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Lund Levers

On April 2, 1855 William Lund and William Edward Hipkins were granted British

Patent Number 736 for

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Improvements in the manufacture of corkscrews.

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The patent

drawings include a rack and pinion, a roundlet, and a lever. The lever drawing is

shown above. The operation is simple. First screw the worm into the cork. Next slip the

bottle under the collar on the lower arm and hook the hole in the worm handle with the

end of the upper arm. Squeeze the arms together and the cork is extracted. Variations

do exists and the hinges of each lever are worthy of close examination.

A Lund Lever in an original presentation case. The wood insert is cut to fit each piece. A

dowel keeps the corkscrew in position. The corkscrew is marked LUND PATENTEE &

MAKER or one side and 57 CORNHILL & 24 FLEET ST. LONDON on the other side.

There are cutouts for the Champagne knife and capsule cutter.