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Bar Mounted Corkscrews

In his July 5, 1884 patent application, William Redlich of

Chicago noted that the lining of the iron collar – “india-

rubber, as shown at

Y,

Fig. 3, or padded

with any other

suitable material, or made, of such material, though wood is

sufficiently soft to answer the purposes.” He compares his

corkscrews with others with “The lever corkscrews which

are in the market at the present time, by reason of their

construction, have to depend upon the strength of bottles,

so that imperfect, light, or common bottles are easily

broken by the use of the machine, the metal part of the

same coming directly in contact with the rim or neck of the

bottle. This causes breakage of the bottles which have weak

necks, the entire weight of the machine and the strain of

drawing the cork coming upon this weak part of the bottle.

My corkscrew obviates these disadvantages in the manner

shown, the machine being attached to the table, so that the

strain and weight are upon the table, while the wooden

collar forms a soft lining to prevent breakage. My improved

corkscrew is simple in construction, inexpensive to

manufacture, and is specially designed for large

establishments, where it will prove of great utility for the purposes intended.” U. S. Patent No.

303,400 issued August 12, 1884.

Raymond Beardsley Gilchrist had many patents for cork extractors, drink mixers, bottle cappers,

ice cream scoops, squeezers and more. Here is a list of his cork extractor related patents showing

the residences indicated in the patent applications. Note how he skipped about the country and

two patents were applied for while residing in Chicago.

Filed January 5, 1888 for a Cork-Extractor – Peoria, Illinois. 384,839 issued June 19, 1888.

Filed

May 10, 1888 for Cork-Extractor, Jersey City, New Jersey. 392,116 issued October 30,

1888.

Filed March 25, 1891 for Cork-Extractor, Chicago, Illinois. 478,545 issued July 5, 1892.

Filed October 16, 1901 for Cork Extractor.

Chicago, Illinois. 857,992 issued June 26, 1907.

Filed May 9, 1904 for Cork-Puller, Newark, New Jersey. 1,058,361 issued April 8, 1913

Filed March 27, 1905 for Cork Extractor Case. Newark, New Jersey. D37,417 issued April 25,

1905.

Filed March 3, 1905 for Bottle-Holder, Newark, New Jersey. 823,678 issued June 19, 1906.