US1060237A - Bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

Description

J. DURAN.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19, 1912'.

1,060,237. Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

' INVENTO R J1] arm? ATTORNEYS JOHN DURAN, OF WALTERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Application filed August 19, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Serial No. 715,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DURAN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

residing at VValtersburg, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to bottle stoppersand has for its object to provide a device of such class in a manner as hereinafter provide a bottle stopper which is simplev in its construction and arrangement, strong,

capable of being detachably secured to the bottle, efficient and convenient in its use and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle stopper in accordance with this invention showing the adaptation thereof in connection with a bottle neck, the latter being shown in section, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle stopper in accordance with this invention, showing the adaptation thereof in connection with a bottle neck, the latter being illustrated in section, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bottle stopper, Fig. 4 is a sect-ion on line IVIV Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a section on line VV Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a section on line VIVI Fig. 2.'

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 denotes the body portion of a bottle provided with a neck 2 providing a throat 3, the upper end of the neck 2 has its periphery formed with an annular bead 4. The foregoing elements are of known construction.

A bottle stopper in accordance with this invention includes a resilient retaining collar 5 preferably formed of rubber and which frictionally engages the wall of the throat 3 at the upper end thereof. Extending through the collar 5 and frictionally engaging therewith is a hollow cylindrical sleeve 6 formed integral at its upper end with the lower face of a circular disk 7. The disk is provided with a centrally disposed opening 8, the wall of which forms a continuation of the inner face of the sleeve 6. The disk 7 is seated upon the top edge of the neck 2 and is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed arms 9 which are bent to extend around the bead 4 and engage the periphery of the neck 2 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The arms 9, are detachably connected to the neck 2 by a flexible member 10 which engages with the lower ends of the arms 9 and has its ends twist-ed together as at 11 whereby the arms 9 are maintained in engagement with the neck 2. The sleeve 6 at its lower end is formed with a diametrically opposed pair of valved outlets 12 through which the contents of the bottle can be discharged when the valvular member, to be presently referred to, is shifted to open the outlets 12. The inner face of the sleeve 5 constitutes a valve seat and which is engaged by an elongated hollow tubular valvular member 13, the latter being of a length as to project above and depend below the sleeve 6.

The member 13 near its lower end is formed with a pair of openings 14, adapted when the member 13 is shifted, to register with the outlets 12 whereby the contents of the bottle can enter the member 13 and be discharged from the outer end thereof. Mounted upon the lower end of the member 13 is an annular gasket 15 which is maintained in engagement with the lower end of the sleeve 6 by a collar 16 and fixedly secured to the member 13. Extending into the inner end of the member 13 is a wedgeshaped block 17 which not only closes the inner end of the member 13 but also flares the said inner end whereby the collar 16 and gasket 15 are maintained in position upon the inner end of the member 13.

The reference character 18 denotes a disk provided with a rim 19, the latter being cut away to form a pair of shoulders 20, 21. The disk 18 centrally thereof is formed with a circular opening 22, the wall of which forms a continuation of the inner face of 21 the outlets 12 are closed by the valvular member 13.

The bottle stopper is detachably connected to the bottle neck so'that it can be readily removed and used in connection with any bottle if desired. The closing of the outlets 12 by the member 13 prevent any foreign matter from entering the outlet. The diam-- eter of the sleeve 6 with respect to the inner diameter of the collar 5 is such that when the sleeve is mounted in position it will compress the collar 6, under such conditions the sleeve 6 will be secured from vertical movement due to the binding action of the collar 5 between the wall of the throat of,

the neck and the periphery of the sleeve 6.

What I claim is A bottle stopper comprising a resilient collar adapted to frictionally engage the When the arm 23 is not under the bead of a bottle neck for securing the disk thereto, said sleeve of greater length than said collar and at its lower end provided with a pair of outlets, a hollow vertical member extending through and of greater length than said sleeve and provided with a pair of openings adapted to register with said outlets, a vertical arm projecting upwardly from the edge of said disk, a gasket mounted upon the lower end of said member and abutting against said sleeve, a plug extending in the lower end of saidmember for closing it and for further flaring said lower end to maintain the ga'sket'in engagement with said sleeve, a disk carried by said member and having its edge cut away to provide a pair of shoulders capable of being engaged by said arm for limiting the movement of the member in either direction.

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

JOHN DURAN. Witnesses:

FRANK POLLAOK, WOJACH OLEszKIoWIoz.

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

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