US1366755A - Bottle-capper - Google Patents

Description

H. L. VAUGHAN.

BOTTLE CAPPR. APPLICATIQN FILED OCT. 20, 1919.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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, UNITED STA HARRY L. Venetian, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-CAPPER.

Specification of `Iaetters Patent. i Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

` Application filed October 20, 1919. Serial No. 331,920.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY L. Visuel-IAN, a citizen 0f the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Cappers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle cappers, and more particularly to devices known as hand cappers used for applying caps of the usual crimped variety to bottles.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive bottle capper in which certain novel features of construction are incorporated, calculated to eliminate the breakage of bottles in the operation of placing a cap thereon and to avoid injury to the operator resulting from breaking` of the bottle or from any other cause.

he novel features of the invention are hereinafter described and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in side elevation of the bottle capper;

Fig. 2 is a view in 'vertical section of the bottle capper, and

Fig. 3 is a bottom view in elevation of the capping head.

The bottle capper comprises in general a short handle or body member 1 preferably constructed of wood, and a capping head 2 secured to one end of the handle 1. The handle is of a size and shape to permit the same to be firmly grasped in the hand of the operator. The capping head is preferably formed or stamped from sheet metal and consists of a socket 3 having tapered side walls 4f and a centrally depressed end wall 5, the outer marginal portions of the socket being bent U-shaped to provide an outer annular flange 6 adapted to surround and lit loosely over the end of the body member I. There is 'provided in the end of the body member 1 a socket or depression 7 of a shape corresponding to that`of the socket portion 3 of the capping head and slightly larger in diameter, said handle socket being adapted to receive the socket portion of the capping member. The capping member head is loosely connected to the handle by suitable connecting members which will permit the endwise movement of the capping head relative to the handle, such connecting members being preferably in the form of pins 8, 8 embedded in the handle at diametrically oppositelydisposed points, the projectingV ends of the pins engaging longitudinally disposed slots 9, 9 formed in the annular flange 6 of the capping head. Surrounding the lower end of the handle and preferably secured to the capping head 2 is a circular shaped guard iange l0, the same consisting of a circular sheet of metal provided with a large central opening surrounded by a flange l0 adapted t0 surround the capping head adjacent to the upper margin of the annular1 flange 6 thereof.l The guard iiange is preferably pressed onto the capping head and thus securely fixed in place, the outwardly eX- tending portions of the fiange being sloped or inclined slightly in a direction toward the cap engaging end of the device.

The handle i is further provided vwith an axially arranged. bore extending inwardly from the socket thereof to a point substantially Vmidway of its length. Inclosed within this bore is a comparatively stiff coil spring l2 adapted to engage at its outer end the capping head 2.

In manipulating the bottle capper a cap is placed over the mouth of the bottle and the capping head placed over the cap in such a manner that it rests within the socket 3 thereof. The depressed central portion 5 of the socket of the capping head serves to center the cap within the head. Grasping the handle of the capper, the upper end thereof is struck with a hammer or other implement with suficient force to complete the crimp ing of the cap and securing it around the mouth of the bottle. In numerous instances the bottle being capped is defective although the defects are not readily apparent to the eye. In cases, therefore, of defective bottles, the striking of the capper with a hammer results in the breaking of the bottle. By employing a spring acting to yieldingly engage the capping head, the initial impact of the implement is absorbed by the spring and is not transmitted to the bottle with the attendant danger of breaking the same. It is evident that it is often difficult to control the force with which the capper is struck and in the event that the blow is greater than necessary the spring absorbs the excessive impact and prevents the breakage of the bottle, as before indicated. The advantage of the guard is readily apparent in that it protects the hand of the operator in case the bottle is accidentally broken in the capping operation and prevents the hand coming in Contact with the broken pieces of glass as the capper is carried downwardly under the force of the blow delivered on the handle.

The device herein described and illustrated provides complete protection to the operator and promotes maximum safety in its use. Obviously the details of construd tion may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore l do not wish to be limited except in so far as my invention is speciically setiforth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A bottle capper comprising a body member, a capping head mounted at one end of said body member, and comprising a cap engaging socket fitting within a socket formed in the end of said body member, an annular flange surrounding said end oi the body member and a guard flange surroundingand extending radially from said cap engaging socket.

2. A bottle capper comprising a handle, a

capping head fitting over one end ot' said Vhandle and loosely connected thereto, an impact absorbing member interposed between said handle and capping head, and a guard flange surrounding the handle adjacent said capping head. Y

3. A bottle capper comprising a handle, a capping head comprising a cap engaging socket and an annular ange fitting loosely over the end of said handle, a pin and slot connection between said handle and flange, an impact absorbing member located between said handle and capping head, and a guard flange fixed to said capping head.

4. A bottle capper comprising a bedy member, a capping head mounted at one end of said body member and including acapengaging socket fitting within a socket formed in said body member and having a centrally depressed end wall, an annular ange surrounding the end of said body member, and a laterally extending guard flange mounted on said annular flange.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this th day of October, A. D.,

HARRY L. VAUGHAN.

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