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(No Model.) I 5 SheetsS heet 1. J. J. TAYLOR, 2d. BOTTLE CQRKING MACHINE. No. 445,095. Patented Jan.-20, .1891.

(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. J. TAYLOR, 2d. BOTTLE GORKING MACHINE.

No.- 445,095. Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

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No. 445,095. Patented Jan. 20,1891.

(No Model.) ,5 Sheets-Sheet 4. J J TAYLOR, 2d BOTTLE GORKING MACHINE.

Patented m. 20, 1891.

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J. J. TAYLOR, 2d. BOTTLE GOBKING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 20,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. TAYLOR, 2]), OF WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EZRA T. HAZELTINE, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-CORKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,095, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed June 28, 1888. Serial No. 278,435. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. TAYLOR, 2d, a citizen of the United States residing at Varren, in the county of lVarren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Corking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled [O in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon. which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved apparatus which will automatically feed and present corks to the necks of bottles arranged in a series of rows and drive them into the same.

In my improved apparatus a bottle-carrier successively presents the necks of a row of bottles to a series of cork-holding cylinders to which corks have been automatically fed. A series of peculiar-shaped plungers descend twice against the corks in the act of driving them, and the corks themselves are automati' eally turned during the driving operation to present different portions of the top surfaces of the corks to the impact of the plungers to prevent breaking the surfaces of the same.

I will now proceed to describe definitely the manner in which I have carried out my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva- 5 tion of myimproved corking apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Figs. 3 and 4c are detached detail views. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the frame. Figs. 6 and 7 are detached detail views. Fig. 8 is a section of the upper portion of my improved corking apparatus. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the cork-supply cylinders, partly in section. Figs. 11 and 12 show, respectively, a side and front view of the cam on the main shaft of my apparatus;

and Fig. 13 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 1 are the main supports of my improved corking-maehine, provided on their outer sides with the projecting flanges 2 and on their inner sides with the recesses or slides 3. (See Fig. at.)

Rigidly secured to the main supports 1 1 are the horizontal tracks a t, upon which the bottle-carrier 5 is moved. Two vertical bars 6 6 are arranged to slide in the projecting flanges 5 5 2 on the outer side of the main support 1 and connected at their upper ends by the bar 7, to which the plungers S are rigidly secured, and connected at their lower ends by the bar 9. This bar 9, connecting the vertical bars 6 6, passes through vertical slots in the main supports 1, and has secured at its center the rod 10, (see Fig. 11,) having the small pin or projection 11, which rides in the groove 13 of the cam 12 on the main shaft 14.

To the inner sides of the main supports 1 and operating in the recesses or slides 3 are the vertical bars 15. These bars 15 are rigidly secured to or integral with the cylinder holder or head 16 and at their lower ends are connected by the rod 17.

Loosely pivoted in the main supports 1 is the rod 18, which has rigidly secured to it the short arm 19, (see Fig. 7 which is connected to the pivoted lever-handle 21- by the connect- 7 5 ing-rod 20. Two small arms 23 are also rigidly secured at one end to the rod 18 and loosely connected to the connecting-rod 17 at their other ends. It will be seen that by the manipulation of the lever handle 21, ful- 8o crumed at 22, the vertical bars 15, and with them the head 16, can be raised or lowered by means of the mechanism just described.

Just inside of either of the supports1(see Fig. 13) are the levers 21 and 25, which are also used to raise the vertical bars 15, andwith them the cylinder holder or head 16. The short lever 2a is loosely pivoted at one end to the main support or frame 1, and at its other end, resting on the main shaft 14:, is loosely connected 0 with one end of the short lever 25. This 1ever 25 is pivoted at its other end to the rod 17.

Rigidly secured to the main shaft 14 orintegral therewith are the projecting pins 26, which while passing under the lever-arms 2 1 9 5 cause them to rise and with them raise the cylinder holder or head 16 by means of the lever 25, connecting-rod 17, and vertical bars 15.

A bar 27 (see Fig. 5) is loosely pivoted in the tracks or frame 4 and has rigidly attached [00 at one end the lever-handle 28. A short arm 29 is rigidly secured to the bar 27 and at its 1o carrier5.

35 them to the cork-carrier 44.

other end is loosely pivoted to the connecting-arm 30, which is in turn pivoted at its other end to the'sliding batSl. This sliding bar 31 has arranged at one end a pivoted 5 catch 32, which engages with a rack-bar 33 (see Fig. 6) in the bottle-carrier 5. As the bar 27 is oscillated by the manipulation of the lever-handle 28, the sliding bar 31, with its catch 32, passes back and forth under the \Vhen the lever-handle 28 is turned to the right, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, it causes the sliding bar 31, with its catch 32, which is in engagement with the rack-bar 38, to pass to the right, carrying with it the I 5 bottle-carrier 5 a distance equal to the width of one bottle, and when the lever-arm 28 is returned to its former position the sliding bar 31, with its catch 32, returns the catch, passing under the rack-bar and by its own weight dropping into engagement with the next tooth ofthe rack-bar. 7

Justinside of the lever-handle 28 and rigidly secured to the oscillating bar 27 is the short arm 34, (see 2,) which is loosely pivo'ted to the connecting-rod 35, which is in turn loosely pivoted to a short arm 36. This short arm 86 is rigidly secured to another os- 'c ill'ating shaft 37 by the adj listing-screw 38. This oscillating shaft 37, resting in bearings 39 on the box or casing 40, has secured thereto casing 40, and is held in its horizontal posi-- 4o tion by the guides 45.

At the front end of the cork-carrier 44 is arranged a series of holes 46 for the reception of the corks, andbetween these holes are elongated projections or guides 47, which serve to 45 bring the holes 46 directly under the supplyeylinders 48 as the carrier is brought to its rearward position to receive the corks 51 from the supply-cylinders 48.

In each supply-cylinder (see Fig. 10) is arranged on the top of the row of corks a Weight 49, having two small projections 50 passing out through the cylinders, as seen in Fig. 1, and should the corks become clogged they can easily be forced down by drawing down 5 5 the weight 49 by its projections 50. Two stops 52, securely fastened to and projecting above thecylinder holder or head 16, serve to limit the forward movement of the cork-carrier 44. The supply-cylinders 48, after being filled with corks 51, are attached to the front face of the'casing 40 by a long dovetail slide and with their open ends facing and corks resting upon the casing 44.

In the head-piece 16 are arranged a series of small cylinders 53, having tapering openings 54 and: resting in recesses 57 on the small projections 55. These small cylinders are held loosely in position by the small screw 56, which is screwed into the back of the head 16 and into the recess 57, allowing the cylinders 53 to be raised should a slight variation in the height of the bottles occur, and at the same time holding'the cylinders in place, so as not to be removed entirely from the head.

To the outer side of one of the main supports 1 is loosely pivoted a short arm 58, which has an adjustable projection 59. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) This arm 58 passes under the main shaft 14, which has rigidly attached thereto at this point a cam or projection 60, which, while passing over the projection 59 on the arm 58, presses it downward, and with it pulls down the wire 61, attached to the end of the arm 58. This wire 61 is connected to a bellcrank lever 62, (see Figs. 1 and 4,) which in turn pulls the short lever 63, which is fulcrumed at 64 and loosely pivoted to a connecting-rod 65, this rod 65 being connected to all the cylinders 53 by short arms 66, which are rigidly secured to the cylinders at one end and pivoted to the connecting-rod 65 at their other ends, and as at this point the plungers are down upon the corks t'hecylinders are held in their turned position, and when released from the pressure of the plungers they turn back to their normal position by the action of the "spring 67, which is fastened at. one end to'the bell-crank lever 62 and at its other end to the stop 52. It will be observed that the plungers 8 in the cross-bars 7 are of a peculiar construction, being formed of one piece as they pass through the bar 7 and divided at their lower ends into four strips or sections slightly sprungapart. This peculiar construction, in combination with the turning of the corks, entirely preventsthe splitting'of the corks and assuresa smooth flat surface to them after having been forced into the bottles.

The operation of my improved corking-machine is as follows: The lever-handle 21 is first turned to the right, bringing it into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and

by the combination of levers shown in Fig. 7 causes the cylinder holder or head 16 to be raised to allow the first row of bottles 68 in the carrier 5 to pass into position under it. The lever-handle 28 is then also turned to the right, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5, which turns the bar 27 in the tracks or frame 4 a quarter of a revolution, which also turns the short arm 29, which is connected to the sliding bar 31' and carries it back a distance equal to one tooth of the rack-bar 33 or the width of one bottle 68, and at the same time, through the'action of the levers 34, 35, 36, and 41 and their connections, the cork-carrier 44 is slid back, so that its openings 46 are directly under the supply-cylinders 48, and the corks drop into them under the action of the weights 49. Now the lever-handle 21 is brought back to its first position, which brings the head 16, holding the cylinders 53, down firmly upon the heads of the bottles, and having one of IIO the small cylinders resting over the mouth of each bottle, and the set-screws 5G, placed in the head 16, hold the cylinders in position, at the same time allowing a slight variance in the height of the bottles should such occur. After the head 16 has been brought down upon the bottles (58 the lever-handle 28 is brought back to its first position, and with it the sliding bar 3], with its catch 32, which engages with the next tooth of the rack-bar 33 preparatory to drawing the next row of bottles under the head 16, and at the same time sliding the cork-carrier (now having its openings or holes filled wit-h corks) forward until it meets the stops 52, where the corks will drop out of the openings 46 and into the cylinders 1y turning the crank 69, which is mounted on the main shaft 1-1, to the right the small pawl or projection 60, mounted upon the main shaft 14:, (see Fig. 3,) carries the lever-arm 58 downward, and through the intervening mechanism, as before described, slightly turns the small cylinders 53 in the head 10. Atthe same time as the cylinders are being turned the plungers 8 are brought down upon the corks in the cylinders 53 by means of the cam 12, with its groove 13, which has riding within it the pin 11 of the connecting-rod 10, and, as seen in Fig. 1, the connecting-rod 10 is secured to the cross-bar 9, which is fastened at its ends to the vertical bars 6, at the upper ends of which the bar 7 is secured, holding the plungers 8, and when the cam 12 has made one-quarter of a revolution the plungers 8 will have passed down through the cork-carrier 44 and into the short cylinders 53, partially forcing the cork into the mouth of the cylinder, and as the cam continues the plungers rise, releasing the pressure on the corks 51,which will allow the cylinders 53 to return to their normal position by the action of the spring 67, (see Fig. 4,) and as the cam continues in its revolution the plungers again press down upon the corks 51, this time forcing the corks into place in the mouths of the bottles. As the cam 12 completes its revolution two small pawls or projections 26 on the main shaft 14 pass under and raise the levers 24 and 25, (see Fig. 123,) which in turn raise the cross-bar 17 and vertical bars 15 and the cylinder holder or head 16, thus releasing the corks from the short cylinders should any of their ends remain protruding into the same, thus completing the operation.

I claim 1. In a bottle-corking machine, the combination, With a main frame, a traveling bottlecarrier, a series of corlodriving plungers, a series of cork-supply cylinders, and a corkearrier which receives the corks from the cylinders and moves them beneath the plungers, of a series of cork-holding cylinders arranged beneath the cork-carrier to rest upon the bottle-mouths, a rotating shaft, and devices connected with the cork-holding cylinders and operated by the shaft to elevate the said cork-holding cylinders after the corks have been driven into the bottles, substantially as described.

2. In a bottlc-corking machine, the combination, with a bottle-carrier, cork-driving plungers, cork-supply cylinders, and a corkcarrier, of a series of axiallyoscillating corkholding-cylinders arranged below the corkcarrier and means for axially oscillating the cork-holding cylinders, substantially as described.

In a bott-le-corking machine, the combination, with a bottle-carrier, reciprocating cork-driving plungers, cork-supply cylinders, and a coi'locarriel', of a series of axially-turning cork-holding cylinders located beneath the cork-carrier, a main drive-shaft, and mechanism operated by the drive-shaft to axially turn the cork-holding cylinders, substantially as described.

at. In a bottle-corking machine, the combination, with a bottle-carrier, cork-driving plungers, and a cork-carrier, of a rising and fallin cylinder-holder located below the corkcarrier, a series of axially-oscillating corkholding cylinders carried by and journaled in said cylinder-holder, and means for oscillating the cork-holding cylinders, substantially as described.

5. In a bottle-corking machine, the combination, with a bottle-carrier, aseries of corkdriving plungers, and a cork-carrier, of a series of axially-oscillating cork-holding cylinders and means for oscillating the cork-holding cylinders and operating the plungers to give each cork two blows, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle-eorking machine, the combination, with a bottle-carrier, a series of corkdriving plungers, and a cork-carrier, of a se ries of axially-oscillating cork-holding cylinders between the cork-carrier and bottle-carrier and a rotating cam connected with the plungers and CODS'E] noted to operate the plungers for imparting two blows to each cork, substantially as described.

'7; In a bottle-corking machine, the combination of a series of axially-oscillating corkholders with reciprocating cork-driving plungers, each having its driving-head divided into a series of sections, substantially as described.

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

JOHN J. TAYLOR, 2D.

Witnesses:

GHAs. Dmsnoon, JAMES CABLE.

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