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Rack & pinion corkscrews have been around since the late 18th century & include a number of highly collectible variants. To operate - Turn the top handle sufficiently, to fully engage the worm into the cork. Winding the side handle in a clockwise direction will then lift the cork in easy fashion. The example to the left is a German rack & pinion corkscrew with a very ornate turning handle, it dates to the early part of the 20th century. |
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| A Victorian English four post Kings corkscrew with a narrow rack from the mid 19th century. |
A English Kings corkscrew with bone main & side winding handles. Badge marked "Dowler Patent", mid 19th century. |
A London rack corkscrew with nickel plated barrel. English, late 19th century. |
| I've enjoyed compiling this corkscrew guide, I hope it can be of assistance to you. If you'd like to get in touch it would be great to hear from you. Peter@corkscrewsonline.com |
| Antique & Vintage Corkscrew Guide ~ Rack & Pinion Corkscrews ~ |
© 2006 Peter R. Borrett
| The King's screw The two Kings corkscrews shown above have an internal threaded mechanism as well as the rack & pinion design. The benefit of this inner threaded mechanism allowed this particular design to operate by turning the top handle only to penetrate the cork, as apposed to the whole instrument which was the case at the time with other rack & pinion designs. Despite many King's Screws having a badge with the word "Patent", the corkscrew was never patented. |
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| London rack corkscrew. Marked on the frame "Lund maker Cornhill and Fleet Street London" & on the top of the shaft "Lund's patent London Rack". |
An interesting steel rack & pinion corkscrew, marked Patent 001166. Likely to be English. |
Rack & pinion corkscrew with brass frame marked JD Patent, London. This corkscrew has origins in Belgium being produced as a Lund copy. |
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| A French corkscrew, marked JHP Depose. This is Jacques Perille's 1876 French patent no 112465 known as the CREMAILLIERE. |
A nickel plated French rack & pinion crokscrew, marked Modele Depose. |
An interesting space age looking aluminium corkscrew. Marshall T. McDowell's American design no, 148810 from 1948. |
