US1029473A - Bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

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A. J. SLAUGHTER.

BOTTLE STOPPEE. APPLICATION FILED Arma, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

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, Applioationled April 8, 1912i; :Serial No?. elitist.

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I', ALBERT J. SLAUGH- TER, a citizen of the United'. States, residing at Washington, inthe county of Rappah'an nook and State of Virginia, have invented newv and useful4 Improvements in Bottle- Stpppers, of which the following is a specification.

This .invention relates to bott-le Stoppers, and has for an object to provide an imy proved stopper of this character which can be applied to the bottle without resorting to the use of permanent fastenings and constructing the said stopper obviating the necessity of removing it from thebottle by means of extracting implements.

A still further Aobject of the invention is to employ a spring fastening device engag- Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4 4 of` `Fia'. yl.

The bott-le neck 1' is provided with a flanged upper end 2 which is formed at diainetrically opposite sides to provide oppositely inclined surfaces.' Eachsurface is corrugated on its underside, as shown at 8 in Fig. l of the drawing. The flange 2 is provided with diametrieally disposed recesses 4 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

Thejcap may be of metal or any other I "material which may be found most. desirable for the purpose intended. As illustrated, the cap is provided with a depending peripheral flange 6 which extends downwardly over the flanged 'end 2 of the neck. At the center the cap -5 is provided Witha pivot stud 7' which extends through the body portion 84 ofa clamp 9.. This clam is formed preferably from` a single lengti of sheet metal or wire, and as illus- Ytrated, it is bent to form bowed s ring-form- -ing portions'lO which extend `over the sides of the langed end 2 of the `bottle .and then under' the Hangs to form ownwardly locking elements l1 which are of concaveconvex form in transverse section, as shown in Fig. 3 of the" drawing, for `locking engagement withthe correspondingly corrugated surfaces 3 hereinbefore described.

rom the portions 3 lthe ends of the clamp extend downwardly against the sides of the neck, as shown at 12, and then outwardly from the neck, as shown at 13.- Eaeh ex tremity is then bent on itself, as shown, and the end 14 is extended upwardly to lie\di rectly against` the portion l2. From this construct-ion the end 15 of each of such .ex-

tremities lies directly under the locking element 1l to reinforce such elementand to y' insure its positive engagement with the sunA face 3.

By forming theclamp to provide the outwardlyextending portions 13 it will be seen that such portions may be grasped by the hand of ,the operator to facilitate attachment of the cap 5 or removal. of the same from the bottle. ln removing the cap from the bottle the portions 13 `are manipulated sothat they may be. sprung away from each other sufficiently to disengagethe elements 11 from the surfaces 3. then be rotated so as to bow the portions l2 thereof into registration with thel said dia metrically. opposite recesses l1 Theehcap The clamp can' may then be withdrawn from the bottle by moving the same upwardly from thev neck. The construction of the device described is extremely desirable in that, owing to the provision of 'the surfaces 3 and the provision of the cooperating spring', clamp.

therefor, should theilatter' lose its resiliency after 4frequent adjustments on the bottlevitmay ybe engaged at new points on the sur- `faces v3. These surfaces eectively form` means to prevent rotation of theclamplafter the same has been adjusted. lt is desirable to place a packing such as the washer shown at 16, between the cap and the neck tot of bthe bottle. rlhis insures' a perfect air tight connection when the clamp is in applied position.

, lclaim: The combination #with a bottle having a neck provided with oppositely inclined corits rugate'd surfaces, of a cap removably fitted to the neck, `and a clamp'comprising 'a substantially elongated member pivoted intermediate of its ends to the central portion of the cap, said strip loe-ingy bowed on opposite lot sides from its pivotal' point and thencecaz.`

' tended downwardly against the sides of the and yieldingly engaging the notch surface 10 neck av-ndhaving terminals extending 10nof the flange of theneck.

gitudinally to the plane of the neck of the In testimony whereof I ax my signa'- bottlc legend -ergaging thertewlifth, eah telllrture in presence of two witnesses. 5 mma ing yent u on ilse sot at t 'e rigidity of each terminal exceeds that of the ALBERT J' SLAUGHTER' il intermediate portion of the elongated clamp Witnesses:

ln lelnher and each of said terminals being C. R. Woon, providedvwth an olset portion underlying P. W. ANDERSON.

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