Stopper extractor
OwnerCésar Hugo Olivera, Roberto José Cardóninventors
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a manually operated stopper extractor device arranged to engage a bottle of carbonated liquid to remove the stopper. The extractor device includes a frame arranged to be centered about the neck of the bottle and a side support housing which encloses an actuation lever coupled to an extraction yoke. The yoke is operable between a disengaged and engaged position with the stopper. When the lever is in a compressed actuated position, the yoke engages the stopper and moves the stopper upwardly to remove the stopper from the bottle.
Claims15
An extractor device arranged to remove a stopper having a head end portion larger than the opening in the bottle neck the extractor device including:
- a mounting frame structurally arranged to be centered about the throat of a bottle;
- a side support housing associated with said mounting frame;
- an actuation lever coupled to a yoke member and arranged to be pivotally mounted in said side support housing and movable between an at-rest and an actuated position;
- an extraction and stopper retention housing structurally arranged to be positioned on the end of the mounting frame;
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- wherein said yoke member having a wedge portion is coupled to said actuation lever by a linkage limited by a gap in the yoke member, such that the initial pivotal movement of the lever from an at-rest position causes the yoke member to follow a rectilinear operating path between the bottle neck and the stopper head end portion, and with the continued movement of said lever to an actuated position, cause said wedge portion of said yoke member to engage the stopper head end portion and upwardly move the same to remove the stopper from the bottle neck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.