US1483119A - Bottle stopper - Google Patents

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Feb. 12 1924. 1,483,119

s. M. SCHENKEIN BOTTLE STOPPER Filed Sept. 8 1922 2 Sheeis-Shet a Feb. 12 1924. 1,483,119

Y s. M. SCHENKEIN BOTTLE STOPPER- Filed s'ept. 8 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

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BOTTLE STOPPER.

Application filed September 8, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. SGHEN- item, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bottle stoppers and more particularly to tapered and ground in glass stoppers and the lip or lips of the containers to which they are held and which guide and govern their movement, and its object is to provide a simple and effective non-sticking glass stopper, that may or may not be of the sprinkler or dropper type, there being a metal cap connected with and non-removable from the stopper, and engaging under the lip of the bottle neck; and by which the stopper is easily turned and removed. There is a spring included between the cap and stopper to hold the stopper seated.

Other details of the invention will be hereinafter described and claimed. I

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designated- Figure 1 is an elevation of the cap and stopper on the bottle;

Fig. 2 is a vertical, central section,

Fig. 3 is a transversesection on line 3-3,

Fig. at. is an elevation of the bottle neck for the construction shown in Figs. 13;

Fig. 5 is a view partly in section, showing a modification,

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 ,is a vertical section showing a modification of the cap; I

Fig. 8 is a section 011 the line 88 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is an elevation of the bottle neck.

Tapered and ground in glass stoppered bottles heretofore made have the inside of the neck of the bottle and the outside of the stopper ground to fit. The taper of these interfitting parts is slight, in order that they may hold one to the other. By reason Serial No. 586,915.

of this slight taper they often stick tight, causing the bottles to be difiicultto open.

According to my invention this taperis made greater than usual, in fact, sufliciently great to prevent, sticking, and reliance is placed on a spring to holdthe stopper in the bottle neck. A i p By this means I have overcome a very great objection to tapered and ground in glass stoppered bottles.

Referring to the form shown in Figures 1-4:; 10 represents the bottle whose neckis provided with a lipll having a plurality of grooves12therethrough, usually three, and the lower edge of the lip 11 is provided with two lug- engaging faces 13 and 14; at different elevations and a vertical limiting face 15.

The neck of the bottle is also provided with a mouth 16 of wide taper and the stopper is correspondingly tapered, and both are ground, as usual. This'taper or conicity is greater than that which is usual, and is such that the stopper will not stick tightly in the bottle mouth.

The stopper 1'? is provided with the customary grinding groove 18 where it joins the stopperhead 19. This head is provided with a plurality of longitudinal grooves 20, preferably three, and with aguide extension 21 of reduced diameter, at its top, while the bottom of the stopper may or may not be provided with a glass rod extension intended to dip into the contents of the bottle.

The stopper may be provided with a sprinkler or dropping bore 22, that has a lateral extension 23 adapted to register with a groove 24 in the bottle neck when the stopper is turned into properposition.

A metal cap 25, is provided with one or more depressions or crimps 26 that ,actjas lugs for engaging the grooves 20 in the stopper head, and by which the stopper'is turned. There are also provided on the lower edge of the cap one or more crimps that form a lug or lugs 27. These lugs may ride through the slots 12 to permit the removal and the insertion of the stopper. They may. rest on the surfaces 13 to hold the stopper so that the bore 2223 registers with the: bottle groove 24:, or they may rest on the surfaces 14 with their sides against the stop surface to hold the stopper in place and the bore and groove out of register.

The cap has a hole that co-operates with the stopper extension of reduced diameter 21, and in this form the extension 21 projects through the top of the cap 25.

Surrounding the extension 21 and between the head 19 and cap 25 I place a coil spring 122, the object of which is to hold the stoppe seated in any rotated position of the cap when the cap lugs 27 engage under the lip of the bottle neck, and to hold the stopper against ---undue longitudinal movementin the cap cap may be provided with a thimble exten when removed from the bottle. To this end the grooves 20, in the stopper head must be closed. attheir top but may be open at the bottom as shown in Fig. 5 at 20, and the sion 125 surrounding the glass extension 21 to protect it against breakage, and if desired one of the surfaces 14 or 13, may be omitted. from the bottle neck, i. e. united into one surface as at 113 Figures 6 and 7.

The construction Fig. 5 is preferably such that the distance a between the top of extension 21 and the extension protector .125 is equal to the height between the surfaces. 13

. and 14, andthe lugs 127 are peripherally end of extension 21.

127, which are simply tongue extensions of the metal cap turned at right angles inwardly of the cap.

. The thimble extension of the cap may also be directed inward at its end as at 120 Fig. 7

It is, of course, obvious that if it is desired to prevent the stopper from being removed in an of the forms shown it is sim 31 1 necessary to omit the groove 12 through the bottle lip and crimp the cap under thebottle lip. 'lhe cap may then be turned to position the stopper to discharge through the bore 2223, but the stopper cannot be removed from the bottle. I I

1 While I have shown, by preference, three grooves 12 through the bottle; lip, three grooves 20in the stopper head and three lugs, 27 or 127, I wish to be understood that I do not limit my construction to any particular number.

. Ihave also shownthree grooves 24 in the stopper seat, and these preferably correspond to the number of. lugs 2.7 or 127 on the cap, so that no attention need be paid. when inserting the stopper in the bottle, to insure the proper position of the stopper bore 2223. Only one such groove 241 is operative in a definite position of the cap onthe bottle, and only one is absolutely necessary; the others, however, are convenient.

I claim- 1. A bottle stopper, a cap connected thereto and movable longitudinally thereof, and a spring between the stopper and cap; in combination with a bottle having a lip said cap having lugs engaging below said lip and permitting the cap to rotate.

2. A bottle stopper, a cap connected and freely movable with respect thereto, and a spring between said stopper and cap urging the stopper longitudinally of the cap, said cap having means for attaching it to a bottle neck, the end of the stopper being concentrically spaced from the skirt of the cap.

3. A bottle and a glass stopper therefor, in combination with a cap permanently securedto said stopper and detachably secured to said bottle, said cap having rotary movement with respect to the bottle and 1on gitudinal movement with respect to the stopper.

4. A bottle having a lip provided with a plurality of surfaces of different elevation, in combination with a glass stopper, a cap connected thereto, lugs on said cap arranged to engage said surfaces and a spring between the cap and stopper. 7

5. The combination with a bottle having a vertically grooved lip; of a glass stopper for the bottle, a cap in crimped connection with said stopper, lugs on said cap for passing through the grooves in the lip and a spring between the cap and stopper.

6. The combination with a bottle having a lip and having one or more grooves in its stopper seating face communicating with the interior of the bottle; of a glass stopper hav ing a bore capable of registering with said groove, a cap connected to said stopper and having an opening in its top cooperating with the top of the stopper and a spring between the cap and stopper.

7. The combination with a bottle having a lip and a groove in the stopper seating face communicating with the interior of the bottle; of a glass stopper having a bore arranged to be brought into register with said groove and also having a reduced extension at its top, a cap in crimped connection with the stopper, said cap capable of slightlongitudinal movement on the stopper and having a hole co-operating with said extension, a spring between the cap and stopper surrounding the extension, and lugs on the bottom of the cap engaging under said lip.

8. The combination with a bottle having a lip provided with vertical grooves therethrough and having on its imder face a set of lug engaging faces between adjacent grooves, said bottle also having a plurality guided, and a spring of grooves in its stopper seat; of a ground glass stopper having a bore capable of registering with a groove in its seat, a reduced extension at the top of the stopper and a rod extension at its bottom, said stopper having a plurality of grooves in its head, a cap having crimps engaging the grooves in the stopper head and lugs at the bottom engaging said :Eaces, said cap having a thimble extension in which said stopper extension is between the cap and stopper surrounding the stopper extension.

9. A bottle stopper, a bottle, a bottle engaging cap inovably connected to the stopper and a spring between the cap and stopper to urge the stopper to its seat in the bottle.

10. A bottle stopper, a bottle, a bottle engaging cap connected to the stopper and longitudinally movable with respect thereto, and spring means between the stopper and cap to urge the stopper to its seat in the bottle independently of the movement of the cap.

11. A bottle stopper, a cap connected and freely movable with respect thereto, a spring between the bottle and cap urging the stopper longitudinally of the cap, said stopper having a taper greater than the customary taper for fitting a correspondingly tapered bottle neck, and means for attaching the cap to a bottle neck.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name hereto.

SAMUEL M. SCHENKEIN.

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