Having Discrete Relatively Movable Portions Patents (Class 81/3.56)
  • Patent number: 10023452
    Abstract: A bottle opener apparatus has an inner body collar configured to rest on a top portion of a bottle placed within the bottle opener an outer body collar slidably connected to the inner body collar, with one or more springs attached to the inner body collar and the outer body collar, the one or more springs configured to be compressed or released when the outer collar slides relative to the inner collar and one or more levers pivotably attached the outer collar, the one or more levers configured to remove a bottle cap from the bottle and eject the bottle cap into the air when the outer collar slides relative to the inner collar in an ejection movement. One or more sensors are configured to collect data when the bottle is placed within the inner collar and a transmitter is configured to transmit the collected data to an external receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Clinton Graham
  • Patent number: 8950030
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert M. Kristiansen, Michael Tornabe
  • Patent number: 8671802
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Chikamitsu Takagi
  • Publication number: 20130312573
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Chikamitsu TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 8484785
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert M. Kristiansen, Michael Tornabe
  • Publication number: 20100078404
    Abstract: A bottle opener for a closure cap for a bottle neck, includes a hood equipped with a first hook including a contact surface with a lower surface of the closure cap, and a transmission lever hinged onto the hood and provided with a gripping section and a working section able to come to bear against an upper surface of the closure cap. It is also provided with two other hooks which include a contact surface with the lower surface and which are offset in the circumferential direction on both sides of the position diametrically opposite the first hook, by an angle of less than 90°, typically ranging between 40° and 80°, and preferably ranging between 40° and 50°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING CAPSULES
    Inventors: Jacques Barange, Jerome Collard, Christian Gonzalez, Laurent Hainon, Nicolas Leduc, Philippe Christophe
  • Publication number: 20090133537
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Rick A. Uglum
  • Patent number: 7490534
    Abstract: A cork extractor for removing a cork from a bottle includes a first gripping member and a second gripping member having flanges that engage the bottle and sliding jaw members that grip a portion of the cork extending out from the neck of the bottle. The jaws slide in a channel defined in the head portions of each of the opposing gripping members. An extractor lever is connected to the sliding jaws and includes a contact plate that is positioned over the cork to prevent the cork from ejecting from the bottle in an uncontrolled manner. The extractor lever is pivotally connected to one of the gripping members for moving the jaws. A locking mechanism fixes the position of the first and second gripping members when the handles are closed to engage the cork and bottle. A method for removing a cork from a bottle using the cork extractor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jorge Hine, Claudio Alvarez
  • Patent number: 7373858
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventor: Kerry L. Hawkins
  • 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: 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: 7124663
    Abstract: A bottle opener includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an engaging section. The second member comprises a cap-removal portion and a grip portion. One of the first member and the second member includes two slots defined therein. An axle is slidably extended through the slots for pivotally connecting the first member and the second member. The engaging section engages with a portion of a circumferential end edge of a cap of a bottle to be opened. The grip portion of the second member is movable relative to the cap to a position for engaging with another portion of the circumferential end edge of the cap opposite to the portion of the circumferential end edge of the cap, thereby allowing removal of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Inventor: Huang-Lin Wang
  • Patent number: 7114233
    Abstract: A device for facilitating the separation and removal of an engine cover from a sealing surface on an engine. The engine cover puller may reduce or eliminate the deformation of an engine cover during its removal and allows for its potential reuse. In addition, the engine cover puller may reduce or eliminate the damage to the sealing surfaces between the engine cover and the engine that may occur during an engine cover removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Barry Lynn Wyrick, Billy Wayne Overman, Bruce Moore
  • Patent number: 7013771
    Abstract: A detachment tool for a pipe clamping strap detachment tool includes a support seat, a fixed jaw, a movable member including a base plate and a movable jaw, and a threaded rod. Thus, the two ear plates of the pipe clamping strap are supported by the fixed jaw and the movable jaw of the movable member rigidly and stably without slip during the detachment process of the pipe clamping strap, thereby facilitating a user detaching the pipe from the pipe clamping strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: Pi-Liang Wu
  • Patent number: 6981431
    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
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Fackelmann GmbH + Co.
    Inventor: Ralph Krämer
  • Patent number: 6854361
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Dale W. Vandergaw
  • Patent number: 6799491
    Abstract: A jar opening aide employs a lever action for lifting a lower peripheral lip portion of a jar sealing lid, defeating the sealing of an interior of the jar, and compromising any vacuum present within the jar. The jar opening aide may be structured as an elongated member having a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The first end includes a lid engaging portion for contacting and engaging the lower peripheral lip portion of the jar sealing lid, enabling an upward force to be applied for lifting the peripheral lip portion and defeating the seal. A user adjustable fulcrum mechanism, which is coupled to the middle portion, is adjustable by a user so that the jar opening aide may be used with jar sealing lids of differing vertical heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: Nicole Elizabeth Crowley
  • Patent number: 6786113
    Abstract: A ring opener for opening tab-top cans and capped containers having a lip portion for removing a container tab when engaged with the container tab, and a tooth portion for removing a container cap from the container's mouth when applied to the container cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Nicholas Brailsford, Ivan Romero Mendez
  • Publication number: 20040168552
    Abstract: In a corkscrew 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 lifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Fackelmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Ralph Kramer
  • Patent number: 6752042
    Abstract: A tool designed to remove a primer cap from a muzzleloader, the cap popper comprises a pair of flat blades joined with a hinge. A first end of the cap popper is wedged between the gun nipple and the primer cap. The other ends of the cap popper blades are then squeezed together by the user, forcing the primer cap off the nipple. A built-in cap holder is supplied to hold fresh primer caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Dawson/Dawson/Biglin Partnership
    Inventor: Phillip R. Dawson
  • Patent number: 6341694
    Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed having a number of packages, a storage tray for containing the number of packages, and an instrument having functional extensions designed to engage, grasp, or mate with an opening formed on the package. Each package is formed of sterilizable packaging material, encloses a sterile item, and has an opening formed on the packaging material for receiving the instrument. An operator carrying out a surgical procedure, using a conventional aseptic surgical technique, uses the instrument to pick up, manipulate, and open the package to deliver the sterile item for use during the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventor: J. S. Andrew Dawood