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While British Oxygen was making the Sparklets Corkmaster for the European market,

they were producing the "Cork-Ace" for the U. S. market. The product is exactly the

same but is stamped "Cork-Ace Patents Pending" around the bottom rim of the top.

The European version is stamped "Sparklets Corkmaster" around the rim. The black

lever is marked "Made in England."

Denis Farandatos had formed

Denis Industries Ltd. using an

address of 120 Cedar Street,

New York City to distribute

the Cork-Ace. For best

performance they

recommended using "Soda King

Super Chargers (syphon

cartridges)," which were

manufactured by Kidde

Manufacturing Company,

Bloomfield, New Jersey.

On the instruction sheet from Neo Valve Products, a second company name used at

120 Cedar Street, New York City, it says "Made in U. S. A." Oddly enough the product

itself is marked "Made in England" on the operating lever. For further information on

"Neo Valve", see the United States section.

Cork-Ace was also distributed by Berkshire Sales, 165 Jessie St., San Francisco. They

were also a distributor of the Cork Pops.

The Cork-Ace appears in the March, 1961 issue of Giftwares.