Abstract: Disclosed is a corkscrew extraction of a cork from a neck of a bottle, including a body, a propping lever, an extraction screw for extraction of the cork, wherein the corkscrew is provided with an extension element of the extraction screw. An extraction method with two sub-phases of a cork from a neck of a bottle by continuous movement without interruptions is also disclosed.

Abstract: Tools (100) are provided for use in uncapping one or more of a plurality of linearly-oriented, spaced-apart tubes; each cap having a cap upper surface with a depression. The tools comprise a body (30) having first portion (40) for engagement by a user and a second portion (50) for engaging a plurality of caps. The second portion comprises a plurality of spaced-apart projections (60). Each projection is configured for releasably engaging a cap. The projection may comprise two or more spaced-apart projection elements (62,64). Optionally, the first portion is configured in a non-coplanar relationship with respect to the second portion. Methods of use are also provided.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a corkscrew (T) including a handle (100) to which are connected a worm (200) and two separate levers (300, 400) pivotably connected in a case on a single pin (A) secured to the handle and preformed to provide the two notches or two fulcra (310, 410) that are required in order to extract a cork (B) inserted in the neck (G) of a bottle, in two steps. Said corkscrew is characterized in that the two levers include two portions, the second portion (330) of the first lever (300) being preformed such as to be inserted in the second portion (430) of the second lever (400) and create a fulcrum on the neck (G) of the bottle when the corkscrew (T) passes from the first notch (310) to the second notch (410) such that said first notch (310) does not project in relation to the second notch (410) and said first notch (310) does not prevent said passing. The invention also relates to the method for using the corkscrew described above. The invention is useful for manufacturing corkscrews.

Abstract: A method and opener for creating openings in the sidewalls of bead seam containers, such as a pop-top can, to allow air to enter the container when the contents are poured is formed to include a mounting body (140). A seam engagement element (150) sized and shaped to fit the bead seam of a container and a piercing element (152) sufficient to pierce the sidewall of the container are positioned a predetermined distance from each other and in physical association with the mounting body (140) to pierce above the fill level of the container. The bead seam of a container may be inserted into the engagement element (150) creating a fulcrum, then rotated to engage the piercing element (152) to form an opening for air to enter the container when it is poured. These means may be mounted for stationary use (134) or have a handle attached (102) for portability.

Abstract: A sommelier's corkscrew having an elongated first shaft (1) hingedly connected at one end with a second shaft (2) including a tool (2.1) for opening crown caps and an extension (2.2) having a formed step adapted to engage the top edge of a bottle mouth during the corkscrew lifting step, and a helically shaped third shaft (3) hingedly connected to the first shaft. The corkscrew further includes a mechanical element (10, 20) adapted to engage the third shaft and actuate it automatically to move the third shaft from the closed position of the corkscrew, where the third shaft is contained between the first and second shafts, to the open position where the third shaft is substantially perpendicular to the first and second shafts aligned in the open position.

Abstract: A buckle release tool includes a housing element having a convex back surface ergonomically sized to conform to a human hand and a tool element. The housing element includes a rounded perimeter surface having several shallow slots. A tool element dome is provided on the front surface. The tool element dome includes a soft plastic tip surface. A seat belt cutter and a window hammer are housed in an embodiment of buckle release tool. A separate, storage element for the buckle release tool is provided.

Abstract: An improved corkscrew includes a unidirectional clutch mechanism that enables the user to grasp the corkscrew handle, place the screw tip impinging on the cork, and to rotate the handle reciprocally to advance the screw unidirectionally and embed it in the cork. The mechanism features a clutch spring that transfers rotation of the handle to the screw in one direction only, and rotates freely in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A tool (10) for removing a pour spout from the neck (22) of a bottle (20) has an elongate body with a first end (11) and a second end (13). Positioned at or near first end is an aperture (12) in communication with a channel extending toward the second end of the tool. The channel is substantially V-shaped in that a leading end of the channel is wider than the trailing end of the channel. The barrel of the pour spout becomes increasingly deformed, relative to its normal state, as it travels from the leading end of the channel towards the trailing end of the channel. A flange (32) of the pour spout may be bonded to the rim of an opening of the neck (22) of the bottle (20) by a dried liquid having a high sugar content, if the content of the bottle was such a liquid. The leading end of the channel further includes a pair of wedges (18) positioned to facilitate breaking such a bond. The wedges provide additional leverage in separating the pour spout from the bottle.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a champagne bottle opener, easy to use in application thereof, comprising a means which prevents the cork capsule (8) from shooting off after opening thereof, as a consequence of the carbon dioxide contained in the bottle and which is characterized in that it comprises a principal body (1) wherein one end has pivotably mounted a fork-shaped head (4), between whose arms (5) fits the projecting portion of the champagne bottle closure stopper (8); said fork-shaped element has a pointed part or points (6) for insertion in the cork and with a horn-like extension (2), which check the loop or ringpull (7) corresponding with the end of the wire enmeshing the projecting part of the capsule (8) for closing the bottle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a corkscrew (1), of the first-class lever type, designed so that once the screw (3) is driven into a cork (10) that is fully inserted into the neck of a bottle (12) and that free end (8) of short fulcrum (5) is placed on the bottle lip (11), a single hand (14) can hold the bottle neck (12) and the free end (2?) of the lever (2) simultaneously. A squeeze of one hand (14) will bring the free end (2?) of lever (2) against the bottle neck (12). The cork (10) is now raised an initial distance from its original position. The operation is repeated using long fulcrum (6) whose free end (9) is placed against the bottle lip (11). In this second position the free end (2?) of lever (2) and the bottle neck (12) are again within range of being grasped with one hand (14). A second squeeze of the hand (14) now moves the cork (10) the rest of the way out of the bottle neck (12).

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: A cap removal apparatus for a vacuum blood collection tube is configured to remove a cap from the collection tube of which an opening is closed by the cap so that the tube is kept under vacuum inside. The cap removal apparatus comprises, a tube clamping mechanism which clamps the collection tube upright in a cap removal position, a chuck mechanism which is disposed in the cap removal position and chucks the cap of the collection tube, seal pressure reduction unit which is disposed in the a chuck mechanism and configured to seal a region around the opening including the cap and reduce the pressure of the sealed region to substantially the same level as the internal pressure of the collection tube when the cap is chucked, and a lift mechanism which raises the chuck mechanism from a cap chucking position, thereby removing the cap from the collection tube.

Abstract: A corkscrew includes a handgrip (1), a screw (2) associated to the handgrip (1) by means of a first pivoting connection (3), and an arm (4, 4?) comprising first abutting members (5, 5?) and associated to the handgrip (1) by means of a second connection (21) that enables the arm (4, 4?) to rotate, with the arm (4, 4?) being further capable of performing a second movement relative to the handgrip (1). The inventive corkscrew is characterized in that it comprises elastic means (10) that are adapted to affect at least the second movement of the arm (4, 4?) so as to assist in pulling out a cork (7) from a bottle (6).

Abstract: A corkscrew includes a support member having two opposite sliding slots, a movable rod slidably mounted in the sliding slots of the support member, a resting member mounted on the support member, a screw member mounted on the support member, a cover mounted on the support member, and a pull handle pivotally mounted on the cover and formed with a tongue located between the sliding slots of the support member and the movable rod. Thus, the angle between the pull handle and the support member is adjustable, so that the user can pull the pull handle upward relative to the support member to pull the cork of the bottle upward successively until the cork is removed from the bottle so as to remove the cork from the bottle easily and conveniently.

Abstract: A can opener for a pull top-type can includes a body comprising a forward surface, a rear surface, and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is curved to define a rounded heel. The opener includes a starting notch and a finishing notch. The notches are both located along the front of the opener, and the finishing notch is spaced above the starting notch. The can opener is provided with a retainer to maintain the can lid on the opener after the lid has been removed from the can. The retainer can be a fixed or moveable retainer. The can opener can be provided with a vertically or horizontally cutting can opener mechanism to enable the opener to function as a dual purpose opener.

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.

Abstract: A flip-top can opener comprising: a length of rigid material; a wedge-shaped head located at a distill end of the length of rigid material; a hook located near the wedge-shaped head, and configured to engage an edge of a rim of a flip-top can such that when the flip-top can opener is pivoted about the edge of the can, the wedge-shaped head enlarges an opening of the flip-top can.

Abstract: A multifunctional container opener for opening a plurality of different containers, including a body that supports a template defining one or more pockets and a pill splitting tool and one or more compartments or pockets for capturing pieces of the split pill or tablet. The body may also support a variety of tools adapted for opening a container or accessing a container's contents. Such tools include tools for piercing, scoring, cutting or prying portions of the actual container or safety seals associated with the container. The body also supports a gripping device for frictionally engaging the cap or top of a container.

Abstract: A cork extractor includes a body having a pair of opposed side walls defining a gap therebetween and having a dimension that radially increases from a first end to a second end of the body. A hinge member is rotatably fixed at the first body end for turning about an axis, and a corkscrew is connected to the hinge member. The corkscrew is pivotable about the axis between a retracted position lying in the gap and an extended position for pulling a cork out from a bottle mouth upon the body being turned about the hinge member while bearing slidingly against the bottle mouth at a position sliding from its first end to its second end.

Abstract: A cork extractor includes a fulcrum element having two parallel side walls forming a channel therebetween with an open side and a closed side, the fulcrum element extending longitudinally at one end thereof to form a rim constructed and arranged to rest against a bottle neck. Each of the walls has a longitudinal slot formed therein between a first slot wall closer to the open side and substantially parallel to the side walls, and a second slot wall closer to the closed side, with a plurality of no more than three notches formed in the second slot wall distributed over the slot from a top end of the slot to a bottom end. These slots include a first notch at the slot end closer to the rim which includes a rounded bottom, and a second slot wall portion extended toward a mid-to upper-point of the first slot wall and a second notch having a rounded bottom. A lever having a pin at one end is freely slidable within the slot and which may be received in the notches to engage a selected one of the notches.

Abstract: The handle of a container opener has between its first and second end a pair of sidewalls. The handle has an underside with a concavity, a topside, and on the topside at the first end, a cap remover. A corkscrew and arm are each pivotally attached to the handle. The corkscrew can swing about a corkscrew axis between a deployed position and a stored position that is located between the sidewalls inside the concavity. The corkscrew in its stored position is shielded along at least most of its length. The corkscrew axis is closer to the second end than the first end. The arm can swing about an arm axis, which is closer than the corkscrew axis to the second end. The arm can operate as a fulcrum for the handle.

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.

Abstract: The seal removal tool quickly and easily removes wax seals or other wax-like materials utilized as seals or decorative adornment on narrow neck, stopper-closed bottles such as wine bottles and the like. Removal of the wax seal prior to extracting the bottle stopper eliminates contamination of the stopper-extracting device, typically a corkscrew, by all or a portion of the seal. The operation of the tool can be accomplished by persons of right-handed or left-handed dominance. Seal removal is accomplished by one or more sequential operations utilizing various unique elements of the tool.

Abstract: A flap pull tool used in conjunction with a separate closure in fastening containers having a pair of upper entry-exit flaps and at least one lower entry-exit flap. The closure includes an upper member, a lower member and a connector disposed between and attached to both the lower and upper member. In use the closure's connector is positioned between the container's closed upper flaps. The flap pull tool comprises an elongated arm having at one end a handle for gripping and at an opposite end a catch means for engaging a portion of the container's lower flap and lifting the lower flap against the closed upper flaps, at which point a portion of the closure's lower member is inserted beneath the lower flap. The lower flap is then released onto the lower member and the connector is moved against the edge of the lower flap, which is sufficient to fasten the container.

Abstract: A cork extractor includes a fulcrum element having two parallel side walls forming a channel therebetween with an open side and a closed side, the fulcrum element extending longitudinally at one end thereof to form a rim constructed and arranged to rest against a bottle neck. Each of the walls has a longitudinal slot formed therein between a first slot wall closer to the open side and substantially parallel to the side walls, and a second slot wall closer to the closed side, with a plurality of no more than three notches formed in the second slot wall distributed over the slot from a top end of the slot to a bottom end. These slots include a first notch at the slot end closer to the rim which includes a rounded bottom, and a second slot wall portion extended toward a mid- to upper-point of the first slot wall and a second notch having a rounded bottom. A lever having a pin at one end is freely slidable within the slot and which may be received in the notches to engage a selected one of the notches.

Abstract: This invention relates to a corkscrew (1), of the first-class lever type, designed so that once the screw (3) is driven into a cork (10) that is fully inserted into the neck of a bottle (12) and that free end (8) of short fulcrum (5) is placed on the bottle lip (11), a single hand (14) can hold the bottle neck (12) and the free end (2′) of the lever (2) simultaneously. A squeeze of one hand (14) will bring the free end (2′) of lever (2) against the bottle neck (12). The cork (10) is now raised an initial distance from its original position. The operation is repeated using long fulcrum (6) whose free end (9) is placed against the bottle lip (11). In this second position the free end (2′) of lever (2) and the bottle neck (12) are again within range of being grasped with one hand (14). A second squeeze of the hand (14) now moves the cork (10) the rest of the way out of the bottle neck (12).

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable cork-screw provided with conventional spiral extraction means (1) which is hinged by means of a pin (4) to a planar part (2) constitutive of the cork screw body, in a position displaced towards one of its ends, the part being provided with two recess (5, 6) in opposite edges; one recess (5) is proximate to the articulation of the spiral (1); a second part (3) is hinged to the end of the part (2) which is closer to the pin (4); the second part (3) is formed by a first cylindrical portion (3a) which is hinged at a first end to the part (2) by means of a pin (7) and is rotationally joined by its other end to a second cylindrical portion (3a); the final section of said second portion is lowered to form a first curved portion having the shape of a tile; said first portion (3a) has a longitudinal opening which is slightly longer than the distance existing between the recess (5) and the hinge pin (7) of the second part (3).

Abstract: The corkscrew for a wine steward is of the type which contains a helicoidal body (1) to be inserted in the cap of a bottle to be opened, this body being hinged to an element (2) of lengthened shape. The main feature of the invention resides in the fact that it also contains an apparatus (4) which is common to devices of this type, capable of opening caps having a crown and an extension (7), which substantially extends for the entire length of element (2), is hinged (7′) to the apparatus (4). This extension makes it easier substantially for the user the operation of raising the cap and also allows the operator to open the bottle without touching with his hands the mouth of the bottle.

Abstract: Improved corkscrew formed by a metal structure wherein a stop part rests on an bottle outlet, the stop part composed of two parts which are telescopically coupled and which can be locked into an extended position by means of a retaining element actuated by a flexible pusher thereby facilitating a progressive bearing position when removing a cork from said bottle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening containers and reducing waste from containers are described. The apparatus includes an opener device and a puncture device. The opener device facilitates the removal of a lid from a container without damaging the lid or the containers. The puncture device is capable of creating one or more holes in the container channel of the container to allow liquid trapped in the container channel to drain back into the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable cork-screw provided with a conventional spiral-shaped extraction means which is articulated to the body in a position offset towards one of its extremities, said body having a C-shaped cross-section, and having in one of its walls a circular recess with two cutting protuberances in spaced longitudinal positions, said protuberances being usable as a crown cork lifter, and presenting at said extremity which is closer to the spiral a pair of arms which are hinged to a same pin and having substantially different lengths; the two arms are provided at their respective extremities with stepped portions so that they can bear against the upper edge of the neck of the bottle; the longer arm has a wide opening traversed by the shorter arm.

Abstract: The corkscrew for a wine steward is of the type which contains a helicoidal body (1) to be inserted in the cap of a bottle to be opened, this body being hinged to an element (2) of lengthened shape. The main feature of the invention resides in the fact that it also contains an apparatus (4) which is common to devices of this type, capable of opening caps having a crown and an extension (7), which substantially extends for the entire length of element (2), is hinged (7′) to the apparatus (4). This extension makes it easier substantially for the user the operation of raising the cap and also allows the operator to open the bottle without touching with his hands the mouth of the bottle.

Abstract: This corkscrew consists of a main body (1) fitted to a foldable blade (7) to open bottles, a helicoidal screw (2) and a guide (4) over which is fitted a detachable arm (3) having an end nail (3a) providing a point of support over the bottle neck during uncorking. The arm (3) may be placed, with the aid of a curved retainer (5) and helicoidal spring (6), in a front or rear position.

Abstract: A manually operated corkscrew for removing a stopper from a mouth of a bottle is described. The corkscrew includes a body and a support arm, with an edge, pivotally connected to the body. A ringlet, for removable insertion into the stopper, is pivotally connected to the body adjacent to where the body and support arm are pivotally connected. A mechanism, providing at least two intermediate and graduated points along the edge of the support arm for engagement with the mouth of the bottle to permit removal of the stopper without having to further insert the ringlet into the stopper is also provided.