US1654239A - Milk bottle - Google Patents

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Dec. 27, 1927.

(LR. COUP MI-LK BOTTLE Filed March 2, 1927 Patented Dec. 27,1927.

UNITED STATES CHARLES R. CQU 'P, OF MCKEESPOR'I,,IPENNSYLVANIA.

MILK BOTTLE.

Application filed March 2, 1927. Serial No. 172,063.

This invention relates to special receptacles and more particularly to a milk bottle.

\ Milk bottles of a conventional construction are formed with an internal seat adjacent their open upper ends to receive a cardboard closure cap for the bottle and it has been found that, when removing one of these but this has been found unsatisfactory as it forms a break in the'outerside face of the bottle wall and very often will cause outs upon the fingers of a person handling the bottles'and in addition allow dirt and dust to readilyenter the recess and work under the k closure cap of the bottle.

Therefore, one object of the inventidn is to provide a milk bottle formed with a recess which will permit access to he margin of a closure cap without forming a break in to the outer, side surface of the bottle neck.

Another object of the invention is to so form the recess thatan outer marginal Wall will be provided which will serve to exclude dirt and dust and also constitute a fulcrum t5 upon which a finger or removing tool may be rocked in order to readily pry the cap out of the bottle neck.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein to Figure l is a view showing a milk bottle of the improved construction partially in slde elevation and partially in longitudinal section' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the milk bottt tie, and v Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the upper portion of the milk bottle. f

The improved milk bottle, which is lndicated by the numeral 1, is formed of glass es and has its upper end portion tapered in the usual manner toform a neck 2 which is open at its upper end and externally thickened to form a bead 3 to prevent the bottle from easily slipping out of the hand when grasped tit and lifted lby its neck in the usual manner.

At its upper end the neck is formed with an internal circumferentially extending ledge or seat- 4; upon which the cardboard closure cap 5 rests when applied to the bottle. The construction so far described is conventional and, as previously set forth, it is often dithcult to removethe cap without forcing it downwardly into the bottle and causing the milk to spurt upwardly.

In order to allow the ca to be easily renieved, I have provided the ot-tle neck with a recess 6 which is cut through the beaded upper end thereof from its inner surface but terminates in spaced relation to the outer side face of the bottle neck thereby leavin a portion constituting an outer margina wall 7 for the recess. The recess 6 is of such depth that its bottom is flush with the surface of the seat t and, therefore, the peripheral edge faceof the cap will be exposed in the recess and a finger nail or the pointed end of a lifting implement can be easily forced-under -the cap. The wall 7 is of 311011 height that its upper edge is slightly below the upper edge face 8 of the bottle neck and is slightly rounded transversely in order to provide a smooth edge not liable to cut the fingers and also not liable to be easily broken.

When the bottle is in use, it is filled with milk and'the cardboard cap applied in the usual manner. In order to remove the cap, it is merely necessary to place a thumb or finger in the recess 6, as indicated in Fig.1, with the nail resting upon th'e upper edge of the wall 7 and the-outer end of the nail engaged beneath the portion of the cap ex tending across the inner end of the recess. The finger can then be rocked upon the wall and thecap will be lifted off the seat without danger of its being forced downwardly into. the milk. After the cap has been removed, the milk can be poured from the bottle and the recess will serve asa pouring spout. By this arrangement the cap can be 100 easily removed and the wall will serve not only as an outer wall for the recess to prevent dust and dirt vfrom readily accumulzw ing in the recess but also serve as a fulcrum when handling the bottle.

j of the wall of the receptacle and communithe periphery of-a cap resting upon the seat Having thus described the invention; I claim:

1'. A receptacle openat its "top and adja-' cent itsupper end having its wall formed with an internal clrcumferentially extend-.- ing cap receiving seat, the upper end of the a recess lead-- receptacle being formed wit ing from the upper edge and inner surf-aoe eating with said seat with its bottom flush withthe seat,- said recess terminatin in spaced relation to the outer surface 0 the receptacle wall to provide a lipspaced from and constituting an outer marginal wall for the recess and adapted to serve as a fulcrum when removing a cap.

2. A bottle having a cap receiving seat formed upon the interior of the neck thereof and a recess leading from the inner surface of the neck between the seat and upper end of the bottle andterminating in spaced relation to the outer surface of the neck to' provide an outer marginal wall for the recess, the said marginal wall of the recess havlng its. upper edge disposed in a plane below the upper edge face of the bottle neck but above the upper surface of a cap placed in the bottle neck upon the seat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. CHARLES R. COUP. [L 8.]

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