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Fig. 7. Baseler's Cap Puncturer

But that is not the end of the story. Baseler did not invent the hook at the end that is

used to lift

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stoppers, and he did not invent the thin-bladed crown cap lifter on

the tool. So another patent had to be involved in the All-Ways although no other patent

is acknowledged in its markings. After considerable patent searching, I believe that the

honor for these last two functions goes to Saville Johnston of Boston who was issued

patent number 631,872 on August 29, 1899. His drawing is shown in Figure 8.

Fig. 8. Johnston's Patent

There were several patents for crown cap lifters before Johnston's. For example, Painter

himself had the one in Figure 5, and both Walker and Williamson of corkscrew fame

had their cap lifter patents. But none of the earlier patents used a thin hooked blade to