92
British Patent 953,337, applied for May 16, 1960
Farandatos also applied for the patent in Germany on October 14, 1960. Patent No.
1,172,699 was issued June 25, 1964.
Hogg applied for another patent on
November 21, 1963. The application for the
"Fluid Regulating Valve Mechanism states
"Various applications of such a mechanism are
possible, including for example devices where
the pressure fluid is arranged to produce a
mechanical effect such as the operation of a
toy or model, the production of a spray, or
the ejection of the cork from a bottle..." He
was granted English patent number 1,069,917
on May 24, 1967. This was followed on June
20 by U. S. Patent No. 3,326,231. The new
design has not been seen on cork ejectors.
