US1270315A - Bottle-cap remover. - Google Patents

Description

BOTTLE CAP REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED 00122, 1911.

Patented June 25, 191&

gnvmflo'c L. E. OSGOOD LAFAYETTE E. OSGOOD, 0F ENDEAVOR, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-CAP REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 25, 1918.

Application flied October 22, 1917. Serial No. 197,930.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE E. Oscooo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Endeavor, in the county of Forest, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bottle-Cap Remover; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a bottle cap remover, and has for its object to provide a device which can be permanently mounted upon a bottle neck and embodies novel features of construction whereby a crimped cap can be easily and quickly re moved at, any time without the necessity of providing a separate implementv for that purpose.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a bottle cap remover which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be easily applied to a bottle neck, which will not interfere with using the conventional crimped caps or prevent the bottle from being handled and packed in the usual manner, and which can be manually manipulated at any time to unseat and remove the crimped cap when it is desired to open the bottle and remove the contents thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle neck provided with a cap remover constructed in accordance with the invention, the device being shown in inoperative position with a crimped cap closing the mouth of the bottle.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the osition assumed by the device after it has een manipulated to unseat and remove the crimped cap.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the bottle neck and cap removing device.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cap unseating Referring to the drawings, which illustrate one possible embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 designates a bottle neck which has the usual exterior rib 2 at the upper end thereof for engagement with a conventional crimped cap 3. Immediately under the rib 2 the bottle neck is provided with an exterior annular groove 4, the lower edge-of the groove being roughened or serrated, as indicated at 5. A non-rotatable or fixed cam ring 6 is fitted in the groove 4:, the lower edge of the said ring being formed with serrations which corresepond to and engage the serrations 5 of the groove, while the upper edge of the ring is formed with a cam surface 6. Arranged immediately above the non-rotatable cam ring 6 is a rotatable ring 7 which is also adapted to have a longitudinal or up and down movement upon the bottle neck. This rotatable ring 7 is formed with an outwardly projecting annular flange 7* which is milled or roughened so as to be firmly gripped by the fingers, and has a loweincam edge 8 which engages and corresponds to the upper cam edge 6 of the ring 6. A third ring 9 is preferably arranged above the rotatable ring 7, said ring being adapted to engage the lower edge of the crimped cap 3. Otherwise, the uneven edge of the crimped cap might offer resistance to the rotation of the cam ring and make it diflicult at times to manipulate the cap removing device. The upper edge of the ring 9 is preferably beveled, as indicated at 9, so that the ring can move upwardly over the base of the rib 2 of the bottle neck a sufficient amount to insure complete-unseating of the crimped cap.

The three rings 6, i and 9 are to be formed of some non-corrosive material, such as aluminum or, heavily galvanized iron, said rings being held permanently in position within the groove 2 of the bottle neck so that there is no possibility of their being lost or misplaced. The several rings are therefrom, although after being placed in position they are bent to close the slits 10 .t

and bring the sides thereof closely together.

The two opposed cam surfaces of the nonrotatable ring 6 and rotatable ring 7 cooperate with each other to provide for forcibly lifting the ring 7 when it is rotated in one direction, thereby causing the upper ring 9 to force the crimped cap 3 from its seat and remove it from the bottle. On the other hand, when the rotatable ring 7 is turned in the opposite direction the ring can be lowered upon the bottle neck and the upper ring 9 moved away from the rib 2 so that there will be no interference with the crimped cap 3. When the rotatable ring 7 is in this latter position, as indicated by Figsl and 3 of the drawing, the cap 3 can be applied to the mouth of the bottle in the usual manner and will remain firmly in position thereon. When it is desired to remove the crimped cap it is merely necessary to grasp the milled flange 7 of the ring 7 and rotate it in the proper direction for bringing the cam surfaces into action and forcibly lifting the ring 7 as indicated by Fig. 2.

' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. The combination with a bottle neck and a crimped cap applied to the mouth thereof,

of a non-rotatable ring mountedupon the bottle neck and formed with a cam. edge,

and a rotatable ring mounted upon the bottle I neck between the non-rotatabl e-ring and the cap and arranged to have a longitudinal movement upon the neck, said rotatable ring being formed with a cam edge arranged for cooperation with the cam edge of'the nonrotatable ring to force the rotatable ring toward the cap to unseat the same when the ring is rotated.

2. The combination with a bottle neck and a crimped cap applied to the mouth thereof, of a non-rotatable ring applied to'the bottle neck and having a cam edge,v a rotatable ring having acam edge arranged in 006perative relation 'to the cam edge of the nonrotatable ring, and a cap engaging ring interposed between the rotatable ring and the cap, the cap engaging ring and rotatable ring being mounted to have a longitudinal movement upon the bottle neck so that by turning the rotary ring to bring the cam surfaces into operative relation the cap can be forcibly unseated-from position.

3. The combination with a bottle neck having an annular groove therein, a crimped cap applied to the mouth thereof, of a nonrotatable ring permanently seated in the a lower end of the groove and having an upper cam edge, and a rotatable ring loose in the groove above the non-rotatable ring, said rotatable ring being formed with a finger engaging flange and with a lower cam edge so that by rotating the ring and bringing the cam edges of the two rings into coopso erative relation the rotatable ring can be moved longitudinally upon the. bottle neck toward the cap to unseat the same.

4a The combination with a bottle neck hav- 7 ing an exterior groove therein, said groove being formed with a serrated lower edge, and a crimped cap applied to the mouth of the'bottle neck, of a non-rotatable ring seated in the lower end of the groove and having an upper cam. edge and a lower serrated edge for engagement with the serrated edge of the groove, and a rotatable ring loosely mounted. within the groove above the nonrotatable ring, said rotatable ring being provided with a finger engaging flange and a. lower cam edge so that by rotating the ring to bring the cam edges of the two rings into cooperativerelation the rotatable ring can be moved longitudinally upon the bottle neck to forcibly unseat the crimped cap ing an annular groove in the exterior Having thus descrlbedthe invention, what thereof, the lower edge of the groove being serrated, and a cap-applied to the mouth of we a lower cam edge, and an upper cap removing ring interposed between the intermediate ring and the cap, rotation of the intermediate ring to bring the before'mentioned cam edges into cooperative relation serving to move the rotatable ring and cap removing 'ring longitudinally upon the bottle neck to forcibly unseat the cap from position.

. 6. The combination with a bottle neck hav- 126 ing an annular groove in the exterior thereof, and a crimped cap applied to the mouth thereof, of a pair of split rings sprung into position within the groove, one of-the split rings being non-rotatably seated at the lower vend of the groove and provided with an upper cam edge, while the other split ring is rotatable and movable longitudinally within the groove and provided In testimony whereof I have signed my with a lower cam edge so that by rotating the name to this specification in the presence of said ring to bring the cam edges of the two two subscribing witnesses.

rings into cooperative relation it can be LAFAYETTE E. OSGOOD. moved longitudinally upon the bottle neck Witnesses:

toward the cap to forcibly unseat the cap G. W. PATCH,

from its position. L. D. WHITE.

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