US1556938A

US1556938A - Closure for liquid containers

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Publication number: US1556938A
Application number: US675318A
Authority: US
Inventors: John A Jones
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-11-17
Filing date: 1923-11-17
Publication date: 1925-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 1942-10-13

Description

Oct; 13, 1925. 1,556,938

Y J. A. JONES CLGSURE FO R LIQUID CONTAINERS Filed Nov, 1-7. 1923 0:. a. 901% @513 abbot/4451? I Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

JGHN A. JONES}: OF NEW YORK, N1

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Be itkl1QWI1 f/ ha t I", JOHN J 'ofiES; 2i citizen ofithe United Suites; endndes'ideht of New Yoik, in the county of Yoifli 5 -ndstat 9 N W Y 'k ha e n?" df'ce ta n new and useful Iniprovemen' iinGlo sures for Liquid; C onteinere, of which the followingis a specification. I g This invent on relates togclosufres for 10 l o paitsof whioh remain on the oonteiiief afl all times; antiwhleh embod es a pouring lip or spoutndjaeent to e penning, opening which maybe provided-in the cloeure.

Another object 01;; the'invention ie the' p1io vision of-zi'eupped closure o1; seal adept ed to have apouringyopeningfofimed therein; zind: a pouring member-provided with @105 operating opening eniiguided ph cupppa member and A permanently held ther'eiih. bu t' movable to open or close the pouring ojo'eii in'ga ofthe cupped seal.- 1 I Anobject of the; invention" is the pie} vision of sealing and, pouring, deiii'ce int'egtaiwiththe container and a'dafptedi o: haive air-inlet I and pouringopeningmade thei'ein said container being iroof aga iiisif lezidyurefilling; v v V H Afurtht object of the inyentionjijs' t he provision of a closure or sea-1 having? oe'iri portionsfa'c1a-pteC1-to= pei nifagwedgiug'. of a" pouringimembr' carried thereby. Other" feat ures relate to co nipi'esisihle means for efi'ectingwmoi e perfeoiqsiemhri of the pouring ofpening ;[iof1cem inean's: the pouring member adapted to qo-ofiei figei with guides on the intei ioro-fthQ qpp e member to Wedge; the; face-,5; of the seal ng andpou-ringmembers together; mea'ns for permit-ting; intrgdueti on and p 'Ve holding-0f the movable member in the seal; ing; member; and-i0 f meansgforf preventing fi'iotion between thefixdrencl movable mm; bers' at all-times exeeiwwhenthey are toib weflgedgili the" closed-on in the-open position} The fofegoingiflndother feziiu es of the invention not hereinbefore referrd} toi*viil l be hereinafter described and clainid and liquid;- containers, endeepecigilly to meme of this character for venting and d rect-111g,

nie'n 2 a cmpiate Within cha-nne shown] w t cam by providing a grooved portion in which the other PI'OJGClTlOIl may be slipped. When thus assembled a half-turn in one direction serves to close a punctured opening and wedge the seal and pourer, andahalf turn in the opposite direction serves to wedge the members with the vent open. a

The vent-formed for egress of the fluid is through a punctured opening 9 in the sealing member 3 and a registering opening 9 in the pouring member 4. If desired an air-inlet opening 10 maybe formed in said pouring member and a registering-opening 10 made in the sealing member when a filled and closed container is to be vented. When the pouring and air-inlet openings have been made the liquid may be poured from the container in quantities as great or as small as may be desired, and-after-such pouring any drip will remainin the cupped closure and tend to flow back into thecontainer during the time the apertures in the two members are in registration. VVhen the necessary amount of liquid hasbeen poured the container is closed by'turning the pouring member 4 in its seat in thesealingmember 3, this serving to carry the openings in the seal and pourer out of register and making of the pourer a shield for the openings in the seal. To wedge the faces of the two members more closely together the turning movement of the pourer on its seat may be continued until the projections 5 arecarried into the cam grooves 8, in which position of the parts the punctured apertures in the seal will be effectually closed.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of closure or seal provided with interior vertical channels, such as 11, for receiving the guiding studs 5 of a pouring member as before described, and these studs may then be directed downward to the annular guideway 6, or the seal and pouring member may be held together and wedged in any other de-.

sired manner.

In Figs. 5 andfi form of the device before described which has in addition a filler 12 ofcompressible material carri-ed by the underfifaee of the pouring member for contacuwith the upper face of the sealing member 3. Tl'llS compressible material maybe attachedto' the pourer in any desired manner, but is shown herein as engaged by struck-up por' tions of the body of the pouring member. This compressible filler is'intended to pro.-

vide a more perfect seal against leakage than is possible when the metal surfaces contact there is shown a modified directly, even under pressure. When the member 4 has been turned after pouring has been effected the aperturesin "the members 3 and 4 pass out of register, and upon the studs 5 entering the cam portions of the runway of the sealing member, the compressible pad is pressed against the face of the sealing member to effect more perfect sealing ofthe container. The air-inlet and liq- '"u1d-pour1ng apertures in the compressible member 12 are designated by 13 and 14 respectively.

Fig. 7 shows a sealing member 3 essen: tially as before described having cam guiding members 15 on its inner surface adapted to co-operate with a pouring member shown in Fig.8, the wedge cams 16, coacting with the cam 15 to wedge the two members together in pouring position or in closed position, as desired. A compressible stopper-17 is inserted in themember 4 and serves to close the opening 10 made in the member 3 for pouring purposes. A depressed runway pressed into the bottom of the memher 3 is illustrated at 18 in'which the under portion of the stopper '17 may travel during that part of its movement when it is beingturned from its position of compression in open position to compression in closed position in order to reduce friction.

Figs..9 andlO illustrate a modification in which the sealing member 3 is cupped and has internal guides for co-operation with a pouring member, whichjis here shown as a disc 22 adapted to be placed in and moved withinsaid sealinglmember and'guided by members 23 formed during assemblage. As

in other forms of my device pouring and air inlet openings 9 and 10 are shown in said disc, and the sealing member beneath SK-1d discv may be punctured in registration with these openings to provide pouring and airinlet openings in the container. It Will be obvious, however, that the air-inlet opening inthis, as. in other forms of closure herein, may be made at any suitable point outside the closure.

In all the embodiments of my device havingv relatively movable sealing and pouringmembers these are so combined as not to be subject to separation except when; expressly manipulated for that purpose, and

adapted for radial movement within the sealing member, it will be obvious that such member may be so formed and applied as to move back and forth within said sealing member to cover and uncover, and to wedge the two members in open or in close' position.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring element, and positioning means for said pouring element to force said element into sealing contact with said member in either pouring or closed position.

2. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring element carried in said closing member, and positioning means for said pouring element to force said element into sealing contact with said member upon rotation ofsaid element in either direction.

8. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring elementheld and movable in said closing member, and positioning means for said pouring element to force said element into sealing contact with said member in either pouring or closed position.

4. In combination with a containerliaving an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, an element carried by said member and having a pouring opening, compressible means between said member and element, and positioning means for said pouring element adapted to force said element toward said member to compress said compressible means and to effect sealing contact in any one of a number of positions.

5. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a vent opening, an element carried by said member and having a pouring opening and a vent opening therein, and positioning means for said pouring element to force said element into sealing contact with said member in either pouring or closed position.

6. A closure for liquid containers, comprising a sealing portion adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring member movably held therein, and positioning means for said pouring member to hold said member in sealing contact .ith said sealing portion in either pouring or closed position.

7. A closure for liquid containers, comprising a sealing member adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring member held and rotatable in said sealing member, compressible means carried by sald pouring member, and positioning means for said pouring member to force it toward said compressible means to ffect sealing contact with said sealing member in either open or closed position.

8. In combination with a container having an opening, a cupped member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring ele ment, and positioning means adapted ,to hold said element in contact with said member in any one of a number of positions.

9. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said open ing and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a pouring element, and positioning means adapted to hold said element in contact with said member in any one of a number of positions.

10. In combination with a container having an opening, a member closing said opening and adapted to be perforated to form a pouring opening, a vent opening, a. pouring element, pouring and vent openings in said element, and positioning means to hold said element in contact with said closing member to seal said member in either open or closed position.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and Stateof New York, this 5th day of October, A. D. 1923. 1

JOHN A. JONES.