Corkscrew for corks of bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, prosecco, cider or the like

Abstract

In a corkscrew for corks of bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, prosecco, cider or the like, wherein a build-up portion of said cork surrounds the front side of the bottleneck while a driving collar of the corkscrew engages the build-up portion of said cork from beneath for pulling out said cork, wherein the driving collar is liftable by means of an actuating means shaped as a lever or spindle drive in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bottle relative to an abutment collar supported by the bottle, it is envisaged for accomplishing a simple and reliable handling that said driving collar is arranged on a first half-cylinder shell, that said abutment collar is formed on a second, complementary half-cylinder shell, and that each of said half-cylinder shells comprises a recess for the build-up portion of said cork, wherein said driving collar is liftable by means of said actuating means for pulling out said cork while said cork is guided along said second half-cylinder shell during its being lifted.

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