For Engaging Receptacle About Closure (e.g., Socket Type) Patents (Class 81/3.29)
  • Patent number: 10899593
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a needle. The needle is adapted to penetrate a container without tearing out a portion of the container. The portion of the container is near a point of penetration on the container. The liquid dispensing device includes a motion control system. The motion control system is configured to rotate the needle while the needle penetrates the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Wine Plum, Inc.
    Inventors: David Andrew Koretz, Donald G. Hubbard, Jr., Niculae Mustatea, Michael Dumont, Kyle Adams, Raul Eugene Chinda, David Henry Caldwell Karl, Travis Ronald Coleman, Benjamin Jonas Hafen
  • Patent number: 10610051
    Abstract: A grill with a split lid that allows the user to safely and efficiently manage cooking food items. The grill includes a housing body, a first split lid, a second split lid, a grill tray, a charcoal tray, and a support-structure assembly. The first split lid and the second split lid cover and provide access to the housing body. The split lid and the second split lid are positioned opposite to each other, across a main opening of the housing body. The first split lid is laterally and hingedly connected to a first lateral sidewall of the housing body. Similarly, the second split lid is laterally and hingedly connected to a second lateral sidewall of the housing body. The support-structure assembly is adjacently mounted to the housing body, opposite the main opening. The grill tray and the charcoal tray are each laterally and slidably mounted into the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Shiek Abdel Taahyr Hussain, Shareed Hussain
  • Patent number: 10258937
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to extracting the liquid from a container (such as a bottle of wine) using a needle adapted to pierce the closure of a container of liquid, dispense liquid from the container, and supply an inert gas to the container to help preserve the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Wine Plum, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald G. Hubbard, Jr., Niculae Mustatea, David Andrew Koretz
  • Patent number: 10053348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cork remover for a bottle containing sparkling liquid. The remover includes an outer body and an inner body having a cork-gripping device and being slidably mounted in the outer body. The cork remover includes a notch for positioning the outer body over a bottle cork's safety harness. The bottle-gripping device is on the outer body for engaging on the bottle neck and structure for restricting the inner body's sliding movement in the cork's expelling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yvan Van den Bremt
  • Patent number: 9440834
    Abstract: A self-centering and self-gripping corkscrew is provided. A centering and locking mechanism is integrated into the bottle receiving opening of the corkscrew such that in one downward motion a bottleneck is securely gripped and automatically centered under the cork removing device (e.g., a worm screw). The centering and gripping mechanism is spring biased downward and utilizes compression techniques configured into an outer mechanism (contained within the bottle receiving opening of corkscrew) and the body of the corkscrew to simultaneously grip and align the bottle with the axis of the cork removing device. The locking mechanism is part of the centering mechanism and allows the corkscrew to remain locked onto the bottleneck (after centering and gripping) during activation of the cork removing device and removal of the corresponding cork. An upward motion opposite the locking motion disengages the mechanism, removing the corkscrew from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Gabriele, Justin Dollinger
  • Patent number: 9381043
    Abstract: An insert for a tool for assembling a bone anchoring device including a bone anchoring element with a head and a shaft to be anchored in bone and a receiving part, the insert configured for insertion into a holder of the tool, the insert including an elongate body with a longitudinal axis, wherein a first recess configured to receive a shaft of a bone anchoring element extends on a surface of the elongate body along the longitudinal axis, has a first diameter, and is oriented towards a first radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis, wherein a second recess configured to receive a shaft of a bone anchoring element extends on a surface of the elongate body along the longitudinal axis, has a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and is oriented towards a second radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis different than the first radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Biedermann, Wilfried Matthis, Berthold Dannecker
  • Patent number: 8915167
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cork screw made up of a spiral screw for driving into a cork to thereby remove the cork from a bottle. The spiral screw is attached to a handle for driving the spiral screw into the cork. The handle passes through a flange that, along with a cork screw stop, provides a countervailing force as the spiral screw is used to drive a cork back into a bottle. An upper stop, integral to the cork screw is included. The upper stop maintains the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being removed from the bottle using the spiral screw. A lower stop, integral to the cork screw is also included. This lower stop maintains the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being returned to the bottle using the spiral screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Aleksandar Ratajac
  • Publication number: 20140224071
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a cap opening tool set that enables the user of a container to reduce surely an inner pressure of the container and loosen smoothly a screw cap even if the user has only a weak arm power. A cap opening tool set according to the present invention includes a ring and a cap opener. The ring includes a guide section for facing a circumferential surface section of a screw cap. The cap opener includes a head to be placed over the screw cap and arms extending from the head. The head includes a contact section, a top-surface facing section, and a needle. The contact section enters a space formed between the screw cap and the guide section and presses the circumferential surface section of the screw cap. The needle penetrates the top surface section of the screw cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamakura, Shinichi Nomura, Osamu Nakagiri, Hiromitsu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20140174259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cork remover for a bottle containing sparkling liquid. The remover includes an outer body and an inner body having a cork-gripping device and being slidably mounted in the outer body. The cork remover includes a notch for positioning the outer body over a bottle cork's safety harness. The bottle-gripping device is on the outer body for engaging on the bottle neck and structure for restricting the inner body's sliding movement in the cork's expelling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Yvan Van Den Bremt
  • Patent number: 8707828
    Abstract: An apparatus used for a corked bottle opening and fluid aeration device. It is comprised of a vertical holder with features to receive and guide the bottle and with features to permit and direct fluid flow for aeration; a cork-engaging member with a handle and corkscrew; a fluid receiving section; and a means for connecting the apparatus to the atmosphere. Preferably the features divide the sections by a stop, by a cone shape, and by a shoulder. The apparatus engages the corkscrew to the holder when used as a bottle opener and the apparatus restricts fluid flow enabling a venturi effect when used as an aerator. The apparatus allows a full hand grip on holder and bottle to ease removal of a cork from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: William P Ward
  • Patent number: 8646137
    Abstract: Bottle opening device, particularly for cutting the capsule covering the stopper of a bottle, comprising a shaft provided with a threaded portion and, above, with a widened portion that has a hole in it. The widened portion comprises two plates which are provided internally with mutually aligned openings for the transversal insertion of a stopper. The plates are spaced apart so as to define a space for accommodating a supporting body which is provided with at least one cutting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ghidini Cipriano S.r.l.
    Inventor: Diego Andina
  • Patent number: 8438951
    Abstract: A pill bottle opener including a base, a utility ring, and a cap. The utility ring includes two tabs positioned in its inner portion. The cap has a hollow, cylindrical body open on one end and has a dome-shaped top on its other end. The utility ring and cap may be interlocked by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Patrick A. McCabe, Mark Jeffrey Hornick, Eliot Thomas Dill, Michael Wood, Dean A. Collura
  • Publication number: 20130112044
    Abstract: A corkscrew assembly includes a housing a worm screw assembly, a first gripper, and a second gripper. The housing defines (i) a first opening configured to receive a neck of a bottle, (ii) a second opening, and (iii) an interior space interposed between the first opening and the second opening. The housing includes a sidewall extending from the first opening to the second opening. The sidewall defines a first gripper passage and a second gripper passage. The interior space is interposed between the first gripper passage and the second gripper passage. The worm screw assembly is rotatable in relation to the housing and includes (i) a worm screw member having a pointed first end portion and a second opposite end portion and (ii) a drive member fixed in relation to the second opposite end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Patent number: 8413410
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing a cap onto a cylindrical container includes a main stage and three clamps. Each of the clamps is pivotally attached to the main stage and rotatable about a respective axis of rotation. The axes of rotation of the clamps define an outer circle having a center. Each of the clamps comprises a generally planar body and an arcuate edge and can be used to both center a cap and grip and rotate a vial for attachment of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Ulm, John Richard Sink, Eric X. Bonpain, Mark Alan Uebel
  • Publication number: 20120204683
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cork screw made up of a spiral screw for driving into a cork to thereby remove the cork from a bottle. The spiral screw is attached to a handle for driving the spiral screw into the cork. The handle passes through a flange that, along with a cork screw stop, provides a countervailing force as the spiral screw is used to drive a cork back into a bottle. An upper stop, integral to the cork screw is included. The upper stop maintains the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being removed from the bottle using the spiral screw. A lower stop, integral to the cork screw is also included. This lower stop maintains the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being returned to the bottle using the spiral screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Cork Genie, LLC.
    Inventors: Raffi Nazikian, Aleksandar Ratajac
  • Patent number: 8225697
    Abstract: A tool includes a hub, at least two opposed fingers depending from the hub, and at least two opposed skirt sections configured different from the fingers. The skirt sections depend from the hub and are disposed adjacent the fingers. The opposed skirt sections have a second transverse distance between lower edges thereof that is greater than a first transverse distance between lower edges of the opposed fingers. The fingers are resiliently moveable relative to the skirt sections. Each of the fingers is circumferentially spaced from the adjacent skirt section by a gap. At least a portion of the gap is formed in the hub. The at least two fingers and the at least two skirt sections are circularly aligned such that each of the fingers and each of the skirt sections lie on a common circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Cink, Jonathan D. Berger, Steven R. Sims, Lee M. White
  • Publication number: 20120111153
    Abstract: An apparatus used for a corked bottle opening and fluid aeration device. It is comprised of a vertical holder with features to receive and guide the bottle and with features to permit and direct fluid flow for aeration; a cork-engaging member with a handle and corkscrew; a fluid receiving section; and a means for connecting the apparatus to the atmosphere. Preferably the features divide the sections by a stop, by a cone shape, and by a shoulder. The apparatus engages the corkscrew to the holder when used as a bottle opener and the apparatus restricts fluid flow enabling a venturi effect when used as an aerator. The apparatus allows a full hand grip on holder and bottle to ease removal of a cork from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: William P. Ward
  • Patent number: 8066139
    Abstract: A closure for a container opening according to one embodiment comprises a plug including a series of projections and being constructed and arranged to be received within the container opening and an overcap constructed and arranged for being attached to the plug so as to close off an interior of the plug and create an assembly. The projections being constructed and arranged for interfit with a specialized wrench socket for threadedly advancing the plug into the container opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Rieke Corporation
    Inventor: Gary M. Baughman
  • Patent number: 8061238
    Abstract: A tool for removing a cap from a pest control device includes a hub and at least four fingers depending from the hub in circumferentially spaced relationship with each other to cooperatively define a socket for receiving the cap within the tool. The fingers are resiliently moveable transversely outward relative to the hub upon receiving the cap into the socket whereby the fingers are biased transversely inward against a sidewall of the cap when the cap is received in the socket. A plurality of stops extends from fewer than all of the fingers laterally inward of the socket. The stops are adapted for contacting a top of the cap upon receipt of the cap within the socket such that the fingers and stops cooperate to orient the tool on the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Cink, Jonathan D. Berger, Steven R. Sims, Lee M. White
  • Patent number: 8001871
    Abstract: A corkscrew (1) with fulcrum moving and acting alternately in two different positions: the first one to screw the worm into the cork; the second one to extract it. The three operations (screwing, extracting and ejecting the cork) take place with a single reciprocating movement of two-lever (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Ruggero Ferrari
  • Patent number: 7836793
    Abstract: An article for enabling disconnection of a closure from a container, and the output of sound thereupon. The article includes a closure capture enabling element, for enabling capture of the closure, and a handle, connected to the closure capture enabling element, for enabling movement of the closure capture enabling element for capture, disconnection, and removal of the closure thereby relative to the container. It also includes a sound outputting circuit, for enabling sound to be outputted upon capture and movement of the closure in a direction for enabling disconnection of the closure from the container, and a sound outputting actuation enabling element, for enabling actuation of the sound outputting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Randolph Borene, Howard I. Finelt
  • Patent number: 7832307
    Abstract: The invention is a corkscrew (1) for caps made of cork or plastics equipped with two levers (7) and (8) each having two shaped or cam outlines (11, 12) that subject corresponding teeth (41) and (51), carried by concentric barrels (4) and (5), to different movements such as to allow the complete extraction of the cap from the bottle and its ejection. The corkscrew (1) takes care of blocking the bottle neck during the worm screwing through a garter-spring tightening arrangement (6). The levers (7,8) are synchronously moved through teeth (13) that engage a toothed wheel (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Ruggero Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20100206136
    Abstract: According to the present invention, A corkscrew comprising: a casing; a downwardly opening socket within the casing, the socket having a vertical axis being dimensioned to receive the neck of a bottle; a corkscrew spiral arranged axially within the socket; a motor adapted to rotate the spiral in clockwise and anticlockwise directions; a power supply battery; a sleeve having an axial bore mounted for axial movement within the socket; spring means adapted to bias the sleeve downwardly within the socket; a control circuit including a microprocessor and a memory; a display; and an upper position sensor; the motor upon actuation causing the spiral to rotate in a first direction to penetrate the cork and withdraw the cork from the bottle neck; the axial bore being dimensioned to receive and engage the cork preventing rotation of the cork; the upper position sensor being adapted to detect when the cork is completely removed from the bottle and to generate a signal to stop rotation of the spiral; the microprocesso
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Chun Ming CHEUNG
  • Patent number: 7775140
    Abstract: A cork extractor significantly reduces the countervailing forces that must be applied to a bottle during extraction of a cork by providing a handle having a rotational axis substantially perpendicular to the vertical, longitudinal axis of a cork as it is removed from a bottle. A handle rotates about an axis and comprises gripping portions on opposite sides of the rotational axis. The corkscrew is prevented from spiraling out of the cork during the application of upwardly directed forces independently of the screw carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: C.C. & L Company Limited
    Inventor: Sik Leung Chan
  • Publication number: 20100116095
    Abstract: A device for enabling the unscrewing of a cap from a bottle or jar is disclosed. The device is in the form of a somewhat elongated body in which a releasably engageable cam member and a torsion spring are located. The body is arranged to be grasped by a user of the device. The body includes a pair of cavities, each arranged for receipt of a cap of a bottle or jar therein. The cam member has a pair of ridged or serrated surfaces which are normally biased into the cavities by the spring to releasably engage a portion of the periphery of a cap disposed within either cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Roger F. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7681475
    Abstract: An automatic bottle opener using a mechanical system that automatically stops rotation of the worm screw only in anti-clockwise direction during the extraction stage. A rotation stopper having a one-way bearing for coupling the stopper to the worm screw allows the screw to rotate when displaced axially in one direction, but prevents such rotation when axially displaced in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Alberto Fabbro
  • Publication number: 20090308206
    Abstract: A corkscrew (1) with fulcrum moving and acting alternately in two different positions: the first one to screw the worm into the cork; the second one to extract it. The three operations (screwing, extracting and ejecting the cork) take place with a single reciprocating movement of two-lever (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Ruggero Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090255376
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for removing a childproof cap from a container having a locking mechanism, the apparatus, which is configured for one-handed operation, comprises a cap-engaging assembly wherein a first portion is urged toward a second portion that applies a force against the childproof cap when the container is maintained in a fixed position. The cap-engaging assemble further comprises a actuating mechanism, such as a caming mechanism, that is configured such that as the first portion is urged toward the second portion the cap is initially depressed in a linear direction until the actuating mechanism is engaged, whereby the second portion is rotated slightly relative to the first portion so that the childproof cap is also rotated and becomes disengaged from the locking mechanism of the container. The apparatus may optionally include a support apparatus that operatively connects the cap-engaging mechanism to a support base that receives the container, such as via a pivoting arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Kenneth Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090044344
    Abstract: The invention is a corkscrew (1) for caps made of cork or plastics equipped with two levers (7) and (8) each having two shaped or cam outlines (11, 12) that subject corresponding teeth (41) and (51), carried by concentric barrels (4) and (5), to different movements such as to allow the complete extraction of the cap from the bottle and its ejection. The corkscrew (1) takes care of blocking the bottle neck during the worm screwing through a garter-spring tightening arrangement (6). The levers (7,8) are synchronously moved through teeth (13) that engage a toothed wheel (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Ruggero Ferrari
  • Patent number: 7481134
    Abstract: A bottle opener has a holding body that holds the top of the container. The holding body has a support that contacts the container and a gripping member opposite the support. The gripping member moves relative to the support between a released position, in which the gripping member permits the container to be released from the device, and an engaged position, in which the gripping member causes the container to be held between the gripping member and the support. The bottle opener also has an extracting element, such as a corkscrew, operably connected to the holding body which extracts the stopper from the container. The bottle opener has an integrated cutter positioned on at least one of the support and the gripping member, the cutter being adapted to cut the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20080210057
    Abstract: This invention is an improvement to be applied to certain known bottle openers, called automatic bottle openers, in which, in order for the extraction to take place it is essential that the closure offers sufficient friction on the worm. Otherwise, once the worm has penetrated the closure, at the point of extraction, it can unthread itself from the closure by means of an anti-clockwise rotary movement and the perforated closure remains inside the neck of the bottle. The invention solves the disadvantage and is characterised in that; if the friction of the closure on the worm is not sufficient, a mechanical system takes over automatically that stops the worm only in anti-clockwise rotary motion during the single extraction stage to then, in the process of the same upward movement, allow the restoration to anti-clockwise rotation so that that the worm can be released from the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Alberto Fabbro
  • Publication number: 20080141830
    Abstract: Apparatus (2, 22) for extracting a cork (14) from a bottle (8) containing gaseous liquid comprising cork-engaging means (12, 28) having a cork engaging passageway extending generally longitudinally therethrough for engaging the cork (14), trap means (6) for trapping the expelled cork and bottle-engaging means (4) connected to the cork-engaging means and the trap means for positioning the cork-engaging means and trap means with respect to the neck of the bottle such that the cork-engaging means engages the cork and the trap means is located for trapping the expelled cork, wherein the cork-engaging means (12, 28) includes cork-gripping means (16, 32) provided on the cork-engaging passageway which is operative to prevent rotation of the cork on rotation of the bottle with respect to the bottle-engaging means (12, 28) and wherein the trap means (6) arrests the flight of the cork after it is expelled from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Claude Mauffette
  • Patent number: 7370556
    Abstract: A corkscrew comprising a body and a handle, the body including a socket adapted to receive the neck of a bottle sealed by a cork, an actuation lever, an axially rotatable worm spiral mounted on a carriage within the body and arranged to rotate and penetrate the cork as the lever is lowered, the spiral being further arranged to cease rotation as the lever is raised to withdraw the cork from the bottle, the corkscrew being further arranged to discharge the cork from the screw by lowering and raising the lever after the neck of the bottle has been removed from the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Technical Development (HK) Limited
    Inventor: Brian Sun
  • Publication number: 20080098854
    Abstract: A bottle opener has a holding body that holds the top of the container. The holding body has a support that contacts the container and a gripping member opposite the support. The gripping member moves relative to the support between a released position, in which the gripping member permits the container to be released from the device, and an engaged position, in which the gripping member causes the container to be held between the gripping member and the support. The bottle opener also has an extracting element, such as a corkscrew, operably connected to the holding body which extracts the stopper from the container. The bottle opener has an integrated cutter positioned on at least one of the support and the gripping member, the cutter being adapted to cut the wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Goldstein
  • Patent number: 7287446
    Abstract: A cork removal apparatus utilizes a rack and pinion mechanism and conventional corkscrew assembly to remove a cork from the neck of a bottle. The apparatus includes a yoke for retaining a handle portion of the corkscrew assembly and a retainer for retaining and positioning the openable end of the bottle with the mechanism. The rack and pinion mechanism is movable towards the retainer, and into position with the bottleneck and corkscrew assembly screwed into the cork thereof for mounting of the handle into the yoke, and away from the retainer, to pull the cork out of the bottle. A specially configured insert used with the retainer enables the apparatus to adapt to various bottle geometries and open a variety of bottle sizes and shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventors: David J. Wrobel, Patsy A. Wrobel
  • Patent number: 7272992
    Abstract: Cork-screw with double propping lever, with an adjacent extraction cork-screw, in which the double propping lever presents a first base lever hinged which one end to the handle of the tool, and a second extension lever for the propping hinged at the end of said first base lever, whereby said second extension lever for the propping presents two propping support teeth, one support teeth at the end and one support teeth close to its articulation to the print base lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventors: Daniele Farfalli, Gianluigi Fortunato
  • Patent number: 7231850
    Abstract: A manual wine bottle opener includes a main body, a fixing base, a piston rod, a press lever, a valve base, a thimble, a sleeve and a slide member combined together. The press lever has one end pivotally combined with a connecting member, and the piston rod has its lower end fitted with a piston. The valve base has its interior provided with a non-return valve and its lower side fixed with an insert needle. By reciprocally pulling and pressing the press lever for moving the piston up and down repeatedly, air can be pumped into the wine bottle through the insert needle for removing the cork of the wine bottle from the bottle mouth, able to uncork the wine bottle conveniently and quickly. Then the sleeve is turned around to actuate the slide member to whirl and move downward to push and disengage the cork from the insert needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: Ching-Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 7213489
    Abstract: An ink container opener having a first member having an opening formed therein; and, a second member received within the opening of the first member. The second member further has an opening for receiving an ink container for separating a top portion from a bottom portion of the ink container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Nu-kote International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. VanDerMeid, Martin Finkle, Carl William Holland, Patrick D. Carter
  • Patent number: 7152506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a push opener suitable for removing a cap (12) fitted to an opening of a bottle (10). The push opener includes an intermediate lid (31) having an elongate arm, a first operation arm (32) formed with an engagement projection to be engaged with a lower end of the bottle cap, a second operation arm (33) for supporting an upper end of the bottle cap, an inclined arm (34) hinged to the first operation arm (32) and positioned directly below the elongate arm of the intermediate lid (31), to be pivoted and raise the first operation arm (32) when an opener body (20) is pushed downward, a spring (36) for returning the pivoted inclined arm (34) to its original position, an inner housing (20b) formed of transparent material, an outer housing formed of transparent material and positioned radially outward of the inner housing, and a first advertising section (25) provided the inner housing (20b) or the outer housing (20d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Korea Alphaline Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soo Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 7134362
    Abstract: A bottle cap opener for opening twistable type caps. The opener may include a housing to apply a twisting force to the caps. Twisting force may also be applied via a handle. The opener also may include cap grabbers movable within the housing. The progressively narrowing interior shape of the housing allows the cap grabbers to adjust to the size of the cap. The opener also may include engaging members that engage the cap grabbers at a particular position within the housing. The engagement can be accomplished with a set of teeth on the cap grabbers and a corresponding hook member on the engaging members. The engaging members are pivotally mounted and include engaging spring to provide the engaging forces. A spring exerts a downward on the cap grabbers. The bottle opener retains the bottle cap in the housing after the bottle is opened until the user disengages the engaging members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventors: Michael March, Shu Wing Charles Ip
  • Patent number: 6978696
    Abstract: A corkscrew for easily removing a cork from a wine bottle in the manner wherein a holding screw fixedly inserted in the cork is raised, even by a weak force, by rotating a removal handle, which is spirally coupled to a conveying screw integrally extended in a line from the holding screw, and which is rotatably engaged with a cylindrical support body placed over a mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Inventor: Sung Il Yu
  • Patent number: 6935207
    Abstract: An automatic jar lid opener comprises a cylindrical housing and a truncated conical lid retainer rotatably attached to the cylindrical housing. A rotary hammer assembly is installed in the housing to convert a torque output from a motor assembly in the housing, into a twisting impact force applied through the lid retainer to a threaded jar lid in order to break a seal or initial resistance securing the lid screwed on a jar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventor: Franco Mazza
  • Patent number: 6912931
    Abstract: An opener is provided for removing a lid from a paint can or any other similar type container. The opener has a plurality of tapered bits coupled to a first means for moving the bits toward the lid. The opener is also provided with a second means for moving the bits relative to the container to lift the lid from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Innovating Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Draur, Jeffrey S. Dworek, Tracy S. Lemar
  • Patent number: 6904828
    Abstract: A corkscrew assembly (50) has a tubular body (52) mounted on an upright slide bar (75) by means of a collar (72) which is connected to the body (52) by an arm (73). The slide bar (75) is carried by pillars (76) on a base plate (77) which in use is attached to a wall or the like above a horizontal work surface. The collar (72) can be moved up or down on the slide bar (75) for height adjustment of the body (52) to engage a mouth (85) at a lower end of the body (52) with the neck of a bottle placed on the work surface below the body (52). Locking means is provided on the collar (72) to releasably lock the collar (72) on the slide bar (75) when engaged with a bottle to securely hold the bottle for cork extraction. An actuating lever arm (68) on the body (52) can then be moved downwardly from a raised position to operate drive means on the body (52) to screw a corkscrew (57) into the cork of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Stephen Kane
  • Publication number: 20040244542
    Abstract: A stopper removing device for removing a stopper from a container or similar, such as a wine bottle, comprises a body, stopper means to engage a stopper to be removed and handle means on the body which are selectively engageable with the stopper means to enable selective movement of the stopper means therewith relative to the body and thereby removal of the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Frank William Love
  • Publication number: 20040231465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a corkscrew for easily removing a bottle cork from a wine bottle in the manner that a cylindrical support body is placed over the bottle mouth of the bottle, a push-rotation handle is rotated until a holding screw connected to the push-rotation handle is inserted into the cork to the depth of a predetermined extent, a removal handle spirally coupled to the push-rotation handle is rotated in the same direction that the push-rotation handle is rotated, and, with the cork's being held, the holding screw is moved upwardly thanks to (upward movement of) a conveying screw. In particular, since the cork is removed, while being held by the holding screw, by smoothly rotating the removal handle, the corkscrew according to the present invention is easy and stable to use. Further, the corkscrew is suitable and convenient for women or the aged to use because the cork is easily removed with a little amount of force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Sung Il Yu
  • Patent number: 6779213
    Abstract: A cork remover comprising a handle having first engaging means and an elongate cavity including internal screw threads along its length, and a separate corkscrew having a head fixed to its rear end and receivable by the cavity. The head has second engaging means for releasable engagement with the first engaging means against rotation of the corkscrew relative to the handle, such that the corkscrew can be turned into a cork of a wine bottle by rotating the handle. The head includes external screw threads for subsequent engagement with the screw threads of the cavity while being received by the cavity in one direction, such that upon rotation of the handle the corkscrew can be withdrawn rearwards into the cavity, thereby removing said cork from said bottle. The head is receivable by the cavity in the opposite direction, having their screw threads inter-engaged, for storing the corkscrew in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventor: Chung Lun Yip
  • Patent number: 6739215
    Abstract: A cork extracting device includes a bifurcated body defining a pair of depending legs. Circumferentially spaced ribs project laterally from each leg to define guide surfaces for an extracted cork, the lower ends of the ribs defining two different-sized bottle neck seats. An oblong handle with an elastomeric covering is fixed to one end of a worm which extends through a collar in the upper end of the body and downwardly between the legs. Flexible and resilient fingers are cut from each leg and respectively carry foil cutters, the fingers being manually depressible to engage the cutters with a bottle neck foil for cutting the foil in response to rotation of the body about the bottle neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Lozeau, Richard C. Shonfeld
  • Patent number: 6736030
    Abstract: A hand tool with a U-shaped cutout to slide into the groove at the top of a champagne bottle, and pivoted lever-arms above the cutout straddling the stopper of the bottle. Extractor links connected to these lever-arms, are hinged at the outer end, and have teeth across the inner end, which is aligned with the stopper. Squeezing the lever-arms together causes the extractor links to engage and compress that part of the stopper exposed above the top of the bottle. The extractor links are angled upward toward the toothed end, so that the resulting combined upward force of the two links on opposite sides of the stopper, cause it to be extruded upward. Repeated actuations may be used to remove the stopper completely. The tool grips, and retains the stopper when completely closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Carl T. McLuen
  • Patent number: 6732611
    Abstract: A corkscrew incorporating a support arm with two articulated sections capable of acting independently and sequentially by resting on a bottle's mouth. The sections are connected to each other through a joint that has a spring that causes one of the sections to seek out the side or mouth of the bottle where it is to be positioned, without the need for a corkscrew user to deliberately perform this operation. The spring is set at the level of the articulated joint between the arm and body or handle, the ends of which form aligned and opposing pivots that emerge laterally from the body, where the arm incorporates a circumferential arrangement of notches over which the pivots must move during the swinging movement of the arm with respect to the body. This prevents undesired movement between the arm and the body, no matter what relative position is chosen for them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Inventor: Francisco Jose Traspuesto Miguel