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US 6,546,831 B2Granted
Cork remover
OwnerKwok Kuen Soinventor
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Abstract
A cork remover for removing the cork of a bottle includes a tubular body having upper and lower ends, a helical corkscrew insertable into the body through its upper end for rotation within and relative to the body, and a handle connected at an upper end of the corkscrew for rotating the corkscrew. The body includes resiliently deformable, frictionally gripping annular abutments located within the body between the upper and lower ends for engagement of the rim portion of the mouth of a bottle, while the cork is being removed by rotation of the corkscrew.
Claims12
A cork remover for removing the cork of a bottle, the cork remover comprising:
- a tubular body having first and second ends,
- a helical corkscrew with a pointed first end and a second end opposed to the first end, the corkscrew being insertable into the body through the first end of the body for rotation within and relative to the body, and
- a handle connected to the second end of the corkscrew for rotating the corkscrew, wherein the body includes annular resiliently deformable, frictionally gripping abutment means located in a plane within the body between the first and second ends of the body for engagement of a rim portion of a mouth of a bottle from which a cork is to be removed, the cork being removed by rotation the corkscrew, the abutment means comprising a relatively rigid inner part connected to the body and including a core, and a resiliently deformable outer part for engagement of the rim portion and including a jacket enclosing the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.