US1103692A - Bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

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I L. F. SEAMES.

BOTTLE STOPPER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

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LOUIS F. sE ns, or BUFFALO, New YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 6, 1913. Serial No. 765,757.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS F. SnAMns, a

which is designed to permit a liquid to be readily poured out of the bottle but to' prevent or render diflicult the introduction of any liquid into the bottle through the neck thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottle stopper of this character which can be producedat comparatively low cost. which can be readily applied to bottles of standard construction, and which'will operate effectively to permit the discharge of liquid from the bottle but prevent the admission of liquid into the bottle-through the neck thereof while the stopper is in the neck.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle equipped with my improved stoppen Fig. 2 is a horizontal sect-ion taken in line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 3 is" a horizontal section taken in line 3- 3, looking upwardly.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. I

The bottle shown in the drawings, as an example; for the application of my invention comprises theusual. enlarged'body l and a neck 2 arranged at the top of thebody and provided at its upper end with an external collar or enlargement 3 forming a downwardly facing shoulder on the neck. Within the central part of the neck is arranged the outer shell of the bottle stopper which comprises a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical or annular body 4 which fits with its periphery against the bore of the neck of the bottle. At its upper end the body of the outer shell is provided with a horizontal head 5 having a central liquid discharge or opening passage 6. At its lower end the outer shell is provided with a head 7 having a central opening or liquid passageway 8 and a valve seat 9 around the upper edge of said opening.

Within the outer shell'is arranged an inner shell comprising a body 22 which is rated from the body of the outershell so as to form an" intervening annular space between the same.

At its upper end the inner shell body is provided with an imperforate-head 10 which is separated from the upper head of the outershell by an intervening space or'passageway. At its lower. edge the'body of the inner shell is tliickenecl as shown at 11 and the 'periphery of this thickened portion bears against the bore of the outer'shell body and also. bears at its lower end against the lower head. Between said thickened portion and the upper head of the inner shell its body is provided with an annular row of openings 12. lVithin the inn-er shell. is arranged a valve 13, preferably of spherical form, which is adapted to move toward and from. the seat of the lower head for the purpose of closing or opening the pas-- sageway 8. 7

The inner and outer shells, the lower head and the valve are all preferably constructed of porcelain, glass or other vitreous material so as to avoid any deleterious effect upon the liquids which may pass through "the stopperand conie'in contact with the parts thereof. In the preferred mannerof head is molded in another piece and the inner shell body together with its upper head and lower enlargment are molded in the third piece.

Patented July 14, 1914.-

Upon assembling these parts so that the enlargement of the inner shell.

engages with the bore of the body of the outer shell, the lower head engages with the bore of the body of the-outer shell, and the lower end of the inner shell, and the ball valve is confined within the inner shell. These parts are all heated together at a sufliciently high temperature to vitrify the same and cause the several parts excepting the ball valve to become united by fusion into one common mass. If desired, however, the several elements which go to make up the inner and outer shells of the stopper may be otherwise formed and assembled. After this stopper has been thus completed the of substantially cylindrical form and separendered tight by constructing the bore of the neck of slightly inward tapering form,

as shown in Fig. 1, so that the outershell whichis of corresponding tapering form in the neck of the bottle a filling 14, preferably constructed of cork, iS inserted in the pper end of the neck until it engages with the top, of theouter shell and. is then cut off flush with .the' upper end of the neck. This filling may also be secured. in the neck of the bottle by cement. of any suitable char: acter and the sameis provided centrally withanopening or passageway 15 which 3 registers with the opening in the upper headof the'outershell. Fitting over the upper end of theneck and the filling is a cap which comprisesfa'n annularbody l6 surrounding the collar of the neck, an inwardly turned annular flange 17 arranged at the lower edge of the body 16 and engaging with the shoulder at -the lower'end of the collar, a

.horiz'ontal top 18 connected with the upper edge of the body 16 and bearing against the upper edge ofthe neck and the filling nd having a central opening 19 in line with the opening of the filling, and a dependingannular flange 20 arranged onv the top 18. around the edge of its central opening and engaging withthe bore ofthe openingyin. the filling. This cap not only produces afini'shed appearance of thelbottle at the-upper end of its neck, but the same op erates additionallyto confine the stopper in theneck and. also provides means whereby 1 an advertisement or the name of the manufacturer of the contents of the bottle may be displayed on the same. Normally the opening 19 in the cap isclosed a pliigfzl, particularly while shlpplng the goods.

During the operation. of pouring the liquid from. the bottle after removing the plug, the ball valve rolls forwardly away from its seat to: the upper, end of the inner shell,

' thereby permitting the liquid contents Oftllei bottle to flow through the opening 8 in the i lower head and into the inner shell, thence through the openings in the latter into the outer shell and" thence through the openings in the head of the outer shell, the filler and 'the cap and into the receptacle intended to receive the same. Upon again placing the bottle upright the ball valve automatically .IClOSeS the opening of the lower head inwhich position the same cannot be reached by a wire or similar instrumentwi-th a view Zof tampering with the bottle and again filliing the same illicitly owing to the inner ;shell forming a bafile for-this purpose and jproducing together with the outer shell a Itortuous'passagefor the liquid from the in" terior to theeXterior of the bottle,

Thisbottle stopper hascomparatlvely few parts, all of: which are 'of-simple construction andtherefore permits of producingthesame at a cost which i s'not prohibitive and enables; the same to be used on bottles containing goods which are sold at a reasonable price; Furthermore, this bottle stopper :does' not "require any striking. departure {from the form of the bottle now in common use nor does it necessitate a material change @in the moldsor' machinery usually employed lfor making such bottles. 3 I claim as my invention 1 The combination. of a bottle having a tneck and an external collar at itsupper end, ?a stopper body arranged within "the neck;

and having ajcentral passage, a, cap having a body surrounding said collar and top {extending across themouth of the neck and provided w th; a central open ng, and a tubular filling arranged in" the neck and engaging its. upper end with the underside of the top and its lower end with -theupperend, of said stopper body and providedwith an, axial opening in line with the openings of said top and stopper, body.

Witness my hand' this 2nd day of May,

1913." W a -LOUIS FQ SEAMES.-

' WitnessesL 1 I i ;E. M. GRAHAM,

' Trrno. Porr,

Copie qig'this patentnlay beobtaincd tor five cerits eacli, by addressing-the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0;

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