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Marc Bourg's French Patent No. 134,210 issued December 17, 1879

requires the bottle to be turned upside down like the Tyrer patent but he

only used two wires.

Robert Morgan of Stockton, California dispensed with those

wires for grasping the cork and came up with a metal shank

with teeth. He suggests that the cork will be kept straight by

the various projections on the shank but fails to explain how

the cork will actually be caught by his device. U. S. Patent

No. 270,095 was granted January 2, 1883.

George Engel simplified cork retrieval by making his device out of a

single rod or wire. He creates a spring action by bending the rod or

wire into a spring at the center. His device is not designed for a

floating cork - the bottle is turned upside down. U. S. Patent No.

386,005 of July 10, 1888