IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES POR DRAWING CORKS AND FOR RECEIVING THE WAX AND DIRT WHICH FALL THEREPROM
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mabson, of Norwood, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES POR
DRAWING CORKS AND FOR RECEIVING THE WAX AND DIRT WHICH FALL
THEREPROM."
Sealed the 17th August 1869, and dated the 20th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mabson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th February 1869.
I, JOHN MABSON, of Norwood, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES
FOR DRAWING CORKS AND FOR RECEIVING THE WAX AND DIRT WHICH FALL
THEREFROM," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in certain improved appliances for drawing
corks from bottles and for receiving the wax and dirt which fall from
the corks while being drawn or previous to being drawn.
My Invention consists, firstly, in the employment of a lever, as about
to be described, for lifting the stem or shank of a corkscrew after the

page_text: ordinary spiral has been inserted into the cork; this lever is hinged to
the top of a barrel passed over the bottle neck; one arm of the lever is
a curved loop which embraces the stem, and the other arm forms a
handle. By depressing the latter arm the loop is forced up against the
under side of the ordinary handle, which is thereby lifted, drawing the
cork out of the bottle.
According to another arrangement the lever is hinged at the outer end
of the loop, the handle for acting on the loop forming a continuation of
the other end thereof; in this arrangement the ordinary handle is lifted
by raising the handle of the loop.
My next appliance for drawing corks is as follows:-A barrel to be
passed over the bottle neck is threaded externally, and an internally
threaded collar provided with handles is fitted on it. The ordinary cork-
screw is passed through the barrel and rotated as usual until the
ordinary handle comes upon the collar; by then rotating the collar it
rises on the barrel, and thereby lifts the ordinary screw, drawing the cork
out of the bottle.
In my next arrangement the ordinary spiral is carried on the end of a
stem which is threaded in a contrary sense to the spiral. The stem
works through a nut in the top of a barrel; the usual handle is fixed to
the top of the stem. To use the screw the handle is lowered down to
the barrel, and the spiral is then inserted into the cork in the ordinary
manner; when the barrel reaches the bottle neck the operator continues
to turn in the same direction, and the stem rises in the nut, thereby
drawing the cork.
My next appliance is for lifting the ordinary screw after it has been
inserted into the cork; this appliance consists of a winch or crank and a
chain or cord; the shaft of the winch is free to be rotated in uprights
carried up from a ring which fits over the bottle neck. When the spiral
has been inserted into the cork a hook on the end of the chain is inserted
into a hole or eye in the shank, and the crank is then turned by.
hand to wind the chain, and thereby lift the shank with the cork.
The ring before mentioned has an opening, to allow the shank to pass
into it.
My next appliance is to facilitate the lifting of the ordinary screw
after it has been inserted in the cork; this appliance consists of a
strong rigid spiral carried on the top of a ring similar to that last herein-
before described. When the spiral has been inserted into the cork the

page_text: appliance is passed over the shank, and by then rotating the ordinary
handle the handle rises on the spiral, thereby drawing the cork,, which
passes up within the spiral. A modification of this appliance consists in
making the spiral elastic, so that by passing the ordinary corkscrew
through it and rotating it as usual the spiral is sufficiently compressed
between the handle and the bottle to give the lifting power for drawing
the cork.
My last improvement applies to corkscrews which have a barrel to
pass over the bottle neck, as in the three first arrangements herein-before
described; it consists in forming a tray round the barrel to catch any
wax and dirt which may fall from the cork or top of the bottle neck, and
which would otherwise fall on the table, or floor; the edge of the tray
is preferably turned up and inwards to hold the wax and dirt more
securely. In some cases I provide means. for receiving the wax and dirt
independent of any appliance for drawing corks, that is to say, I make,
the barrel and tray separate from such appliance.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Mabson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 20th August 1869..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MABSON, of Norwood, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and sue-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said John Mabson,. Her. special
licence that I, the said John Mabson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Mabson, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,. use, exercise;
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPLIANCES FOR DRAWING CORKS AND FOR RECEIVING THE WAX AND DIRT
WHICH FALL THEREFROM," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the

page_text: said John Mabson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Mabson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in certain improved appliances for drawing
corks from bottles and for receiving the wax and dirt which fall from
the corks while being drawn or previous to being drawn.
My Invention consists, firstly, in the employment of a lever, as about
to be described, for lifting the stem or shank of a corkscrew after the
ordinary spiral has been inserted into the cork; this lever is hinged to
the top of a barrel passed over the bottle neck; one arm of the lever is
a curved loop which embraces the stem, and the other arm forms a
handle. This appliance is shown in side view in Figure 1, and in top
view in Figure 2. a is a barrel to be passed over the bottle neck;
The arm c of the
b, c, is a lever hinged to the top of the barrel a at d.
lever is a curved loop which embraces the stem or shank e of the cork-
screw, and the arm 6 forms a handle. After the corkscrew has been
inserted into the cork in the ordinary manner the barrel a having first
been placed over the bottle neck the handle 6 of the lever is depressed,
so that the loop c is forced up against the under side of the ordinary
handle f, which is thereby lifted, drawing the cork out of the bottle.
The handle may if desired be provided with antifriction rollers for the
two sides of the loop c to bear against.
. According to another arrangement, shown in side view in Figure 3 and
in top view in Figure 4, the lever b, c, is hinged at the outer end of the
loop c, the handle 6 for acting on the loop forming a continuation of
the other end thereof. In this arrangement the ordinary handle f is
lifted by raising the handle b.
My next appliance for drawing corks is represented in side view in
Figure 5, and in top view in Figure 6, and is as follows:-A barrel a to

page_text: be passed over the bottle neck is threaded externally, and an internally
The
threaded collar 9 provided with handles h is fitted on it.
ordinary corkscrew e; f, is passed through the barrel a (when the
latter has been placed over the bottle neck), and rotated as usual until
the handle comes upon the collar g; by then rotating the collar. g it
rises on the barrel a, and thereby lifts the ordinary corkscrew e, f,
drawing the cork out of the bottle.
In my next arrangement, represented in vertical section in Figure 7,
the ordinary spiral is carried on the end of a stem e, which is threaded
in a contrary sense to the spiral. The stem works through a nut i in the
top of a barrel a; the usual handle fis fixed to the top of the stem. To
use the screw the handlef is lowered down to the barrel a, and the
spiral is then inserted into the cork in the ordinary manner; when the
barrel a reaches the bottle neck the operator continues to turn in the
same direction, and the stem e rises in the nut i, thereby drawing
the cork.
My next appliance is for lifting the ordinary screw or spiral after it
has been inserted into the cork; this appliance is represented in Figure 8;
it consists of a winch or crank k, and a chain or cord ; the shaft of the
winch is free to be rotated in uprights m, m, carried up from a ring n
which fits over the bottle neck. When the ordinary spiral has been
inserted into the cork a hook on the lower end of the chain is inserted
into a hole or eye in the shank of the spiral, and the crank k is then
turned by hand to wind the chain, and thereby lift the shank with
the cork. The ring has an opening o to allow the shank to pass
into it.
My next appliance is to facilitate the lifting of the ordinary screw
after it has been inserted into the cork; this appliance is represented in
vertical section in Figure 9, and consists of a strong rigid spiral p
carried on the top of a ring n, similar to that shown in Figure 8. When
the ordinary spiral has been inserted into the cork the appliance, Figure 9,
is passed over the shank, and by then rotating the handle f which is fixed
at an angle the handle rises on the spiral p, thereby drawing the cork,
which passes up within this spiral. A modification of this appliance
consists in making the spiral p elastic, so that by passing the spiral of
the ordinary corkscrew through it and rotating it or forcing it into
the cork as usual the spiral is sufficiently compressed between the
handle and the bottle to give the lifting power for drawing the cork.

page_text: My last improvement applies to corkscrews which have a barrel to
'pass over the bottle neck, as in the three first arrangements herein-before
described and shown in Figures 1 to 6; it consists in forming a tray q
round the exterior of the barrel a, by preference at the lower part
thereof, to catch any wax and dirt which may fall from the cork or
top of the bottle neck, and which would otherwise fall on the table
or floor; the edge of the tray q is preferably turned up and inwards, as
shown, to hold the wax and dirt more securely. In some cases I provide
means for receiving the wax and dirt independent of any appliance for
drawing corks, that is to say, I make the barrel and tray separate from
such appliance.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Mabson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of August One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
J. C. MEWBURN,
Patent Agent,
172, Fleet Street,
London.
JOHN MABSON. (L.S.)