One feature pertains to a device that includes a main body having a bottle-receiving end that receives an end of a bottle having a mouth and forms an airtight seal between an exterior surface of the bottle and an interior air cavity of the main body. The device also includes an actuator assembly that drives a stopper securement device into a stopper positioned within the mouth of the bottle and retracts the stopper securement device to remove the stopper from the mouth of the bottle. The device also includes a vacuum pump that evacuates air out of the interior air cavity and the bottle's headspace after the stopper has been removed to create a vacuum within the headspace. The actuator assembly may also drive the stopper securement device and the stopper back into the mouth of the bottle to reseal the bottle while the headspace is under vacuum.

One feature pertains to a device that includes a main body having a bottle-receiving end that receives a bottle and forms a substantially airtight seal between the main body and an exterior surface of the bottle surrounding a mouth of the bottle. The bottle-receiving end has a bottom opening to allow for fluid-flow communication between an interior air cavity of the main body and a headspace of the bottle. The device further includes a stopper securement device, and a vacuum pump that evacuates air out of the interior air cavity and the headspace to create a vacuum or partial vacuum within the headspace. The device also includes a means for inserting the stopper into the mouth of the bottle using the stopper securement device after the vacuum pump evacuates air out of the interior cavity and the headspace.

An automated cork extractor includes a housing for enclosing a motor, a corkscrew, and a cork sleeve that does not move with respect to the housing during extraction of a cork from a bottle neck.

The present invention relates to a device and a method for decanting a beverage initially contained in one or more closed bottles into smaller containers. The device comprises an enclosure under an inert atmosphere, provided with an inlet port comprising receiving means, into which inlet port the neck of the bottles is fitted, and an outlet port through which the hermetically sealed containers are evacuated. The device contains an opening station for opening the bottles fitted into the receiving means, a collection vessel that collects the liquid flowing out of the bottles, a filling station for filling the containers from the collection vessel, and a sealing station for hermetically sealing the containers. In the method, the steps of opening and emptying the bottles, and of filling and hermetically sealing the containers, are all carried out under an inert atmosphere.

The device for ejecting a cork from a corkscrew includes a body in which a spiral is received. There is a tubular cradle housed in a housing to accommodate the spiral and a cork screwed in the spiral. The cradle is formed by a stationary sleeve secured to the body and a sliding sleeve, translatable relative to the stationary sleeve, between a position in which it is completely nested in the stationary sleeve and a position in which it is at least partially removed from the stationary sleeve. Each sleeve has an upper end and a lower end, and the sliding sleeve has a mechanism to exert a force on the cork oriented toward the lower end of the stationary sleeve.

A free standing wine bottle opener permits a wine bottle to be placed in a receptive opening in a base and having an upper housing for accommodating the corked end of the bottle. The upper housing includes a cork gripper attached to a motorized screw mechanism for engaging, twisting and lifting the cork relative to the bottle. The design is intended to provide a counter-top appliance (similar in size to a typical blender) in which the operator inserts the wine bottle into the base and then locks it in place and raises it to the winch mechanism. The winch mechanism is then activated to twist, lift and remove the cork. An electric motor is geared with the winch mechanism to rotate the winch when activated, making the system automatic. With the bottle resting on the base of the system and locked in place to prevent rotation, there is not any need for the operator to hold the neck of the bottle during the uncorking process.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to extracting the liquid from a container (such as a bottle of wine) using a needle adapted to pierce the closure of a container of liquid, dispense liquid from the container, and supply an inert gas to the container to help preserve the liquid.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to extracting the liquid from a container (such as a bottle of wine) using a needle adapted to pierce the closure of a container of liquid, dispense liquid from the container, and supply an inert gas to the container to help preserve the liquid.

The present invention relates to a device and a method for decanting a beverage initially contained in one or more closed bottles into smaller containers. The device comprises an enclosure under an inert atmosphere, provided with an inlet port comprising receiving means, into which inlet port the neck of the bottles is fitted, and an outlet port through which the hermetically sealed containers are evacuated. The device contains an opening station for opening the bottles fitted into the receiving means, a collection vessel that collects the liquid flowing out of the bottles, a filling station for filling the containers from the collection vessel, and a sealing station for hermetically sealing the containers. In the method, the steps of opening and emptying the bottles, and of filling and hermetically sealing the containers, are all carried out under an inert atmosphere.

The present disclosure discloses an electric wine opener. It includes a bracket and a driving device which comprises a rotating shaft with a polygonal cross-section and a motor. The rotating shaft is rotatably installed on the bracket. The motor is installed on the bracket. The input shaft of the motor is connected to the rotating shaft. The electric wine opener further comprises a cylindrical cork extraction device which comprises a sleeve, a screw, a threaded drill, a cork sleeve, the sleeve with internal thread in the middle is mounted in the bracket. The screw is provided with a hexagonal hole corresponding to the rotating shaft. The screw is fitted in the rotating shaft. The electric wine opener further comprises a clamping device. Because the driving device, cork extraction device and clamping device are provided in the bracket, the driving device can drive the clamping device to clamp the bottle and the cork extraction device to extract the cork so as to ensure the electric wine opener to clamp the bottleneck of the wine bottle and further extract the cork automatically. The electric wine opener is easy to operate and it can be used to extract the cork steadily and quickly.