CN1413165A

CN1413165A - Hand-held electricity powered corkscrew

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Publication number: CN1413165A
Application number: CN00817799.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: D·尼科里
Original assignee: Moulinex SA
Current assignee: SEB SA; Moulinex SA
Priority date: 1999-10-25
Filing date: 2000-07-13
Publication date: 2003-04-23
Also published as: AU6832400A; WO2001030684A1; CA2388633A1; ATE258901T1; EP1227997B1; DE60008131D1; EP1227997A1; DE60008131T2

Abstract

A hand-held electrically powered corkscrew having a tubular body portion (5) with a longitudinal axis and a handle (4) extending laterally therefrom, said body portion having an outer barrel (36) to receive the neck of a bottle in entered relation therein; a rotatable cork auger (10) means substantially co-extensive and co-axial with said barrel, wherein said handle is inclined from said body portion at an angle to the longitudinal axis less than 90 degrees to afford comfortable ergonomic use of the corkscrew.

Description

Hand-held electricity powered corkscrew

Present invention relates in general to a kind ofly remove the corkscrew of bottle stopper, relate in particular to hand-held electricity powered corkscrew from bottle.

Become known for removing the different electricity powered corkscrew of bottle stopper from bottle.The case description of these application is in following US Patent:

In January, 1987 Bertram U.S. Patent No. 4,637,283;

September nineteen ninety Chiang U.S. Patent No. 4,955,261;

In January, 1992 Spencer U.S. Patent No. 5,079,975;

In March, 1992 people such as Bocsi U.S. Patent No. 5,095,778;

In December, 1994 Federighi U.S. Patent No. 5,372,054;

In April, 1996 Brockington U.S. Patent No. 5,503,047;

In March, 1998 May U.S. Patent No. 5,724,869;

Yet, be described in the corkscrew of being recommended in these patents and have many reductions it realizes the defective of the possibility of business success.

At Bertram (' 283) situation under, this device is by self-contained battery power supply, and needs to use the power lead of an inconvenience.In addition, unless near a battery socket, then avoid using this device.Sleeve withdrawal shell generation operator's finger is clipped in the attendant risks between these moving-members.The outer surface of non-integral has increased the difficulty of clearing up this device.Except catch the outer surface that the handle that is fit to human engineering is not set on it by the operator, the device of being recommended does not have opposing is produced moment of torsion by corkscrew device.

At Chiang (' 261) situation under, battery case and handle have the heaviest profile and size, the utmost point is not suitable for easy fixing and grasping, outshot or corkscrew conduit from the right angle that battery case/handle stretches out makes this device be not suitable for human engineering simultaneously, wherein need the user to stride across the bottle that to open and stand, and its handle approximate horizontal ground on the direction of an inconvenience extends.The planetary configuration of gear reduction right and wrong of being recommended needs high-capacity gear case for realizing required gear reduction ratio.Sleeve withdrawal shell generation operator's finger is clipped in the attendant risks between these moving-members.The outer surface of non-integral has increased the difficulty of clearing up this device.

Spencer (' 975), Brockington (' 047) and people's (' 778 such as Bosci) in the patent, each provides the leader part, this handle portion comprises that one is oriented in and the axially aligned battery case of operating position of device separately.This layout also is not suitable for human engineering except causing this to install the unsuitable length, also need the enough grasps handle tightly of user simultaneously so that provide the moment of torsion of required necessity to compensate the reactive torque that is penetrated and extracted out the action generation of bottle stopper by the uncork corkscrew.In addition, the user must place their operator with a uncommon posture above this bottle.As above-mentioned, sleeve withdrawal shell generation operator's finger is clipped in the attendant risks between these moving-members.The outer surface of non-integral has increased the difficulty of clearing up this device.

Federighi (' 054) design and a manual paillon foil cutter of installing on recommendation one platform.

May (' 869) recommends one without any being used for the cylindrical appliance that the operator resists the device of corkscrew moment of torsion.In addition, it is recommended in voltage transformer and the battery pack of a 100V AC on this handle assembly top to 6V, causes huge and the design of top heavy weight.The design of being recommended does not indicate gear reduction between motor and corkscrew, be comfortable hand-held therefore, and having enough moments of torsion may be unaccommodated huge so that extract the motor of the whole length of bottle stopper out.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of in light weight and compact electricity powered corkscrew device, when its bevelled handle helps to operate this device is applied steady torque power immediately.Its portable performance meanwhile has the dismantled and assembled battery pack that is stored in the handle to be improved by collinear placement, epicyclic gear box, the corkscrew of fractional motor.

Device of the present invention provides the characteristics of many human engineering, comprising:

The transparent window of the every side lower part of shell makes the operator can see the position of this bottle stopper during extracting out and ejecting;

One is arranged to and corkscrew axis handle at angle, make the operator be easy to resist reactive torque, design this handle and make and to use this device in the standing place, bottle is supported on bar desk or the desk from this device, perhaps use, bottle is supported on the desk in the position of taking one's seat;

One drives the switch that bottle stopper was extracted and ejected to this motor out, and it is positioned at, and making goes smoothly needn't remove the position that just can start from this handle, and

One unsplit casing of clearing up easily, this shell can be pulled down so that take out the arbitrary bottle stopper fragment that drops from a bottle stopper on this driven unit and handle easily.

Device of the present invention provides many safe characteristics, comprising:

Anti-child's end cap;

One recessed or with this device outer shape consistent single fire switch, it can not connected by being not intended to press lip-deep switch;

One automatic power-off switch, and

One prevents to clamp the unsplit casing of operator's finger, if the grasping on bottleneck of operator's another hand is too high, this shell is as the mobile security protective device of pushing this hand open.

Main design and its operating feature comprise:

One comprises the handle of rechargeable dismantled and assembled battery pack;

This handle be arranged to casing at angle, this casing comprises a motor, gear case and a corkscrew mechanism, motor torsional moment/speed characteristic, gear case reduction ratio and battery component are designed to can open between this each time of battery pack charging the bottle more than 150, and reduce the total weight and volume of this device simultaneously as far as possible.

This handle setting is at angle so that the operator resists the moment of torsion that is produced by this device easily;

This motor drives an auger device by a two-stage epicyclic gear box, and this device is coaxial with this motor, and is applied to by the operator on the bottle stopper of the bottle that will open;

One corkscrew meshes this bottle stopper, meanwhile this shell is pulled to the top of this bottle top, then pulls out bottle stopper from this bottleneck.This bottle stopper is further pulled out in it remains on an inner sleeve of auger assembly from this bottle;

The operator can observe the process that this bottle stopper is extracted out by the transparent window of this corkscrew package shell sidepiece;

When the operator remains on " extraction " position with this switch, this bottle stopper continues to be driven that upwards (rotation of bottle stopper is limited by the inside axial projections that several (preferably 3 or 4) are fixed on the inner sleeve in axial sliding along the auger assembly, the contacts side surfaces of this sleeve and bottle stopper), touch a micro-switch up to this bottle stopper, at first, this bottle stopper stops this motor when some when reaching near the end of this auger, motor actuator is switched to be bonded on " ejection " or opposite sense, eject this bottle stopper so this auger rotates in the opposite direction.In extraction, a pair of small guide spring is compressed by the motion of this inner sleeve, the ejection of these these bottle stoppers of spring supports, and guarantee its mouth limit at this auger assembly.This is designed to adjust the axis of this device and the mis-aligned of this bottle axis to spring, also is provided at the power of the equilibrium on the inner sleeve.

Except main corkscrew device, also have two annexes that are associated:

One electricity in the common foil lid of burgundy bottle top enforcement cut-out drives annex.This paillon foil cutter can be connected the end of this corkscrew handle.It provides an independent motor-driven sealing cutter, and this cutter comprises a pair of mutually radially opposite, the blade that extends internally.Sealing cutter device is by being stored in battery-powered in this corkscrew handle.

One battery-recharging device.This device provides a holder that keeps an independent battery pack in recharging process.This device combines with a whole AC plug, voltage transformer, diode assembly, overcurrent protector and other charge rate that is fit to control electronic components.One little charge condition indicator lamp is combined in the front portion of this device and charges so that indicate whether this battery.

Description of drawings

Some embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and not as restriction of the present invention, accompanying drawing comprises:

Fig. 1 is fixed on transparent view on the charger according to the present invention's one corkscrew;

Fig. 2 is the not cross sectional view of this charger of corkscrew of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the partial cross section view of corkscrew among Fig. 2;

Fig. 4,5 and 6 expresses a series of cross sectional view of corkscrew of the present invention when this bottle stopper begins to engage and extract out thereafter;

Fig. 7 is that a perspective representation goes out a battery pack is installed in this corkscrew handle;

Fig. 8 is a corkscrew of the present invention and just like the transparent view of the associated accessory of paillon foil cutter;

Fig. 9 is the cross sectional view of this paillon foil cutter;

Figure 10 is the enlarged perspective of charger among Fig. 1;

Figure 11 is a charger front, perspective view among Figure 10.

With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, electronic hand-held bottle stopper is drilled with a tubular body portion 5 and the handle 4 from its horizontal expansion that has a longitudinal axis, described base portion 5 has urceolus 36, be used for to insert that wherein relation holds that bottle neck 30 and rotatable bottle stopper auger device 10 are roughly together extended with described urceolus and coaxial at the free open of one end.Base portion 5 has prismatic cylindrical urceolus.

According to the present invention, handle 4 tilts so that provide this corkscrew to meet the comfortable use of human engineering to longitudinal axis less than 90 ° of angles from described base portion with one.

Illustrate as Fig. 2 is more special, handle 4 is installed on the end of tubular body 5, and the angle [alpha] of itself and longitudinal axis is in 46 ° to 89 ° scope.More particularly, this angle in 60 ° to 75 ° scope and for this angle of use of better meeting human engineering be about 70 °.

With reference to figure 2 and 7, handle 4 is tubulose and the supply unit that contains for example dismantled and assembled battery pack 21 equally.This battery pack is simply had contact with 18 fix in position by one, and this has contact with on the end that is positioned at the flexible and extendable portion of cantilever that extends to this battery pack end cap, and is bonded on the 3A place, position of handle 4.

As shown in Figure 2, base portion 5 comprises an electro-motor 3, and this motor drives auger device 10 by a gear case 3 '.This gear case is a two-stage planetary gear, and wherein motor pinion 7 meshes with the input stage 8 of planetary reduction gear, this planetary reduction gear itself and 9 engagements of output stage assembly.This gear case is contained in the gear-box case 17 that is fixed on tube-like envelope 5.

This output stage assembly 9 is directly connected on the auger device 10.Described bottle stopper auger device is usually spiral-shaped and installs along the spindle axis of corkscrew.

In addition, the urceolus 36 of base portion 5 comprises at least one transparent window 36 ', can see its position from this window in the process that this bottle stopper is extracted out and ejected.Preferably have two relative transparent windows 36 '.

According to another feature of the present invention, base portion 5 is included in the bottle stop motion mechanism in the described urceolus.Described bottle stop motion mechanism axially movably is installed in the described urceolus 36 along a preset distance.

More with particular reference to Fig. 3, described bottle stop motion mechanism comprises the bottle stopper restraint device that combines, this bottle stopper restraint device is positioned at described urceolus 36 inside, so as this bottle stopper thrust by auger device 10 and gear-meshing time limit system bottle stopper with respect to the rotation of described urceolus.

This bottle stop motion mechanism comprises an inner core 38, and this inner core is positioned at urceolus 36 and can moves axially therein.For obtaining this move, this bottle stop motion mechanism comprises that one is made of a tongue 54 and a groove 56, and the connecting device 52 between inner core 38 and urceolus 36, so that preventing that roughly it from counterrotatingly allowing moving to axial therebetween simultaneously.This bottle stop motion mechanism comprises that not only inner core 38 also comprises vertical thrust piece 43 of a flange shape, upwards slides into the halt point that is denoted as X among Fig. 4 to 6 in the circular recess 45 of this thrust piece in gear casing 17.

In the structure of representing in these figure, this bottle stop motion mechanism is also formed by the axial outer end portion 40 of described inner core 38.Described end 40 preferably has conical inlet, and the crown part 31 by this inlet bottle neck can be centered in the urceolus 36.

This inner core and especially outer end 40 form taper shape at 42 places, so that a circular cone guide surface is provided, bottle stopper 16 enters the cavity 46 of inner core 38 by this surface.

The cavity 46 of described bottle stopper restraint device comprises at least two axially extended projections 48, and they are with the cylindrical outer surface of the opposite relation contact bottle stopper 16 of diameter, and described projection has little height, and guiding is mobile vertically therein so that allow bottle stopper.

Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, this bottle stopper restraint device comprises compression spring device 57-58, and this device extends axially with the off-centre relation therein with respect to inner core 38 and urceolus 36, and is connected with described inner core with the relation that stops rotation.Eccentric spring installation comprises a pair of compression spring, and each spring has and passes the guide rod 58 that wherein extends.Guide rod 58 is fixed on an end of gear-box case 17 and stretches out in the recess 59 so that prevent the rotation of described inner core extending axially of inner core 38.

In a preferred embodiment, this corkscrew comprises an automatic power-off switch 14, and this switch is positioned near the gear-box case 17 internal tooth roller box end caps.When having moved to should cut off the power supply automatically when it extracts the position out fully, this bottle stopper has the effect that stops electro-motor 3.

For improving the ergonomic shape that meets of this corkscrew, a single reversible actuator switch 2 is provided, this switch preferably on the centre portion 60 between handle 4 and the base portion 5, makes that hand need not be removed this handle just can start.In Fig. 7 and 8, we can see the actuator of the mark that has two printings, and this mark indicates auger 10 with first direction and rightabout rotation.

In addition, with reference to figure 2 and 7, this base portion just its free open is equipped with an end over cap 6 and comprises a safety joint, and this joint has need press and rotate the characteristic of release simultaneously.This safety joint has been used in anti-child's medical container.

For helping the use of this corkscrew, shown in Fig. 8 and 9, be provided with one and be connected to the paillon foil cutter assembly 22 that has the bayonet type assembly on handle 4 free ends, and comprise the cutter blade 24 that a pair of mutual diameter extends internally on the contrary, this blade is made by the flexure spring steel.Preferably, blade 24 is driven by electro-motor 23.In the selected embodiment that does not represent in the accompanying drawings, this blade can be fixed on the recess of the free end that is positioned at handle 4.

Consider that supply unit has adopted removable battery pack 21, and with reference to figure 1,10 and 11, corkscrew of the present invention also comprises a recharging device 12, and this device has a main body and a pair of being used for of holding described corkscrew with stationary battery charging relation this recharger and corkscrew are hung on a plug homalocephalus 66 that is installed in the standard electrical receptacle on the wall.This main body has semicircle horizontal expansion recess 68 so that hold bevelled handle 4 and be complementary with it.Like this, handle 4 is fixed on this recharging device 12 to accept the charging relation by a pair of elasticity charging conversion contact 18.

Of the present inventionly use and operate

In first step, during operation, at first, remove the paillon foil over cap from the crown part 33 of bottle neck 30 by using paillon foil cutter assembly 22 and fire switch 2 to implement, then, remove child's over cap 6 and paillon foil cutter assembly 22.

With reference to figure 4 to 6, this set of diagrams is represented the operation in tandem stage of this electricity powered corkscrew again.Fig. 4 represents that this device is positioned at the top of bottle 15, and this bottle has the bottle stopper 16 that will extract out.Fig. 5 represents the F/s that this bottle stopper is extracted out.Behind fire switch 2, auger 10 inserts this bottle stopper, and this bottle is drawn in urceolus 36 and compression spring 57.This will last till that inner core 38 (X point in Fig. 4) contacts with the gear-box case 17 of axial restraint.At this point, auger 10 continues rotation and extract bottle stopper 16 out from bottle 15.The initial rotation of bottle stopper limits by the internal pressure on the bottle.The further extraction of this bottle stopper makes this bottle stopper contact with the inner projection 48 of two axial location, thereby prevents any rotation of this bottle stopper with respect to inner core 38 and urceolus 36.Fig. 6 express this bottle stopper 16 extract out from bottle fully and moved up along auger 10 up to the position of this bottle stopper after automatic power-off switch 14 contacts.This switch is breaking at the electric current of the motor of extracting direction forward out.After motor 3 stopped, operator's switching actuator switch 2 also made the hand of rotation of auger 10 reverse, makes this bottle stopper eject from this corkscrew.

Because the tubular structure of the compactness of inclination handle 4 and this main body, the steady torsional forces that is applied on this handle when operation.

Claims

1. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew has the tubular body portion that has longitudinal axis and from the handle of its horizontal expansion, and described base portion has one and holds the urceolus of bottle neck with the relation of entering; The bottle stopper auger device of one rotation is roughly together extended and coaxial with described cylindrical shell, and wherein said handle is less than 90 ° angle tilt so that provide this corkscrew to meet the comfortable use of human engineering with this longitudinal axis from described base portion with one.

2. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this angle is arranged in 46 ° to 89 ° the scope.

3. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, this angle is about 70 °.

4. as the described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that this base portion comprises a plurality of bottle stop motion mechanisms in described urceolus.

5. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described bottle stop motion mechanism axially movably is installed in the described urceolus along a preset distance.

6. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, this base portion comprises a bottle stopper restraint device, and this bottle stopper restraint device is positioned at described urceolus inside, so as this bottle stopper thrust by described auger and gear-meshing time limit system bottle stopper with respect to the rotation of described urceolus.

7. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described bottle restraint device comprises an inner core, this inner core is positioned at described urceolus, can move axially therein, and comprise tongue and groove connecting device between this inner core and this urceolus, so that preventing that roughly it from counterrotatingly allowing moving to axial therebetween simultaneously, described inner core comprises that one upwards slides into vertical thrust piece of halt point X in a recess, and constitutes the part of this bottle stop motion mechanism.

8. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described bottle stop motion mechanism is also formed by the axial outer end portion of described inner core.

9. as claim 7 or 8 described hand-held electricity powered corkscrews, it is characterized in that, described bottle stopper restraint device comprises compression spring device, and this device extends axially with the off-centre relation therein with respect to described inner core and urceolus, and is connected with described inner core with the relation that prevents to rotate.

10. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described eccentric spring installation comprises the compression spring that separates on a pair of diameter, each spring has and passes wherein the guide rod that extends, and described guide rod stretches out in the recess so that prevent the rotation of described inner core extending axially of described inner core.

11. as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 6 to 10, it is characterized in that, described bottle stopper restraint device comprises at least two in its cavity described projection has little height with the axially extended projection of the opposite relation of diameter, so that allow the guiding bottle stopper to move along its axis.

12. a hand-held electricity powered corkscrew has the tubular body portion that has longitudinal axis and from the handle of its horizontal expansion, described base portion has a urceolus; One rotation bottle stopper auger device is roughly together extended with described cylindrical shell and is coaxial, wherein said handle is angle tilt less than 90 ° from described base portion with one with this longitudinal axis, wherein said handle be tubulose and comprise the supply unit of detachable battery group for example, and described base portion comprises an electro-motor, and this motor drives described bottle stopper auger by a gear case.

13. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, this handle is installed in an end of tubular body portion, and the angle of itself and this longitudinal axis is in 60 ° to 75 ° scope, and the other end of this tubular body has free open simultaneously.

14., it is characterized in that described gear case is a two-stage planetary gear as claim 12 or 13 described hand-held electricity powered corkscrews.

15. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, this base portion comprises the transparent window at least one urceolus that is positioned at described base portion, makes the operator can see the position of this bottle stopper during extracting out and ejecting;

16., it is characterized in that described base portion has prismatic cylindrical urceolus as claim 14 or 15 described hand-held electricity powered corkscrews.

17., it is characterized in that as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 12 to 16, comprise a single reversible actuator switch, this switch makes that hand need not be removed this handle just can start on the centre portion between this handle and this base portion.

18. as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 12 to 17, it is characterized in that this base portion comprises an automatic power-off switch, this switch stops electro-motor when this bottle stopper moves to when it extracts the position out fully.

19. hand-held electricity powered corkscrew as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, this automatic power-off switch is positioned near this gear-box case end cap.

20., it is characterized in that this base portion is equipped with an end cap and comprises a safety joint as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 13 to 19 on its free open, this joint has need press and rotate the characteristic of release simultaneously.

21., it is characterized in that a paillon foil cutter is connected the free end of this handle as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 12 to 20, and comprise a pair of mutually radially opposite, the blade that extends internally by electrical motor driven.

22. as each described hand-held electricity powered corkscrew of claim 12 to 21, it is characterized in that, described corkscrew comprises that also corkscrew of the present invention also comprises a recharging device, and this device has a main body and a pair of being used for of holding described corkscrew with stationary battery charging relation this recharger and corkscrew are hung on a plug homalocephalus that is installed in the standard electrical receptacle on the wall.