US1988057A - Corkscrew - Google Patents

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GORKSCREW Original Filed May 2, 1931 bined bottle cork-screw and support therefor.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 PATENT i OFFICE CORKSCREW,

Henry G. Thompson, East Cleveland, Ohio Original application May 2, 1931, Serial No.

534,593. Divided and this application. Septemher 19, 1933, Serial No. 690,153

7 Claims.

This invention is adivision of my copending application, Serial No. 534,593, filed May 2nd, 1931, issued as Patent No. 1,930,492 of Oct. 17, 1933. The present invention relates to a com- A primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character, which may be mounted on a wall or other suit-, able supporting surface, and which device may be conveniently used for withdrawing corks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination cork screw and support-therefor having a minimum number of parts, which parts may be very simple in construction,.may be, economically manufactured and easily assembled, and will result in a very durable structure.

Pocket or portable cork-screws have well recognized disadvantages, among which may be mentioned that they are easily misplaced and thus are frequently not, available at the place desired, and their use is sometimes difficult and sometimes breaks up the cork, resulting in chips passing into the contents of the bottle, while at 1 other times the cork is extracted so vigorously as to spill the contents. To avoid these difiiculties attached cork extracting devices have been used, but they have usually. comprised a number of cooperating parts and have been 1 comparatively expensive to manufacture.

.ufactured so cheaply that it can be retailed profitably at a very low price. Notwithstanding the low cost, my cork screw, when once installed, is very effective in operation and durable in service.

In carrying out the above objects, the invention is susceptible of a wide range of modifications, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention; there being shown in the drawing for illustrative purposes a preferred and practical form in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my cork screw and its support, showing a bottle and cork; Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Figs. 4 and, 5 are crosssections taken on the lines 4-4 and 55 respectively of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a plan view and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the lines 66 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 indicates a metal stamping formed with two mounting plates or wings 11, said plates being adapted to be secured to any wall or suitable surface by any suitable. securing members, such as screws 12. The metal between these wings or plates is stamped outwardly to form triangular shaped side walls and 15, which extend outwardly at right angles from the mounting plates and terminate in an arcuate bridge or covering wall 17. The side walls 15' and 16, together with the bridge or covering. wall 1'1, form a U shaped guard 18, which extends downwardly and outwardly from the top of the wings 11. The guard 18 is open at-its base. The opening at the rear of the guard is covered, when the device is in use, by the wall or other surface to which the device is secured. Adjacent its upper edge. the covering wall 1'7v is provided with two slits 19 and 20. The metal between these slits is forced downwardly, out of the plane of the covering wall, and stretched somewhat to form an arcuate hanger 21,' which extends within. the recess, formed by the guard 18.

A cork-screw 22 extends into the recess formed by the, guard 18-and has its upper end formed into a ring or loop 23 which embraces the hanger 21. There is sufficient play or looseness between the corkscrew 22 and the hanger 21 to permit the corkscrew to pivot freely on thehanger between the side walls 15 and 16 of the guard 18, as well as between the covering wall of the guard and the surface-to which the device is secured. The covering wall 17 of the guard 18 extends downwardly, some distance from the hanger 2-1 and is bent over atits lower edgev to forrn a lip 25, which, together with the sur face to which the device is-secured, and the, side walls l5-and 16 of the guard, limitthe angular movement. As thedevice is normally secured to a substantially verticallyextending wall or surface it results, from the construction of the guard, that when the cork is being withdrawn from a bottle, such bottle must be in a substantially vertical position. In the specified form shown in the drawing, I have limited the tilting of the bottle to approximately thirty degrees from the vertical, as I find that such an angle eliminates, for practical purposes, the spilling of the contents of the bottle while removing the cork therefrom.

The U shaped guard 18 provides a structure which is extremely rigid and which will withstand much abuse without becoming distorted. It will also be noted that the pivot 21, which supports the cork screw, is an integral part of the guard. In devices of this nature, which have been in use in the past, pins were used as pivots. The pivot ends of such pins passed through the supporting structure and were flattened or riveted to the structure. In devices of such a character, the rivets often, under the influence of a sudden shock, tore loose from the supporting structure, with the result that the contents of the bottle was spilled and damage to rugs, furniture, etc. was done. My improved structure eliminates such possibilities and thereby prevents such resultant damage. It will likewise be noted that the recess between the side walls 15 and 16 of the guard is considerably greater than the width of.the cork screw. Likewise, the pivot 21 is arcuately shaped to permit the cork screw tofreely rock ina plane:

parallel with the pivot, that is, transversely of the recess formed by the guard 19. This transverse rocking or pivoting movement is of greater advantage, as it is difficult to use such a device and maintain the direction of the pull normal to a horizontal line extending through the pivot. My improved device is so constructed that the cork screw may freely rock to compensate for such irregularities in the direction .of the force applied and hence lessens the strains on .the device and practically eliminates the bending of the cork screw.

Another feature of my invention is the fact that the design'has no sharp projecting points, which anyone would ordinarily come in contact with. The cork screw being freely pivoted within the casing, always hangs when not in use, flat to the supporting surface. The cork screw is also so made and hung that the point always lies flat against the supporting surface, so that there is no possibility of tearing clothing or scratching ones hands.

Thus, it will be seen that I have disclosed a very simple cork screw and support therefor, or which can be made very simply and economically and yet one which is rigid, durable and which will readily withstand excessive strains. The supportand pivot for the cork screw are a one-piece metal stamping, which can be readily formed by one operation. Thus I have provided a support -or hanger on which ordinary type cork screw is' pivoted, which, together with the cork screw, consists of only two pieces, and which device is readily attached to a wall-or similar surface.

1. In a cork extracting device, the combination of a support, comprising two base portions lying in thesame plane, two portions extending outwardly from the inner edges of the base portions, "and a portion connecting the outwardly extending portions, and a corkscrew having a shank extending into the space between the outwardly projecting portions of the support and secured to said support.

2. The combination of a sheet metal support, having a base for attachment to a surface, spaced-apart walls extending from said base, an arcuate bridge wall connecting said side walls and having a narrow strip thereof depressed downwardly of the plane of the bridge, and a cork screw pivotally mounted on said strip and housed between said walls.

3. The combination of a base plate adapted to be secured to a flat surface, said base plate having a U shaped forwardly projecting portion closed at its upper and outwardly facing surfaces by the curved wall of the U, said U shaped portion being open at its base, and having a portion of the curved wall of the U depressed to form a pivot, and a cork screw extending between the side walls of the U and loosely mounted on said pivot and extending below the lowermost extremity of the U shaped portion of the plate.

4. The combination of a base plate adapted to be secured to a flat surface, said base plate having a hollow forwardly projecting portion comprising two side walls and a top connecting wall, a member bent in from the top connecting wall adjacent the top of the base plate, and a cork screw pivotally mounted upon said member, whereby the cork screw is adapted to lie adjacent the base plate and is protected by the forwardly projecting portion.

5. The combination of a support made of a single integral sheet metal member having two base portions lying in the same plane, two parallel outwardly extending portions leading from the inner edges of the base portions and a top portion connecting the outwardly extending portions, and a corkscrew pivotally carried by the support having its shank occupying the space between the outwardly extending portions and below the top portions.

6. The combination of a support having a base for attachment to a surface, spaced-apart walls extending outwardly from the base, a top member integral with and connecting said walls, the lower portion of said walls being formed to present downwardly facing jaws and a corkscrew having a shank extending between said walls and pivotally connected thereto.

'7. The combination of a support having a base for attachment to a surface, spaced-apart walls extending outwardly from the base, an arcuate top across said walls, a portion of said top pressed below the rest of said top in the form of a strap and a cork screw pivotally carried by said strap.

I HENRY G. THOMPSON.

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