IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR EXTRACTING OR REMOVING PICKLES AND THE LIKE FROM BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDGAR SMART of N° 27 Victoria Grove South Hornsey in the County of
Middlesex Electrician do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR EXTRACTING OR REMOVING PICKLES AND THE
LIKE FROM BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS" to be as follows:--
My invention relates to instruments for extracting withdrawing or removing
pickles preserved fruits and the like from bottles and other vessels the objects of
iny improvements being to steady the pickle to be removed or withdrawn while the
instrument is being inserted into it and to facilitate the disengagement of the
instrument from the pickle when the latter has been withdrawn and my said
invention consists essentially in the combination with an extracting instrument of a
frame or slider having an abutment formed on or connected to it the said frame or
slider and the extracting instrument being so formed and connected as to be capable
of reciprocatory motion relatively one to the other in the direction of their length
and the said abutment being so formed and so situated relatively to the acting
part of the extracting instrument as to act on the pickle as required.
According to one arrangement of my invention I form the extracting instrument
(which I will hereinafter term "the extractor") of a rod having at one end a barbed
point and I construct and arrange the parts for steadying the pickle and disengaging
it from the extractor as hereinafter described I surround the extractor at or near
the end farthest from the barbed point (hereinafter referred to as
"the upper
end") with a tube within which the extractor is capable of sliding longitudinally
and which constitutes the handle of the instrument and I arrange a spiral spring
around the extractor and within the said tube which spring bears at one end against
a collar or flange formed on the extractor and at the other end against a flange or
projection in the interior of the said tube which spring when uncompressed holds
the extractor at the limit of its range of motion in an upward direction within the
said tube or handle beyond the end of which the upper end of the extractor when
n this position projects. At each end of the tube or handle I form a stuffing box
through which the extractor works and I connect to the said handle or to the
stuffing box at the lower end thereof or the end nearest the acting end or point
end of the extractor a frame consisting of rods or wires each of which is secured
t one end to the handle or to the stuffing box and at the other end to a ring which
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page_text: ring constitutes the abutinent herein before referred to and surrounds the lower end
of the extractor or that end at which the barbed point is formed the length of the
said wires being such that the ring at their ends projects slightly beyond the
barbed point of the extractor when the latter is at the limit of its motion in an
upward direction. At the upper end of the extractor I form or secure a knob by
pressing, on which the point of the extractor is caused to project beyond the
aforesaid ring when required as hereinafter described.
The method of using the instrument hereinbefore described and its action are 'as
follows:-
The instrument is inserted into the bottle or vessel containing the pickles without
actuating the extractor and the ring at the end of the frame herein before described
is pressed on the pickle which it is desired to extract the barbed point of the
extractor is then forced into the pickle by pressing on the knob at the upper end
the pressure compressing the spring within the handle of the instrument which is
then withdrawn froni the bottle or vessel the pickle being held by the barbed point
of the extractor. The extractor is then released by removing the pressure from the
knob at its upper end and the pickle is disengaged from the barbed point by the
action of the spring which draws the extractor upward within the handle and
frame hereinbefore described the pickle being prevented from ascending with the
extractor by the ring forming the abutment on the aforesaid frame against which
ring the pickle bears until the extractor is fully withdrawn when the pickle is
released from the instrument.
Instead of arranging the spring so that the extractor requires to be forced into
the pickle by pressure on the upper end of the extractor the spring may be so
arranged as to force the extractor into the pickle. In this case I entirely enclose
the upper end of the extractor within the tube forming the handle of the instrument
and I form longitudinal slots in the said tube and secure a cross pin to that part of
the extractor which lies within the said tube the ends of which pin project through
the said slots.
In using this arrangement the extractor is drawn upward by means of the
projecting ends of the cross pin and the spring is thus compressed the instrument
is then inserted in the vessel containing the pickles and the ring at the end of the
frame is pressed on the pickle to be withdrawn the extractor is then released and the
spring forces the barbed point into the pickle the instrument is then withdrawn
from the vessel and the pickle is disengaged from the extractor by again drawing
the latter upward by means of the projecting ends of the cross pin.

page_text: I EDGAR SMART of N° 27 Victoria Grove South Hornsey in the County of
Middlesex Electrician do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for .
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR EXTRACTING OR REMOVING PICKLES AND
THE LIKE FROM BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS 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 instruments for extracting withdrawing or removing
pickles preserved fruits and the like from bottles and other vessels the objects
of my improvements being to steady the pickle to be removed or withdrawn while
the instrument is being inserted into it and to facilitate the disengagement of the
instrument from the pickle when the latter has been withdrawn and my said
invention consists essentially in the combination with an extracting instrument of.
a frame or slider having an abutment formed on or connected to it the said frame
or slider and the extracting instrument being so formed and connected as to be
capable of reciprocatory motion relatively one to the other in the direction of their
length and the said abutment being so formed and so situated relatively to the
acting part of the extracting instrument as to act on the pickle as required.
According to one arrangement of my Invention I form the extracting instrument
(which I will hereinafter term the "extractor" or "piercing instrument") of a rod
having at one end a barbed point and I construct and arrange the parts for
steadying the pickle and disengaging it from the extractor as hereinafter described.
I surround the extractor at or near the end farthest from the barbed point (herein-.
after referred to as "the upper end") with a tube within which the extractor is
capable of sliding longitudinally and which constitutes the handle of the instrument.
and I arrange a spiral spring around the extractor and within the said tube which
spring bears at one end against a collar or flange formed on the extractor and at
the other end against a flange or projection in the interior of the said tube or a
collar secured at the lower end thereof or the end nearest the acting end or point
end of the extractor which spring when uncompressed holds the extractor at the
limit of its range of motion in an upward direction within the said tube or handle
beyond the end of which the upper end of the extractor when in this position
projects. At each end of the tube or handle I form a stuffing box through which
the extractor works and I connect to the said handle or to the stuffing box at the
lower end thereof a frame consisting of rods or wires each of which is secured at
one end to the handle or to the stuffing box and at the other end to a ring which
ring constitutes the abutment hereinbefore referred to and surrounds the lower end
of the extractor or that end at which the barbed point is formed the length of the
said wires being such, that the ring at their ends projects slightly beyond the
barbed point of the extractor when the latter is at the limit of its motion in an
upward direction. At the upper end of the extractor I form or secure a knob by
pressing on which the point of the extractor is caused to project beyond the
aforesaid ring when required as hereinafter described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation Figure 2 is an end
elevation and Figure 3 is a central longitudinal section of an instrument con-
structed as hereinbefore described. The same letters and figures of reference
indicate the same or corresponding parts in the said Figures 1, 2 and 3 and in
all the Figures of the drawing hereinafter referred to.
a is the extractor or piercing instrument and a¹ is the barbed point thereof bis
the tube constituting the handle of the instrument which tube has a flange formed

page_text: at the upper end or is covered at the said end with a disc b' in which is a central
aperture for the extractor to pass through and work in c is the spiral spring
arranged around the extractor a a² is the collar or flange formed on the extractor
against which collar or flange the said spring e bears at one end and b² is a collar
surrounding the extractor near its lower end and secured at the end of the
tube bas hereinafter described against which collar the other end of the spring o
bears 63 are washers of cork or other suitable compressible or yielding material
placed over the discs or collars 6' 62 and secured by means of caps 65 66 having
screw threads formed in their interior which engage with screw threads formed at
the ends of the tube b. The said parts 61 63 65 constitute the stuffing box at the
upper end of the instrument and the parts 62 64 66 constitute the stuffing box at tho
lower end of the said instrument. ddd is the frame secured to the cap 66 of
the lower stuffing box d being the ring constituting the abutment herein before
referred to and did the wires to which the said ring is secured. a³ is the knob at
the upper end of the extractor or piercing instrument a.
The parts of the instrument herein before described are put together as follows.
The extractor a before the knob a³ is secured to it is placed in the tube b and the
collar b¹ the washer 6s and the cap 65 are passed over its upper end and secured
the spring c is then put in place the collar b and the washer ₁ are passed over the
point end of the extractor a and the said parts are secured on the end of the tube b
and the spring c is compressed by screwing the cap 66 on the said tube b.
The method of using the instrument herein before described and its action are as
follows:
The instrument is inserted into the bottle or vessel containing the pickles
without actuating the extractor or piercing instrument a and the ring & at the end
of the frame d d¹ is pressed on the pickle which it is desired to extract the barbed
point a¹ of the extractor is then forced into the pickle by pressing on the knob a³
the pressure compressing the spring c. The instrument is then withdrawn from
the bottle or vessel the pickle being held by the barbed point a¹ of the extractor a
which is then released by removing the pressure from the knob a³ and the pickle
is disengaged from the barbed point by the action of the spring c which draws the
extractor upward within the tube b and frame & d' the pickle being disengaged
from the extractor by the ring d against which the pickle bears until the extractor
is fully withdrawn when the pickle is released from the instrument.
Instead of arranging the spring so that the extractor requires to be forced into
the pickle by pressure on the upper end of the extractor the spring may be so
arranged as to force the extractor into the pickle. In this case I entirely enclose
the upper end of the extractor within the tube forming the handle of the
instrument and I form longitudinal slots in the said tube and secure a cross pin or
triggers or fingers to that part of the extractor which lies within the said tube the
outer ends of which pin or triggers or fingers project through the said slots.
Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation Figure 5 an end
elevation and Figure 6 a longitudinal section of an instrument the parts of which.
are thus arranged 6767 being the slots in the tube b and at at the triggers or
fingers secured to the extractor a and working in the said slots. In this arrange-
ment the ends of the tube 6 are closed by the caps 66 66 and the extractor a works
in a hole in the cap 6° the stuffing box being dispensed with.
In using this arrangement the extractor a is drawn upward by means of the
projecting ends of the triggers or fingers at a and the spring c is thus compressed
the instrument is then inserted in the vessel containing the pickles and the ring d
is pressed on the pickle to be withdrawn the extractor a is then released and the
spring forces the barbed point into the pickle. The instrument is then withdrawn
from the vessel and the pickle is disengaged from the extractor by again drawing
the latter upward by means of the projecting triggers or fingers a^ a^.
2)
Instead of forming a barbed point on the extractor to secure the pickle thereon
the acting end of the extractor may be forked and the two prongs of the fork may
be caused to separate as the extractor is forced downward by securing a bar across

page_text: the ring between the said prongs near their point ends. This arrangement is
illustrated in side elevation in Figure 7 and in end elevation in Figure 8 of the
accompanying drawings a³ a being the prongs of the fork on the acting end of the
extractor a and the bar arranged between them. The spring is arranged as
herein before described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3. In using this arrange-
ment the prongs a³ a³ are caused to separate by means of the bar d² as they enter
the pickle the said prongs when the extractor a is pressed on assuming the
positions shown in Figure 9 and the pickle is thereby securely held on the
extractor. On releasing the extractor the spring withdraws the prongs from
the pickle and thus disengages it from the instrument.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manner the same is to be or may be performed I wish it to
be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrange-
ment of parts constituting the instruments hereinbefore described as they may be
varied without departing from the nature of my invention but I declare that what
I claim as my said invention of "Improvements in instruments for extracting or
removing pickles and the like from bottles and other vessels" is :—
First The combination with a piercing instrument of an appliance for steadying
the pickle or article while the piercing instrument is entering it the said piercing
instrument and the steadying appliance being so connected as to be capable of
reciprocatory motion relatively one to the other in the direction of their length.
Secondly-The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the in-
strument hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
Thirdly The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the instrument
herein before described with reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawings.