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Patent number 144,542 was issued on November 11, 1873

to Harry W. Holman of Waterloo, Iowa for a lifter

without a helix. He has a spear with pivoted wings at the

tip. When pushed into the barrel the wings fold into the

body of the spear, but when it is pulled up the wings

pivot out, grabbing and loosening the contents.

Alexander Patent

Wyckoff Patent

Williamson Patent

Notice the similarity of Holman's design to that of the cork pullers of Charles Alexander

(No. 29,539 issued August 7, 1860), William Wyckoff (No. 32,394 issued May 21, 1861),

and David Williamson (No. 74,966 issued February 25, 1868).