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Pracht Korkenzieher

Günther Pracht of Solingen, Germany applied for

a patent on his invention on February 13, 1976. He

claimed

“

A cork screw having a bell-shaped

housing and a cork-screw blade which is secured

at one of its ends to the closed end of the bell-

shaped housing, the cork being able to be lifted

out of the bottle neck without reversing the

turning direction of the cork-screw blade...

”

Pracht

‟

s corkscrew was manufactured by the

August Reutershan Company which was operating in Solingen since 1964.

Above: Two Pracht style corkscrew from the collection of Ron Maclean