US241929A

US241929A - Chester

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Publication number: US241929A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 1898-05-24

Description

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0. 0. CLARK. Automatic Cork Extractor.

' Patented May 24, 1881.,

No.24l,929.

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N PETERS, Photo-Lithographer, Wuhinglon. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER O. CLARK, 0F BROWN WOOD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY FORD, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC CORK-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,929, dated May 24, 1881.

' Application filed April 16, 1881.

tically-moving and partially-rotating blade having a harpoon-shaped or. shouldered head for piercing and drawing the corks; in laterally opening and closing jaws for holding the necks of the bottles; in pivoted and laterallymoving pointed levers for throwing the parts of thecorks away from the blade when withdrawn, and in the construction and combination of the parts of the device, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken on the line x as of Fig.

' 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken on the line 9 y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section of a corked bottle, showing the bladein position for withdrawingthe'cork; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable throat-plates. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. g

The frame of the machine consists of the bedplate A, preferably of wood, and the-parallel uprights B B, of meta], said uprights being secured to the top of the bed-plate by screws or similar means, and tied together at their upper ends by the cross-piece b.

The bottom of the bed-plate is provided with the screw-clamps O O, by which the machine is secured to the shelf or counter X,fas shown in Fig. 1. On opposite sides of the bed-plate are formed the slots, throats, or cut-awayplaces a a, in the latter of which is pivoted the lever I), for the purposes hereinafter stated, the former being for the purpose of admitting the neck of the bottles between the jaws E E, for

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holding the corks to be drawn in line immediately under the blade F.

The blade F is preferably harpoon-shaped, or formed with shoulders, and the shank f thereof is secured by the set-screw g in a socket formed in the lower end of the vertical shaft G, which shaft is given avertical and partiall y-rotatin g motion by suitable means. In this instance the vertical motion is imparted by means of a sliding skeleton-frame composed of the cross-heads H H, each of which is provided at both ends with the ways h h h h, which lit the edges of the uprights B B, and the vertical central rack, I, which engages with the segment-pinion J and lever J, pivoted in and between the upright posts KK, the shaft being secured in the journals z i, formed on the front faces of the cross-heads.

The partial rotation of the shaft is imparted by means of the beveled cog-wheel L and the beveled pinion N, secured to the shaft, the cogwheel L being pivoted so as to mesh with the pinion upon the journal n, and provided with the rigid' horizontal arm M, the outer end of which runs under the guide P, secured to the front face of the upright B by the screw-bolts p p, which serve as stops, against which the arm strikes just before the sliding skeletonframe reaches its hightest and lowest point.

The jaws E E, which clasp and hold the neck of the bottle when it is placed in the opening a of the bed-plate, are wedge-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3, and are preferably formed of two plates secured together, with a block or strip of metal of suitable thickness interposed between them, by the rivets c c, and are hinged at their rear ends to the ears 0 0, formed on the blocks j j, secured to the under side of the bed-plate, and are held apart by the spring 70. The forward ends of the jaws are supported by the arms e 0, formed on the lower edges of the face-plates l l of the bed-plate, which also form guides for the jaws to move upon, as they are permitted to open, and are closed by the movement of the sliding cross-bar Q. The cross-bar Q passes between the plates of the jaws, and the ends of it move in ways formed by the adjustable metal plates q q, secured to the bottom of the bed-plate, as shown in Fig. 3.

The under side of the cross-bar Q is provided with the perforated lugs q q, through which the rods (1 d, secured to the lugs b b, formed on the strips q q, pass. The spiral springs d d are placed upon the rods d d and between the lugs, as shown, and thus keep the cross-bar Q pressed forward, in which position the jaws are held closed by the studs 8 8, against which the diagonal edges of thejaws continually impiuge.

The lower end of the lever Dis attached to the central arm, S, of the cross-bar Q by the short link 8, and bythis means, when the levermain J is lowered to withdraw the cork from a bottle, the under side of it impinging against the friction-roller T, pivoted in the upper end of the lever D, causes the cross-bar to be drawn back against the thrust of the springs d d and thejaws to open just in proper time to release the neck of the bottle as the cork is withdrawn.

When the lever J is raised away from the wheel T the lever D is thrown back to the position shown in Fig. 2 by the spiral spring 00, placed on the pivoted rod x,one end of which passes through a hole in the cross-piece 1', secured to the uprights K K; and the cross-bar Q is also thrown forward by the action of the springs d d, ready to again clasp the next bottle to be uncorked.

The bottle being in position between the jaws, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the lever J is to be raised to nearlya vertical position, which causes the blade to descend into the neck of the bottle, severing the wires which secure the cork and cutting the cork in two in the center. Just as the blade passes through the cork the end of the arm M strikes the lower stop, and causes the blade to turn one-quarter around, in the position shown in Fig. 5. The lever J is now brought down, thus elevating the sliding frame and blade and lifting the cork from the bottle. Before the frame reaches its highest point the end of the lever M comes against the stop 1), which causes the blade to be turned to its original position, and at this time the jaws release the neck of the bottle, as above described.

In order to throw the parts of the cork 0d and away from the blade when withdrawn, I provided the two bill-pointed laterally-movin g levers U U, the points of which are held in contact with the shank of the blade, when the blade descends, by the springs u u, and the points reach down near to the top of the blade when its elevated, so that when the cork is raised out of the neck of the bottleit is brought against or upon these sloping points, which divide the cork and expel itiu two parts away from the blade by the lateral motion imparted to the levers, as described below.

The levers U U are pivoted in the cross-plate R, and the outwardly-curved upward extensions u u thereof pass through the guide-plate V secured to the front face of the lower crosshead, H. The plate R moves upon the guiderods W \V, secured to and in front of the uprights B B, and the plate is supported on the springs 10 w, placed upon the rods, which normally hold the plate and levers elevated, as shown in Fig. 1, in such position that when the blade is lowered through the cork the plate R will be depressed against the action of the springs by the end of the shaft G coming upon it. During this time, and until the blade reaches nearly its highestpoint, the points ot'the levers are held in contact with the shank ofthe blade by the action of the springs u u; but as the blade reaches the highest point the screws 21 e, which secure the guide-plate V to the crosshead H, strike against the upper curved ends, u u, of the levers and cause the points thereof to have a sudden lateral movement which throws the parts of the cork ofi" from the blade, as above mentioned.

It will be observed that the front edge of the cross-bar Q is curved out at the center of its length, and serves to hold one side of the neck of the bottles, which, together with the hinged jaws, is sufficient to hold that class of bottles which have rings or grooves around the neck against upward or downward movement but to adapt the device to all kinds of bottles I provided the throatoropeningawith the throatplates Y Y, which are hinged to the bed-plate at their front ends, their rear ends being held by the top plate, 3 screwed to the bed-plate over the throat-plate, and the throat-plates are thus capable of adjustment near to or farther from each other, to suit different kinds and sizes of bottles, by loosening the screws in the top plate.

By means of the adjustable guide-plates q q the cross-bar Q and the jaws E E can be moved either way to bring each of the jaws equidistant from the vertical line ot'movementof the blade, thus insuring the centering of the mouth of the bottles directly under the point of the blade, so that the cork will be pierced by the blade in the center.

The parts of this device being thus properly adjusted, with it corks can be withdrawn from bottles with great rapidity and ease.

The bar or shank of the blade is round and as small as practical, so as to readily turn within the cork when the shoulders of the blade are entirely through and below the same within the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The shouldered blade, in combination with means, substantially as shown and described, for imparting to the blade a vertical and partially rotating movement, as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a device for drawing corks from bottles, the hinged jaws E E, for claspin g the necks of the bottles, in combination with means, substantially as shown and described, for opening and closing thejaws, as set forth.

3. In a device for drawin gcorks from bottles, thelaterally-movinglevers UU, in combination with the vertically-movin g blade F, and means, substantially as described, for operating the levers, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. Ina devicefordrawing corksfrom bottles, the jaws E E and the sliding cross-bar Q, in combination with the lever D, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. The pivoted jaws E E and the sliding cross-bar Q, in combination with the adjustable guide-plates q q, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

6. The sliding skeleton-frame, carrying the shaft G and blade F, and the segment-wheel J