US1481146A

US1481146A - Means for decanting liquids

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Publication number: US1481146A
Application number: US470066A
Authority: US
Inventors: Perry George Elliot
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-05-16
Filing date: 1921-05-16
Publication date: 1924-01-15
Anticipated expiration: 1941-01-15

Description

G. E. PERRY MEANS FOR DECANTING LiQUIDS Filed y 16. 1921 M i (MW.

Patented Jan. 15, 192 1.

testis MEANS FOR DECANTING LIQUIDS.

Application filed May 16,

T0 all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Means for Decanting Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

Ihe invention relates to means for decanting liquids.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, efficient and convenient device for decanting liquids.

Another object is to provide an improved device by means of which a portion of a charged aerated or gaseous effervescent liquid may be drawn fromthe bottle without discharging the entire bottle of its gaseous content. j

Another object is to provide a device of the character to be described which is a component part of the sealing closure or cap for a bottle and which with the closure is placed in position at the time of initially sealing the bottle. I

. Another object is to provide a devlice: of the character to be described by use of which the liquid contents of the bottle may conveniently be charged with gas, or suitably aerated, after the bottle has been sealed.

Other, further and more specific objects I of the invention will become readily apparent, to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a central section of an enlarged view of the improved bottle cap or closure, showing the tap forming a part thereof as it appears when closed. 7

Fig. 2 is a similar view as it appears when open.

Fig. 3 shows the closure applied to the neck of a bottle and the means of opening the tap.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a means for operating the tap.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts. i

In the accompanying drawings, 5 indicates the sealing cap of the crimp type and 6 the tap or vent device forming a part thereof.

1921. Serial No. 470,068.

The sealing cap is provided with downturned annular skirt 7 which may be corrugated, as at 8, and the corrugation constricted to fasten it to a neck 9 of a bottle, or other well known fastening means for caps of this character may be employed.

The cap is made, preferably, of sheet metal and comprises a disk 10, perforated,

preferably centrally, as at 11. Located in-v side of the cap is a disk 12, preferably of yielding material, such as cork, rubber, or other suitable substance, to provide a seal for the mouth of the bottle and for a valve 13. The diameter of the valve 13 is larger than the diameter of the perforation 14, within the disk 12, and when the valve is firmly seated over the perforation in contact with the surrounding surfaces of the disk 12, the closure opening or perforation is thus sealed. The valve may have one or more stems, shown in the accompanying drawings provided. with two

stems

15 and 16 that extend thru the perforations 11 and 14, and bent outwardly attlieir ends 17 to overlie a metal perforate washer 18. The washer-18 is provided with a central aperture or opening 19 thru which the stems pass.

A compressed, resilient rubber ring 20 is contained between the upper surface of the disk 10 and the lower edge of the washer 18 to yieldingly hold the valve 13 upon its seat, around the opening 14, as more clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Now it will be manifest from the foregoing description that pressure applied to the end 17 of the stem 15 and directed inwardly will remove the valve 13 from its seat by the yielding effect of the spring 20, and an opening will thus be provided from the interior of the bottle thru the perforations 11 and 14 and thru the perforation 19 in the washer 18, permitting the liquid in the bottle, or any portion thereof. to be controllably removed therefrom.

If the bottle containing the device is inverted and placed in the interior of a tumbler and downward pressure is applied to the bottle, the ends of the stems resting on the bottom of the tumbler, the valve will thus become unseated. The contents of the bottle will thus be controllably passed from the bottle into the tumbler without discharging any of the gaseous content of the bottle 7 more than that which necessarily accompanles the liquid discharged therefrom.

If it is desired to gasify or aerate the liquid contents of the bottle after. it has p which may be made of a wire bent upon itself and twisted forming a hook, as at 22, to engage the under edge of the skirt of the cap, and a straight portion 23 to overlie the outturned ends 17, of the

stems

15 and 16, and providing a handle portion 2 Pressure inwardly on the handle portion 2% towards the neck of the bottle will press the stems inwardly and unseat the valve 13, permitting the liquid to be discharged from the bottle thru the device. The slight pres sure required for this purpose will not unseat the cap from the end of the bottle.

lVhile I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for the purpose of clear disclosure, it be manifest, to persons skilled in the art, that considerable change may be made in the configuration and the disposition of the parts withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A closure for a bottle comprising a perforated cap having a skirt for extending around the neck of the bottle; means associated with said skirt to hold the cap sealed on a bottle; a valve for normally closing said perforation, having a stem extending therethru; a yielding disk inside the cap to provide a seat for a bottle mouth and for said valve;- and a yielding disk outside the cap associated with the valve stem and said cap to yieldingly hold the valve on its seat.

A bottle seal and tap comprising a cap adapted to be crimped about the neck of a bottle, a sealing disc in the cap and havinga hole therethrough, a valve seating against the disc to close the hole and operable to open the same to discharge the contents of the bottle, and resilient means for holding the valve in closin position against the disc.

A bottle seal comprising a perforated metal cap adapted to be crimped about the neck of'a bottle, a sealing disc in the cap to engage the rim of a bottle, and having a hole therethrough which aligns with the perforation in the cap, a valve seating against the inside of the disc to close the hole therein and having a stem extending through the hole and perforation, a resilient ring on the outside of the cap and acting on the stem to hold the valve closed, the stem extending through the ring so that it may be used to open the valve.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY.