Patent ID: 6793104
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cork device comprising:a cork member (2) comprising a lower end (2a) to be inserted into a mouth (10) of a bottle (1) and an upper end (2b), the lower end (2a) of the cork member including a liquid passage (23), the liquid passage having a lower end (231) communicated with an interior of the bottle (1) and an upper end (230); and a control member (3) pivotally mounted to the upper end (2b) of the cork member (2) and movable between a sealing position and an open position, the control member (3) including a liquid outlet passage (35); wherein the upper end (230) of the liquid passage (23) of the cork member (2) is blocked by the control member (3) when the control member (3) is in the sealing position; and wherein the upper end (230) of the liquid passage (23) of the cork member (2) is communicated with atmosphere via the liquid outlet passage (35) when the control member (3) is in the open position; wherein the lower end (2a) of the cork member (2) further comprises an air passage (24) spaced from the liquid passage (23), the air passage (24) including a lower end (241) communicated with the interior of the bottle (1) and an upper end (240); wherein the upper end (240) of the air passage (24) of the cork member (2) is blocked by the control member (3) when the control member (3) is in the sealing position; wherein the upper end (240) of the air passage (24) of the cork member (2) is communicated with atmosphere when the control member (3) is in the open position; wherein the control member (3) further comprises an air inlet passage (36) for communicating the upper end (240) of the air passage (24) of the cork member (2) with atmosphere when the control member (3) is in the open position; and wherein the air inlet passage (36) of the control member (3) includes a first end (362) selectively communicated with the upper end (240) of the air passage (24) of the cork member (2) and a second end branching into two branches each having an air inlet (360) communicated with atmosphere.