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US 7,024,715 B2Granted
Cork screw provided with a cap cutter which can be inserted in the handle
AssigneeHeftitec SA
InventorsRolf Hefti, Walter Ruffner
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Abstract
A bottle opener is disclosed with a corkscrew and a cap cutter, which can be used separately from the corkscrew, wherein the corkscrew can also be used when the cap cutter is arranged on the corkscrew.
Claims12
A bottle opener, comprising:
- a corkscrew, the corkscrew including
- an axial screw configured to rotate for screwing into a cork, and
- a handle for rotating the screw, the screw being anchored in the handle, and the handle having a hollow space accessible from an exterior;
- and
- a cap cutter, the cap cutter being connectable with the corkscrew for storage by introducing the cap cutter into the hollow space in the handle, and the cap cutter being separable from the corkscrew by removing said cap cutter from said hollow space, wherein the hollow space is embodied in a U-shape around a central fastening block for the screw, and the cap cutter has a cutout corresponding to this U-shape, in which the fastening block is placed.
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A bottle opener, comprising:
- a corkscrew, the corkscrew including
- an axial screw configured to rotate for screwing into a cork, and
- a handle for rotating the screw, the screw being anchored in the handle, and the handle having a hollow space accessible from an exterior;
- and
- a cap cutter, the cap cutter being connectable with the corkscrew for storage by introducing the cap cutter into the hollow space in the handle, and the cap cutter being separable from the corkscrew by removing said cap cutter from said hollow space, wherein the rotatable handle has two essentially parallel walls, which are parallel in respect to a plane containing the screw axis, and the hollow space is embodied between these walls.
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A bottle opener, comprising:
- a corkscrew, the corkscrew including
- an axial screw configured to rotate for screwing into a cork, and
- a handle for rotating the screw, the screw being anchored in the handle, and the handle having a hollow space accessible from an exterior;
- and
- a cap cutter, the cap cutter being connectable with the corkscrew for storage by introducing the cap cutter into the hollow space in the handle, and the cap cutter being separable from the corkscrew by removing said cap cutter from said hollow space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.