Foil cutting cork extractor

A method for extracting a cork from a bottle, the method comprising:

• providing, a cork extracting machine comprising, in combination:
• a rotatable pinion gear having a fixed radius and a horizontal rotational axis rotatably coupled to a shaft and engaging a gear rack of a vertically translating driver;
• a helical worm coupled through a freely rotating connection to the vertically translating driver wherein the worm freely rotates about a longitudinal rotation axis coaxially aligned with a location of a bottle neck from which the cork is to be extracted;
• a crank rotating the pinion gear for translating the driver up and down relative to the collar along the rotation axis of the helical worm;
• a non-rotating collar cam releasably coupled between the vertically translating driver and an annular collar assembly receiving and following the helical worm for imparting torque rotating the worm;
• and
• a helical pinion rack affixed to the gear rack drives a helical pinion gear to rotate about the longitudinal rotation axis in meshing engagement with helical rack on the vertically translating driver, the helical pinion gear having at least one blade to contact the bottle neck scoring a foil capsule thereon as the helical pinion gear rotates;
• translating the vertically translating driver along a rotational axis of the helical worm;
• driving the helical worm into receiving engagement with the non-rotating collar cam;
• and
• driving the helical gear to rotate about the rotational axis, the helical gear having at least one blade to contact a neck of the bottle;
• and
• scoring the foil with the blade.