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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1981
Herbert Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Hallen Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a cork extractor including a corkscrew and a guide receiving the corkscrew and permitting longitudinal and rotative movement of the corkscrew. A bottle-engaging device is connected to the guide for positioning the guide and corkscrew in generally coaxial alignment with the neck of the bottle, and this device includes a stop for limiting downward movement of the guide with respect to the bottle. Spacers interconnect the guide and the bottle-engaging device to space the guide upwardly from the bottle-engaging device. The spacers also define an opening for receipt of the cork as it emerges from the bottle. The invention further includes catches adjacent the spacers in the opening engageable with the cork as it emerges from the bottle to prevent rotation of the cork. An abutment carried by the corkscrew limits downward movement of the corkscrew with respect to the guide.