US1037751A - Bottle. - Google Patents

Description

A. B. GARDNBR.`

BOTTLE.

l APPLICATION FILED APR. zo, 1912.

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Application led April 20, 1912. Serial No. 692,087.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BLAIR GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, re` siding at Memphis, in the county of Shelby1 and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles and similar receptacles, and has for its primary object to provide. a bottle of improved construction whereby the cork or stopper may be easily and quickly removed from the neck thereof.

IV ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a bottle constructed in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bottle neck illustrating the manner in which the cork is removed.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5' designates the bottle constructed of glass or other material having the usual reduced neck 6 to receive a stopper 7 of cork or similar material. The bottle neck 6 is provided adjacent to the annular bead 6 on the upper end thereof with a short longitudinal slot 8, the end walls of which are beveled or inclined downwardly and out-- wardly in parallel relation as at 9. A tool or instrument of any character indicated at 10 having a sharp point is adapted to be passed through the opening 8 in the bottle neck and forced into the cork 7. When this cork removing instrument is inserted through the opening 8 it is disposed at an angle as shown in Fig. 2 and inward and downward pressure is exerted upon the outer end thereof. After the sharpened or pointed end has been properly embedded in the material of the stopper, the outer end thereof is moved downwardly, at the same time that an upward force is applied to the shank or inner end portion of the instrument adjacent to the bottle neck 6. By disposing the end walls of the slot 8 at an inclination this movement of the cork removing tool or instrument is comparatively extensive, and liability of breaking or chipping the glass from the end walls of the slot or opening S is prevented. If however any particles of glass are broken from the wall of the neck, they will be directed outwardly by the lower inclined wall 9 instead of inwardly into the bottle. After the cork has been forced upwardly in the neck of the bottle by means of the instrument 10, it may be readily removed entirely therefrom with the fingers.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a bottle of very simple construction whereby the cork or stopper may be easily and quickly removed. When the cork is dispo-sed in the bottle neck, the same extends below the opening 8 thereof so that the liquid contained in the bottle cannot escape. Vhen the liquid is poured from the bottle, the bottle is held in such position that the opening 8 is uppermost.

Owing to the extremely simple constructio-n of my invention, it will be obvious that there will be practically no increased cost in its manufacture over such receptacles as are now in common use.

vWhat I claim is l. A bottle having a longitudinal slot in its neck portion, the end walls of said slot vbeing outwardly and downwardly inclined from the inner to the outer surfaces of the -neck wall at an angle of substantially fortyiive degrees to permit of the angular disposition of a cork extracting instrument through slot, the upper edge of the lower inclined wall of the slot serving as a fulcrum upon which the extracting instrument is adapted to be oscillated.

2. A bottle having a longitudinal slot in its neck po-rtion to receive a cork removing instrument, the opposite end walls of said slot being downwardly and outwardly inclined in parallel relation, said cork removing instrument being capable of longitudinal movement in the slot and adapted for engagement with the upper inclined wall thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER BLAIR GARDNER.

Witnesses:

M. GARDNER, ELIZABETH M. GARDNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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