Improvements in Combined Spoons and Cork Screws.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Spoons and Cork Screws.
I, CORNELIUS TUNIS WILLIAMSON, residing at No. 11 South Street, in the
City of Newark, County of Essex, and State of New Jersey, United States of
America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the
following statement:-
The invention relates to an improved attachment for medicine bottles; and it
consists in a spoon the handle of which is in the form of a corkscrew, as herein-
after described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.
I prefer to construct the combined corkscrew and spoon in such a manner as to
render the corkscrew capable of being folded into the bowl of the spoon and
opened at will. When the spoon and screw are folded the point of the latter is
protected by the sides of the bowl of the spoon, and the device may consequently
be handled or carried in the pocket without liability of injury to either person or
clothing. The spoon may also, when the screw is in the cork, be folded down on
the same, and thus not materially interfere with the bottle being wrapped or packed
in the customary manner; also when the spoon and screw are folded they may be
conveniently held in the wrapper at the neck of the bottle, and in this manner the
bottles may be shipped without danger of injury to wrapper from contact with the
corkscrew.
The invention is especially applicable to medicine-bottles, where a spoon is
usually indispensable. The bowl of the spoon may have graduated lines, or other
indicia marked on it, whereby the quantity of medicine poured out into it may be
readily measured.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the invention, and
Figure 2 is a view of a combined folding spoon and corkscrew, the spoon having
a protecting lip,
Figure 3 being a view of a spoon and screw made from a single piece of metal.
A indicates the spoon, and B the corkscrew, the parts being secured together in
any convenient manner. In Figure 2 the shank of the spoon is recessed to receive
the like part of the screw, where it is secured by a pivot, substantially in the
manner indicated.
I do not limit myself to any special means for connecting the spoon and screw,
since that is a matter of judgment, which will be readily understood.
I prefer to cover part of the spoon with a protecting lip, C, though this in some
cases will be unnecessary, and may be omitted.
The article may be made of any suitable material, and it may be found desirable
to form the spoon and screw of one piece of metal, in which case any convenient
method of manufacture may be followed; but I would suggest the use of a blank
and dies as an effective mode of making them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A new article of manufacture consisting of a spoon the handle of which is in
the form of a corkscrew, substantially as set forth.
2. A new article of manufacture consisting of a spoon the handle of which is in
the form of a corkscrew, and is adapted to be folded into the bowl of the spoon,
substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. A new article of manufacture consisting of a spoon provided with a protecting
lip, the handle of the spoon being in the form of a corkscrew, substantially as set
forth.
Newark, N.J., dated this Eighth day of October 1892.
CORNELIUS TUNIS WILLIAMSON.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.