US1416616A - Nonremovable cork - Google Patents

Description

L.. CRANE.

NONRENIOVABLE CORK.

APPLICATION FlLED'APR- 16. 1921.

1,416,616, Patented May 16,1922.

H S I I ATTORNEYS LOUIS CRANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NONREMOVABLE CORK.

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Application filed April 16, 1921.

To all 'ur/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS CRANE, a citi- Zen of the United States and a resident of the city of New York, borough of: Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved llonremovable Cork, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a non-removable cork, and has particular reference to a non removable cork which is adapted to be applied to bottles or similar receptacles containing poison.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device which can be at tached to the cork oi? any bottle or other similar receptacle in such manner that the removal of the cork from the bottle without the possession of certain specific means therefore is impossible' This limitation on the removal of the cork prevents people who have not the proper key or other article from getting at the contents of the bottle.

Another object resides in the provision of an attachment for corks which is very cheaply made and readily applied.

A further object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the draw ings, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle showing the key placed in position in con-- nection with the cork;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bottle with the cork partly removed;

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken through the neck of the bottle showing the cover plate attached to the cork; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the key and the cover plate removed from the bottle.

As shown in the drawings, the inven tion is adapted to be applied to any suitable receptacle 1, such as a bottle, in the neck 2 of which any suitable sealing device, such as a. cork 3, may be placed. In bottles con taining poison or other injurious ingredients, it is generally preferable to push the cork fairly well down in the neck of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3. If no other-protection is provided any person having a corkscrew could insert it into the cork and withdraw the same and thereby be able to get at the contents of the bottle. I have Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented illlay is, 1922.

Serial No. 461,867.

provided a simple and economically manufactured attachment or device which. as shown in Fig. 3 particularly, is in the form of a flat metallic plate of sheet metal, such as 4, which around its periphery is pro vided with downwardlydurned cars or points 5 which project into the upper surface of the cork 3. These ears are turned down out of the metal of the plate 4 itself. The diameter 01" the plate 4 is substantially' equal to the diameter of the cork, so that when the plate 4: is attached to the cork practically the entire upper surface of the cork is covered. This would prevent any person from getting at the cork to remove it. On the inside of the plate 4 there is, suitably attached thereto in any desire manner, a corkscrew 6. L

To apply the plate 4; shown in Fig. the screw portion 6 is forced into the cork in the usual manner, and when the plate thereby comes into continual relation with the upper surface of the cork 3 the points 5 engage the cork and lock the plate thereto whereliy no person can move the plate to remove the screw 6 from the cork. On the upper surface of the plate 4;, at opposite sides thereof are provided struck-up portions, such as 7 and 8. These portions, which I call latch portions, are adapted to engage horizontally extending lugs, such as 9 and 10, disposed integrally or otherwise on the lower end of the key portion 11. The lugs 9 and W are adapted to engage respectively beneath the struck-up ear portions *4 and 8. "When so engaged, the key can he turned clockwise to remove the cork "from the bottle in the usual manner. It will he observed that since the entire upper surface of the cork is below the top of the bottle, and since this sur'lace is substantially covered by a metallic plate, it will be practically impossible for anybody not provided with a key, such as 1.1, or a similar device, to remove the cork from the bottle by any other means.

It is apparent that the plate 4, the screw 6, and the key 11 can be very simply and economically stamped out of metal, since each as described are made in an integral fashion out of one pieceof metal. Their assembly in the related form above described is effected in a very simple and economical manner, and their attachment to any cork is a very simple procedure.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for corks of bottles or other containers, which comprises a metallic plate attached to and substantially covering the upper surface of the cork, a key having; projecting lugs on its lower end, and struckup portions on the plate adapted to engage with'the lugs on the key whereby the plate and the cork may be removed from the bottle.

2. An attachment for corks of bottles or other receptacles, which comprises a metallic plate attached to the upper surface of the cork and substantially covering the same. a screw device extending into the cork and attached to the under surface of the plate, a plurality of struck-up ear portions on the upper surface of the plate, and a key having lug portions on its lower end adapted to en gage the struck-up ear portions on the plate,

the plate, a key, and a plurality of integral lug portions on the key adapted to engage the struck-up portions on the plate, whereby the plate and the cork may be removed from the receptacle.

LOUIS CRANE.

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