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Stewi

On October 15, 1971 Walter Steiner of Winterthur, Switzerland was granted

Swiss patent number 513,767 for his

“

Zapfenzieher

”

. The simple design was

produced and distributed by Steiner

‟

s firm

“

Stewi

”

which today offers laundry

drying racks and parasols.

Extracting a cork with the

“

Cork Butler

”

was rather simple. You rest the lower

part of the assembly on the bottle neck and twist the top (white part) to screw the

worm into the cork. Grab the ears on the lower part and start turning. The cork

rises in the barrel. To remove the cork from the worm, just twist the upper part

again to thread the worm and cork down. Unscrew the cork from the worm. It

also has foil cutter and cap lifter built into the top.