Direct Pull: Combinations for the Kitchen

Check out these homely kitchen corkscrews, whose birth arose from the 1891 invention of the Crown Cap.

An elegant, beautifully designed corkscrew with can opener. The blade and the worm are steel, but the frame is cast iron.

Patented in the 1880's. USA

This tool is handy ALL around the house - finish assembling your new wine rack, then open a bottle of wine and relax!

Cast Steel. Late 1800's.

The invention of the Crown Cap, in 1891, created the need for a kitchen implement that could open cans, lift bottle caps, and extract corks. Once again, American ingenuity swung into action to create this handy gadget, widely manufactured even today in a form not too unlike the original. The version shown here is marked KING and bears patent dates of MAY 17, 92 and JUNE 11 95. There's no comparison to el cheapos of today, though; this one is sturdy and well made.

Patented 1892 and 1895. USA

YANKEE Can & Bottle Opener
The Taylor Mfg. Co.
Hartford, CT.
PAT JAN 28 02
PAT DEC 25 06
USA

A can & bottle opener, with corkscrew and bottle re-capper. Marked:
RE-CAP-O
H. R. Ransom Co.
Detroit, Michigan
Patent Pending
USA

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