AN IMPROVED CORK SCREW
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES EDWIN WALTON, of Stoke Newington, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for AN IMPROVED
CORK SCREW to be as follows :-
The object of my Invention is the production of a cork-screw that is capable of
extracting the tightest fitting and most obstinate cork or bung &c., with ease and
certainty, and without fracturing or injuring the bottle or jar.
A frame, preferably of metal, and in clear height not less than the combined
lengths of the cork and neck, is mounted vertically upon a ring of a size and shape
adapted to rest fairly upon the shoulder of the bottle. This-ring may be lined
with any suitable semi-elastic material.
The top of the frame carries a winch, and chain or band, at the end of which is
a hook, (or its equivalent), for connecting it to the screw, which is of any of the
usual forms terminating at the top in a ring or crutch top.
The screw is inserted in the cork or bung, the band or chain connected to the
screw, after the frame is placed vertically and fairly upon the shoulder of the
bottle or jar, and on turning the handle of the winch, sufficient power is exerted to
extract the cork.
The winch may be geared, or may be replaced by a ratchet-, lever,- or screw-
action, or combination of either.
It is clear that my Invention is applicable to any size or variety of bottle or jar,
or to a barrel or butt.
Dated this 6th 1004

page_text: I, JAMES EDWIN WALTON of Stoke Newington in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CORK-SCREW" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-.
According to my Invention I construct a corkscrew of a ring, formed to rest
upon the shoulder of a bottle or jar and of a frame standing up from this ring and
carrying at the top a roller or barrel to which a cord or chain or band is secured
which cord or chain or band can be connected to the head of a screw after it has
been screwed into the cork in the mouth of a bottle or jar. The roller or barrel
can also be turned by a lever arm extending from it or by other suitable means
and thereby be made to wind upon itself the cord or chain or band and so
withdraw the cork from the mouth of the jar or bottle.
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In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn a corkscrew adapted for
withdrawing a cork from an ordinary glass wine bottle and constructed in the
manner I prefer for carrying out my Invention.
Figure 1 shews a side elevation partly in section of the corkscrew placed on to
the upper part of a bottle. Figure 2 shows a separate view of the barrel on to
which the cord or chain is to be wound for withdrawing a cork.
In these Figures A is a metallic ring the internal diameter of which is large
enough to allow of its being passed over the neck of a bottle. B is a ring of cork
or it might be other soft elastic material secured to the underside of the ring. The
metallic ring or pedestal should either be cast as shown of such a form as to hide
the ring of cork or an ornamental cylinder of brass or other metal for hiding the
cork might afterwards be secured to it. The ring of cork is as shewn suitably
shaped internally so as to correspond approximately with the portion of the bottle
which it is to rest upon.
C is a frame which rises up from the ring A and carries at its upper end a roller
or barrel D.
Two holes are formed through the roller or barrel-a cord E is passed through
both holes and the ends of the cord are united together.
A slot D¹ is also formed lengthwise of the roller or barrel from one of the holes
formed through it to the other hole so that the cord where it passes from one holo
to the other may lie in this slot,
D' is a lever arm fixed to the roller or barrel by which it can be turned.
F is the screw to be screwed into the cork.
At its upper end it is formed in the ordinary manner with arms F¹ projecting
from it by which it can be turned. It has also a hook F standing up from it
which can be hooked into the loop of cord which hangs down from the barrel..
The corkscrew is used in the following way:-
The screw is first screwed into the cork the ring A of the corkscrew is then
placed over the neck of the bottle and made to rest upon its shoulder as shewn in
the Drawing the loop of cord hanging down from the barrel D is then hooked in
the book F and the barrel is turned by means of the lever arm D³ so as to wind
up the cord upon the barrel and thereby withdraw the cork.
In some cases in place of forming the screw F with rigid arms F¹ projecting
from it as is usual, the arms F¹ might be jointed to the head of the screw in such
manner that they might be turned outwards at right angles to the screw at the
time when the screw is being screwed into the cork and be turned into a position
inclined to one another at the time when the ring A is being passed over it.

page_text: In this way the arms F¹ could be made longer than if the arms were rigid as
shewn in the Drawing.
Other ways might also be adopted for lengthening the arms F1 at the time of
screwing the screw into the cork and of afterwards diminishing the extent to which
they project sidewise from it.
In place of a cord secured to the barrel D in the manner shown in the Drawings,
the barrel might as above stated have a chain or broad band secured to it and the
chain or band be made to carry a ring or hook at its end by which it can be
coupled to the head of the screw.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
The construction of a corkscrew of a long frame with a ring at its lower end to
rest on the shoulder of a bottle or jar and with a barrel at its upper end on to
which a cord or chain or band can be wound and made to draw upwards a screw
that has been screwed into the cork in the mouth of a bottle or jar substantially as
described.