Abstract: A cap attachment-detachment device includes an operation portion that moves in an up-and-down direction, and grips and rotates a cap so as to attach the cap to or attach the cap from a container. The operation portion includes a first grip claw, a second grip claw and the pressing member. The first grip claw and the second grip claw are provided to be opposite to each other and configured to be capable of applying an obliquely upward force inwardly to an upper portion of a side surface of the cap. The pressing member is configured to be capable of coming into contact with an upper surface of the cap.

Abstract: Rotating or pressing one or more handles will rotate one or more cams which push on the lid side. This causes a lever to rotate and forces two opposing jaws to press on the jar. With further rotating or pressing, the cam(s) rotates more and its rough surface or teeth forces the lid to rotate with high torque. Since the cam size is smaller than the lid diameter, much less force is needed to open the lid. And since the jar lid opener grips both the lid and the jar at the same time, there is no need to hold the jar tight while rotating or press the handles.

Abstract: Corkscrew for the extraction of a cork from the neck of a bottle, wherein the corkscrew has a body, an extraction screw, an articulated lever having a first lever and a second lever, which are coupled with each other by a coupling system with at least one set of slots, a set of pins and a set of holes, which guide the reciprocal movement of the second lever with respect to the first lever.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a finger-engaging portion in a stay-on-tab of a lid of a container includes a support, a fixture mounted to the support for movement between a first position and a second position in opposition to stay-on-tab of the lid of the container, and an abutment mounted to the fixture for movement between an open position and a closed position in opposition to the fixture and the stay-on tab in the second position of the fixture to bend the stay-on-tab between the fixture and the abutment to form in the stay-on-tab a finger-engaging portion that is upturned relative to the lid of the container.

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.

Abstract: A cylinder liner installation tool for seating a cylinder liner into an engine block includes a body having a handle mount section at a proximal end and a head bolt mounting section at a distal end, a press rod attached to the body toward the distal end by a hinge mount, a press plate attached to the press rod, and a handle extension removably attached to the handle mount section, wherein the head bolt mounting section is configured to receive a head bolt mounted to the engine block so that application of an applied force to the handle extension results in a translation of the force down the press rod to the press plate. A method of installing a cylinder liner into a cylinder bore in an engine block includes using a cylinder liner installation tool.

Abstract: A corkscrew includes an elongate body, an auger pivotally mounted to the body, a first bearing arm pivotally mounted to the elongate body at a first distance from the auger, and a second bearing arm slidably mounted on the first bearing arm. The first and second bearing arms each have a shoulder, the shoulders being aligned adjacent one another. A connecting rod is pivotally mounted to the elongate body at a second distance which is greater than the first distance and pivotally engaged with the second bearing arm. During the extraction of a cork, the first bearing arm begins the extraction in engagement with the rim of the bottle neck. As the elongate body is tilted, the second bearing arm in turn engages with the rim of the bottle neck in order to take over from the first lever and fully extract the cork.

Abstract: A device for extracting a cork from a bottle comprising a generally T-shaped handle mounted on a housing having an upper end and a lower end, a shaft which is operatively connected to handle for axial and rotational movement therewith, the shaft having a hollow passage with an air intake and an air exhausting hole. The shaft depending from the lower end of the housing for griping and penetrating the cork longitudinally thereby presenting the air exhausting hole to the interior of the bottle. A pump configured to push for selectively pumping air from the housing through the shaft into the bottle between the cork and the contents of the bottle such that air in the bottle forces the cork out of the bottle in conjunction with force applied by pulling the T-shaped handle.

Abstract: A container assembly that includes a container having a container top and a container floor, a lid affixed to said container top by a hinge, the lid being adapted to move between an open position and a closed position, an internal fastener being (1) attached to the inside of the container, (2) not accessible from the outside of the container when the lid is in its closed position, and (3) adapted to maintain the lid in its closed or locked position, an access hole in the container floor, a lever positioned within the container and above the access hole, and a tool adapted to be inserted into the access hole to activate the lever to release the internal fastening mechanism.

Abstract: A movable outer cylindrical member and a movable inner cylindrical member are arranged vertically movably in a lower half of a cylindrical main body. By placing the movable inner cylindrical member on a bottle mouth and pushing down the cylindrical main body, a lower end of a hooking member is engaged with a lower end of the crown cap to pry the crown cap away. At the same time, the movable outer cylindrical member is moved up and a piston inside a cylinder arranged in an upper half of the cylindrical main body is moved up with the movable outer cylindrical member, so that the air in the cylinder is compressed, and a cover member is brought out in by the compressed air.

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.

Abstract: A cork removal device for facilitating the removal of a cork from a bottle, including a central body portion; a helix associated with the central body portion; a removal member attached to the central body portion; a ratchet assembly associated with the helix; and a stop indication member situated below the ratchet assembly and above a pointed end of the helix.

Abstract: A corkscrew includes an elongate body, an auger pivotally mounted to the body, a first bearing arm pivotally mounted to the elongate body at a first distance from the auger, and a second bearing arm slidably mounted on the first bearing arm. The first and second bearing arms each have a shoulder, the shoulders being aligned adjacent one another. A connecting rod is pivotally mounted to the elongate body at a second distance which is greater than the first distance and pivotally engaged with the second bearing arm. During the extraction of a cork, the first bearing arm begins the extraction in engagement with the rim of the bottle neck. As the elongate body is tilted, the second bearing arm in turn engages with the rim of the bottle neck in order to take over from the first lever and fully extract the cork.

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).

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).

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.

Abstract: A device for removing a stopper of a photoresist bottle is used for removing a stopper disposed on a photoresist bottle. The stopper includes a stopper element and at least two push buttons. The device includes a casing covering the stopper element and at least two levering units corresponding to the two push buttons. Each levering unit includes a lever pivotally disposed on the casing and a lifting element of which one end is pivotingly disposed on the lever and the other end abuts against a bottom of the stopper element. Under action of the moment, the stopper can be removed from a bottle mouth of the photoresist bottle. So users can remove the stopper with reduced effort and increased efficiency based on the present invention.

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).

Abstract: According to one aspect, an apparatus for demounting a mold block includes a main body, a pivot, and an engaging member. The main body includes a hold portion and a load portion. The pivot is connected to the main body for providing a fulcrum for the main body. The hold portion and the load portion are disposed at two sides of the fulcrum. The engaging member is mounted to the load portion for fixing the mold block to the engaging member. The load portion swings about the fulcrum in a first direction and drives the engaging member to demount the mold block when the hold portion is pressed by a force in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A maraca is provided with a handle having a first end and a second end, the second end being coupleable to the maraca. A tool configured to engage a bottle cap may be mounted in the handle. The handle further includes a part configured for engaging an opener or a tab of a can.

Abstract: ‘SCREW-OFF TOP EXTRACTOR’ refers to the present extractor as a piece manufactured with disposable and low cost materials, to be placed on bottle-necks of screw-on beverages bottles, with screw threads on the bottle neck; this extractor has internal slits (02) to incase in the external slits of the tops and facilitate the unscrewing of the top of the beverage bottle. The present extractor internal wall is made from top to bottom in a conical form (03) permitting a sure fitting on the bottle neck.

Abstract: A bottle cap removing assembly includes a bottle cap removing device and a decorative cover member. The bottle cap removing device includes an outer housing and a cap engaging assembly at least partially positioned within the outer housing. At least a portion of the outer housing includes a cylindrical shape. The decorative cover member is mounted to the bottle cap removing device with at least a portion of the bottle cap removing device exposed outside of the decorative cover member. The bottle cap removing device is configured to remove a bottle cap by movement of the cap engaging assembly relative to the outer housing.

Abstract: The device performs the function of opening and/or closing lids attached to containers, and more particularly child-proof lids in at least some embodiments. The device preferably includes a base, a post, a lever, a plate to engage the lid of a container, and a mechanism that coverts movement of the lever to rotational movement of the plate against a lid. The conversion mechanism in at least some embodiments includes a spring.

Abstract: The system for removing or replacing caps for vials in a fixed array includes a removable cartridge with a plurality of sets of gripper plates corresponding to the number of columns in the array. Each plate has a plurality of gripper arms corresponding to the number of rows in the array. The gripper arms have hooked ends which are oriented in opposite directions in each set of plates. Relative positioning of the gripper arms is varied by one or more rotating cams, which cause the gripper arms on one plate of each set to move relative to the gripper arms of the other plate(s) of the set, varying the combined width and/or relative angle of the gripper arms to manipulate a cap inserted into the end of each vial. The plurality of plate sets and gripper arms allow all vials in the array to be capped or de-capped simultaneously.

Abstract: Apparatus for extracting a cork from a bottle comprises a corkscrew mounted in a carrier, the carrier being mounted on a frame for longitudinal reciprocating movement with respect to the longitudinal axis of the corkscrew and the corkscrew being rotatably mounted on the carrier for joint longitudinal movement therewith, the axis of rotation of the corkscrew being generally coincident with the centre line of the corkscrew. A control nut is rotatably mounted on the frame, the control nut having a screw passage therethrough, the screw passage being positioned to receive the corkscrew and configured to mate with the configuration of the corkscrew whereby, upon longitudinal movement of the corkscrew in the screw passage, rotational movement is imparted to the corkscrew. Actuator means is operatively connected to the carrier for reciprocating the carrier.

Abstract: A bottle opener including a housing with a inner cavity; a pair of clamping handles having upper portions coupled to the lower portions of the housing, and the lower portions including clamping portions configured to mate with the neck of the bottle. Also included are an actuator; a first sliding block making reciprocating movement in a longitudinal axis direction with respect to the inner cavity of the housing by the actuator; a helical screw assembly having an upper portion mounted in the first sliding block by a bearing and a lower portion that is free with rotation related to the first sliding block; and a second sliding block contained only slidably in the inner cavity of housing and positioned between the bottom plane of the inner cavity and the lower surface of the first sliding block.

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.

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.

Abstract: An electric air pressure corkscrew includes an upper shell for containing a motor driving a speed-reducing gear unit, which then turns a rotatable block contained in a lower shell fixed in the upper shell. The rotatable block then pushes an interactive block to reciprocate up and down repeatedly so that a piston in an air cylinder reciprocates up and down to pump air through a needle fixed under the air cylinder and inserted in a cork of a wine bottle and into the interior of the bottle so that the air pressure in the bottle is gradually increased to shove the cork up gradually to separate from the mouth of the bottle. The separated cork can be removed off the needle by turning a rotatable sleeve to move a slide tube and a slide base, easy to handle.

Abstract: The device performs the function of opening and/or closing lids attached to containers, and more particularly child-proof lids in at least some embodiments. The device preferably includes a base, a post, an arm, a mechanism that converts straight movement to rotation movement, and a plate to engage the lid of a container. The conversion mechanism in at least some embodiments includes a spring.

Abstract: A cork bottle opener is disclosed. The cork bottle opener comprises a stand, a clamping element, a cork opening element and a cork removing element. The clamping element holds the bottle neck when the bottle is being opened. Spinning a turning crank drives the cork opening element upwards or downwards. The cork opening element connects to and controls a screw drill through a pair of gears and connecting structures. After the cork is pulled out from the bottle, the cork opening element collaborates with the cork removing element to remove the cork from the screw drill.

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).

Abstract: An ink container opener has a base member having an opening for receiving a cap of an ink container and a holder member which is inserted over a body of the ink container. The holder and base member each has a first arm and a second arm substantially perpendicular to said first arm. The holder member first arm has an opening for receiving a second portion of the ink container. The base member opening and the holder member opening are substantially parallel to each other when the ink container is mounted within the opener. Force is applied to the holder member to separate the cap from the ink container body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for removing the lid of an inkjet cartridge. The device holds the cartridge within two jaws, which secure only the bottom of the cartridge. A driving mechanism is used to pop off the top of the cartridge in order that it may be refilled. The driver is J-shaped and has long and short prongs connected by a cross member. A screw within a bulkhead is used to push the driver from the back. This causes the long prong to bear against the top of the cartridge to remove it. The short prong assists in guiding the driver. A spring pushes back on the driver the further it is driven. This enables the user to retract the driving member once the top of the cartridge has been removed. A shelf is formed on all of the jaws of the holder. One jaw has an overhang portion which, with the shelf, forms a channel. Many commercially available cartridges are configured with a rib at their midsection. The shelf and channel act to receive this rib so that the cartridge may be held securely.

Abstract: A container opener comprising a handle portion on which force is applicable when removing a lid from a container and a utility portion for engaging with said lid to be removed from said container, one or both of said portions are generally made of a resilient but relatively stiff material, which said utility portion is provided with a gripping means made of an elastomeric material or a soft plastic material for gripping and/or simultaneous movement with said lid.

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.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a semi-automatic jar opener made up of a lower part including a run button activating an electric motor mounted under the lower part, which allows a lower plate to turn and activate a gear rack allowing the lower jaws provided with non-skid rubber strips to squeeze a jar according to the desired size, when the jar turns the friction rubber strips prevent it from sliding, and when the jar is unscrewed the electric motor stops automatically.

Abstract: A device including a body portion having proximal and distal end areas, and defining an internal cavity opening at the distal end area, and a channel that extends along a perimeter of the internal cavity in a spiral inclined planar configuration leading from the opening of the internal cavity and terminating at an apex region of the internal cavity. The distal end area of the body portion is configured and dimensioned to be placed upon a top portion of a beverage container and rotated thereon. Upon rotation of the body portion, the channel is configured so as to engage a lift-tab lever on a beverage container and progressively urge the lift-tab lever upwardly as the body portion of the present invention is rotated.

Abstract: In a cork extractor for corks of bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, prosecco, cider or the like, wherein a build-up portion of said cork surrounds the front side of the bottleneck while a driving collar of the corkscrew engages the build-up portion of said cork from beneath for pulling out said cork, wherein the driving collar is liftable by means of an actuating means shaped as a lever or spindle drive in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bottle relative to an abutment collar supported by the bottle, it is envisaged for accomplishing a simple and reliable handling that said driving collar is arranged on a first half-cylinder shell, that said abutment collar is formed on a second, complementary half-cylinder shell, and that each of said half-cylinder shells comprises a recess for the build-up portion of said cork, wherein said driving collar is liftable by means of said actuating means for pulling out said cork while said cork is guided along said second half-cylinder shell during its being lif

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.

Abstract: A cap opening system which can handle various containers having caps and container bodies of different sizes is disclosed. In this system, when a cap of a container is to be opened, a container body of the container is gripped by a container body holding apparatus to raise the container body upward. A top surface of the cap is detected as a reference surface when the cap interrupts an optical beam. Based on the height of the reference surface, the cap is positioned with respect to the cap handling apparatus. Alternatively, a cap receiving member is provided underneath the cap handling apparatus to perform positioning of the cap with respect to the cap handling apparatus.

Abstract: A Jar Opener includes a beam, a handle, a fixed jaw, and a movable jaw. The Jar Opener is able to securely clamp a jar lid between the fixed jaw and the movable jaw, and the beam and handle are then turned to open the jar. The Jar Opener functions as a lever arm to enable any user to easily open virtually any twist top jar.

Abstract: A winged corkscrew has a lock box that prevents a non-stick coated worm from turning in a reverse direction and slipping out of a cork when two wings of the corkscrew are closed. The lock box locks onto a collar on a main shaft of the cork screw, and thereafter, a cam on the main shaft forms a one way rotational ratchet with the lock box. When the worm is fully inserted, the wings are lowered to remove the cork, but the ratchet prevents the worm from turning in reverse and slipping out of the cork. The corkscrew also has catches that center the corkscrew on the bottle and align the worm into the center of the cork. After the cork has been removed from the bottle, the lock box is unlocked to allow the cork to be removed.

Abstract: A lever corkscrew has a body and a central spindle received inside the body. A transport assembly is slidably mounted inside the body, and two anchors securely are mounted on the one side of the transport assembly. Two arms with tooth-like protrusions are pivoted with the body and the protrusions are engaged with the central spindle. The central spindle is securely mounted on the transport assembly on the one side different with the side mounted with the anchors. When turning up the arms or turning down the arms, the central spindle will be driven up or down and also drive the transport assembly with the anchors to pull out the cork.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a cork from a mouth of a bottle comprises a member for engaging the mouth of the bottle and a handle connected to the member and movable relative to the member. A shaft is operatively coupled with the handle so that movement of the handle rotates the shaft. The shaft includes two helical spikes extending around a common longitudinal axis. The helical spikes embed into the cork upon rotation of the shaft through movement of the handle. The helical spikes, when embedded in the cork, are resistant to toggling in the cork and to being pulled axially from the cork which can cause the cork to break into multiple pieces. The apparatus is particularly useful for removing a cork in an oversized wine bottle, such as a magnum.

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.

Abstract: A cork remover for removing corks from bottles, particularly bottles having substantial internal gas pressure, such as champagne bottles, includes a tapered, generally tubular part, which is placed over the shoulder of the bottle. A hollow, threaded, tubular member is secured to the tapered part and is threaded to a tubular sleeve which has ports on opposite sides of its sidewall. Sharpened pins are movable through the ports to puncture and hold the cork. In one embodiment, the pins are threaded to the sleeve and are turned into the cork by means of handles secured to the pins. In another embodiment, the pins are replaced with C-shaped members having abrasive surfaces which are pressed into the sides of the cork, enabling it to be turned by use of the handles. Further embodiments utilize an L-shaped handle pivotally secured to the sleeve to force one or both pins into the corks. The handle can then be turned to break the cork loose and enable it to be removed.

Abstract: A corkscrew has an external tubular body having a mouth forming a support over a bottle, a spiral introducible into a cork when rotating the corkscrew, a support for supporting the spiral, and an actuating unit including a toothing provided on the tubular body, an arm having a lower end engageable with the toothing and a lever pivotably connected with the tubular body and also with an upper end of the arm and turnable toward and away form the tubular body, to provide step-by-step an engagement of the lower end of the arm with the toothing, a disengagement of the lower arm with the toothing, and a subsequent engagement of the lower end of the arm with the toothing at a greater height to impart an ascending movement to the support means and thereby to the spiral for removing the cork.

Abstract: A spacer and method for facilitating removal of a cork from a bottle with a corkscrew. The spacer has a bottom surface that abuts the bottle, a top surface that abuts the bottom of a corkscrew, and a side opening that is sufficiently large to receive the cork. Once the corkscrew has been used to partially remove the cork, the spacer is placed around the exposed cork by pulling the body of the corkscrew away from the bottle while the screw is still inserted in the cork and inserting the spacer in the resulting space. Force is then reapplied to completely remove the cork from the bottle. One or more spacers may be attached to the corkscrew by a flexible cord for convenience. In one embodiment, a hinge mechanism interconnects a number of spacers of various thicknesses and opening sizes.

Abstract: A device to center and align to the wormscrew of a corkscrew the neck of a bottle of any diameter whatsoever from which the cork is to be extracted, wherein a receptacle cone is located at the base of a collection tube and is retractable with respect to the latter in order to allow the neck of a bottle to abut always centered against the base of the tube in order to have a constant and determinate abutment position to correctly remove the cork and to be able to determine precisely and in advance how much the wormscrew has to penetrate into the cork itself.