Powered bottle opening device with integrated wrapper cutter
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a bottle opening device comprising first and second receptacles to receive at least a portion of a neck of a bottle, with the first receptacle including a wrapper cutting apparatus having at least one cutting element configured to cut a sever in a wrapper on the neck of the bottle, wherein the cutting element is movable towards and away from the wrapper on the neck of the bottle, and the second receptacle including a stopper extractor apparatus configured to remove a stopper from the bottle.
1. A bottle opening device comprising:
a housing;
first and second receptacles in the housing to receive at least a portion of a neck of a bottle, the first receptacle having a first receptacle longitudinal axis, and the second receptacle having a second receptacle longitudinal axis;
a wrapper cutting apparatus located in the first receptacle, the wrapper cutting apparatus having at least one cutting element configured to form a sever in a wrapper on the neck of the bottle and a movable member that carries the cutting element, and wherein the cutting element moves towards the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves in a first direction along the first receptacle longitudinal axis towards a retracted position in the first receptacle and the cutting element moves away from the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves in a second direction along the first receptacle longitudinal axis towards an extended position in the first receptacle, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction;
a stopper extractor apparatus located in the second receptacle, the stopper extractor apparatus configured to remove a stopper from the bottle by capturing the stopper on an auger when the auger is rotated in a first direction; and
a power source to provide power to the auger.
2. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
a spring arranged to provide a bias force against the movable member being moved towards the retracted position.
3. The device of claim 2 further comprising:
a stationary member that is capable of receiving and operably cooperates with the movable member, wherein the spring is located between the movable member and the stationary member.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is configured to form a sever when the bottle is received in the first receptacle and rotated about the first receptacle longitudinal axis.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is at least partially concealed within the first receptacle as the movable member moves toward the extended position.
6. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is at least partially concealed within the first receptacle by a cover.
7. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is positionable so as to contact the wrapper as the movable member moves towards the retracted position and is positionable so as not to contact the wrapper as the movable member moves towards the extended position.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is located on a cutter support on the movable member; and
the cutter support is configured to move the cutting element with respect to the first receptacle longitudinal axis.
9. The device of claim 8 wherein:
the cutter support is movable towards the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves towards the retracted position in the first receptacle and movable away from the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves towards an extended position in the first receptacle.
10. The device of claim 9 wherein:
when the movable member moves towards the retracted position in the first receptacle, the cutter support is moved towards the first receptacle longitudinal axis by contact with an abutting structure in the first receptacle.
11. The device of claim 10 wherein:
the cutter support moves towards the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves towards the retracted position in the first receptacle by contact between a wedge shaped section of the cutter support and the abutting structure in the first receptacle.
12. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is circular.
13. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the cutting element is replaceable.
14. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the at least one cutting element comprises a plurality of cutting elements spaced around periphery of the movable member.
15. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
an elongated body comprising a top portion and a bottom portion;
the first receptacle being located in a top portion of the elongated body; and
the second receptacle being located in a bottom portion of the elongated body.
16. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the stopper extractor apparatus is further configured to remove the stopper from the auger when the auger is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction.
17. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the power source is a battery.
18. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
an elongated body having a bottom portion, wherein the first and second receptacles are located in the elongated body; and
a recharging base including a receiving section and at least two electrical contacts, wherein the electrical contacts of the recharging base are capable of mating with at least two electrical contacts located in the bottom portion of the elongated body when the bottom portion of the elongated body is inserted into the receiving section of the rechargeable base.
19. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
a switch configured to activate the auger.
20. A bottle opening device comprising:
a housing;
first and second receptacles in the housing to receive at least a portion of a neck of a bottle, the first receptacle having a first receptacle longitudinal axis, and the second receptacle having a second receptacle longitudinal axis;
a wrapper cutting apparatus located in the first receptacle, the wrapper cutting apparatus having at least one cutting element configured to form a sever in a wrapper on the neck of the bottle, and wherein the cutting element moves towards the first receptacle longitudinal axis when a movable member moves in a first direction along the first receptacle longitudinal axis towards a retracted position in the first receptacle and the cutting element moves away from the first receptacle longitudinal axis when the movable member moves in a second direction along the first receptacle longitudinal axis towards an extended position in the first receptacle, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, wherein the wrapper cutting apparatus further includes a spring arranged to provide a bias force against the movable member being moved towards the retracted position;
a stopper extractor apparatus located in the second receptacle, the stopper extractor apparatus configured to remove a stopper from the bottle by capturing the stopper on an auger when the auger is rotated in a first direction; and
a power source to provide power to the auger.