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France

The first of three gas cork ejector patents

applied for in France (excluding patents first

applied for in other countries) was from the

Italian organization

S.A.C.C.A.B. Costruzione

Commercio Apparecchi Brevettati. S.p.A

on July 7,

1964. The patent is for the quick closure

mechanism for the CO2 cartridge so that no

gas is wasted during use. The patent mentions

usage in cork removal but is not specific to a

cork ejector. French Patent 1,400,290 was

granted April 12, 1965.

The most important gas cork ejector in France was

applied for on April 22, 1965 by M. Marcel François

Pecazaux for a "Tire-bouchon pneumatique à réaction."

Pecazaux was issued French Patent No. 1,449,657 on July

11, 1966. This gas cork ejector has a plastic housing with

a flared base to fit over the bottle. It is interesting to

note that this issue of a flared base serving as a shield was

addressed as new and novel by Helmut Reinbacher

twenty-five years later in his application for a U. S.

patent. Pecazaux's cork ejector has been found with a

wood and porcelain storage stand, boxed without stand,

and on brass bases that one would expect to find in a

Turkish bazaar.