Bottle opening tool

Details Bottle opening tool Bottle opening tool

1998-05-22

1999-01-26

Scherbel, David A.

Tools

Receptacle closure remover

Combined or plural

81 344, 814245, B67B 744

Patent

active

058627200

ABSTRACT:
A hand tool for removing the stopper, foil and wire basket all together simultaneously from a bottle of champagne in a safe, quick and easy manner, the tool consisting of a first and a second half. Each half provides a handle means for grasping and manipulating the tool, an angled portion at which point the halves overlap and are pivotally secured together, and one of a pair of curved gripping heads designed to engage with the stopper. Each of the gripping heads has an in facing curved surface to accommodate the stopper therebetween and a pair of elongated pointed teeth extending inwardly therefrom. The teeth on each of the gripping heads are spaced apart a sufficient distance to straddle a wire rib of the wire basket. A concave groove is positioned between each set of teeth so as to allow the teeth to penetrate and firmly grip the stopper, penetrating to the full length of each of the teeth into a cork stopper, while accommodating the ribs within the groove. The teeth penetrate into a nylon stopper by indenting the nylon stopper for a firm grip. The teeth penetrate and firmly grip the stopper at four cardinal points around the stopper to apply a torsion force to the stopper during twisting to remove the stopper and a resisting force to retain it upon release of the stopper.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2948171 (1960-08-01), Lucibello

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