth of that part of the machine into which the
upper part of the bottle neck is inserted or against which the same is pressed, with
the corkscrew proper the spiral spring and the toothed friction plate.
The machine is fixed to the base plate A which is screwed to the side board, table
or other object.
The shaft or standard is preferably cast of one piece with the base plate A or
can be firmly screwed to the same and is at its upper end provided with a horizontal
arm or beam C which latter carries the curved or other arm D. This arm D is
provided with a suitable bearing to receive the rod E which at its upper end is
provided with an appropriate knob F.
At the lower end of the shaft or standard B is a strong bearing or arm G cast of
one piece with the standard or shaft B or appropriately affixed to the same suid

page_text: arm being provided with a suitable bearing or guide boring to receive the vertically
movable rod H.
The screw a carries an adjustable stop or rod b, which latter is held in position
by means of a spiral spring c arranged on the said screw a. K is a horizontal
arm the collar or ring K' of which embraces the standard or shaft B so that the
said arm can glide up and down on the said shaft B.
The opposite end of the arm K carries the case L with bell shaped mouth M and
can be cast of one piece with the same. The case L is provided with two vertical
slots e to receive the pins d' of the ring d (Fig. 4) the same being arranged to glide
up and down in the slots e according to the contraction or extension of the spiral
spring h².
When the machine is not in use the ring d is continuously held in the position as
shown in Fig. 4 by means of the spiral spring h².
The rod H is partially flattened as shown in Figs 1 and 2 from i to i' whereas
the ends of the said rod remain round. As the stop in the bearing G is in light
frictional contact with the flattened part of the rod H the movement of the same
and consequently also the arm K and case L will be limited on the one hand by i
coming in contact with the screw a and on the other hand by i coming in contact
with G when the stop rod b is turned to one side. As soon as the handle Q² is
freed from pressure the spiral spring H' will always press the rod H in the position.
shown in Fig. 1.
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The lower part of the rod E is guided in the case L the middle portion of the
same is on the other hand provided with a high pitch thread N similar to those
employed in drill bores, by means of which and the slide or runner with female
threads on the said rod, the rod E and also the corkscrew E' attached to the lower
end of the same are caused to rotate.
The runner or slide O is also movably connected to one or two connecting rods P
by means of the screws which said rods are movably attached to the forked
arm by means of the screws h¹.
The forked arm Q is pivoted to the standard B and can be moved on the
centres k, the same is further provided with a suitable handle Q
A small peg or pin n is passed through a corresponding boring at the upper part.
of the threads N or a collar or ring can be applied to the said upper end of the
threads N in order to prevent the slide or runner O from leaving the thread N.
A spiral spring m is arranged around the upper part of the rod E between the
bearing of the arm D and the top of the threaded part of the said rod E.
The improved apparatus operates as follows:-
The machine being in the position as represented in Fig. 1 the operator introduces
the mouth of the bottle with his left hand into the bell mouthed opening M and
presses the same upwards, he now grips the handle with his right hand and
'moves the same around the pivot this motion being communicated to the
connecting rods P and through these to the runner or slide O which sets the
threaded rod E in rotation. The spiral spring m presses the rod E and corkscrew E'
down against the cork which latter in consequence of its rotation is bored into the
cork, which said movement is fully accomplished when the runner or slide O comes 4
in contact with the top of the case L. Pressure is now exerted so that the case L
is depressed into the position represented in Fig. 2 and the arm K and collar K¹
also depressed until the same comes in contact with the stop b. The consequence
of this is that the bell shaped mouth M which fits snugly onto the neck of the
bottle will depress the bottle, whilst the cork is firmly held by the corkscrew and
is thus withdrawn from the bottle.
The forked lever Q is now by means of the handle Q¹ returned to the position
represented in Fig. 1 whereby the corkscrew E¹ is withdrawn from the cork, which
now occupies such a position in the neck of the bottle that it can be readily
'removed with the fingers.
As soon as the runner or slide O has left the case L the same with the rod K
will be immediately returned to the position represented in Fig. 1 by the spiral
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page_text: spring H. When depressing the parts for causing the corkscrew to enter the cork
the bottle must be pressed firmly upwards in the bell shaped mouthpiece M but
when moving the arm Q upwards it is not necessary to hold the bottle so tightly.
When the machine is employed with the stop 6 in vertical position so that the
arm K will come in contact with the same it is intended for uncorked bottled
beer, but if the machine is to be employed for uncorking wine, the stop b is
given a horizontal position so that the same does not hinder the movement
of the arın K, as the corks employed for corking wine are usually longer than those
used for corking beer. The arm K can consequently be depressed until the stop 2¹
strikes against the arm G so that even very long corks are so far, withdrawn that
the same can be readily removed with the fingers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A corkscrew consisting of the standard or shaft B attached to or made of one
piece with the base plate A the arm or beam C and the arched or other arm D in
combination with the forked lever Q, handle Q1, the rod E the middle part of which
is provided with a screw thread N of high pitch and the lower end with a cork-
screw E, the runner slide 0, connecting rods P, the case L with bell shaped
mouthpiece M, the arm K, the collor or ring K₁ which embraces the standard or
shaft B, the rod H and the spiral spring H₁ substantially as set forth in the
foregoing specification and represented in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a corkscrew the rod E provided with corkscrew E' and screw threads N in
combination with the connecting rods P slide or runner 0 and the forked lever Q
substantially as set forth in the foregoing specification and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a corkscrew the combination of the standard or shaft B and the bearing
or arm G with the rod H flattened between the points i the arm K and guide
ring or collar K³, and the case L with the spiral spring H for keeping the said
parts in raised position substantially as set forth in the foregoing specification and
represented in the accompanying drawings.
4. In a corkscrew the combination of the stop b with the screw a and the
spring c substantially as set forth in the foregoing specification and represented in
the accompanying drawings.