Patent ID: 7159488

Claim:
A cork bottle opener comprising: a stand, which supports other parts of the opener; a clamping element which is equipped on the bottom of the stand, holds on the bottle neck, and attaches the opener to the bottle when the bottle is being opened; a cork opening element which moves upwards and downwards to pull the cork out of the bottle; and a cork removing element which locates above the clamping element and below the cork opening element and collaborates with the cork opening element to detach the cork from the opening element; wherein the stand comprises a top, a base, a shaft, a screw post, and a turning crank; the top and the base are fixed to the shaft; the screw post is jointed between the top and the base; the turning crank is used to drive the screw post to spin; wherein the cork opening element comprises a moving base which has three apertures, one for the shaft of the stand to pass through, one being inner-threaded and connected with the screw post of the stand, and one for a screw drill to pass through; the screw drill receives spinning power from the screw post through a pair of gears and connecting structures; wherein the clamping element comprises a pair of clamps which holds on the middle of the bottle neck and has a locking mechanism to tighten the clamps against the bottle neck; and wherein the cork removing element comprises a cork removing plate which has three apertures for the shaft and the screw post of the stand and for the screw drill of the opening element to pass through; the plate has ratchets on the down surface around the aperture of the screw drill to prevent the cork from spinning; the two sides of the plate have locks to connect with the base of the stand.