Corkscrew

A corkscrew comprising:

• a body and a handle, the body including a socket adapted to receive the neck of a bottle sealed by a cork;
• an actuation lever;
• an axially rotatable worm spiral mounted on a carriage within the body and arranged to rotate and penetrate the cork as the lever is lowered, the spiral being further arranged to cease rotation as the lever is raised to withdraw the cork from the bottle, the corkscrew being further arranged to discharge the cork from the spiral by lowering and raising the lever after the neck of the bottle has been removed from the socket and wherein the carriage is mounted for movement between upper and lower positions along one or more guide runners extending longitudinally of the body, the spiral being connected to the carriage by a bearing, the spiral being rotatable with respect to the bearing;
• a guide member having a guideway, the spiral extending through the guideway, wherein the guideway includes a helical threaded bore adapted to receive the spiral, the guideway being adapted to cause the spiral to rotate as the spiral moves axially through the guide member;
• first latch means being adapted to releasably engage the guide member to the corkscrew body;
• and
• second latch means comprising an elongate plate extending from a lower flange portion, the second latch being adapted to releasably engage the guide member to the carriage.