Patent ID: 6739215
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
Apparatus for extracting corks from different-sized bottle necks having end surfaces, the apparatus comprising:a body having a bottle neck-receiving portion including plural circumferentially spaced members, each member having a first shoulder thereon so that the first shoulders cooperate to form a first bottle neck seating structure shaped and dimensioned for engaging the end surface of a bottle neck of a first size without engaging a cork closing the bottle neck, each member having a second shoulder thereon so that the second shoulders cooperate to form a second bottle neck seating structure shaped and dimensioned for engaging the end surface of a bottle neck of a second size without engaging a cork closing the bottle neck, each of the members including a rib disposed on the body and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom, the lower ends of the ribs defining the first and second seating structures and the upper ends of the ribs defining guide surfaces for a cork being extracted from an associated bottle neck, and a corkscrew assembly including a handle and a worm and carried by the body for rotation relative thereto for screwing the worm into a cork closing a bottle neck when the bottle neck and surface is engaged with one of the seating structures.