US1981781A

US1981781A - Cork pulling device

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Publication number: US1981781A
Application number: US710011A
Authority: US
Inventors: Emery R Collette
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-02-06
Filing date: 1934-02-06
Publication date: 1934-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1951-11-20

Description

N 1934- E. R. COLLETTE I CORK PULLING' DEVICE Filed Feb. 6, 1934 INVENTOR Emeqgfi. G'olleite ATTORNEY WITNESSES I I I I 1 l l I I 1 I r I Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES,

CORK PULLING DEVICE Emery R. Collette, New York, N. Y.

Application February 6,

5 Claims.

This invention relates to cork pulling devices and has for an object to provide an improved construction which may readily penetrate a cork or similar stopper and then be adjusted to present an enlarged abutment, whereby the cork or stopper and the device may be readily removed from the bottle or other container.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cork pulling device wherein a swinging abutment isarranged at. the lower end of the device, the abutment being provided with threads on one end and with means for holding the abutment in alignment with the remaining part of the device at the other end, so that it may readily pierce through the stopper.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a cork pulling device wherein there is provided a tubular body having a swinging abutment at the lower end with-means for normally holding the abutment in alignment with the body.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a view in elevation disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being illustrated in connection with a cork and part of a bottle shown in section;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the pulling device fully inserted and the abutment turned ready to remove the cork or stopper;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the cork pulling device shown in Figure 1, the same being on an enlarged scale;

Figure 4 is a View similar to the lower part of Figure 3, but showing the swinging abutment extending at right angles to its normal position.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the neck of a bottle or other container, and 2 a stopper arranged therein. This stopper is shown as a cork but it could be made from any kind of material which can be readily pierced by a screw or similar piercing member. As shown in Fig. 1, there is provided a pulling device 3 which has been screwed partly into the stopper 2. In Fig. 3 the samestructure is shown except that the pulling device has been passed entirely through the stopper 2 and the abutment 4 released so that it will assume a right angled position. When in the position shown in Fig. 4 the person using the device may merely pull upon the knob or handle 5 and the stopper 2 will be easily removed.

It will be noted that knob 5 is of any desired kind or shape, having an aperture extending therethrough and a countersunk portion merg- 1934, Serial No. 710,011

ing into the aperture. The countersunk portion is adapted to receive a metal plate 6, while through the aperture extends a tubular body '7. The upper end of this tubular body is split and the parts bent over the bent portion 8. A spring 9 extends through body 7, said spring having an end 10 bent over and clamped in place by the plate 6, which may be held in position by suitable screws 11. Spring 9 at the lower end presses against the extension 12 of abutment 4 so that whenever the abutment is released the spring will quickly push the abutment over to the position shown in'Figures 2 and 4. Coasting with the extension 12 of a large extension or projection 13 wherebythe socket 14 is provided. A locking bar or rod 15 has its lower end fitted into the socket 14 normal1y, said bar extending upwardly through body 7 and through the plate 6. The upper end is provided with a handle or knob 15 whereby it may be readily grasped at any time and pulled upwardly until the lower end is above the extension 12, whereupon the spring 9 will quickly function.

Where the neck of the bottle or container is of greater diameter than the length of the abutment 4, the parts will assume the position shown in Fig.2 when the stopper is being removed. However, if the diameter of the bore of the neck should be less than the length of the abutment 4, said abutment will not assume a right angled position, but a position at a less angle, and the threaded end will slip along the wall of the neck, while the extension 12 will engage the lower part of the stopper 2 and act thereon to cause the same to move out of the neck when the device is pulled upwardly.

It will be observed that the tubular body is cut away at 17, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, whereby the

side extensions

18 and 19 are formed. A pivotal pin 20 extends through the lower part of these extensions and through the abutment 4, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby this abutment is freely rotatable. When the abutment is held in alignment with the body, as shown in Figs. 1 and. 3, the device may be pushed into the stopper and then rotated, the threaded end 16 acting in the usual manner of a screw and thereby permitting the device to be easily forced through a cork. As soon as it passes through the cork and projects therebeyond a short distance, the knob 15 is pulled upwardly a short distance, in actual use, for instance, about half an inch, though the parts could be proportioned to make a less or a greater movement. As soon as the locking bar or rod 15 is elevated the spring 9 functions to throw the abutment to one side, whereupon the cork may be readily pulled out of the neck of the bottle. After the cork has been pulled out the body 3 is forced further through the cork until the abutment 4 can be swung around to the position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the rod 15 is forced downwardly to lock the abutment in its aligned position. The device may be then pulled out of the cork and laid aside, as desired.

I claim:

1. A cork pulling device comprising a tubular body, a handle rigidly secured to said body at one end, said body at the opposite end being provided with a slot, a pin carried by the slotted end of said body, an abutment pivotally mounted on said pin, said abutment having one end threaded and the opposite end notched, a sliding locking bar extending through said body and said handle, said bar being normally positioned with one end within said notch for holding the abutment in alignment with the body and the other end projecting beyond said handle, and a spring carried by said body continually acting on the notched end of the abutment tending to swing the same to one side, whereby when said bar is pulled out of the notched formation of the abutment said spring will function to move the abutment so that it will assume a position at an angle to the body.

2. A cork pulling device comprising a tubular body, a notched pivotally mounted abutment positioned at one end of the body, a handle positioned at the opposite end of the body, a spring acting on said abutment to give the same a tendency to move at right angles to the body, and a sliding locking member having one end extending through the handle, said locking member being adapted to he slid into a notch in the abutment for normally locking the abutment in alignment with the body and preventing movement by the spring, said abutment forming an actual eX- tension of the body, the extending portion being formed with a screw thread whereby it may be readily screwed into and through a cork.

3. A cork pulling device including a tubular body, a pivotally mounted abutment at one end of the body, said abutment having a socket at one end and a screw thread at the opposite end, means extending through the body into said socket for normally locking said abutment in alignment with the body, said means being operable at the end of the body opposite the abutment, whereby it may be withdrawn from said socket for releasing the abutment, and a spring extending through said body to such an extent that one end will be positioned at one side of the end of the abutment carrying the socket, said spring acting to swing the abutment to a position transversely of the body when said abutment is released.

4. A cork pulling device comprising a tubular body having a slot at one end, an abutment pivotally mounted on said body so as to swing through said slot, said abutment having a notch at one end, a rod slidingly mounted in said body and positioned to be forced into said notch for holding the abutment in alignment with the body, a spring extending from a position overlapping part of said abutment to the opposite end of the body, said spring at said opposite end being turned over at right angles, said body at the end opposite the abutment being turned over to a position at right angles to present a flanged member, a handle having an aperture and a recess merging therein, said body extending through said aperture with the turned over part of the body and the turned over part of said spring fitting in said recess, a clamping plate arranged in said recess and pressing against the turned over part of the body and spring, and means for holding said clamping plate in said recess.

5. A cork pulling device, including a hollow body, a pivotally mounted abutment arranged at one end of the body, a handle arranged at the other end of the body, said abutment having a socket at one end, the material of the abutment forming a socket presenting a fork with one tine longer than the other, a locking rod extending through said handle and said hollow body into said socket for normally locking the abutment in actual alignment with the hollow body, and a spring carried by said body and positioned to overlap one end of said abutment when the same is being held by said rod, said spring continually tending to swing the abutment to a position at right angles to said body, whereby when said rod is pulled until it is disengaged from its socket said spring will quickly move said abutment.

EMERY R. COLLETTE.