US2010326A - Novelty bottle opener - Google Patents

Description

Au ,1935. J. R. SCHUCHARDT 2,010,326

NOVELTY BOTTLE OPENER Filed Aug. 24, 1954 y am:

INVENTORY Ire J'Cnwcrrnne0r BY. Q ME EY If) Patented Aug. 6, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a novel form of bottle opener, for corked and wired or metal capped bottles, which may be assembled for pocket carrying in a convenient manner, but is more readily adapted to serve as a display piece of statuary. The device, when assembled for use, provides an instrument for pulling the cork from a bottle, and an instrument for removing a rumpled or orimped metal cap from a bottle.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle openers and has for its object to provide a device of simple and cheap construction for removing crown caps.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination tool embracing a crown cap remover and corkscrew.

This invention has as its principal object to provide an ornamental as well as useful fixture for opening bottles.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a working, practical apparatus of a cast bronze or cast iron construction, and one that is suitable for display purposes.

The device forming the subject matter of this invention is an improvement in opening means for bottle closures and consists in combined, into one integral piece, parts of great simplicity and efiiciency for performing the desired results.

Other and further objects and advantages will present themselves upon reading the following description and will become obvious to those versed in the related arts when considered in connection with the following specification, especially with the aid of the annexed drawing.

The foregoing objects have been accomplished by means consisting of the arrangement and combination of parts illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure l is a side view, partially sectional, of the bottle opener, showing a portion of the lower body of the statue cut away in order to clearly depict the working mechanism.

Figure 2 is a rear view showing the cut away portion wherein the corkscrew proper is positioned in its recess, as when not in use.

Figure 3 is a partial sectional view showing the body of the statue completely sectioned on the line 3-3, of Figure 2, showing the headturned, however, to the rear and the corkscrew necessarily extruded and locked in open position.

Figure 4 is a section of Figure 1, taken on the 5 line 44 thereof.

Figure 5 is a section of Figure 2, taken on the line 5-5 thereof.

Figure 6 is a bottom view of Figure 3, showing the core of the molded body of the statue.

This combination novelty bottle-opener comprises in its present form, a cast or moulded body or statue l I, having a head portion 12, which latter is fitted on to a tubular member 13 wherein a spiral groove I4 is cut. Into the spiral groove M the 15 double-bent portion or end of the cork-screw I5 is inserted. Corkscrew I5 is held in place by pm Hi. Hand portion I! is used to remove crimped bottle caps and the like.

By turning the head l2 it is plainly seen by those 20 versed in the related art, that spiral groove l4 will cause corkscrew IE to be raised and locked into open or used position as shown in Figure 3. By turning the head to the front again, the corkscrew is hidden in the recess l8, Figure 2.

What is claimed is:

The combination in a bottle opener, of an elongated body, a core running through said body, a tubular member in said core having a head-like member fixedly mounted on said tubular mem- 30 her, the latter members being rotatably mounted within said statue core, a spiral groove out in said tubular member, a recess in said body. Said recess running lengthwise of the body and communicating with said core, and a corkscrew pivotally 35 mounted in said recess and having one end of said corkscrew slidably operable in said groove and angularly disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the corkscrew so that the turning of the head member causes said corkscrew to be ex- 40 truded from said recess or locked into said recess in said body in accordance with the backward or forward facing or turning of said head respectively.

J. R. SCHUCHARDT. 45

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