On this day in 1898 Archibald Stiles was granted the patent for CORKSCREW. U.S. Patent No. 613,176.
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in corkscrews; and it has for its object, among others, to provide a simple and cheap form of corkscrew by which the cork may be withdrawn from a bottle more rapidly and with less exertion than by the old forms. The construction is such that when the handle of the corkscrew is pushed inward the screw runs into the cork, and then by giving it a twist or turn the cork is withdrawn, and then when the handle is lifted or drawn back the screw is turned out of the cork.
The device is provided with jaws which are adjustable so as to fit any sized bottle.
The device is cheap of manufacture, not liable to get out of order, and in practice has proven most efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.
