Cork remover for champagne bottles or the like

A cork remover for removing a cork having an overhanging head from a champagne-type bottle having a curved shoulder comprising:

• a tapered generally tubular part which fits over the shoulder of the bottle;
• a tubular threaded member secured to said tubular part;
• a tubular sleeve having a sidewall which is threadedly engaged with said threaded member and which extends at or above the height of said bottle, said sleeve including a pair of diametrically opposed radially directed ports on opposite sides thereof aligned with said cork;
• a pair of sharpened pins at least one of which is movable in a longitudinal axis through one of said ports to penetrate the overhanging head of said cork,
• and means operatively connected to said sharpened pins for rotating said pins to turn about an axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis for turning said cork in said bottle;
• and
• whereby threadable movement of said tubular sleeve with respect to said tubular threaded member in one direction rotates the cork and withdraws the cork from the bottle.

A cork remover for removing a cork having an overhanging head from a champagne-type bottle having a shoulder comprising:

• a sleeve defined by an annular sidewall fitting over the top of said bottle;
• a pair of diametrically opposed ports in the sidewall of said sleeve directed toward said cork;
• a pair of sharpened pins aligned to pass through said ports;
• means movable to drive said pins into said cork and rotatable to cause said cork to rotate in said bottle;
• said movable means including:
• a pair of diametrically opposed levers having opposite ends secured to the sidewall of said sleeve;
• an L-shaped handle pivotally secured to the sidewall of said sleeve;
• a C-shaped bracket having its ends secured to one end of each of said levers;
• a pair of links attached to said L-shaped handle and to the opposite ends of said levers;
• one of said sharpened pins being secured to said L-shaped lever and another of said sharpened pins being secured to said C-shaped bracket whereby moving said handle in a first direction forces said sharpened pins into said cork;
• moving said handle in the opposite direction pulls said sharpened pins out of said cork;
• and
• whereby rotating said L-shaped handle about the neck of the bottle rotates the cork for removal from said bottle.