US337465A - Henry wahlee - Google Patents

Description

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H. WAHLER.

CORK EXTRAGTOR.

No. 387,465. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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HENRY VVAHLEB, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO LOUIS AHSENDORFF, OF SAME PLACE.

CORK- EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,465, dated March 9, 1886.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY WAHLER, a resident of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-EX- tractors; and I do'hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is had in this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of my device, asmall'portion being shown in section to illustrate a means of attaching it to asupport. Figs. 2, 3, and4 are detail views hereinafter explained.

In Fig. 1, A is a standard having a vertical flange, B, and a horizontal flange, B, provided with screw-holes P P, for attaching it to a support, 0.

Integrally formed with the standard A is a stop of ordinary form for holding the neck of a bottle from which the cork is to be drawn.

Above the stop 0, at a distance a little greater than the length of any ordinary cork, is an internally-threaded nut, D, formed integrally with the standard A, and having its center vertically over the center of the stop 0. A hollow externallythreaded screw, J, provided with an integrally-formed or rigidly-attached cap, I, rotates in the not I), rising or falling according to the direction of rotation, and in this screw rotates freely and slides longitudinally the corkscrew K E. A crank, G, having a handle, H, boss F, and lug L thereon, is rigidly joined to the upper extremity of the corkscrew shaft or shank E, and this lug L is adapted to firmly engage with the lug L on the cap I whenever the crank assumes the position shown by the dotted lines of the figure, the direction of rotation of the crank being toward the observer.

Fig. 2 shows in plan the position of the lug L upon the cap I, E being the aperture for the shaft E.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the stop 0, Qbeinga central opening through which the cork, but not the neck of the bottle, may pass, and the sides of this opening curve outward and downward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a central vertical section of the nut D and screw J, the corkscrew E K being in position, as shown in Fig.1, E being the shaft, and K the spiral port-ion thereof.

T is a cylindrical cavity in the screw J, and therein the spiral portion K of the corkscrew slides and rotates. The cavity T ends below the cap I, leaving a solid portion, R, to fit closely and form a bearing for the shaft E. g

S S are sections of one of the threads of the screw J,lying in the internal threads of the nut D.

The normal position of the crank G, when not in use, is that shown in full lines in Fig.

1, the upper end of the spiral part of the cork screw being in contact with the top of the cylindrical cavity T. To hold the crank and corkscrew in this elevated position, a light spring, a, is placed about the shaft E, and this tends to separate the cap I and crank-boss F; but as this spring,when compressed by downward pressure upon the crank, still requires a considerable vertical space, the lug L is of a height equal to that of the spring when so compressed, in order that the lug L may engage it at the proper time.

In operation a bottle, N, Fig. 1, is placed in position against the stop 0. By means of the crank G the corkscrew is then rotated and pressed gently downward, causing it to penetrate the cork, when by simply rotating the crank the screw automatically moves downward till the lugs L L engage. This engagement forces the screw J into action, and,as this is a left-handed screw, rotation of the crank in the same direction as before rapidly lifts corkscrew and cork out of the bottle, which is restrained from following their motion by the stop 0. Evidently so long as the spirals of the corkscrew and lifting-screw are opposite it is immaterial which is left handed, and if it be desired to use both right or both left spirals it may be done by modifying the means for engaging them; butin this case the motion of the crank must be reversed in raising the cork, and the arrangement is comparatively worthless.

I am aware that it is old in cork-extractors to combine an internally-threaded nut, a hollow screw engaging said nut, and a reverselyspiral corkscrew lying within said hollow screw and adapted to rotate and move longitudinally therein and to rotate the hollow screw on reaching a given position therein. So far as I know, however, the parts enumerated have never been combined with a corkscrew retracting-spring such as I have shown in this application, or with a base adapted to be screwed or otherwise rigidly fastened to a table or other stationary support.

W'hat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a suitable frame, of a screw set in a nut in said frame and adapted, when rotated, to move longitudinally therein, a corkscrew journaled in a bearing in said frame and susceptible of rotary and longitudinal motion in said bearing, coacting lugs on said screw and corkscrew adapted,when in engagement, to insure the simultaneous rotation of said parts, and a spring interposed between said coacting lugs and adapted tohold them in the position of greatest separation, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cork-extractor, the combination of a suitable frame, a hollow screw set in a nut in said frame and adapted to move longitudinally therein when rotated, a corkscrew journaled in said hollow screw and susceptible of rotary and longitudinal motion therein, co-

acti n glu gs on the screwand corkscrew adapted, when in engagement, to insure the simultaneous rotation of said parts, and thus to insure their simultaneous longitudinal movement, and a spring interposed between said lugs and tending to prevent their engagement, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the frame A B G and nut D, the hollow screw J, setin said nut, the corkscrew E K, journaled in said screw and having the crank G, thelugs L L,formed on said crank and screw, respectively, and adapted, when in engagement, to insure the rotation of the screw with the crank,whereby the screw and corkscrew are raised or lowered together, and the spring a, coiled about the shank of the corkscrew and tending to raise the corkscrew and separate the lugs LL, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY WAHLER. W'itnesses:

LoUIs AHSENDORFF, O. E. HEARD.

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