US1233483A - Bottle-cap remover. - Google Patents

Description

F. JIKRISTOFEK.

BOTTLE CAP REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, I914.

Patented July 17, 1917.

FRANK J. KRISTOFEK, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BOTTLE-CAP REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917.

Application filed April 21, 1914. Serial No. 833,419.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. Knis'rornk, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Cap Removers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a simple and inexpensive device, which is adapted to aid in the eflicient removal from the mouths of milk and cream bottles, and other containers, the flexible cap ordinarily. used for closing the bottle. Devices have been employed for the above purposes, but they have accomplished substantially the same result in an ineffective man ner, often times causing the milk or cream to be spilled and spattered upon the clothing and hands. My invention entirely overcomes this objection, and enables the cap to be removed or inserted in an eflicient manner. The cap when removed is retained by the remover and can be reinserted in the bottle neck without touching the cap by the hands.

'In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan looking at the bottom of the bottle cap r mover; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line X-X, of Fig. 1. My invention comprises three main elements, the body A, the handle B, and the impaling pin C, the latter two elements being formed integral. The body A is in the form of a substantially flat circular button, although its shape may be variously modified, so long as it is adapted to be received in the neck of the bottle. This button consists of a shell made in two pieces 2 and 3, the part 2 forms the back of the button and is made from a thin sheet disk dished upwardly to form a concave lower surface 4:. The edge of this back is curved up to form a flange 5. The top piece 3 of the shell is made from a thin sheet disk dished to form a convex outer surface 6. The periphery of the top member 3 is turned down and beaded over the flange 5 to hold the parts 2 and 3 together. A suitable covering forming a jacket 7 is secured over the surface of the top piece 3 and is preferably made from celluloid forming a smooth finished surface which'can be easily cleaned and which is adapted to bear any suitable advertising printed matter. The handle B and impaling element C are made from a single piece of wire bent be- The end 10 of one side is offset immediately within the part 2 and the other end extends to the center of the button where it is bent downwardly and passed through the centrally disposed opening 11 in the member 2. The extremity of the side of the handle extending through the opening 11 is shaped to form a point 12, which is turned back into a shoulder piece 13, and then inclined downwardly and backwardly, thus forming the impaling member. per orother suitable soft material is interposed between the member 3 and the side of the handle carrying the impaling element, lying within the button so that when pres- A disk 1 L made of pa-..

sure of the thumb upon the surface of the button is applied in removing the cap from the bottle, the side of the handle carrying the impaling element does not dent the surface of the button and the surface of the button is softened. In use the impaling element is struck down through the paper cap and the shoulder 18 engages the material of the cap, so that the cap can be lifted out ofthe neck of the bottle easily by applying upward pressure upon the handle and using the opposite end of the button as a fulcrum against the cap. The concave surface 11 0f the button serves to cause the cap to adhere over the shoulder 13 after the cap has been removed, whereby the cap can be easily reinserted in the neck of the bottle without having to touch the same and soil the fingers. After the cap has been reinserted the remover can be disengaged without having to touch the cap.- There is a distinct advantage attained by my invention, by placing the impaling element between the extremities of the remover whereby one end of the remover may be used as the fulcrum and the other end as a handle, in forming a shoulder on the impaling element, and in forming a lower concave surface on the button, which co-acts with said shoulder to secure the cap on the remover without disengagement until purposely separated.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is A bottle cap remover and replacer comprising a hollow circular button having a dished lower face, a handle formed of a single strand of wire bent intermediate its ends to form a loop projecting outwardly from the periphery of the button, the strands of said wire entering the button within which one of the strands is offset to fixedly engage the inner periphery thereof, the other strand being bent downwardly and passing centrally through the lower face of the button to form a cap engaging prong, and a disk guard interposed within the button between the prong end of said handle and the upper portion of the button as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. KRISTOFEK.

Witnesses B. MoCoMBs, S. L. WAsoHnNnnnGnn.

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

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