Cork remover and ejector
OwnerAlvaro Bunsterinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a cork removal tool and cork ejector. The big effort required is reduced by incorporating a battery powered reversible DC electric motor. It allows the extraction of the cork from a bottle and its ejection from the tool with a single hand, with minimal effort on the part of the user, holding the cork remover and bottle together to open the bottle and only the opener itself to eject the cork from the latter. Binding of the opener is avoided by a ratcheted nut assembly which in conjunction with a micro switch protects the opener from binding due to a wrongly pressed switch and allows the screw to penetrate the cork and to remove it from the bottle and then from the opener smoothly. The single hand operation enables operators who only have use of one hand to open a bottle of wine.
Claims8
A cork remover and ejector, comprising bodies A and B:
- wherein body A and body B slip over each other in telescoping fashion;
- the body A comprises a telescoping body;
- three guide channels;
- two actuating channels, channel 1 and channel 2 with built in ramps;
- an electric motor system;
- and a corkscrew which is driven by the motor system;
- the body B comprises:
- a fixed body;
- a nut assembly;
- two pawls;
- three guide rails;
- a structure to keep the cork from rotating as it enters and exits the remover;
- the said structure being part of the fixed body;
- a battery housing;
- batteries;
- two handles with built in grips hinged to the fixed body and having a surface capable of grasping a bottle;
- a switch on one of the handles;
- and two springs which keep the two grips normally apart as they embrace a neck of the bottle.
A cork remover and ejector, cork remover and ejector comprising:
- a nut assembly including a nut with two built in ratchets, positioned on top of each other and axially aligned, and arranged to function in opposite directions;
- a corkscrew;
- two pawls;
- two bodies A and B that move in telescoping fashion relative to each other;
- and two actuating channels built into the body A;
- wherein the nut assembly which is attached to the body B moves the two bodies telescopically as the removal and the ejection operations are performed and ensures that the corkscrew penetrates the cork, while the ratchets forming part of the nut prevent the two bodies from binding as their end of travel is reached;
- wherein the nut assembly further comprises:
- a nut housing with a lid and screws;
- two stops so that the bodies A and B don't come apart;
- the said nut with built in ratchets;
- the said two pawls which engage with their corresponding ratchet;
- two pawl pushrods which push on the pawls to make the pawls disengage the ratchets;
- two pawl springs that make the pawls return to their fully engaged position when the pawl pushrods allow;
- and two pawl pins which hold the pawls and allow them to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.