Patent ID: 6016721
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A device for opening bottles with natural corks comprising:a bottle rest to be laterally positioned around a neck of the bottle to encircle a mouth of the bottle on three sides and from above and below the mouth;a holding tongue downwardly extending from the bottle rest adapted to be positioned adjacent the bottle neck;a cork holder to hold a head of the cork on three sides and from above and below the head of the cork;the cork holder being movably mounted in the bottle rest;a lever being rotatably mounted to the bottle rest, such that rotational movement of the lever provides relative movement between the bottle rest and the cork holder;the cork holder being pivotably mounted around a rotational axis of the bottle rest at an upper end of a lifting motion;the rotational axis running perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bottle and being positioned eccentrically at a level of a bottle opening; andthe lever comprising a stop mechanism to define the upper end of the lifting motion of the cork holder and a curved deaeration track arranged such that, during rotation of the lever, the cork holder rotates around the rotational axis under the pressure of the cork.