Patent ID: 7367248
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
1. A screwtop opener ( 11 ) having a first handle ( 13 ) and a second handle ( 15 ) pivotable with respect to the first handle ( 13 ), wherein a first clamping jaw ( 45 ) is supported on the first handle ( 13 ), a second clamping jaw ( 41 ) is formed on the second handle ( 15 ), a screwtop can be grasped by the screwtop opener ( 11 ) with the first and second clamping jaws ( 41 , 45 ), a distance between the clamping jaws ( 41 , 45 ) is reduced by pivoting the first and second handles ( 13 , 15 ) against each other, the screwtop opener ( 11 ) comprising: the first clamping jaw ( 45 ) formed on on a straightedge ( 17 ) pushable into the first handle ( 13 ) and arrestable in a multitude of positions with respect to the first handle ( 13 ), the first handle ( 13 ) and the second handle ( 15 ) pivotable with respect to each other about an axis and arranged one behind another in a direction of the axis, the clamping jaws ( 41 , 45 ) arranged on a same side of the axis at a distance from the axis, and the axis extends perpendicularly with respect to a cover plane defined by the clamping jaws ( 41 , 45 ), wherein a pivot direction of the second handle ( 15 ) for clamping a top is oriented in a same direction as a screwing direction of the top for opening the top, and a ratchet strip ( 51 ) embodied on the straightedge ( 17 ) which works together with a resiliently seated actuating knob ( 19 ) so that the actuating knob ( 19 ) is pushed into engagement with the ratchet strip ( 51 ) by a spring force and can be brought out of engagement with the ratchet strip ( 51 ) by exerting a force opposite the spring force.