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Fritz Eckert in Steinbach applied for a

Korkenheber

patent on July 3, 1965. Patent 1,923,262 was granted

that year on September 9. Eckert incorporated a

protective open barrel around the needle. The barrel

has slots to grip the cork with thumb and finger to

slide it off the needle. Although it is a good idea for

guiding the ejector over the bottle, it would be difficult

to slide the cork off in such a manner.

A 1982 design (No. 82,155,549) by Max Kasperbauer

and Anna Spira for a

Flaschenkorkenheber

.