Pressurized device for uncorking bottles

• US 3,085,454 A
• Filed: 11/16/1961
• Issued: 04/16/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George J. Federighi
• Original Assignee: George J. Federighi
• Inventors: Federighi, George J.
• Application Number:
  US04/152,840
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• US Class Current: 81/3.2
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/08 using air or gas pressure

Claims

3. IN A PRESSURIZED DEVICE FOR UNCORKING BOTTLES:

A TUBULAR HOLDER DEFINING A BORE AND A BASE;

A CONTAINER ENCLOSING A PRESSURIZED NON-MEDICATED NON-TOXIC GAS;

AN OUTLET TUBE MOUNTED ON AND CARRIED BY AN END OF SAID CONTAINER, A DISPENSING VALVE MOUNTED IN SAID END OF THE CONTAINER AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OUTLET TUBE FOR SEALING SAID OUTLET TUBE AGAINST THE ESCAPEMENT OF GAS FROM THE CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER AND OUTLET TUBE AND DISPENSING VALVE POSITIONED AS A UNIT WITHIN SAID HOLDER AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSED BY SAID HOLDER WITH SAID OUTLET TUBE ENGAGING SAID BASE, SAID CONTAINER BEING GUIDED BY THE HOLDER FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE BORE OF SAID HOLDER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID BASE, A TUBULAR NEEDLE HAVING AN UPPER END ANCHORED TO THE BASE;

THE NEEDLE PROJECTING BELOW THE BASE, AND BEING MADE TO BE PUSHED THROUGH A CORK IN A BOTTLE CONTAINING LIQUID;

THE NEEDLE COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTLET TUBE TO RECEIVE GAS THEREFROM, AND BEING MADE TO DELIVER THE GAS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BOTTLE BELOW THE CORK TO RAISE THE CORK RELATIVE TO THE BOTTLE;

SAID OUTLET TUBE ENGAGING SAID BASE UPON THE INWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CONTAINER WITHIN THE HOLDER TO UNSEAT SAID DISPENSING VALVE FOR DISCHARGE OF THE GAS, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OUTLET TUBE FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE WHEN THE CONTAINER IS MOVED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION;

THE CONTAINER HAVING AN UPPER END PROJECTING ABOVE THE TOP OF THE TUBULAR HOLDER SO AS TO BE EXPOSED FOR BEING DEPRESSED BY AN OPERATOR SO AS TO OPEN THE DISPENSING VALVE MEANS.