Corkscrew with lever

• US 10,640,352 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PSP
• Original Assignee: PSP
• Inventors: Gourand, Thierry
• Primary Examiner(s): Aviles, Orlando E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Neibaur, Robert F
• Application Number:
  US15/779,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20180346304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 81 347, 81 309, 81 335, 81 355, 7152, 7155, 7154, 7151, 7156
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/0423 of wine-waiter, i.e. sommelier type
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/0429 having means for varying the effective lever arm length

Abstract

The corkscrew with lever includes a spiral mounted rotating on a zone of a handle between an end segment and a maneuvering segment, and a telescoping arm having a first element mounted rotating on the end segment and a second element, having an upper end and a lower end, mounted sliding in the first element between an idle position and a second position. The lower edge of the lower end of said second element is provided to bear on the neck of a bottle. The end segment defines a circular cam having, as center, the second axis and able to act on the upper end of the second element, which is connected to the second axis using a return member. In a usage position of the corkscrew, its upper end is continuously kept in contact with the cam and its lower end extends continuously outside the first element.

Claims

1. A corkscrew comprising:

a handle comprised of an end segment with an end edge and a maneuvering segment opposite said end segment,

wherein said handle is comprised of an intermediate zone having a first axis, said intermediate zone being between said end segment and said maneuvering segment, said first axis being perpendicular to said handle, and

wherein said end segment is comprised of a circular cam having a second axis centered on said circular cam, said second axis being perpendicular to said handle;

a spiral rotatably mounted at said first axis; and

a telescoping arm being comprised of a first element having an upper part and a lower part opposite said upper part, and a second element having an upper end, a lower end opposite said upper end, and a lower edge at said lower end,

wherein said first element is rotatably mounted rotating on said second axis,

wherein said second element is in sliding engagement with said first element,

wherein said second element has an idle position within said first element, said lower edge a first distance-from said second axis,

wherein said second element has a usage position within said first element, said lower edge at a second distance from said second axis, said second distance being greater than said first distance from said second axis in said idle position, so as to bear said lower edge on a neck of a bottle, said second element being movable between said idle position and said usage position,

wherein said upper end of said second element contacts said circular cam in said idle position and in said usage position,

wherein a return member connects said upper end to said second axis, and

wherein said lower end extends outward from said first element in said idle position and in said usage position.

2. The corkscrew, according to claim 1, wherein said circular cam comprises a first curve with a constant radius and a second curve with an increasing radius, said first curve being between said intermediate zone and said second curve, said second curve being between said first curve and said end edge.

3. The corkscrew, according to claim 2, wherein said circular cam further comprises a stop formed in an extension of said second curve.

4. The corkscrew, according to claim 1, wherein said return member is an extension spring.

5. The corkscrew, according to claim 1, wherein said second element is U-shaped and comprises two side wings bordering a bottom,

wherein each side wing, has a V-shaped cutout so as to form said lower edge, and

wherein said upper end of said second element is comprised of at least one tooth extending from said bottom and said side wings toward said circular cam, said at least one tooth contacting said circular cam.

6. The corkscrew, according to claim 5, wherein said second element comprises a notch formed in at least one side wing, said return member connecting to said notch and said second axis.

7. The corkscrew, according to claim 1, wherein said spiral comprises an upper part with a rectangular section connected to said first axis, and a side face oriented toward said telescoping arm, and

wherein said upper part is comprised of a groove with a groove axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of said spiral, and an inlet opening formed in said side face.

8. The corkscrew, according to claim 7, wherein said groove is U-shaped and is comprised of a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom between said front wall and said rear wall,

wherein said front wall is connected to an upper zone of said side face by an oblique surface forming an angle smaller than 90°

with said front wall.

9. The corkscrew, according to claim 7, wherein said rear wall of said groove is connected to a lower zone of said side face by another oblique surface forming an angle greater than 90°

with said rear wall.

10. The corkscrew, according to claim 7, wherein said second element is U-shaped and comprises two side wings bordering a bottom,

wherein each side wing has a V-shaped cutout so as to form said lower edge,

wherein said upper end of said second element is comprised of at least one tooth extending from said bottom and said side wings toward said circular cam, said at least one tooth contacting said circular cam, and

wherein said second element of said telescoping arm comprises a side axis extending between said two side wings.