US 2022/0063977 A1 · Cork Remover and Ejector

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 an opposing double 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.

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Dependent claims

A cork remover and ejector, cork remover and ejector comprising bodies A and B:

wherein body A and body B slip over each other in telescoping fashion;
body A further comprises:
the tele body;
three guide channels;
two actuating channels, channel1 and channel2 with built in ramps;
the electric motor system;
and the corkscrew which is driven by the motor system;
body B further comprises:
the fixed body;
the opposing double ratcheted nut assembly;
three guide rails;
a structure to keep the cork from rotating as it enters and exits the opener;
the said structure being part of the fixed body;
a cork remover and ejector-cork anti binding device;
the battery housing;
batteries;
two handles with built in grips hinged to the fixed body and having a surface providing high friction between bottle and opener;
the switch on one handle;
and two springs which keep the two grips normally apart as they embrace the neck of bottle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cork Remover and Ejector

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