In 1875-76, while Alexander Graham Bell was inventing the Telephone in Boston, 200 miles away W. Rockwell Clough, of Newark, New Jersey, was creating a machine that would bend and shape a single piece of wire into a complete corkscrew. Sturdy and inexpensive, Clough Corkscrews gained wide popularity in America and Europe. In the years that followed, Clough improved upon the basic idea by adding a Sycamore sheath that protected your pocket, as well as the spiral. As luck would have it, the sheath provided a tiny billboard for promoting businesses and brand-names. In 1910, Clough patented a Crown Cork opener, essentially a small squared wire attached to the bottom of the sheath.
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