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US 4,798,106 AGranted
Champagne bottle cork puller and inserting apparatus
OwnerMilton E. Fosterinventor
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Abstract
A champagne bottle cork puller and insertion apparatus for controllably pulling and inserting a champagne cork. The apparatus includes a cork engager, an engager raising and lower device, and a single piece body which is attached to the raising and lowering device. The body includes a groove which fits around a champagne bottle spout rim and keeps the body essentially vertically immovable with respect to the champagne bottle during operation. The apparatus includes relatively few parts and is inexpensive to manufacture and assemble.
Claims4
A champagne bottle cork puller and inserting apparatus comprising:
- engaging means for engaging a champagne bottle cork, said engaging means including a semicircular shell defining a first opening adapted to engage the head of said cork, said shell also including a ridge defining a second opening adapted to engage the stem portion of said cork, and pin means, attached to said engaging means and adapted to slide along a body means, for maintaining said first and second openings exposed;
- means, concentrically positioned and attached to said engaging means, for raising and lowering said engaging means;
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- body means for engaging said bottle and said raising and lowering means, said body means including a single part body including a groove which is adapted to securely fit around a champagne spout rim.
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