US1401800A - Bottle-capping device - Google Patents

Description

E. M. LETTs.

BOTTLE CAPPING DEVICE. APPLICATQON FILED AUGJ 1920.

1,401,800, Patented Deu. 27, 1921,

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T0 all @070cm Maag/:concerni- 1 1 f a citizen of the. UnitedStates and residing at Waverly vTioga. county,V t'ate'l ofV New York, have'inventedxcertainvnew and use-` ful, Improvements f in -IBottle-Gapping De` vices, of ;'which the following'is 'a specicatlOIl.' Y r frz The :present invention Vrelates to bottle. cappingtools for applying-L metalr caps "of the type having a corrugated:flange-adapted to be contractedaroundthe-top shoulder or.`

headofa bottle.l

The principal objects of theinvention are to providea tool which requires lttlelphyscal exertion to. actuate so `that it'fmay be operatedby women; tofprovide` atool which may be. easily operated: with-ones-hand; to;l provide a. tooloperated by*grasping;-two` handlesV inthe handi and forcing themK towardeach other; to provide a'toolwhichl is constructed so that the parts which engage the bottle to holditiragainstmovement do not njure, crack or break. the bottle; and 'to provide a toolV having; yielding means vto, start the parts ontheir freturn movements afterra capping operation.- Le i i Other objects and features .of novelty will be apparent from the description taken vinconnection withthe drawings,` in which- Figure 1 is aside 'elevation'of a toolvconstructed inaccordance with 4the present in- .vention showing the vparts inthe positions. which they occupy when .the cap has-been pressed homeon the vtopof the bottle Fig.. 2 is a side e'levation, parts: being shown in sectiongg u '-1 Fig. 3 is an endview; and i; i. r .l Fig. 4 is a sectional viewtaken lsubstantially on the'lin'e 4-4-of Fig.YV 1. V t

Referring to the drawings fthe numeral `1 indicates'the main member .of the tool.,V As

clearly shown in Fig. 4,l oneV end, thereof is formed with a notch-11 which is adapted-'Ito receive the neck of a bottle just 4below the shoulder 12 thereof, the shoulder preventingl upward movement of the member relativeV to the bottle. .The other end 13 yof the mem#` her is made in the form'of a handle and a lever 14 is disposed substantially parallel therewith andhas a part also inthe vform of a handle. Thus. the lever handle V'14 and: the handle 13 of the member. maybe grasped vtion this difficulty is eliminated. Eend at leastgtheparts of the tool which en- 1, for thej purposexof actuating vthe device.

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The lever 14 is pivoted on a pin `15 and vacts L on a second lever 16. This vlatterlever isv pivotedon the pin117 VcarriedV by ka pair of spaced ears 18 on thememberf 10. One end -of the lever 16 carries aca a l in' 'cu 19.1 Preferably p pp y g' p' Yported on the lever 16, as indicated fat,20, softhat it mayadjust itself during the cap Vapplying movement. The cap which this this cup is swlvelly suptool is` adapted to apply is of the' well known type-'having a corrugated flange adapted to be .contracted'around the head ofthe bottle,r

so it is merely necessary to force theV cup-V v19. -down over -the cap, .the rimof'thecup actingto contract Athe corrugated ange'of thecap and thus. secure it' on the top of the bottle. 'a

.As previously stated the leverv 14 is'y adapted` to act on "the lever 16. In theA fo-rm of .theinvention shown, the connection between these'two levers consists of a toggle mechanismcomprising the link. 21 hingedn both to/thev end :of the lever'l and to the short' arm 22, the latter-being rigid with the klever 14 and beine disposed in 'a slotv 23m the member 10.. ecause of the two levers and the toggle mechanism7 the .force applied at the handle 14 is transmitted to the capv applyi'nglcu and ver greatly increased in amount. I

onsequent y it requiresl little physical eXertion'to apply a cap with the present tool. -In order that the toggle mechanism may'fnot swing by its dead Vcenterv lpos'ition,v the lever 14 is disposed so thatJ itv strikes theibotto-m of the member lOyas indi-v cated. atf'24, when'the cup been depressed the'f-ull amount of its movement, the

toggle links being disposed so that they do not quite reach dead center position when the handle 14 strikes the abutment 24.-

lf the member 10 or the parts thereofvengaging the shoulder 12 of the bottle are of cast VViron or a similar hard metal, it is found thatxifwthere are any defects in the glass of the shoulder, the neck will be broken or cracked.l `According'to the present inven- To this gage the shoulder 1- 2`vare constructed of a material which will-notv injure .the same. It is found that aluminum 1s very satisvso factory for this purpose. As shown the legs 25 forming the notch 11 are provided on.

their upper surfaces with the wear plates or pads 26 of aluminum, these plates being secured to the legs by screws 27. Inorder to hold the wear plates against lateral move ment, as viewed in Fig. 3, the legs 25 may be provided with iianges 28. In this case the screws 2T merely act as means to hold'the wearfplates in position and do not take any substantial strain.

llt will be observed for the proper appli-` Vcationofthe cap tothe bottle it is desirablef that the corners of the wear plates26. en-

gaging the shoulder of the bottle be defi nitely positioned withr respect to the cap.-V applying cup when the latter 1s in its final position. With the present tool the .n plates 26 may be adjusted to and from thecup by the insertion or removal of spacers or. shims 29.

VJhen one corner of the wear plates 26.be comes mutilated or injured,.the wear plate may be turned around to present a fresh cor- As there are eightv corners or edges ner. which may be utilized it is apparentthat the life of-the Wear plate is very great.

1f desired a yielding means may bepro-` .vided which is compressed when the cap is In the operation of the Vdevice a cap is.

placed on top of a bottle and the bottle placed with .its neck inthe notch 11 of the tool, the tool being held in one hand ofthe operator. Now by gripping the handles 13 and 14 and forcing them together, the cu'p 19 will be forceddown over the cap, thus applying it to the bottle. When the grasp on the handleis4 released, the rubber washer 3() will expand thereby breaking the toggle away from its dead center position shown in Fig. 1.

1t will be seen that the present tool is constructed so that the actuating force is greatly multiplied, thus furnishing a tool by means of which bottles may be capped by women. Furthermore there is practically no breakage in theoperation because of the construction of the parts which engage the shoulder on thev neck of the bottle.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been described in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not thus limited but includes modifications and changes which come within the scope of the appended claims. Y

Having thus described the invention what is claimed asvnew and desired to be secured by Letters Pat-ent is:

1. A. bottle. capping. device including in combination, a member adapted tovstraddle the neck ofthe bottle below the shoulder thereon,a lever pivoted intermediate its ends on one side of said member and having a capV applying cup at one end thereof, actuating means hinged to said member on the side' opposite to the cup carrying lever.

2. A bottle capping device including in combination, a` member formed with a notch to receive theV neck of a bottle belowth'e shoulder thereof, a cap .applying cup, `mea'nefso connecting ysaid'cup tosaid member as* to p'er'V mitl movement ofsai'd'cu'p ytorapply the cap, means to `move the cupl to rforcethebc'ap on the bottle includingy togglemechanismand means to actuate said mechanism, said'lastv means being' hinged. to.. said member yon the oppositeside .to said cap; applying-cup.-

3. -Abottle'capfapplyi'ng device including in combination, a: member having a vnotch adapted to tightly receive the neck of'thebot'- tlebelow the shoulder thereon, a lever pivotedfvintermediate itsv ends on. said membery and having a cap applying 'cup at: one/end thereof, and an actuating .lever pivoted: on

the oppositeside to said' first lever 'on said member and'link connection-fromone end of said actuating lever. to the end of Kthe first lever opposite thecup end to force thecup toward .the'top of the bottle.

4. A bottle cap'applying device including adapted to tightlyreceive the necky ofthe bottle below the shoulder thereon, a-lever pivoted intermediate its ends on'. said `member andhaving-a cap applying cupk at one end thereof, and Aan, actuating lever pivoted` onthe opposite sideto saidfirst-lever on said member and link connection fromoneendof said actuatinglever tothe end ofztheA first lever. opposite the cup end to .force-the cup Y toward the top of vthe bottle, said actuating` lever havin a handle.part'disp'osed substantially lpara Ilel withy said. member whereby said handle and member maybe 'grasped jby the hand and thehandle moved'towardthe member to operate the device;

vin combination, a member having a notch 5. A bottle capping-tool incli'uding inV com- Y l bination, `a member adaptedto engage a-bottle and. coperating therewithv to beheld against movementtowfardthe top ofthe bot-V tle, a cap applying device, an actuating lever carried bythe member, 'and 'a second lever pivotally connected. to said member' on the side oppositex'to said "actuating'lever and operativelyconnected tothe capapplying dev1ce and toggle mechanism connecting said levers. p Y

6. A bottle capping tool including'in co1nbinatioma member adapted to' engage a bottle and cooperating therewith to Vbe heldagainst ymovement ktoward the top ofthe bottle, a cap applying device, a lever pivoted to Y said member and carrying said cap applying device, an actuating lever pivoted to said member, toggle arm connection between said levers, said actuating lever havin a handle part substantially parallel with said member whereby the member and said part may be graspedto operate the tool. y

A cap applying tool including in oombination, a member adapted to receive the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, wear plates on said member adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being com-A y posed of a material which is softer and more4 yielding than that of said member, and means associated with said member to force a cap on the top of the bottle.

8. A cap applying tool including in combination, a member adapted to receive the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, wear plates on said member adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being of aluminum, and means associated with said Y member to force a cap on the bottle.

9. A cap applying tool including in combination a member adapted to straddle the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof,

a pair of wear plates on said member disposed on opposite sides of the neck and adapted to rest on the parts of said member on opposite sides of the bottle neck and to engage said shoulder with one edge, said plates having a plurality of straight edges and being adjustably secured to Vsaid member whereby the plates may be turned to present a fresh edge to the shoulders of the bottles.

l0. A cap applying tool including in combination a member adapted to straddle the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, a pair of aluminum wear plates on said member disposed on opposite sides of the neck and adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being adjustably securedy to said member whereby the plates may be turned to present a fresh edge to the shoulders of the bottles.

1l. A bottle cap applying tool including in combination, a member adapted to receive a bottle and hold it against movement when the cap is applied, a pair of levers on said member one operative on the other and a cap applying cup hinged for free swinging movement to one of said levers.

l2. A cap applying tool including a member bifurcated at one end with legs closely adjacent the bottle neck on opposite sides below its shoulder, the said legs having along their outer margins opposite the bottle neck flanges, wear plates having straight edges on opposite sides detachably securedr` on said legs with one straight edge abutting the flange and the opposite straight edgeI closely adjacent the bottle neck below the shoulder andadapted yto engage the shoulder, the said'wear plates being lreversible on vtheir supports to bring different edges into working` position to. engage the shoulder. w13.. 'A' bottle capping tool includinguin combination a .body memberV formed as aV handle at lone end and as an open jaw at thejother end adaptedto receive the neck their height and retaining screws for the plates; whereby the plates may be turned to present a fresh edge for contact when needed.

let. A bottle capping tool including in combination a body member formed as -a handle at one end and as an open jaw at the other end adapted to receive the neck of a'bottle below its shoulder and engage the shoulder, an operating lever having a hinge `connection at one end to and below said body member and having av portion extending therefrom along said handle and adapted l to be grasped in the hand of the user along with the handle and to move on its hinge toward or away from said handle, a shorter lever pivoted between its ends to and above said body member between the end of said operating lever and the jaw of the body portion, a cap applying cup hinged to and hanging from the end of sald second men-V tioned lever next to and above the jaw, and means for transmitting upward pressure on the other end of said second lever to force the cap downward by and through the turning of said'operating lever toward the handle as by the pressure of the hand drawing the handle and lever together.

l5. A bottle capping tool including in combination a'body member formed as a handle at one end and as an open jaw at the other end adapted to firmly engage the shoulder on the neck of a bottle, an L-shaped operating' lever hinged at its bend to the underside of said body member, 'the body member having an aperture through whichV tween said short leg and one arm of said ,y

two-armed lever, and a cap applying cupV hinged to the other arm of said two-armed lever. s

16. A bottle capping tool including in combination a body member formed as a handle at one end as an open jaw at the other end adapted to firmly engage the shoulder on the neck of a bottle, and L-shaped operating lever hinged at its bend to the underside of said body member, theJ body member having an aperture through Which the short leg` of seid operating lever protrudes upwardly, While the longer arm thereof is movable to or from a position substantially parallel to the handle of the body member, a two-armed lever hinged between its ends to the upper side of seid body member and extending along the same from one end above seid short leg to a position above 10 the top of the bottle at its other end, means` for transmitting power from the end of seid short leg to the end portion of the arm of the two-arm lever Which is above it, and a'

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