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Tormey Patent

Tormey Extractor

Bernard Tormey of New York decided to deliberately push the cork into the bottle and

retrieve it in his U. S. Patent No. 441,604 or November 25, 1890. His device will reduce

to a minimum

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the danger of breaking the cork in the act of withdrawing.

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He provides

a tapered end on the handle to force the cork into the bottle.

Above right are two examples

of Tormey's Patent. One is 10

3/8

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long and the other 11

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.

Some Tormey extractors are marked with the patent date on the shank.

In Anna Leupold's German Patent No. 174,051 issued

January 4, 1906, we find the four finger pull handle in use. In

her invention a sleeve slides on the rod which has two points

on the end. The cork is righted by the worm and then

screwed in. The sleeve is pushed down to engage the cork

with the points and then extracted. The patent title is

Korkenzieher zum Entfernen von Korken aus dem Flascheninnern.