Improvements in Tin Openers with Corkscrews Combined.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 10th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tin Openers with Corkscrews Combined.
I. WILLIAM OATES, of 19 Leicester Street, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN TIN OPENERS WITH CORKSCREWS COMBINED," to be as follows:-
This invention relates to attaching corkscrews to the handles of tin openers by
passing a tang, vertically through the said handle at or about the centre thereof.
The said tang is cast square or other sided shape, and riveted at the back or
reverse side of the said handle.
The corkscrew working on a pin in the bolster of the tang enables it to be turned
back on the handle when not required for use.
This invention may also be applied to champagne openers.
Γ
ill of March 1807
GARLICK & MCGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tin Openers with Corkscrews Combined.
I, WILLIAM OATES, of 19 Leicester Street, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN TIN OPENERS WITH CORKSCREWS COMBINED," and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement —
This invention relates to the attachment of corkscrews to the wooden handles of
tin-openers by passing a tang vertically through the said handle at or about the centre
thereof.
The said tang is cast square or other sided shape and rivetted at the back or reverse
side of the said handle, the corkscrew working on a pin in the holster of the
tang which enables it to be turned back on the handle when not required
for use.
This invention is also applicable to cast handles, the tang being cast in the handle
as shewn in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.
The bottow end of the corkscrew may be made round or half-round as shewn and
described in Figs. 4 & 6 of the accompanying drawings.
This invention may be also applied to champagne openers and the like tools.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. The same letters of reference
apply to the different views.
Fig. 1, is a side view in elevation of one pattern of tin-opener, to which the cork-
screw may be attached shewing the tang A passing through the handle B.
Fig. 2, is a side view in elevation of another design of tin opener shewing the tang C,
which is cast into the handle D.
Fig. 3, is the tang A.
Fig. 4, is the corkscrew having a round end to allow it to be turned onto the handle
either one way or the other.
Fig. 5, is the tang C.
Fig. 6, is shewing the corkscrew with a half-round end for the purpose of preventing
the corkscrew being turned further than perpendicular.
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 :-
Improvements in tin openers having corkscrews in combination rivetted to or cast into
the handles of the said tin openers as herein-before specified, described and as illustrated
by accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of November 1887
GARLICK & MCGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.