Usbeck Corkscrew Design

Steinbach-Hallenberg, Germany, September 9, 1902 - Georg Usbeck has taken a standard open frame type corkscrew and added an unusual locking mechanism. A crossbar is fixed to the shaft. It has two hooks which lock the frame to draw the cork once the worm is inserted into it.

Pictured at left is a close-up of the mechanism of an example of the Usbeck patent marketed under the name "Bonsa." On the right is the bottom of the crossbar with the rather inconspicuous marking: D.R.G.M. 184844.

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