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Homework for Monday January 24th

Cork Extractor patent number 4253351 Issued March 3, 1981

This patent describes a mechanical cork extractor. Rather than requiring someone to manually screw in the cork, which can cause the cork to splinter. This device performs all of the motions required to open it with a simple crank motion. Clamps hold the bottle in place, then the handle is lowered, driving the screw the cork. Then, the handle is lifted, and the device removes the cork from the bottle.

The cork extractor takes the difficulty out of opening a bottle and reduces the time it takes to open a bottle significantly. Reducing the time and skill required to open a bottle can be very useful at large events where wine is in high demand.

The patent application can be found at patentstorm [1] as well as google patents [2].