US 6,981,431 B2 | ||
Cork extractor for corks of bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, prosecco, cider or the like | ||
Ralph Krämer, Saarbrucken (Germany) | ||
Assigned to Fackelmann GmbH + Co., Hersbruck (Germany) | ||
Filed on Oct. 07, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/679,435. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 102 46 716 (DE), filed on Oct. 07, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0168552 A1, Sep. 02, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. B67B 7/16 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 81—3.56 | 8 Claims |
1. A cork extractor for corks of bottles, wherein a build-up portion of said cork surrounds a top end of a bottleneck of a bottle while a driving collar of the cork extractor engages a build-up portion of said cork from beneath for pulling out said cork, wherein the driving collar is liftable by means of an actuating lever in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the bottle relative to an abutment collar supported on the bottle, wherein said driving collar (8) is arranged on a first half-cylinder shell (1) and said abutment collar (10) is formed on a second, complementary half-cylinder shell (2), wherein each of said half-cylinder shells (1, 2) comprises a recess (12, 13) for enclosure of the build-up portion of said cork, wherein said driving collar (8) is liftable by means of said actuating lever for pulling out said cork while said cork is guided along said second half-cylinder shell (2) during lifting of the cork. |