Combined cork and twist cap remover

摘要

A hand-held container opener for providing a convenient way to open both containers with a twist-off cap and containers with a cork-stopper which includes a caliper clamp assembly mounted within a first open end of a housing and which is driven by a motor to initially clamp and subsequently twist off a cap on a container and which includes a second open end portion that includes a corkscrew driven by the motor or gas injection device for penetrating a cork for either twisting the cork from the container using the corkscrew or forcing the cork from the container using pressurized gas.

主权项

1. A combination cork and twist cap remover for removing closure caps and stoppers which are applied to close dispensing openings in containers, the apparatus comprising, a housing including a first open end portion of a size to be seated over a cap of a container and a second open end portion of a size to be seated over a neck of a bottle closed by a stopper, a motor mounted within the housing and having a first drive shaft, a power source mounted within the housing, switch means mounted to the housing for selective connecting the power source to the motor, a caliper clamp assembly mounted within the first end portion of the housing including jaws which are movable relative to one another between a first position wherein the jaws are spaced from one another to a second position wherein the jaws engage the cap of a container when the first end portion of the housing is seated over the cap of the container, a first gear assembly for connecting the first drive shaft to the caliper clamp assembly to open and close the jaws relative to the cap of the container whereby when the jaws are engaged with the cap, further operation of the motor to rotate the first drive shaft will cause the jaws to rotate the lid relative to the container to remove the cap from the container, a stopper removal means mounted within the second open end portion of the housing, the stopper removal means including an element for penetrating the stopper to remove the stopper from the bottle when the second open end portion of the housing is seated over the stopper of the bottle.