US1490022A - Combined bottle cap and remover - Google Patents

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pril 8 1924. 1,490,022

S. PHILIPPIDES COMBINED BOTTLE CAP AND REMOVER Filed May- 9. 1923 WITNESSES INVENTOR TEPmNEPH/JPPM I lBY n n ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 8, lZi.`

ins-ia STEPHANE PHILIPPIDES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BOTTLE CAP AND REMOVER.

Application led Mey E),

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, STEPHANE PHILIP- rrDEs, a citizen of Greece, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhat- 5 tan, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and lmproved Combined Bottle Cap and Remover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact deA scription.

This invention relates to bottle caps and devices for removing the same and has for an object to provide an improved simplitled construction which may be quickly and easily operated to remove a cap from a bottle at any time.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ring for bottles having crown caps, the ring being arranged to act as a removing device when actuated in a given manner.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of a bottle with certain parts broken away, the embodiment of the invention being shown in connection with the bottle.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the upper part of the bottle shown in Figure 1 but with a modified form ot ring shown in connection therewith.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of support co-acting with the removing ring shown in Figures 1 and 3 kand disclosing certain features of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a bottle of any kind adapted to receive any desired liquid, said bottle having a neck 2 which may have reinforcing beads thereon or may be arranged Li smooth as shown in the drawing. The neck 2, however, is provided with an annular bead 3 i'or receiving the crown cap 4 in the usual manner. Hereto'fore, lever devices of diii'erent kinds have been provided Jfor re- 45 moving crown caps but these devices were separate from the cap or bottle and ottentimes were not convenient.

ln order to always provide a removing de vice, a ring 5 acting as a remover is mount- 50 ed on the neck l2, said ring being formed of any desired material, as for instance, metal, glass or other material which may be grasped by the hand and pulled for remov- 1923. serial No. 637,899.

ing the cap ormay be caused to engage a support of a desired kind, as for instance, the supporting bracket or shelf 6 shown in Figure it will be noted that the ring 5 is loosely mounted on the neck 2 and is pro vided with a bore 7 of a size to pass over the bead 8 when appreciable pressure is applied thereto whereby it normally will remain on the neck 2 but ma f be pulled therefrom.

When the bottles are arranged as shown in Figure 4, the remover ring 5 acts as a flange for supporting the bottles on the shelf 6. l/Vhen it is desired to use the con tents of any of the bottles on the shelf 6, the desired bottle is grasped and pulled downwardly whereupon the bottle will leaveV the ring and cap and, consequently, the cap 4 will naturally be removed. When this is done, the bead 3 is forced through the bore .7. The ring 5 may be forced back onto the neck 2 with little eifort and will remain there unless positively removed. Under some circumstances, however, the bore 7 may be smaller as shown in the ring 5 where the bore 7 is of a diameter which will allow the ring to move upwardly to almost a central line on the bead 3 but will not allow the ring to move thereover. This movement is sutiicient to force the cap 4 ott of the bead 3 but will not torce the ring 5 from the neck 2. n

It will be noted that the remover 5 is always present and, consequently, the cap 4 may be readily removed at any time by a pull or by striking the ring 5 against an object in a proper direction for causing the same to press against the cap 4.

Vhat l claim is 'lhe combination with a bottle provided with a neck having an outwardly extending bead at the upper end and provided with a crown cap, of a cap removing ring loosely mounted on the neck of the bottle and provided with a bore apprcciably larger than the neck of the bottle but slightly smaller' than the diameter of kthe bead whereby the bottle may he safely suspended when not in use and the cap may be quickly removed by a sufcient pressure against the ring to dislodge the cap without disengaging the ring from the neck of the bottle. Y

STEPHANE PHLIPPIDES.

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