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Note: Steiner’s first Swiss patent (467,717) was also patented in England (1,227,199)

France (1,590,892), Germany (1,804,821), Sweden (350,465), and the United States

(3,570,027). His second Swiss Patent (474,447) was also patented in Germany

(1,813,059). The third Swiss patent (501,550) was also patented in England (1,227,590),

France (1,598,409), Sweden (350,466), and the United States (3,552,241).

Steiner also came up with an interesting corkscrew design. On October 15, 1971 he

was granted Swiss patent number 513,767 for his "

Zapfenzieher

." The simple design was

produced and distributed by Steiner's firm "Stewi" which today offers laundry drying

racks and parasols.

Extracting a cork with the "Cork Butler" was rather simple. You rest the lower part of

the assembly on the bottle neck and twist the top (white part) to screw the worm into

the cork. Grab the ears on the lower part and start turning. The cork rises in the barrel.

To remove the cork from the worm, just twist the upper part again to thread the worm

and cork down. Unscrew the cork from the worm. It also has foil cutter and cap lifter

built into the top.