| 摘要 |
A hand tool ( 1 ) for removing a stopper from a pressurized vessel (eg a bottle of sparkling wine) of a type where the stopper is retained by a wire cage, the wire cage including a wire band at or adjacent a neck ring on the vessel, the wire band being secured by a twisted portion terminating in a wire eye, the tool ( 1 ) including: a pair of elongate members ( 20 a, 20 b) pivotally connected together, each member having a handle portion ( 21 ) and a jaw portion ( 22 ); a stopper-gripping portion comprising a tooth ( 27 ) on an inner side of each jaw portion ( 22 ), the stopper-gripping portions ( 27, 27 ), in use, gripping the stopper therebetween and cooperating to permit relative pivoting movement between the members ( 20 a, 20 b) and the stopper substantially about a fulcrum axis defined by and extending between the two stopper-gripping portions ( 27,27 ), and a protrusion ( 24 ) at or adjacent at least one of the member ( 20 a, 20 b) and adapted to be received in the wire eye when the stopper-gripping portions ( 27, 27 ) are engaged with the stopper.
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