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Bottle opener
A bottle opener or bottle cap opener is a device for removing metal bottle caps from glass bottles. More broadly, it could include corkscrews to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles.
A metal bottle cap is affixed to the rim of the neck of a bottle by being pleated or ruffled around the rim. A bottle opener is a specialized lever inserted beneath the pleated metalwork, which uses a point on the bottle cap as a fulcrum on which to pivot.
Alfred L. Bernardin of Bernardin Bottle Cap Company (Evansville, Indiana), was the first person to apply for and receive a US patent for a bottle opener, on July 11, 1893. By convention this distinction is usually afforded to William Painter of Baltimore, the first to patent the "crown cork" bottle cap for which the bottle opener is made; in fact Bernardin beat him to it by a few months. Bernardin's design is a one-handed table-mounted opener such as for bartenders; Painter's patent, received February 6, 1894, is a hand-held design - otherwise both essentially worked the same for the same purpose.
There are several distinct designs of such bottle openers. The functional elements of bottle openers (a tooth or lip to catch the underside of the cap, a fulcrum across which to exert the force that will remove the cap, and usually a lever for mechanical advantage) tend to be consistent, although they can vary in design and aesthetics.
The first patent for a bottle opener was given in 1893, it was mounted.
A mounted bottle opener is attached to a table, bar counter, wall, etc... to allow for one-handed bottle-opening. The bottle cap can fall into a bottle cap catcher below the opener. Mounted openers were also once common on vending machines that dispensed bottled soft drinks.
The second patent for a bottle opener was given in 1894, it was hand held.
A simple opener is a piece of metal with a rectangular or rounded opening in one end and a solid handle large enough to be gripped between the thumb and forefingers on the other. The opening contains a lip that is placed under the edge of the bottle top, pulling it off when upward force is applied to the handle end of the opener.
Bottle opener
A bottle opener or bottle cap opener is a device for removing metal bottle caps from glass bottles. More broadly, it could include corkscrews to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles.
A metal bottle cap is affixed to the rim of the neck of a bottle by being pleated or ruffled around the rim. A bottle opener is a specialized lever inserted beneath the pleated metalwork, which uses a point on the bottle cap as a fulcrum on which to pivot.
Alfred L. Bernardin of Bernardin Bottle Cap Company (Evansville, Indiana), was the first person to apply for and receive a US patent for a bottle opener, on July 11, 1893. By convention this distinction is usually afforded to William Painter of Baltimore, the first to patent the "crown cork" bottle cap for which the bottle opener is made; in fact Bernardin beat him to it by a few months. Bernardin's design is a one-handed table-mounted opener such as for bartenders; Painter's patent, received February 6, 1894, is a hand-held design - otherwise both essentially worked the same for the same purpose.
There are several distinct designs of such bottle openers. The functional elements of bottle openers (a tooth or lip to catch the underside of the cap, a fulcrum across which to exert the force that will remove the cap, and usually a lever for mechanical advantage) tend to be consistent, although they can vary in design and aesthetics.
The first patent for a bottle opener was given in 1893, it was mounted.
A mounted bottle opener is attached to a table, bar counter, wall, etc... to allow for one-handed bottle-opening. The bottle cap can fall into a bottle cap catcher below the opener. Mounted openers were also once common on vending machines that dispensed bottled soft drinks.
The second patent for a bottle opener was given in 1894, it was hand held.
A simple opener is a piece of metal with a rectangular or rounded opening in one end and a solid handle large enough to be gripped between the thumb and forefingers on the other. The opening contains a lip that is placed under the edge of the bottle top, pulling it off when upward force is applied to the handle end of the opener.
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