| 摘要 |
<p>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 (20a, 20b) 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 (20a, 20b) 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 (20a, 20b) and adapted to be received in the wire eye when the stopper-gripping portions (27, 27) are engaged with the stopper.</p> |
