Cork extractor

Apparatus for extracting a cork from a bottle comprising:

• a holder including
• guide means having a guide passageway extending generally longitudinally therethrough and having generally radially facing guide surface means;
• stop means engageable with the bottle to limit downward movement of said holder with respect to the bottle;
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• grip means connected to and spaced downwardly from said guide means and engageable with the bottle to radially align said guide means with the bottle;
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• a cork-engaging member including a generally helical corkscrew, for at least partial passage into the cork and longitudinally movable in said guide passageway, selectively with or without simultenaous rotation and having a diameter sized to lie closely adjacent said guide surface means, said corkscrew comprising a central body and an outer layer of friction reducing material.

Apparatus for extracting a cork from a bottle comprising:

• a holder including
• guide means comprising a foundation portion, bushing means mounted in said foundation portion and defining a helical guide passageway extending generally longitudinally therethrough, and means cooperative between said foundation portion and said bushing means operative to permit relative rotation between said foundation portion and said bushing means in a first directional mode but prevent relative rotation between said foundation portion and said bushing means in a second directional mode opposite to said first mode;
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• stop means engageable with the bottle to limit downward movement of said holder with respect to the bottle;
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• a cork-engaging member including a helical corkscrew movable in said guide passageway.

Apparatus for extracting a cork from a bottle comprising:

• a holder including
• guide means having a guide passageway extending generally longitudinally therethrough and having generally radially facing guide surface means;
• a plurality of longitudinally extending, circumferentially spaced holder legs, each of said holder legs having a lower portion forming a respective radially deflectable gripping element engageable with the bottle, said gripping elements being approximately equally resiliently biased to a normal, unflexed radial position, and an upper portion connecting said respective gripping element to said guide means and spacing it downwardly therefrom, each of said holder legs further defining a respective downwardly facing stop shoulder on its inner side, said stop shoulders being generally coplaner and together comprising stop means engageable with the top of the bottle to limit downward movement of said holder with respect to the bottle, and said holder legs further including generally upwardly facing bearing surfaces on their outer sides, said bearing surfaces being engageable to urge said stop shoulders downwardly into tight engagement with the top of the bottle;
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• a cork engaging member including a corkscrew, said cork engaging member having a guide portion rotatably and longitudinally movable in said guide passageway, said guide portion having a diameter sized to lie closely adjacent said guide surface means.