Herbert Allen (1907-1990) was an American inventor. Allen was born May 2, 1907. He graduated from

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

in 1929. Herbert Allen invented the Screwpull brand of corkscrews in 1979. Herbert Allen was issued 13 patents out of 13 filed patents. His earliest patent was on May 8, 1978. His last filing was on August, 24th 1988. He died June 12, 1990 in Houston, Texas.

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