US1131985A

US1131985A - Bottle-closure.

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Publication number: US1131985A
Application number: US81133614A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick W Bellois
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-01-10
Filing date: 1914-01-10
Publication date: 1915-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 1932-03-16

Description

F. W. BELLOIS VBOTTLE'GLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.10, 1914.

1,131,985. Patented Mar.16,1915

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FREDERICK ENT OFFICE.

W. BELLOIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filedJaniiary 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. BEL- LOIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, rave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle closures, particularly closures formed of a comparatively soft, penetrable material such as cork and the like. 7

One object of the present invention is to provide a closure of this character with a. cap which gives the same a finished appearance and also affords means whereby the closure may be readily extracted.

The various further objects and advantages arising from the novel construction and relation of parts will more fully appear from the detailed description and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of this invention, Figure l is a sectional elevation illustrating the neck and stopper of a bottle with my improved cap applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a modified form illustrating a fiat cap applied to the closure. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional elevations illustrating still further modifications. Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating the manner in which the cork-screw portion may be held to the cap. Fig. 6 is a plan view illustrating the exterior of the cap.

in the bottling art, it is usually found that the ordinary cork closure for bottles is unsightly and usually the neck of the bottle is wrapped with tinfoil or other form of cap which is intended to give the bottle a finished appearance and also affords a place for written matter indicating the maker or other advertising matter. As a substitute for this form of cap, I provide a cap which may be readily attached to the bottle to cover the mouth thereof, giving it an ornamental finished appearance and at the same time, having means whereby the cork may be extracted through the agency of the cap.

Referring in detail to Fig. 1, the neck 10 of the bottle is closed with the usual cork 11. Disposed above the cork and inclosing the same is a cap 12 formed with an interior chamber and a marginal rim l3 abutting the bead 14 of the neck. Attached within the cap is a spiral wire 15 which is screwed into the cork 11 when the cap is attached to the bottle. This wire may be held in any suitable manner to the cap. 1 have illustrated as one means of holding the wire, a ring 16 which is forced into the interior of the cap and holds an enlarged coil 17 of the wire snug against the interior of the cap.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 2, the cork 21 fits within the neck 10 below the level of the bead 1 1. The cap 22 is formed substantially flat and the inturned rim 23 engaging the bead as in the other form described. The spiral wire 25 may be attached to the interior of the cap by a tie clasp 26, the intermediate portion 27 of which forms a yoke engaging the straight end 28 of the spring and the extremities of which clasp pass through slots 29 to the exterior of the cap.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 3, the cap 30 may be formed with a chamber above the mouth of the bottle and provided with a rim 31 engaging the bead 14 and a downward extension or petticoat 32 projecting from the rim. The surface of the cap may be formed with vertical corrugations 33 to provide ready means for turning the cap. The tie clasp 26 may be used for holding the end 28 of the wire as in the other con struction illustrated.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 4., the cap 40 may be formed with a tapering inner surface which serves to abut the bead 14 instead of the rim used in the other forms described. Otherwise, the construction is substantially the same.

It will be understood that when it is desired to extract the cork from the bottle, the user has merely to turn the cap and by reason of the penetration of the spiral wire or cork-screw into the cork, the latter will be extracted or will be started sufliciently thatit may be removed by pulling upon the cap. Any desired lettering may be applied to the cap to indicate the manufacturer or any other advertising matter.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Leters Patent:

The combination with a bottle stopper of easily penetrable material, of a permanent imperforate 0e thereon entirely inclosing Signed at New York city, in the county the stopper an engaging the mouth of the of New York, and State of New York, this bottle, and a helical projection non-r0ta- 7th day of January A. D. 1914.

tably attached to the interior of the cap and FREDERICK W. BELLOIS. extending therefrom to engage the "stopper Witnesses:

whereby rotation of the cap serves, to lift FRANK M. ASHLEY,

the stopper in the neck of the bottle. MINNIE S. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of iatelts. waihm'gton, m. '0.