Abstract: An extractor device for use with a removable compressed fluid container having a containing section, sliding section, positioning section, and a hollow needle. A method of extracting a cork from a bottleneck utilizing a compressed fluid injected from a removable container, housed within a containing section of the device, to the bottle through a hollow needle affixed to the containing section of the device. The cork extractor device can include a rotationally projected component to forcibly displace a removed cork from the needle.

Abstract: A self-contained insulated vessel having a storage area defined by an inner wall and an outer wall which are spaced apart and dosed off to define a cavity therebetween. An insulating substance is contained within at least part of the cavity in order to maintain a stored item at a predetermined temperature for an extended period of time or cool a stored item with a temperature higher than the predetermined temperature of the insulating substance. The insulating vessel can include a user engagement interface for shielding a user from at least part of an exterior surface of said vessel.

Abstract: A corkscrew includes a rotatable pinion gear having a fixed radius and a horizontal rotational axis rotatably coupled to a shaft and engaging a gear rack of a vertically translating driver. A helical worm is coupled through a freely rotating connection to the vertically translating driver wherein the corkscrew freely rotates about a longitudinal rotation axis coaxially aligned with a location of a bottle neck from which a corkscrew is to be withdrawn. A crank rotates the pinion gear for translating the driver up and down relative to the shaft along the rotation axis of the corkscrew. A helical pinion gear a helical pinion rack drives rotates about the longitudinal rotation axis in meshing engagement with helical rack on the vertically translating driver, the helical pinion gear having at least one blade to contact the bottle neck scoring a foil capsule thereon as the helical pinion gear rotates.

Abstract: A method and apparati for regulating introduction of ambient air begins with initiating a liquid flow through a venturi to induce a localized drop in pressure at a bowl situated at a venturi throat. Airflow is admitted at a barrel inlet, through a first barrel lumen segment to a first half-moon port at a throttle first side. The airflow is selectively obstructed by a second half-moon port whose rotational position relative to the first half-moon port defines a variable aperture. The airflow is conducted from the second half-moon port through a second barrel lumen segment to the barrel outlet and mixing with the liquid to produce an aerated liquid.