US1285544A - Cork-puller. - Google Patents

Description

A. A. YATES.

CORK FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22.1s1s.

1,285,544; Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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AUSTIN A. YATES, 0F RENSSELAER, NEW YORK.

CORK-FULLER.

Application filed July 22. 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, AUSTIN A. YATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rensselaer, in the county of Rensselaer, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers; 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 same.

The invention relates to a cork puller, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character wherein the cork can be readily and conveniently extracted from the bottle neck with despatch without seriously damaging the cork and also avoiding the possibility of the pulling out of the device from the cork during the extracting operation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cork puller of this character wherein the tine or spike thereof enters the cork at a slant and entirely pierces the same or substantially so, so that upon a direct pull the cork will be extracted without liability of the tine or spike being drawn out of the cork, the cork puller being of novel form so as to avoid the bending thereof during the extracting operation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cork puller of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its purpose, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the neck of the bottle showing a cork therein and the cork puller constructed in accordance with the invention applied for extracting the cork;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank of one part of the cork puller;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another blank of the other part of the cork puller;

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view through the cork puller.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 246,058.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to thedr'awing in detail, the cork puller comprises two parts A and B respectively which are riveted or otherwise fastened together, andthe part A is formed from a blank out and bent the proper shape, the blank providing a main body portion or plate 5 having the folded over portion 0 which underlies the body or plate 5 at one end thereof and foldable on the creased line 7, while the opposite end is notched or recessed at 8 for accommodating the interlocking of the part B hereinafter fully described.

The folded over portion 6 has a diagonally bent extension 9 from which protrudes medially thereof at the same angle an outwardly tapered pointed tine or spike 10 which is adapted to be forced into the cork C for extracting the same from the bottle neck in a manner presently described.

The part B is made from a single blank suitably cut and bent to provide the finger ring handle 11 having on one stretch of the double shank 12 thereof a foot or flange 13 which is superimposed upon the base or plate 5 and overlies the notch or recess 8 therein, the shank 12 being riveted at 14 and the other stretch of said shank is extended through the notch or recess 8 at a reverse angle to the tine or spike 10 and terminates in a brace 15 correspondingly inclined to the extension 9 against which the latter abuts, the brace being formed with a lateral flange 16 which is connected to the doubled or folded over end portion 6 of the base or plate 5 through the medium of a rivet 17, the brace 15 at the juncture of the inclined portion disposed reversely to the spike 10 is formed with a slot 18 through which projects the spike or tine 10 so that the latter is held rigid by the brace 15 and is prevented from becoming distorted or displaced from its sloping or angular disposition. It will be apparent that the spike or tine 10 will not bend away from the base or plate 5 which is disposed horizontally to the neck of the bottle crosswise thereof when the cork puller is in use.

In the use of the cork puller the spike or tine 10 enters the cork at a slant and pierces the same a considerable depth so that on drawing directly upward upon the cork puller by means of the finger ring 11 the spike or tine 10 will not be drawn out of the cork but raises vertically with the cork, thus pulling the latter from the neck of the bottle.

It is of course understood that changes, variations and modifications may be made in the invention such as come properly within the scope of the appended claims Without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is l. A cork puller comprising two parts each made from a single blank, one of the parts being cut and bent to form a base having a diagonally disposed spike inset from one edge of the base, the other part being cut and bent to form a finger ring handle locked with a base, and a brace eX- tending beneath the base and having an opening receiving the spike whereby the brace Will hold the spike against displacement.

2. A cork puller comprising two parts each made from a single blank, one of the parts being cut and bent to form a base having a diagonally disposed spike inset from one edge of the base, the other part being cut and bent to form a finger ring handle locked with a base, a brace extending beneath the base and having an opening receiving the spike whereby the brace will hold the spike against displacement, and

means for fastening the two parts in their assembled relation.

3. A cork puller comprising two parts each made from a single blank, one of the parts being cut and bent to form a base having a diagonally disposed spike inset from one edge of the base, the other part being cut and bent to form a finger ring handle locked with a base, and a brace extending beneath the base and having an opening receiving the spike whereby the brace will hold the spike against displacement, the brace being formed with a, notch for receiving the handle.

4s A cork puller comprising two parts each made from a single blank, one of the parts being cut and bent to form a base having a diagonally disposed spike inset from one edge of the base, the other part being cut and bent to form a finger ring handle locked with a base, a brace extending beneath the base and having an opening receiving the spike whereby the brace will hold the spike against displacement, the brace being formed with a notch for receiving the handle, and extensions on the brace and handle to engage with the base.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN A. YATES.

Witnesses:

EDGAR GIARATT, MAURICE FREEDMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

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