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Schraubenkorkzieher

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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On

August 29, 1899 Ernst Scharff patented

a locking handle corkscrew design

that he marketed under the name

Bodega. With Scharff

‟

s corkscrew a

cork can be removed in one

continuous turning motion of the

handle. When the handle is turned to

the top of the shaft, the two arms fall

to their lowest position. This locks the

handle in position so the worm can be

fully inserted into the cork. Once the

worm is fully inserted, the arms rise

“

unlocking

”

the handle which glides

down the shaft raising the cork out of the bottle into the frame. The Patent

number assigned to Scharff is 113,367.

Three sizes of the Bodega were produced and the numbers 1, 2 or 3 appear on the

top of the frame.

Note:

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

offers three definitions of the word Bodega

originating from Spanish:

A storehouse for maturing wine

Wineshop

A store specializing in Hispanic groceries