EP0850873A1 - Apparatus for the opening of bottles with natural corks preferably of sparkling wine bottles - Google Patents

Apparatus for the opening of bottles with natural corks preferably of sparkling wine bottles Download PDF

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EP0850873A1
EP0850873A1 EP97117757A EP97117757A EP0850873A1 EP 0850873 A1 EP0850873 A1 EP 0850873A1 EP 97117757 A EP97117757 A EP 97117757A EP 97117757 A EP97117757 A EP 97117757A EP 0850873 A1 EP0850873 A1 EP 0850873A1
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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  • the invention relates to a device for opening bottles with natural corks, preferably of champagne bottles according to the features in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device is known from US Pat. No. 2,761,338 in which a holder is pushed laterally onto the bottle neck.
  • US Pat. No. 4,527,450 shows a further device which can be pushed laterally onto the head of the cork protruding from the bottle, the cork being able to be pulled out by means of a pull lever.
  • European patent specification 0164955 describes a further device with which the cork is pulled out of the bottle by means of a pivoting lever which is mounted in a part to be stopped on the bottle.
  • European patent specification 0291546, which contains all the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is based, so bottles with natural corks the task to open that the excess pressure can be reduced in a controlled manner.
  • the cork holder (the component that holds the cork) at the top of its stroke by one Axis of rotation of the bottle support (the component to be stopped on the bottle) can be pivoted, the axis of rotation perpendicular to the bottle axis runs and is positioned off-center at the bottle opening, that the lever has a stop on which the cork holder on strikes the upper end of its stroke and that the lever has a vent curve contains, which is arranged such that when turning the Lever the cork holder under the pressure of the cork around the axis of rotation the bottle support can rotate.
  • bottles with natural corks are not only easy to uncork, but also a pop of the Cork and thus a sudden escape of the "carbonic acid” dissolved in the sparkling wine is avoided and that its handling is very simple and comfortable is.
  • the device according to the invention consists of the bottle support 1, the cork holder 2 and the lever 3, which are each connected to two bolts 4, 5. At least one tension spring 6 is suspended between the bottle support 1 and the cork holder 2 and initially holds the device in the starting position.
  • the bottle support has a c-shaped fillet 1a, which is designed in diameter and cross section so that it can be pushed laterally from its open side onto the mouthpiece of a champagne bottle. Their cross-sectional contour is designed so that the mouthpieces of standard sparkling wine and sparkling wine bottles can be held up and down. For better pushing on the mouthpiece of the bottle, insertion bevels 1b are provided on the open side.
  • the bottle support continues downward in a holding web 1c, which is preferably adapted to the curvature of the bottle neck and comes to rest against it.
  • the length of the holding web 1c is preferably chosen so that it ends in an area where the bottle neck does not yet make a strong curvature.
  • two vertical parallel brackets 1d are formed, each of which contains a lower hinge point 1e and an upper hinge point 1f.
  • two vertical gaps 1g are formed, into which two vertical webs 2a of the cork holder engage, which in the starting position have a lower horizontal surface 2b on an upper horizontal surface 1h of the bottle support in the area the c-shaped fillet 1a comes to rest.
  • the cork holder 2 Over this contact surface, which comes to rest on the bottle to be opened exactly at the upper edge of the bottle mouthpiece and under the head of the cork, the cork holder 2 has a likewise c-shaped rounded portion 2c, which sits axially above that of the bottle support 1, after the same Side is open and its diameter and cross-section is designed so that it can be pushed laterally onto the head of the cork located in the bottle, with insertion bevels 2d also being provided on the open side for better sliding.
  • the cork holder 2 is mounted in the bottle support 1 by means of the bolts 4 and 5, which are rigidly attached to the articulation points 1e and 1f and stand inwards, where they are slidably mounted in the sliding guides 2e, f, g of the vertical webs 2a.
  • the sliding guides 2e and 2f extend vertically and have the same length.
  • At the lower end of the guide 2f there is an arcuate guide 2g, the center of which lies in the lower guide point of the guide 2e.
  • a semicircular opening 2h is formed from above, the size of which corresponds approximately to that of a thumb. It makes it easier to remove the pulled-out cork from the cork holder.
  • the cork holder 2 is moved relative to the bottle support 1 via two cylindrical pins 2i which extend laterally out of the cork holder and which extend laterally through and beyond the parallel holders 1d, the holders 1d being recessed in the range of movement of the pins 2i.
  • These two pins 2i laterally engage in guide curves of the lever 3, which is bent essentially in a U-shape, is rotatably attached to the articulation points 1f and extends in a plate-like manner on the outside next to the brackets 1d.
  • the guide curves are contained in axially aligned fashion in both plates and are divided into stroke curve 3a, stop 3b, ventilation curve 3c, swivel curve 3d, curve 3e, which overlap with one another.
  • at least one tension spring 6 is suspended on the side of the c-shaped fillet, which holds the device, depending on the position of the lever in the starting position, in the final opening position or in the folded state.
  • the operation of the device according to the invention is as follows: The device is best stored folded up.
  • the pins 2i lie in the curve 3e and the lever 3 is in an essentially parallel position to the retaining web 1c.
  • the tension spring 6 holds the device in the folded state. If the lever 3 is pulled, the pins 2i slide along the curve 3e and through the force of the tension spring into the lifting curve 3a up to the stop point 3f. In this position the device is in the starting position, the surfaces 1h and 2b lie on top of each other and the device can be pushed sideways onto the bottle with cork. Then you grasp the bottle with one hand on the bottle neck so that you simultaneously hold the retaining bridge 1c and hold it.
  • the lever 3 which in the starting position preferably extends upwards at a small angle to the horizontal, comfortably downwards, the cork holder 2 with the cork moving through the flat position of the lifting curve 3a to the direction of movement of the
  • the cork holder is released from its initial position under slight pressure and the lever can then be turned more and more easily under the increasing back pressure of the cork until the force is completely reversed and the cork is pressed out of the bottle by the internal pressure.
  • the lever moves further until the pins 2i emerge from the lifting curve 3a and come to rest against the stop 3b. This is arranged radially to the fulcrum 1f.
  • the cork holder 2 is in its uppermost position at the stop.
  • a safety edge 3g prevents the lever from turning further down. Their position is such that the hand cannot be pinched between the lever and the bottle. To finally uncork the bottle completely, it must be vented.
  • the venting curve 3c adjoins the stop 3b in such a way that the venting takes place by turning the lever in the opposite direction, the pins 2i entering the venting curve 3c under the pressure of the cork.
  • the ventilation curve decreases radially towards the fulcrum of the lever 1f.
  • shafts 3h can be provided on the venting curve 3c, the inner radii of which essentially correspond to the radius of the pins 2i. So you can move the spigot from shaft to shaft and slowly vent the bottle. If the bottle is completely vented, the lever is turned further and the pivoting curve 3d swings the cork holder with the cork away from the bottle opening into the end opening position, in which the tension spring 6 then holds the cork holder 2. In this position, the device can be removed from the bottle and the cork removed from the cork holder. The device can then be folded up again.

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Device for opening bottles with natural corks. The device may include a bottle rest to be laterally positioned around a neck of the bottle to encircle a mouth of the bottle on three sides and from above and below the mouth, a holding tongue downwardly extending from the bottle rest adapted to be positioned adjacent the bottle neck, and a cork holder to hold a head of the cork on three sides and from above and below the head of the cork. The cork holder may be movably mounted in the bottle rest, and a lever may be rotatably mounted to the bottle rest, such that rotational movement of the lever provides relative movement between the bottle rest and the cork holder. The cork holder may be pivotably mounted around a rotational axis of the bottle rest at an upper end of a lifting motion, such that the rotational axis runs perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bottle and is positioned eccentrically at a level of a bottle opening. The lever may include a stop mechanism to define the upper end of the lifting motion and a curved deaeration track arranged such that, during rotation of the lever, the cork holder rotates around the rotational axis under the pressure of the cork.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Gerät zum Öffnen von Flaschen mit Naturkorken, vorzugsweise von Sektflaschen nach den Merkmalen im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a device for opening bottles with natural corks, preferably of champagne bottles according to the features in the preamble of claim 1.

Es sind zahlreiche Geräte mit diesen Merkmalen bekannt.
Aus der US-Patentschrift 2761338 ist ein Gerät bekannt, bei dem eine Halterung seitlich auf den Flaschenhals aufgeschoben wird.
Die US-Patentschrift 4527450 zeigt ein weiteres Gerät, welches seitlich auf den aus der Flasche herausragenden Kopf des Korkens aufschiebbar ist, wobei der Korken mittels eines Zughebels ausziehbar ist.
Die Europäische Patentschrift 0164955 beschreibt ein weiteres Gerät, mit welchem der Korken mittels eines Schwenkhebels aus der Flasche gezogen wird, der in einem an die Flasche anzuhaltendem Teil gelagert ist. Aus der Europäischen Patentschrift 0291546 ist schließlich ein Gerät bekannt, welches alle Merkmale des Oberbegriffs des Anspruchs 1 enthält.Numerous devices with these features are known.
A device is known from US Pat. No. 2,761,338 in which a holder is pushed laterally onto the bottle neck.
US Pat. No. 4,527,450 shows a further device which can be pushed laterally onto the head of the cork protruding from the bottle, the cork being able to be pulled out by means of a pull lever.
European patent specification 0164955 describes a further device with which the cork is pulled out of the bottle by means of a pivoting lever which is mounted in a part to be stopped on the bottle. Finally, a device is known from European patent specification 0291546, which contains all the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Mit diesen bekannten Geräten ist es sicher möglich, den Korken sehr gut aus der Flasche zu ziehen. Es ist jedoch ein Nachteil dieser Geräte, daß die Flasche nicht kontrolliert geöffnet werden kann, d.h. der Korken wird sich je nach Druck und Temperatur der Flasche mit einem leichten oder starken Knall lösen mit der Folge, daß sehr viel der im Sekt gelösten "Kohlensäure" aus der Flasche gezogen wird, was zum Überschäu-men führen kann und auch den Geschmack des Sektes beeinträchtigt.With these well-known devices, it is certainly possible to cork very well to pull out of the bottle. However, it is a disadvantage of these devices, that the bottle cannot be opened in a controlled manner, i.e. the cork will vary depending on the pressure and temperature of the bottle with a slight or strong bang solve with the result that very much of the sparkling wine dissolved "carbonic acid" is pulled out of the bottle, resulting in over-foaming can lead and also affects the taste of the sparkling wine.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, Flaschen mit Naturkorken so zu öffnen, daß der Überdruck kontrolliert abgebaut werden kann.The invention is based, so bottles with natural corks the task to open that the excess pressure can be reduced in a controlled manner.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß der Korkenhalter (das Bauteil, das den Korken hält) an oberen Ende seines Hubes um eine Drehachse der Flaschenstütze (das an die Flasche anzuhaltende Bauteil) geschwenkt werden kann, wobei die Drehachse senkrecht zur Flaschenachse verläuft und außermittig in Höhe der Flaschenöffnung positioniert ist, daß der Hebel einen Anschlag besitzt, an welchem der Korkenhalter am oberen Ende seines Hubes anschlägt und daß der Hebel eine Entlüftungskurve enthält, die derart angeordnet ist, das sich beim Drehen des Hebels der Korkenhalter unter dem Druck des Korkens um die Drehachse der Flaschenstütze drehen kann.This object is achieved in that the cork holder (the component that holds the cork) at the top of its stroke by one Axis of rotation of the bottle support (the component to be stopped on the bottle) can be pivoted, the axis of rotation perpendicular to the bottle axis runs and is positioned off-center at the bottle opening, that the lever has a stop on which the cork holder on strikes the upper end of its stroke and that the lever has a vent curve contains, which is arranged such that when turning the Lever the cork holder under the pressure of the cork around the axis of rotation the bottle support can rotate.

Die großen Vorteile des Gerätes liegen darin, daß Flaschen mit Naturkorken nicht nur leicht zu Entkorken sind, sondern auch ein Knallen des Korkens und somit ein plötzliches Entweichen der im Sekt gelösten "Kohlensäure" vermieden wird und daß seine Handhabung sehr einfach und komfortabel ist.The great advantages of the device are that bottles with natural corks are not only easy to uncork, but also a pop of the Cork and thus a sudden escape of the "carbonic acid" dissolved in the sparkling wine is avoided and that its handling is very simple and comfortable is.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der Zeichnung dargestellt. Es zeigt

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An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing. It shows
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Das erfindungsgemäße Gerät besteht aus der Flaschenstütze 1, dem Korkenhalter 2 und den Hebel 3, welche mit je zwei Bolzen 4, 5 verbunden sind. Zwischen der Flaschenstütze 1 und dem Korkenhalter 2 ist mindestens eine Zugfeder 6 eingehängt, welche das Gerät zunächst in der Ausgangsstellung hält.
Die Flaschenstütze hat eine c-förmige Ausrundung 1a, die vom Durchmesser und Querschnitt so ausgeführt ist, daß sie von ihrer offenen Seite seitlich auf das Mundstück einer Sektflasche aufgeschoben werden kann. Ihre Querschnittskontur ist so gestaltet, daß die Mundstücke handelsüblicher Sekt- und Schaumweinflaschen nach oben und unten gehalten werden können.
Zum besseren Aufschieben auf das Mundstück der Flasche sind an der offenen Seite Einführungsschrägen 1b vorgesehen.
Auf der geschlossenen Seite der c-förmigen Ausrundung 1a setzt sich die Flaschenstütze nach unten in einem Haltesteg 1c fort, welcher vorzugsweise der Rundung des Flaschenhalses angepaßt ist und an diesem zum Anliegen kommt.
Die Länge des Haltesteges 1c ist vorzugsweise so gewählt, daß er in einem Bereich endet, wo der Flaschenhals noch keine starke Krümmung macht.
Seitlich an der Flaschenstütze 1 sind zwei senkrechte parallele Halterungen 1d ausgebildet, die je einen unteren Gelenkpunkt 1e sowie oberen Gelenkpunkt 1f enthalten.
Zwischen diesen senkrechten Halterungen und dem inneren Bereich der c-förmigen Ausrundung 1a sind zwei senkrechte Spalte 1g ausgebildet, in die zwei senkrechte Stege 2a des Korkenhalters eingreifen, welcher in Ausgangsstellung mit einer unteren waagrechten Fläche 2b auf einer oberen waagrechten Fläche 1h der Flaschenstütze im Bereich der c-förmigen Ausrundung 1a zum Aufliegen kommt.
Über dieser Auflagefläche, die an der zu öffnenden Flasche genau am oberen Rand des Flaschenmundstückes und unter dem Kopf des Korkens zum Liegen kommt, hat der Korkenhalter 2 eine ebenfalls c-förmige Ausrundung 2c, die axial über der der Flaschenstütze 1 sitzt, nach der gleichen Seite offen ist und von ihrem Durchmesser und Querschnitt so gestaltet ist, daß sie seitlich auf den sich in der Flasche befindlichen Kopf des Korkens aufgeschoben werden kann, wobei zum besseren Aufschieben ebenfalls Einführungsschrägen 2d an der offenen Seite vorgesehen sind.
Gelagert ist der Korkenhalter 2 in der Flaschenstütze 1 mittels der Bolzen 4 und 5, die an den Gelenkpunkten 1e und 1f starr angebracht sind und nach innen stehen, wo sie in Schiebeführungen 2e, f, g der senkrechten Stege 2a verschiebbar lagern.
Die Schiebeführungen 2e und 2f erstrecken sich senkrecht und haben dieselbe Länge. Am unteren Ende der Führung 2f schließt eine bogenförmige Führung 2g an, deren Mittelpunkt im unteren Führungspunkt der Führung 2e liegt.
Im hinteren Bereich der c-förmigen Ausrundung 2c des Korkenhalters ist von oben her eine halbrunde Öffnung 2h ausgebildet, die von der Größe etwa der eines Daumens entspricht. Sie erleichtert das Entfernen des ausgezogenen Korkens aus dem Korkenhalter.
Bewegt wird der Korkenhalter 2 gegenüber der Flaschenstütze 1 über zwei sich seitlich aus dem Korkenhalter erstreckende auf einer Achse liegenden zylindrische Zapfen 2i, die sich seitlich durch und über die parallelen Halterungen 1d hinaus erstrecken, wobei die Halterungen 1d im Bewegungsbereich der Zapfen 2i ausgespaart sind.
Diese beiden Zapfen 2i greifen seitlich in Führungskurven des Hebels 3 ein, der im Wesentlichen u-förmig gebogen ist, an den Gelenkpunkten 1f drehbar befestigt ist und sich plattenförmig außen neben den Halterungen 1d erstreckt.
Die Führungskurven sind in beiden Platten jeweils axial fluchtend enthalten und gliedern sich in Hubkurve 3a, Anschlag 3b, Entlüftungskurve 3c, Schwenkkurve 3d, Kurve 3e, die ineinander überlaufen.
Zwischen der Flaschenstütze 1 und dem Korkenhalter 2 ist seitlich der c-förmigen Ausrundung mindestens eine Zugfeder 6 eingehängt, die das Gerät je nach Lage des Hebels in der Ausgangsstellung, in der Endöffnungslage oder in zusammengeklapptem Zustand hält.The device according to the invention consists of the bottle support 1, the cork holder 2 and the lever 3, which are each connected to two bolts 4, 5. At least one tension spring 6 is suspended between the bottle support 1 and the cork holder 2 and initially holds the device in the starting position.
The bottle support has a c-shaped fillet 1a, which is designed in diameter and cross section so that it can be pushed laterally from its open side onto the mouthpiece of a champagne bottle. Their cross-sectional contour is designed so that the mouthpieces of standard sparkling wine and sparkling wine bottles can be held up and down.
For better pushing on the mouthpiece of the bottle, insertion bevels 1b are provided on the open side.
On the closed side of the c-shaped fillet 1a, the bottle support continues downward in a holding web 1c, which is preferably adapted to the curvature of the bottle neck and comes to rest against it.
The length of the holding web 1c is preferably chosen so that it ends in an area where the bottle neck does not yet make a strong curvature.
On the side of the bottle support 1, two vertical parallel brackets 1d are formed, each of which contains a lower hinge point 1e and an upper hinge point 1f.
Between these vertical brackets and the inner area of the c-shaped fillet 1a, two vertical gaps 1g are formed, into which two vertical webs 2a of the cork holder engage, which in the starting position have a lower horizontal surface 2b on an upper horizontal surface 1h of the bottle support in the area the c-shaped fillet 1a comes to rest.
Over this contact surface, which comes to rest on the bottle to be opened exactly at the upper edge of the bottle mouthpiece and under the head of the cork, the cork holder 2 has a likewise c-shaped rounded portion 2c, which sits axially above that of the bottle support 1, after the same Side is open and its diameter and cross-section is designed so that it can be pushed laterally onto the head of the cork located in the bottle, with insertion bevels 2d also being provided on the open side for better sliding.
The cork holder 2 is mounted in the bottle support 1 by means of the bolts 4 and 5, which are rigidly attached to the articulation points 1e and 1f and stand inwards, where they are slidably mounted in the sliding guides 2e, f, g of the vertical webs 2a.
The sliding guides 2e and 2f extend vertically and have the same length. At the lower end of the guide 2f there is an arcuate guide 2g, the center of which lies in the lower guide point of the guide 2e.
In the rear area of the c-shaped rounded portion 2c of the cork holder, a semicircular opening 2h is formed from above, the size of which corresponds approximately to that of a thumb. It makes it easier to remove the pulled-out cork from the cork holder.
The cork holder 2 is moved relative to the bottle support 1 via two cylindrical pins 2i which extend laterally out of the cork holder and which extend laterally through and beyond the parallel holders 1d, the holders 1d being recessed in the range of movement of the pins 2i.
These two pins 2i laterally engage in guide curves of the lever 3, which is bent essentially in a U-shape, is rotatably attached to the articulation points 1f and extends in a plate-like manner on the outside next to the brackets 1d.
The guide curves are contained in axially aligned fashion in both plates and are divided into stroke curve 3a, stop 3b, ventilation curve 3c, swivel curve 3d, curve 3e, which overlap with one another.
Between the bottle support 1 and the cork holder 2, at least one tension spring 6 is suspended on the side of the c-shaped fillet, which holds the device, depending on the position of the lever in the starting position, in the final opening position or in the folded state.

Die Funktionsweise des erfindungsgemäßen Gerätes ist folgende:
Das Gerät wird am besten zusammengeklappt gelagert. Dabei liegen die Zapfen 2i in der Kurve 3e und der Hebel 3 liegt dabei in einer im Wesentlichen parallelen Lage zum Haltesteg 1c.
Die Zugfeder 6 hält dabei das Gerät in zusammengeklapptem Zustand.
Wird am Hebel 3 gezogen, so gleiten die Zapfen 2i in der Kurve 3e entlang und durch die Kraft der Zugfeder in die Hubkurve 3a bis zum Anschlagpunkt 3f. In dieser Position befindet sich das Gerät im der Ausgangsstellung, die Flächen 1h und 2b liegen aufeinander und das Gerät kann seitlich auf die Flasche mit Korken geschoben werden.
Danach umgreift man die Flasche mit der einer Hand so am Flaschenhals, daß man gleichzeitig den Haltesteg 1c umfaßt und hält sie fest.
Mit der anderen Hand kann man dann den Hebel 3, der sich in der Ausgangsstellung vorzugsweise unter einem kleinen Winkel zur Waagrechten nach oben erstreckt, bequem nach unten drücken, wobei sich der Korkenhalter 2 mit dem Korken durch die flache Lage der Hubkurve 3a zur Bewegungsrichtung des Korkenhalters unter leichtem Druck aus seiner Ausgangslage löst und der Hebel sich danach unter dem anwachsenden Gegendruck des Korkens immer leichter drehen läßt, bis sich die Kraft ganz umkehrt und der Korken durch den Innendruck aus der Flasche gedrückt wird. Dabei bewegt sich der Hebel weiter, bis die Zapfen 2i aus der Hubkurve 3a austreten und am Anschlag 3b zum Anliegen kommen. Dieser ist radial zum Drehpunkt 1f angeordnet. Der Korkenhalter 2 befindet sich am Anschlag in seiner obersten Position. Eine Sicherheitskante 3g verhindert ein Weiterdrehen des Hebels nach unten. Ihre Lage ist so bemessen, daß ein Einzwicken der Hand zwischen Hebel und Flasche verhindert wird.
Um die Flasche schließlich ganz zu entkorken muß sie noch entlüftet werden. Bei diesem Ausführungsbeispiel schließt die Entlüftungskurve 3c so an den Anschlag 3b an, daß die Entlüftung durch Drehen des Hebels in Gegenrichtung erfolgt, wobei die Zapfen 2i unter dem Druck des Korkens in die Entlüftungskurve 3c einlaufen. Die Entlüftungskurve nimmt zum Drehpunkt des Hebels 1f hin radial ab. Dadurch dreht sich unter dem Druck des Korkens der Korkenhalter beim Drehen des Hebels um die Drehachse 1e und der Korken wird über den Rand der Flaschenöffnung gedrückt und löst sich auf der gegenüberliegen Seite von der Flaschenöffnung. Dabei entweicht der Überdruck.
Je langsamer und gefühlvoller der Entlüftungsvorgang ausgeführt wird, desto kontrollierter entweicht die Luft.
Als zusätzliche Hilfe für langsames Entlüften können Wellen 3h an der Entlüftungskurve 3c vorgesehen sein, deren Innenradien im Wesentlichen den Radius der Zapfen 2i entsprechen. So kann man die Zapfen von Welle zu Welle bewegen und die Flasche langsam Entlüften. Ist die Flasche vollständig entlüftet, dreht man den Hebel weiter und die Schwenkkurve 3d schwenkt den Korkenhalter mit dem Korken weg von der Flaschenöffnung in die Endöffnungslage, in welcher dann die Zugfeder 6 den Korkenhalter 2 hält. In dieser Lage kann das Gerät von der Flasche genommen werden und der Korken aus dem Korkenhalter entfernt werden.
Danach kann das Gerät wieder zusammengeklappt werden.The operation of the device according to the invention is as follows:
The device is best stored folded up. The pins 2i lie in the curve 3e and the lever 3 is in an essentially parallel position to the retaining web 1c.
The tension spring 6 holds the device in the folded state.
If the lever 3 is pulled, the pins 2i slide along the curve 3e and through the force of the tension spring into the lifting curve 3a up to the stop point 3f. In this position the device is in the starting position, the surfaces 1h and 2b lie on top of each other and the device can be pushed sideways onto the bottle with cork.
Then you grasp the bottle with one hand on the bottle neck so that you simultaneously hold the retaining bridge 1c and hold it.
With the other hand you can then press the lever 3, which in the starting position preferably extends upwards at a small angle to the horizontal, comfortably downwards, the cork holder 2 with the cork moving through the flat position of the lifting curve 3a to the direction of movement of the The cork holder is released from its initial position under slight pressure and the lever can then be turned more and more easily under the increasing back pressure of the cork until the force is completely reversed and the cork is pressed out of the bottle by the internal pressure. The lever moves further until the pins 2i emerge from the lifting curve 3a and come to rest against the stop 3b. This is arranged radially to the fulcrum 1f. The cork holder 2 is in its uppermost position at the stop. A safety edge 3g prevents the lever from turning further down. Their position is such that the hand cannot be pinched between the lever and the bottle.
To finally uncork the bottle completely, it must be vented. In this exemplary embodiment, the venting curve 3c adjoins the stop 3b in such a way that the venting takes place by turning the lever in the opposite direction, the pins 2i entering the venting curve 3c under the pressure of the cork. The ventilation curve decreases radially towards the fulcrum of the lever 1f. As a result, the cork holder rotates under the pressure of the cork when the lever is rotated about the axis of rotation 1e and the cork is pressed over the edge of the bottle opening and detaches from the bottle opening on the opposite side. The overpressure escapes.
The slower and more sensitive the venting process is, the more controlled the air escapes.
As an additional aid for slow venting, shafts 3h can be provided on the venting curve 3c, the inner radii of which essentially correspond to the radius of the pins 2i. So you can move the spigot from shaft to shaft and slowly vent the bottle. If the bottle is completely vented, the lever is turned further and the pivoting curve 3d swings the cork holder with the cork away from the bottle opening into the end opening position, in which the tension spring 6 then holds the cork holder 2. In this position, the device can be removed from the bottle and the cork removed from the cork holder.
The device can then be folded up again.

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Gerät zum Öffnen von Flaschen mit Naturkorken, Vorzugsweise von Sektflaschen, mit einer seitlich auf den Flaschenhals aufschiebbaren Flaschenstütze (1), die das Mundstück der Flasche von drei Seiten und von oben und unten umschließt und sich nach unten in einem Haltesteg (1c) fortsetzt, der am Flaschenhals zum Anliegen kommt, einem zweiten auf den aus der Flasche herausragenden Kopf des Korkens seitlich aufschiebbaren Korkenhalter (2), der den Kopf des Korkens von drei Seiten und von oben und unten hält und in der Flaschenstütze (1) so gelagert ist, daß er gegenüber dieser eine Hubbewegung ausführen kann und einem Hebel (3), der in der Flaschenstütze (1) schwenkbar gelagert ist und durch welchen der Korkenhalter (2) bezüglich der Flaschenstütze (1) bewegt werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Korkenhalter (2) am oberen Ende seines Hubes um eine Drehachse (1e) der Flaschenstütze geschwenkt werden kann, wobei die Drehachse senkrecht zur Flaschenachse verläuft und außermittig in Höhe der Flaschenöffnung positioniert ist, daß der Hebel (3) einen Anschlag (3b) besitzt, an welchem der Korkenhalter (2) am oberen Ende seines Hubes anschlägt und daß der Hebel (3) eine Entlüftungskurve (3c) enthält, die derart angeordnet ist, daß sich beim Drehen des Hebels der Korkenhalter (2) unter dem Druck des Korkens um die Drehachse (1e) der Flaschenstütze drehen kann.Device for opening bottles with natural corks, preferably champagne bottles, with a bottle support that can be slid onto the side of the bottle neck (1) the mouthpiece of the bottle from three sides and from above and encloses below and continues downwards in a retaining web (1c), which comes to rest on the bottle neck, a second on the the bottle's protruding head of the cork can be slid open laterally (2) of the head of the cork from three sides and from above and holds down and is stored in the bottle support (1) so that it is opposite this can perform a lifting movement and a lever (3) which in the bottle support (1) is pivoted and through which the cork holder (2) can be moved with respect to the bottle support (1), characterized in that the cork holder (2) at the upper end of its Hubes can be pivoted about an axis of rotation (1e) of the bottle support, the axis of rotation is perpendicular to the bottle axis and off-center is positioned at the level of the bottle opening that the lever (3) has a stop (3b), on which the cork holder (2) at the upper end of its Hubes strikes and that the lever (3) contains a ventilation curve (3c), which is arranged so that the cork holder when turning the lever (2) under the pressure of the cork around the axis of rotation (1e) of the bottle support can turn. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hebel (3) im Wesentlichen als u-förmiger Bügel mit zwei parallelen und plattenförmigen Enden ausgeführt ist, in welchen sich der Anschlag (3b) und die Entlüftungskurve (3c) befindet und daß in den plattenförmigen Enden eine Hubkurve (3a), durch welche der Korkenhalter (2) gehoben werden kann und eine Schwenkkurve (3d), durch welche der Korkenhalter in seine Endöffnungslage geschwenkt werden kann, enthalten ist.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lever (3) essentially as a U-shaped bracket with two parallel and plate-shaped Is executed in which the stop (3b) and the ventilation curve (3c) and that in the plate-shaped ends a stroke curve (3a) through which the cork holder (2) can be lifted and a swing curve (3d), through which the cork holder in its final opening position can be pivoted is included. Gerät nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Hubkurve (3a), der Anschlag (3b), die Entlüftungskurve (3c) und die Schwenkkurve (3d) so ineinander übergehend angeordnet sind, daß beim Hochziehen des Korkens die am Hebel (3) aufzuwendende Kraft im Wesentlichen senkrecht nach unten ausgeübt wird und das Entlüften und Schwenken in die Endöffnungslage durch entgegengesetztes Drehen des Hebels bewirkt wird. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the stroke curve (3a), the stop (3b), the ventilation curve (3c) and the swivel curve (3d) are arranged so that they merge into one another so that when the Korkens the force to be applied to the lever (3) is essentially vertical is exercised downwards and the venting and pivoting into the final opening position by turning the lever in the opposite direction. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der anschlagende Teil des Korkenhalters (2) ein zylindrischer Zapfen (2i) ist und die Entlüftungskurve (3c) des Hebels Wellen (3h) enthält, deren Innenradien im Wesentlichen dem Radius des Zapfens (2i) entsprechen.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the abutting part of the cork holder (2) is a cylindrical pin (2i) and the ventilation curve (3c) of the lever contains shafts (3h) whose inner radii essentially correspond to the radius of the pin (2i). Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Korkenhalter (2) in der Flaschenstütze (1) mit je zwei Bolzen (4 und 5) gelagert ist, wobei die beiden oberen (5) zugleich die Lagerbolzen für den Hebel (3) sind.Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the Cork holder (2) in the bottle support (1) with two bolts (4 and 5) is mounted, the two upper (5) at the same time the bearing bolts for the lever (3). Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich das Gerät zusammenklappen läßt, indem der Hebel (3) in eine im Wesentlichen parallele Lage zum Haltesteg (1c) schwenkbar ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the device can be folded up by turning the lever (3) into one parallel position to the retaining web (1c) is pivotable. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mindestens eine Zugfeder (6) zwischen der Flaschenstütze (1) und dem Korkenhalter (2) so angeordnet ist, daß am Anfang der Hubbewegung der Korkenhalter nach unten gezogen wird, so daß er auf der Flaschenstütze aufliegt, am Ende des Öffnungsvorganges der Korkenhalter in der Endöffnungslage gehalten wird und das Gerät im zusammengeklappten Zustand gehalten wird.Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that at least a tension spring (6) between the bottle support (1) and the cork holder (2) is arranged so that at the beginning of the lifting movement of the cork holder is pulled down so that it rests on the bottle support, at the end of the opening process the cork holder is held in the final opening position and the device is kept in the folded state. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Korkenhalter (2) eine Ausrundung (2c) enthält, welche die Entnahme des Korkens erleichtert.Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the Cork holder (2) contains a fillet (2c), which removes the Cork relieved.
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