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US 2003/0146184 A1Published application
Apparatus for opening a bottle sealed with a cork stopper
AssigneeGardner Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam A. Gardner, Gil G. Gilley
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing a cork from a bottle in which an anchor is embedded in the cork and a cork-pulling sleeve is provided for engaging the anchor for removal of the cork. The cork-pulling sleeve includes inner threads that mate with external threads on the neck of the bottle, and rotation of the cork-pulling sleeve in relation to the bottle extracts the cork.
Claims60
An apparatus for removing a cork stopper from a bottle, comprising:
- (a) an anchor, said anchor including a head portion, said anchor including a shank portion configured for being secured in a cork stopper;
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- (b) a sleeve, said sleeve including inner threads configured for engaging outer threads on a bottle, said sleeve configured for engaging said head of said anchor and applying force required for removal of said cork stopper when said sleeve is unscrewed from said bottle.
An apparatus for removing a cork stopper from a bottle, comprising:
- (a) an anchor, said anchor including a head portion, said anchor including a shank portion configured for being secured in a cork stopper;
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- (b) cork removal means for threadably engaging a bottle, for engaging said head portion of said anchor, and for removing said cork stopper from said bottle by rotating said cork removal means in relation to said bottle.
In a bottle sealed by a cork stopper, an improvement comprising:
- (a) an anchor, said anchor including a head portion, said anchor including a shank portion internally secured in said cork stopper;
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- (b) a sleeve, said sleeve including inner threads engaging outer threads on said bottle, said sleeve configured for engaging said head of said anchor and applying force required for removal of said cork stopper when said sleeve is unscrewed from said bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.