US1092399A - Method of sealing bottles. - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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METHOD or sEALmG BOTTLES.

Be it known that I, R BIN Ro'rHMAN, a

subject of the Emperor of Russia, and mmdent of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im-, provements in Methods of Sealing Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved process for securely retaining a closure in the form of a cap or hood on the top ofv a bottle or jar, and is especially designed for the form 'of mouth bottles or jars usually employed for the delivery of milk to. customers; and consists, essentially, in providing a form of wirering with a helix at one end, through which the other en d'ofthe wire is passedand drawn taut around the hood or cap below the'bead on the bottle neck, and thereupon the engaging end portions of the wire ring'flare deflected to cause them to be securely locked together.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating embodiments of .my invention, Figure 1 shows a bottle with the closure applied. Fig. the open position. Fig. 3 is a similar view, with the end portions of" the wire in gilamped position; Fig. 4 is a view enlarged of the end portions of. a ring in the locked position, with the extremity of the ring deflected, and Fig. '5 shows'the helix.

n Fig. 1 ofthe drawings is shown a bottle 6 of..the wide-mouth form, having a bead 7 on the outside of the neck at the top. A cap or hood 8 of any preferred material, preferably of a com aratively stiff paper, is' placed on top/of t'e bottle, and has its sides extendin down a short distance beyond the .bead (lithe bottle. Around this lower portion of the cap 8 is plac d a wire ose end portions are provided with means for contracti'n the ring to' press the edges of the cap tig tly against the bottle neck just belowthe head on the bottle, and which end portions can be locked together to securely the-cap in this position.

One end portion of the ring 9 is provided with a helix 19,- as shown separately in Fig. 5, of asize to'p'ermit the other end portion 12 of the ring 9 to pass through the axis of the helix; and this end portion 12 is so inserted before the ring is placed over the hood or cap on the bottle, the ring before applicas iecification of Letters Patent.

.the bottleneck below cated in Fig. 1. Of course this can be done wide-,

la'r' form or shape.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Application filed September 20, 1913 7 Serial No. 790,858.

tion being large enough to be passed down over the hood around the bead 7. This ring is now grasped by suitable means, and the extending end 12 1s drawn out or through the helix 10, whereby the size or diameter of the ring will be contracted, and will draw the lower edges of the hood inwardly against the bead 7, as indiwith simple hand tools, such as pliers or the like, or else an automatic machine could be employed for such purpose.

For the purpose of securing the portion 12 of the ring that is surrounded by the helix 10, this portion of the ring is suitably Y compressed, such as pair of pliers, or any form of jaws or the like, that will bend the wire portion 12 inside of the helix to an irregular shape, most likely in the form of a sinusoid or wave; and at the same time the helix will be somewhat compressed or distorted out of a regu- This it will be readily understoodwill lock the two engaging end portions of the ring 9 together, and prevent withdrawal of the end portion 12, or any enlargement of the ring. the end 12 through the helix before locking thetwo portions together, will serve to clamp the edges of the cap or hood 8 tightly against the bottle neck below the bead on the bottle, and then the locking operation will insure the retention of the cap on top of the bottle, thus forming a practically fluid-tight closure for the bottle. Preferably the end portion 12.:of the wire ring that now projects beyond the helix 10, in the locked position of the helix, can be severed by clippers, or any desired form of cutting means. This end portion 12 of the wire, can be severed so as to leave a short end portion beyond the helix, that can be deflected laterally as shown at 13 in Fig. 4, that will assist in the locking operation, as it would tend to prevent withdrawal of the end portion of the wire back through the helix 10. And in fact, this laterally bent portion might'itself serve as a locking means to prevent withdrawal of the wire, and serve to lock the two endportions of the wire ring in position to clamp the hood against the bottle neck. In the extending end portion 12, the nipper's or other cutting means could be caused at the same time to produce the described lateral bending of the remainingend portion of the by squeezing it with a The drawing of the operation of cutting off wire 12; whereby the operation of severing the free extension would at the same time effect the lockin together of the end portion of the wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I'clann is: i

1. '.The herein described method of'securing a cap on a bottle that is provided with ahead at the top by means of a circular wire ring, consisting in placing around the cap below the bead a circular wire ring provided with a helix at one end portion with the other end portion of the wire projecting through such helix, thereupon drawing said free end through the helix to contact the ring-and press the cap tightly against the bottle neck, and thereupon causing the helix to be closed upon the said inner wire portionwhereby to deflect slich inner portion and lock the two end portions of thering to-' gether and secure the cap upon the bottle.

2. The herein described method oflsecuring a cap on abottle that is provided with a bead at the top by means of a circular wire r1ng,' consisting in placingaround the cap below the head a circular wire ring provided with arhelix at one end portion with the other end portion of the Wire projecting inooasee through such helix, thereupon drawing said free end through the helix to contract the ring and press the cap tightly against the bottle neck, and thereupon causing the helix to be closed upon the said inner wire portion whereby to deflect such'inner portion and lock the two end portions of the ring together and secure the cap upon the bottle,

and also causing the inner wire to have its extremity bent laterally at the end portion 1 bottle neck, and thereupon compressing the helix and free end-into interlocking engagement.

' Witnesses:

JAooB R. ORNSTEIN, CHARLES LENZ.

RUBIN RO'IjI-IMABL' 4

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