Clough Wired Again
Brooklyn, New York, June 7, 1881 - In
April of 1875, William Rockwell Clough got a patent for a small twisted wire
corkscrew designed for removing corks from medicine bottles and the like. Now
he has expanded on the original patent. Clough notes that the original design
"while answering admirably the many purposes for which it was constructed, is
objectionable in that the handle being made of light wire, and generally only
large enough to receive one finger, cuts or bruises the flesh, especially when
the cork fits tightly in the mouth of the bottle." He addresses this concern by
flattening the top of the handle and in so doing, benefits by making a space
where the name of the contents of a bottle can be stamped.
For his latest invention, Clough has been
granted United States Patent Number 242,602.
Wirtz, Virginia - For more
information on Clough, see the book William Rockwell Clough Inventor and
Manufacturer of over a Billion Corkscrews by Ron MacLean and Bob Nugent. The
book has been published online in The Virtual Corkscrew Museum at
http://www.bullworks.net/clough/book.htm.
Gone Fishin'
Wirtz, Virginia - Another reminder that June
is National Fishing Month.
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