US927127A - Corkscrew. - Google Patents

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R. DE BERSAQUES.

GOBKSGREW.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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ROMAIN DE BERSAQUES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CORKSCREW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tilly 6, 1909.

Application filed. April 26, 1909. Serial No. 492,398.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, ROMAIN DE BER- siionns, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at llllashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cor tscrews; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the aceompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference niarlted thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cork screws and comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specilically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which ligure l is a perspective view showing the application of my invention to the neel; of a bottle. llig. 2 is a sectional view t ansversely through the threaded shank portion of the screw showing parts in top plan view. Ilig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. i. Fig. Il .is a vertical sectional view centrally through the swivel member through which the threaded shank of the device passes, parts being shown in elevation, and Fig. is a detail perspective view of the handle.

' teference now being had to the details of the drawings hy characters, A designates a disk having the integral arms A projecting therefrom which terminate in a ring B at their lower' ends which are adapted to rest upon the Lipper end of the neck of a hottie in the manner shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Said dish fi is provided with a central aperture in which the swiveled member l) is mounted, which has a ring D fixed about its circumference at the lower end thereof and the circumference of the upper portion of said swiveled member is provided with gear teeth `E and projecting from the inner circinnference of the opening in said nienlber are the lugs F. H designates a shaft having a spiral groove H/ therein and which passes through the member I), the lugs l+` thereon engagingl said spiral groove ll', and which member and screw normally turn together excepting during the act of extracting the stopper. Projecting from the upper edge of said disk is a lug N which is apertured for the reception of a pin O, and U designates a spring which hears between the head of said pin and said lugI and Ytends to normally hold the inner end of the pin out of engagement with the teeth E upon the member l). Said dislr is provided with a slot It through which a longitudinally nievable pin actuating bar T passes, said har having a handle T pivoted to its lower end. The upper end of the bar T has a cam projection S which is adapted, as the bar moved downward by depressing upon the handle T, to bear against and nieve the pin against the tension of the spring so that the inner end of the pin will engage one of the teeth E and cause the saine to be held stationary. One of the flanges A is provided with a longitudinal slot a through which the shank portion of said handle T passes and in which a portion of the bar T has a longitudinal movement. A pin L, which forms a pivotal connection between the har T and the handle T', extends beyond the edges of the slot and bears against the rear of the slotted standard A and serves to hold the bar from drawing through the slot ci.

Projecting from the bottom of the shaft I-I is a cork screw which turns with said shaft. A handle 7 is fastened to the upper end of the shaft II and has its ends formed one with a slot IV and the other recessed away as at T2 and forming convenient means for removing corlis of bottles, etc.

In operation7 the apparatus is applied to the top of a bottle in the manner shown in Fig. l and, by turning the handle, the coi-lt screw may be turned into the stopper in the usual manner. Then it is desired to withdraw the stopper', the operator by pressing upon the handle T will cause the har T to be drawn downward and push the pin into engagement with one of the teeth of the swivel member l), thus holding the latter stationary7 and, upon a further turning of the handle D with the member l) held sta tienary, an outer longitudinal movement will be imparted to the shaft Il, causing the stopper to be withdrawn from the bottle. When the pin is at its farthest inner throw and engaging one of the gear teeth E, the head of the pin will be in contact with the cani edge of the bar and, when pressure is released from the handle connected to the har, the pin hearing under the inliuence of the spring against said cain edge will cause said bar to be moved slightly longitudinally to its normal position.

lVhat l claim to be new is l. A cork screw comprising a disk and a ring with connections between the same, a hollow swiveled member mounted in an aperture in said disk, teeth about the circumference of said member, lugs projecting from the bore of said member, a shaft passing through said member and provided with a spiral groove engaged by said lugs, a handle upon said shaft, a cork screw projecting from the end ot said shaft, a spring-pressed pin mounted upon the disk and normally out ot engagement with said teeth, a longitudinally movable bar having ay lateral projection adapted to bear against said pin to throw the latter into ci'igagement with one o't the teeth ol" said member to hold `the same stationary, and a handle tor moving said bar longitudinally.

2. A cork screw comprising a disk and a ring, standards connecting said disk and rii'ig, one of said standards being slotted, a hollow swiveled member mounted in an aperture in said disk, teeth about the cireinnierence of said member, lugs projecting from the bore of said member, a shaft passing thrtmgh said member and provided with a spiral groove engaged by said lugs, a handle upon said shaft, a cork screw projecting from the end ot' said sha'lt, a springpressed pin mounted upon the disk and normally out of engagement with said teeth, a long {itudinall)7 nr vable bar having a lateral projection adapted to bear against said pin to throw the latter into engagement with one ot the teeth of said member to hold vthe same stationary, a longitudinally movable bar passing through a slot in said disk and having a cam projection adapted to bear against said pin to throw the latter into engagen'lent with one ot the teeth of said member to hold the same stationary, a handle pivoted to said bar and passing through a slot in one of the standards between said disk and ring.

3. A cork screw comprising a disk and a ring, standards connecting said disk and ring, one of said standards being slotted, a hollow swiveled member mounted in an aperture in said disk, teeth about the circumference of said member, lugs projecting from the bore of said member, a shaftl passing through said member and provided with a .spiral groove engaged by said lugs, a handle Lipon said sha'tt, a cork screw projecting trom the end of said shaft, a spring-pressed pin mounted upon the disk and normally out of engagement with said teeth, a longitudinally movable bar having a lateral projection adapted to bear against said pin to throw the latter into engagement with one ot the teeth ot said member to hold the same stationary, a longitudinally movable bar passing through a slot in said disk and having a cam projection adapted to bear against said pin to throw the latter into engagement with one et the teeth ot said member to hold the same stationary, a pin 'fastened to said bar and projecting beyond the opposite sides thereof, a handle extending through the slot ot the standard and pivotally mounted upon said pin, the ends oll said pin upon the bar adapted to bear against the inner edge ot the slotted standard tor preventing the bar moving through the slot in the staiulard.

ln testimony, whereof l have signed my name to this specilication in the presence ot two subscribing 'witnesses this Q3 day o'l April nineteen hundred and nine.

ROMAIN DE VERSAQUES.

lVitnesses Lewis M. THAvnn, M. KnUMKn.

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