B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
67
B
140/59, 65/96
B67B 7/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1135068
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention pertains to an apparatus for extracting a cork from a bottle comprising a cork-engaging member, including a corkscrew, and a holder for aligning and guiding the corkscrew, via its own diameter, with respect to the bottle. The cork- engaging member is completely removable from the holder for in- dependent use, and to permit the corkscrew point to be used to sever the metal foil, which covers the bottle top, and both the holder and cork engaging member to be more easily cleaned. The holder includes a plurality of longitudinally extending circum- ferentially spaced, radially deflectable gripping elements con- nected to and spaced downwardly from a guide which receives the corkscrew, and are all appriximately equally resiliently biased to a normal unflexed radial position. The corkscrew itself is improved by the provision of an outer layer of friction reducing material such as a tetrafluoroethylene or other suitable plastic. Additionally, the tip portion of the corkscrew is formed in an improved manner which prevents fragments of cork from breaking off and falling into the bottle even though the screw is driven completely through the cork. Also disclosed is an improved method of making such a corkscrew.
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Allen Herbert
Smart & Biggar
LandOfFree
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