Stopper remover
OwnerLester E. Eashinventor
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Abstract
A tool for removing headed stoppers from bottles such as champagne bottles, includes a base having a two fingered yoke and a side support, sized and shaped to engage the upper lip and the side of the neck of the bottle respectively, so that when a handle, pivotally attached to the base, is lowered toward the bottle, a pair of inwardly biased jaws slide down over the head of the stopper to engage its undersurface between the fingers of the yoke. Thereafter, the handle is lifted extracting the stopper while inwardly facing extensions positioned above the stopper on the jaws restrict upward motion of the stopper to prevent uncontrolled motion thereof.
Claims18
A tool for removing the stopper from a bottle including:
- a frame member having:
- a yoke portion extending sidewardly therefrom and formed with first and second fingers spaced apart a first predetermined distance;
- a first pivot portion disposed above said yoke portion;
- a support portion projecting below said yoke and including a pad facing in a direction similar to the direction said yoke extends and adapted to engage the bottle;
- an elongated lever member having an elongated lever member formed with first and second ends, said first end being connected with said first pivot means and said second end being formed with a handle portion for application of manual force thereto;
- a second pivot portion pivotally connected to said first pivot portion of said base member;
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- a first jaw member having:
- a fourth pivot portion pivotally connected to said lever member;
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- a first jaw adapted for engagement with a stopper in a first direction;
- a second jaw member having:
- a fifth pivot portion pivotally connected to said lever member;
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- a second jaw adapted for engagement with a stopper in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
- said first and second jaws being narrower than said first predetermined distance between said fingers so that said first and second jaws can fit therebetween;
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- bias means connected between said first and second jaw members to bias them toward each other.
A stopper remover for removing a stopper which projects partially from the neck of a bottle terminating in a lip having a maximum diameter of a selected distance and formed with exterior upwardly and outwardly facing peripheral surface, such remover being of the type including a frame for mounting on the bottle, elongated pivotal jaw members formed on their respective one ends with pivot ends and on the opposite ends with inturned confronting jaws for engagement with the opposite sides of the projecting portion of said stopper and, a lever arm pivotally mounted between said frame and jaws for rotation from a stopper engagement to a stopper removal position and including a handle projecting therefrom, the improvement comprising:
- an elongated axial frame member formed on one end with a pad for engaging the side of a bottle neck and on its opposite end with a pivot end:
- a pair of coextensive yoke fingers projecting laterally in one direction from said axial frame member, said fingers being formed with confronting inclined abutment surfaces, spaced apart less than said selected distance, and facing inwardly toward one another and in the direction of said pad for engagement with said upwardly and outwardly facing peripheral surface to cooperate with said pad in supporting said frame from said bottle;
- said lever arm projecting laterally in said one direction from said frame and being pivotally connected on one end with said pivot end of said frame and pivotally connected intermediately with said pivot ends of said respective jaw members for rotation in one direction about said one end thereof toward said removal position to draw said jaws in a direction away from said yoke finger whereby said frame may be mounted on said bottle with said pad and abutment surfaces engaged therewith such that rotation of said lever toward said removal position will draw said jaws into engagement with the opposite sides of the projecting portion of said stopper and continued rotation toward said removal position will draw said stopper from the neck of said bottle.
A stopper remover for removing a stopper partially projecting from the neck of a bottle formed with a peripheral lip having a maximum diameter of a selected distance and comprising:
- an elongated axial frame formed with first and second ends, the first end defining a pivot end;
- a pair of coextensive, spaced apart yoke fingers projecting laterally in one direction from said first end of said frame member and formed with abutting surfaces inclined to angle inwardly toward one another and in the direction of said pivot end, said abutment surfaces being spaced apart a distance less than said selected distance;
- a lever arm pivotally connected on one end with said pivot end and projecting laterally therefrom in said one direction, disposed centrally over said yoke fingers, and rotatable from a stopper engagement position to a stopper removal position;
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- a pair of elongated jaw members pivotally mounted on their respective one ends from said lever arm to be disposed centrally over said yoke fingers, projecting towards said yoke fingers, and formed at their free extremities with inturned confronting jaws for engaging the opposite sides of the projecting portion of said stopper, said jaw members being so configured and arranged as to be received between said yoke fingers when said lever arm is rotated to the stopper engagement position whereby said frame may be moved into position with said yoke fingers straddling the bottle neck to engage said abutment surface with the opposite sides of said lip and said lever arm rotated to its retracted position to engage said jaws on the opposite sides of said stopper and said lever arm then rotated towards said removal position to cause said yoke fingers to bear against said lip as said jaws are drawn in a direction away from said finger members to withdraw said stopper from said bottle neck.
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