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South African Corkscrew Patent

A combination jar wrench, tin opener, and corkscrew. The jar wrench is adjusted

by moving the leather strap. Marked MASTER EZE OPENER. R. E. Collier 957

Umgeni Road Durban Pat 53 22793.

The patent is South African. Applied for 4th May 1953. Application number

1230/53. Granted on 6th September 1955. The applicant was Reginald Edward

Collier, and the title

“

A new & improved bottle and tin opener.

”

I contacted South Africa collector Herbert

Rajak in hopes of finding more

information on this invention. Herbert

found Mr. Collier alive and well at Collier

Tool & Die in Durban.