FR2467819A1 - DECAPSULATOR FOR CONTAINER WITH SHOULDER CAPS - Google Patents

Abstract

This bottle opener is designed so that it can be operated with one hand. It comprises a bottle-opener head itself comprising, at the front, a half-collar 2 which has teeth 7 intended to be placed under the edge of the crown-stopper 8 and, at the rear, a half-base 3 which rests on the upper face of the crown cap, opposite the part raised by the teeth 7. This bottle opener part is completed by a handle 4 which, in the working position, is placed near the neck 5 of the bottle, forming an acute angle with the axis 6 of the bottle, so that the bottle can be uncapped with one hand.

Description

The present invention relates to an opening tool or bottle opener

for closed containers

means of crown caps.

  In reality, the invention aims to make a bottle opener of the type mentioned which can be operated

  with one hand. This means that with the decap-

  according to the invention, there is no need for any

  other than action which is exercised directly

on the crown cap.

  Conversely # we can say that all bottle openers known until now have been designed to

  be used with both hands, one of the hands

  bottle and the other activating the bottle opener,

  by exerting a force upwards or downwards

  the type of bottle opener it is.

  Although the bottle openers that we operate

  by exerting a downward force may

  be operated with one hand (which does not constitute

  does not kill a usual or convenient mode), the opening must be performed with great care. The reason

  the developed forces are not in equi-

  free. To succeed, it is necessary that the support (the table) on which the bottle is pressed to exert a reaction and, since the active force falls

  outside the base of the bottle the 4quili-

  of the set requires a positive reaction component

  rice that depends on the coefficient of friction between the base of the bottle and the surface of the support (the table); since the bottle is made of smooth glass, regardless of the constituent material of the support (the table), the coefficient of friction is very low and almost zero. This mode of use of these bottle openers

  implies a high risk since these tools have been con-

  to be used with both hands, the risk is, in the case of the failure of the reaction force due to friction, the overturning and / or

  the rupture of the bottle, with the pre-

  visible. This type of accident is common in cafes

  and bars o, as a rule the server has a hand

  caught by the tray while with the other, it must engineer to unclog the bottles of which it will be necessary to consume the contents. It is not uncommon for the same accident to occur in homes where the house maid must perform work simultaneously with

both hands.

  This problem is solved with the bottle opener according to the invention, which has been specially designed to remove the crown cap with one hand, the necessary effort exerted with a hand between the handle of the

  Bottle Opener and bottle neck and being-de-

  developed by two equal and opposite forces respectively exerted by the pressure of four fingers resting on the neck of the bottle and by the palm

  hand held by the thumb and resting on the man-

  bottle opener. Given the state of equilibrium of the forces, it exerts no effort on the support (the table) and it is thus possible, and even recommended,

  to unclog the bottle without any support, in the

  raising with the hand with which one exerts the forces necessary to unblock it because with this

  you hold the neck of the bottle securely.

  In fact, the bottle opener can be ac-

  with one hand while still being based on the principle of the invention, can be achieved in practice.

in various variants.

  In one of these variants, it consists of a single piece of one piece and indivisible which

  consists of three main parts, namely, one half

  collar, a half-cap and a tandem handle

  say that, in one variant, two

  are terminated on one another by their ends, the first being a hook which at the end opposite the joints has at least one claw capable of engaging between the crown cap and the neck of the bottle while that the second piece is a handle which, being of elongated shape, has two branches of different lengths and an intermediate bent part #

  the shorter branch being articulated by one end

  on the hook (the bent portion constituting, by its concave region, a support intended to bear on the crown cap, in the region of this cap which is opposite the engagement region of the claw of the

  hook between the cap and the neck of the bottle).

  The invention will be better understood anyway

  on reading the following description of two

  embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows the bottle opener in a general perspective view; Figure 2 shows the same tool in longitudinal section in the position in which it is applied to a crown cap to open the container; Figure 3 is a similar view but on which the bottle opener is shown in its working phase; Figures 4a to 4 are schematic views illustrating the sequence of phases of the work; Figure 5 shows the bottle opener in a view from above; Figure 6 shows in perspective view

  simplified a practical variant of the

  capper according to the invention, applied to a bottle that is to uncork; Figure 7 is a similar illustration but showing the whole by a side view;

  FIG. 8 is a view from above and, finally,

  Figures 9at to 9c 'represent a sequence

  divided into three phases.

  In the various figures, the identical or corresponding elements are designated by the same reference numbers. In FIGS. 1 to 5, the reference numeral 1 designates, in its entirety, the bottle opener made in one

  piece and realized in this case in t81e stamped.

  In this particular configuration, this

  tool basically comprises three basic parts.

  tales, namely, a half-collar 2, a half-cap 3 and

the handle 4.

  The bottle opener 1 has a plane of symmetry

  and # when it is disposed on the bottle 5, in position

  1S preparation for unblocking, this plan contains the axis 6 of the bottle (Figure 5). The plane which delimits the half-base 3 and the half-shell 2 is perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of the bottle-opener and, in the position of preparation for unblocking, this plane is parallel to

  the axis of the bottle and close to this axis. The half-col

  bind and the half-cap are respectively located in the two half-planes thus delimited. In FIG. 59, the symmetry and delimitation planes of the half-collar and the half-base have traces for the lines A-A and B-B.

respectively.

  The half-collar 2 is centered on the intersec-

  between the two planes, which coincidentally coincides

  with the axis of the bottle 5 (see Figure 2) and it has # in its upper edge, two indentations 7

  symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry of the decapsu -

  them and directed inward of the latter.

  In the plane that delimits the two half-planes above, the half-collar 2 is rigidly connected to the half-base 3 so that its lower edges extend in a mime plane while the upper edge of the half-collar ends abruptly. in

  the half-base, the latter being of greater height.

  The half-base is adapted to be in contact by its inner part substantially with the half of the cap 89 this half-base being open only in the inner region in which it meets the handle. , The lateral portions 9 of the half-base 3 meet at the handle 4, the upper edge of the half-collar 2, in its portion between the indentations 7 is designated by the reference 10, is adapted to bear against the

  lower edge of crown cap 8.

  The longitudinal geometric axis of the sleeve which is contained in the plane of symmetry of the bottle opener 1, forms an acute angle with the axis 6 of the bottle in

the unclogging position.

  When the bottle opener 1 is put in place on the bottle 5, the inner edge 3 'of the half-base 3 which is opposite the half-collar 2 bears on the upper edge of the cap-crown 8 and mSmee # the inner portion of the half-cap 3 is flatly supported on the half of the cap-court 8 while the upper edge 10 of the half-collar 2, in its portion between the indentations 7 is supported below the edge of the cap-crown skirt, in the opposite region

  to that on which the halfpenny 3 is supported.

  The function of the decapper 1 is as follows, as it is deer. Referring to Figures 3 and 4a to 4h. Holding the bottle opener with one hand (the

  right hand on the drawing), one reaches it.

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  lation, which portion is articulated by means of the axis 14 on the handle 12, which constitutes a bent piece comprising a short branch 15 whose end is

  articulated on the axis 14 and a long branch 16 destined

  born to be actuated by means of the palm of the hand, with the help of the thumb. In the curved part 17 of the

  Junction between the two branches 15 and 16 and more pre-

  cilately, in the concave region of this part it is

  provided a smooth surface 18 having a cylindrical shape

  with the generatrices parallel to the axis 14 and which acts as a support which bears on the portion of the crown plug 8 'situated opposite to that

  under which engages the claw 13.

  A spring 19 mounted on the axis 14 tends to

  keep pieces 11 and 12 in a close position

  maximum, which may be limited by

appropriate stop.

  This provision makes it possible to operate the decap-

  with greater ease, in the sense that they

  during setting up of the bottle opener in the unclogging position, the claw 13 does not escape from its engagement and jamming position between the

  cap 8 'and the neck of the bottle 5'.

  To better illustrate how to use the

  bottle opener, it has been drawn in perspective in the

  re 6, on which we can see the bottle opener 1 'placed

  in the position of the beginning of uncorking, the bottle opener

  so that the bottle being held by the right hand of the user. On the other hand, FIGS. 9A to 9D show a sequence of phases of the unblocking work. In as represented the initial position, in b, an intermediate position and in o, the position

  in which the crown cap 8 'is entirely

  detached from the 5't bottle It can be seen that with opposing and equal forces, the equilibrium remains at all times of the operation,

  The material in which the bottle opener follows

  the invention may be made of any stamped, melted or injected metal or any plastic material injected or reinforced, with

  or without insertion of metal parts; he is also

  It is possible to use a combination of two

  these (the hook and the handle) one of which is metal

and the other in plastic.

  It should be added that the hook 11 can be bifurcated so as to comprise several claws such as those indicated by the reference 139 of

  so that the crown cap 8 'can then be

in several adjacent points.

  Of course, various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art to the devices

  which have just been described as examples only

  non-limiting plies without departing from the scope of the invention.

R EVENDI CATI 0 NS

  1 - Bottle opener for closed container with

  crowns, of a type which includes a trunk

  a decapsulator extended by a handle, characterized in that the handle (4, 16) forms an acute angle with the longitudinal geometric axis (6) of the container (5, 5 ') when the decapping head is put in place on the said crown (89 8 '), the handle being capable of being placed near a large portion of the neck of the container, the decapsular head having in turn a portion (10, 13) at its free front end and capable to be placed under the lower edge of the skirt of the crown cap (89 8 ') while it presents,

  in its median region, a support zone (3, 18)

  born to bear against the upper face of the cap-crown-

  ne (8, 8I) at least at a point diametrically opposed to said other portion (10, 13), 2 - Bottle opener according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made in one piece in one piece and indivisible and in that the handle (4) is integral with a half-base (3) which is capable of

  lean on an area-of the top face of the cap-

  crown (8), this half-base ending in turn by a half-collar (a) which corresponds to the extension of its inner half, the half-shell (2) having in its internal face indentations (7) intended to be placed under the bottom edge of the cap skirt

crown (8).

  3 - Decapsulour sutvant claim 1 characterized in that it is ceompsê two pieces

  (11 and 12) articulated one on the other by their

  mites, one (11) of these poers constitaant a hook which, at its forforefore at its free end at least one claw (7) while 19aure pibèce form the handle

  and presents a profile ourviligns with an intermediate elbow

  diary (17) which has an area (18) capable of

  puyer on the upper face of the crown plug (8X) in a position diametrically opposed to said

claw (13).

  4 - Bottle opener according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises a spring tending to bring the two parts together and completed by a stop

limiting the approximation.