| 摘要 |
A spacer and method for facilitating removal of a cork from a bottle with a corkscrew. The spacer has a bottom surface that abuts the bottle, a top surface that abuts the bottom of a corkscrew, and a side opening that is sufficiently large to receive the cork. Once the corkscrew has been used to partially remove the cork, the spacer is placed around the exposed cork by pulling the body of the corkscrew away from the bottle while the screw is still inserted in the cork and inserting the spacer in the resulting space. Force is then reapplied to completely remove the cork from the bottle. One or more spacers may be attached to the corkscrew by a flexible cord for convenience. In one embodiment, a hinge mechanism interconnects a number of spacers of various thicknesses and opening sizes.
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