US1070513A - Cork-puller. - Google Patents

Description

E. W. MOULTON.

CORK FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1912.

1,070,5 1 8, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON c.

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EUGENE W. MOULTON, OF BOXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORK-FULLER.

Application filed. June 10,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, EUGENE N. Monnron, citizen of the United States, residing at iioxbury, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle opening implements, and the object of my invention is to provide a combmed;

implement for removing the metal caps fro-m bottles and also for removing cor s from the necks of bottles.

it further object of my from a single rod of metal bent into the re quired shape and then tempered to give it the necessary strength and resiliency.

A further object of my invention is to provide an implement of the character set forth in which the cap removing portion of the implement serves as a handle when the implement is employed in removing corks and in which the shank or body of the implement serves as a handle when the implement is employed in removing caps from bottles. And a still further object of my invention is to increase the efficiency of implements of the above described character.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this application.

in the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved implement, showing the manner in which it is employed for removing the metallic caps from bottles, the position in which the hand of the operator grasps the implement when so employed, be ing shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of a bottle neck closed by a cork, showing my improved im plement in position to withdraw the cork, the implement being shown in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to the section shown in 2, showing the implement in front elevation and with the cap removing portion in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

One of the main objects of my invention Specification of Letters Patent.

invention is to i provide an implement which may be formed simplify the construction and Patent-ed An is, 1911s.

1912. Serial No. 702,850.

is to simplify the construction of the implement, so far as possible, and with this in view 1 form the implement from a single rod of metal 10 which forms the shank or body portion of the implement and the ends of which are bent and otherwise shaped to provide a cork extracting terminal 11 and a bottle cap removing terminal 12.

More specifically, one end of the rod is bent or curved as shown at 13 and this curved portion is flattened as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing to form a wedge 1 shaped entering member, the free terminal of said member being notched or cut-away to form a barb 14, the active edge of which is disposed angularly with respect to the body member of the implement and radially with respect to the curved end.

The opposite end portion of the rod is bent at right angles to the body member, as shown at 15 and then bent to extend in parallel spaced relation to the body portion, as shown at 16 and further bent at right angles toward the body portion, as shown at 17 to complete a loop, the opposite sides of which are parallel. The free end of the rod is then bent about the body portion, as shown at 18 and extended in parallel spaced relation to the portion 17, as shown at 19. This loop is so formed as to lie in substantially the same plane with the body portion and curved end 13 of the implement, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The portion 17 of the loop is interiorly beveled to provide an edge 20, this edge being best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The metal rod is preferably formed of relatively soft iron to permit bending and shaping of the implement as above described and the implement when completed is tempered in any suitable manner to give it the requisite strength and resiliency.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawing, the operation and use of the implement will be readily understood.

When employed for removing the metal caps from bottles, the loop is positioned with the portion 15 extending across the top of the cap and with the beveled edge 20 of the port-ion 17 engaging beneath the crimped edge of the cap, the portion 19 being positioned above the portion 17. When employing the implement in this manner, the body portion or shank of the implement, together wit-h the curved end 13 thereof rest against the palm of the hand and form a handle, as will be readily understood. The fore-finger of the hand preferably bears against the neck of the bottle to assist in positioning and steadying the implement in place and the thumb rests upon the end por tion of the member 19 to prevent all turning of the implement in the hand. Upon swinging the curved end of the implement upward, the bottle being held stationary, it will be apparent that the cap will be pried from place, the beveled edge 20 preventing the disengagement of the implement from the cap.

VVhen the implement is employed for extracting corks from the neck of a bottle, the barb or wedge-shaped terminal of the implement is forced between the cork and bottle, the barb lying flat against the inner face of the bottle neck and in no way interfering with the operation, until the barb has passed below the lower end of the cork.

The implement is then turned to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing and raised to bring the active edge of the barb into engagement against the lower end of the cork, the curved terminal of the implement forcing the upper portion of the cork inwardly, as shown at 21. By forming the active edge of the barb radially with respect to the curved end of the shank, it bears evenly against the bottom of the cork, as shown.

The bottle being held stationary, an up ward pull upon the implement will, through the engagement of the barb against the cork, draw the latter from the bottle. During this drawing of the cork, the entire loop may be grasped in the hand or one or more fingers maybe passed through the loop, as desired.

If the entire loop is held in the hand, the operation is somewhat simplified, as the spaced portions 17 and 19 of the loop form a double bearing surface for the fingers and prevent the handles cutting into the hand.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that I have provided an extremely simple implement and one which may be readily employed either for removing the metallic caps from bottles or for extracting corks from the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An article of manufacture including a metal rod having one end portion bent at right angles to the body portion, said end being then bent to extend in parallel spaced relation to the body portion and further bent at right angles toward the body portion to complete a loop, the free end of said end portion being bent about the body portion and extended in parallel spaced relation to that portion bent toward the body port-ion, said latter portion being beveled interiorly to provide an edge, the opposite end of the body portion being bent into a curve lying substantially in the plane of the loop, the terminal of the curved portion being fiattened.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE w. MOULTON. Ii 8.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs MASON, DANA E. JAoKsoN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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