Archimedean worm |
Bladed spiral thread on a central core |
Barscrew |
Corkscrews that are designed to be fixed to a wall or to a bar |
Bell |
Cylindrical casing around the shaft. The bottom or neck ring of the barrel is usually shaped to a cone |
Bell cap |
A small cap fixed or loosely fitted on the shaft of American self pullers |
Bladed worm |
See puller |
Bow |
A rounded metal handle on a worm, it is a the pocket folding variety and also sometimes known as a harp |
Bronzed |
Lacquer finish n steel |
Brush |
Set in one end of a corkscrew handle, and usually of hog bristle, the brush was used to clear away debris from around the neck of a bottle. |
Buttom |
Circular plate just above the worm on a Henshall corkscrew |
Clough’s |
Bent wire corkscrew |
Collapsing |
Corkscrew with four pieces which are connected at the ends forming a toggle-joint with gears. Carl Hollweg was granted
US patent 447 185 |
Combination |
Corkscrew with a tool or a design having one or more secondary functions |
Compound lever |
See concertina |
Concertina |
Corkscrew with double series of levers forming parallelograms of different sizes. |
Cyphered worm |
Helix with a planed or partially sharpened edge |
Double action |
See telescope |
Double lever |
Corkscrew witch has two lever arms |
D.R.G.M. |
German Empire Registred Design |
Easers |
Corkscrew that are designed to ease the adhesion of the cork before pulling it out with a direct pull |
Eyebrow |
Corkscrew with curved handle, shaped rather like a pair of raised eyebrows |
Figural |
Corkscrew in which the whole item, or a significant part of it, represents a tangible object |
Finger pull |
See eyebrow |
Flynut |
Corkscrew nut of the type the housewife in the shape of propeller |
Fluted worm |
Worm with drooves |
French cancan |
See ladies legs |
Full worm |
Sharpened and bladed worm, usually obtained by turning
a steel rod with a central core |
Frame |
Cylindrical casing around the shaft. The bottom or neck ring of the barrel is usually shaped to a taper or cone
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Helix or helical worm |
Worm made from a suitable wire that is shaped around
a cylindrical mandrel in such a way that it has a hollow, open core
on its long axis
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King's Screw |
Rack and pinion corkscrew that consists of an inner threaded shaft to penetrate the worm into the cork and a rack and
pinion to elevate the cork
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Ladies legs |
Corkscrew shapely legs with striped stockings and
smart buttoned boots protect the worm until it's time to use it.
The Lady's Legs corkscrew comes in several different sizes and stocking
color combinations.
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Lazy tong |
The "lazy tong" mechanism is designed
to make extracting a cork much easier. |
Left-hand screw |
Screw which turnes to the left (counter-clockwise) |
Levers |
Corkscrew that have a mechanical action through the use of a simple lever and fulcrum |
Lifting Jack |
Rack and pinion corkscrews with an inner plain penetrating rod |
London Rack |
Lund's tradename for his rack and pinion corkscrew |
Mechanical |
Corkscrew which have a mechanical feature using a thread, ratchet or rack and pinion action |
M. & M. Dep |
Trade mark and model protected in France |
Needle |
Needle cork lifter, in this corkscrew air is pumped
manually into the aera between the wine and the cork. |
Nifty |
See waiter's friend |
Open frame |
A frame consisting of a neck ring at the lower end and a shoulder at the upper end, connected by two vertical supports or rods |
Ornate frame |
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Patent |
A protection by law for a new invention and its technical specifications |
Peg & Finger pull |
Pocket corkscrew, the peg is inserted into the worm when not in use |
Pitch |
Distance between two consecutive threads of worm |
Puller |
Corkscrew thread that is broads forming an edge |
Revolving frame |
A frame hinged to the shoulder able to rotate upward to free the cork |
Roundlets |
Small barrel corkscrew |
Self puller |
American popular corkscrew with a bell cap on the
shaft Charles Chinnock |
Shaft |
Vertical metal part of the corkscrew, which connects worm to handle. |
Shank |
See shaft |
Sheath |
Rigid case, usually cylindrical, used to protect the pocket corkscrew worm |
Speed worm |
Full worm with a steep pitch |
Spike |
For breaking wires, strings, ice and sealing wax or cutting into tin or modern plastic capsules |
Split barrel |
Two-piece barrel which hinges open to permit removal
of the cork from the worm after extraction |
Spring barrel |
A barrel made from a coiled spring |
Stem |
See shaft |
Taps |
Tool which allowed small quantities of the drink
to be drawn from the bottle without uncorking it |
Telescope |
Type of corkscrew that both pierces and extracts
a cork in one action by turning the handle in one direction only |
Waiter's friend |
Corkscrew who combines all the tools of a knife for foil cutting, a corkscrew and a bottle opener. |
Walker collar |
Walker bell corkscrew, his bell to include a cap lifter |
Waller pattern |
Small cap with wirebraker and cap lifter |
Wire worm |
Worm made from a suitable wire that is shaped around
a cylindrical mandrel in such a way that it has a hollow, open core
on its long axis
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