Plug remover for a bottle
US5967000A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67B7/02
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plug remover for extracting a plug from a marker bottle or the like slips laterally over and entraps the plug. The plug remover includes a handle making it easy to grasp, which in the preferred embodiment has a flat top surface and can be inverted and placed on a table top or other surface, with the plug still in the plug remover, while the bottle is refilled. In the preferred embodiment the plug remover includes a bottom cam which, after the plug has been entrapped by the remover, can be turned along the thread of the bottle neck and rides up the thread to provide additional leverage for overcoming the "stiction" between the plug and the neck of the bottle.
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