US 7,506,445 B2
	Foil cutting device
Delphine Pauline Buyse, Voorburg (Netherlands); Patrick Lambertus Kerkhof, Zoetermeer (Netherlands); and Arnoldus Willem Zweekhorst, Delfgauw (Netherlands)
Assigned to Vacu Vin Innovations Ltd., Queensway, Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/483,973.
Claims priority of application No. 1029479 (NL), filed on Jul. 08, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0011878 A1, Jan. 18, 2007
Int. Cl. B67B 7/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 30—1.5  [30/102]

10 Claims

1. A foil cutting device for cutting of a sealing foil of a bottle comprising two side portions connected by an upper portion to be placed on a free extremity of the bottle, wherein each side portion comprises a support point for engagement on a bottle, wherein each side portion comprises a cutting knife, wherein said side portions and said upper portion are manufactured from a single part of injection-molded material, wherein a pivot line of the two side portions is substantially parallel to a line drawn through a point of engagement of the support points or a line drawn through a point of engagement of the cutting knife of the side portion on said bottle, said upper portion comprising an L-shaped material section, wherein said side portions together with the cutting knife are arranged such that they move towards each other when a pinching force is exerted on said side portions, wherein said side portions comprise interacting stopping means for restricting movement of the side portions towards each other, and wherein the stopping means are provided between the respective support points and cutting knives of each of the side portions.