US1724810A

US1724810A - Milk-bottle closure

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Publication number: US1724810A
Application number: US282287A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry O Varrieur
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-06-02
Filing date: 1928-06-02
Publication date: 1929-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1946-08-13

Description

Aug. 13, 1929.

MILK BOTTLE cLosuim Filed June 2. 1928 H a. Ema,

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Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES HENRY 0. VARRIEUB, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

MILK-BOTTLE CLOSURE.

Application filed June 2, 1928. Serial No. 282,287.

The invention relates to closures for milk bottles and the like, and has for its principal object the provision of a closure that will immediately indicate whether it has been 6 tampered with so that the purchaser may be advised as to whether or not the contents of the bottle are as originally prepared by the manufacturer or salesman for distribution.

A further object of the invention is the 10 provision of a closure for milk bottles comprising a hoodhaving a depending apron to entirely enclose the top of a bottle and having secured thereto a tab of flexible material to which is terminally engaged a band of metal thatis adapted to be crimped after the hood is placed on the bottle to engage the hood in position thereon. The hood is adapted to be removed by breaking the connectio'nbetween the band and the tab to dispense the contents of the bottle, the hood being adapted after the seal isbroken to be used in covering the neck of the bottle to protect the contents from foreign matter until the contents of the bottle has been entirely used.

2 The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1, is a view in perspective of the I improved milk bottle closure before being applied to the bottle,

. Figure 2 is a similar view showin the closure applied to the bottle and seale and Figure 3 is a similar view showing the closure unsealed to permit decanting the contents of the bottle.

In the drawings similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved milk bottle closure com- 40 prises ahood 1 made of paper or other suitable flexible material and having its edges downturned and pleated or crimped to form an apron 2. Secured to the apron 2 is a tab 3 by means of a sta 1e 4 or other suitable means,and terminal y engaging thetab is a band-5, preferably of sheet metal and of, a type that will permit crimping the band intermediate of the end secured to the tab as uct under his name.

shown at 6. The ends of'the band 5 are secured in any suitable manner to the tab 3,

preferably by bending the ends of the band back on themselves to form hooks 7 and the ends of the band where secured to the-tab are alined with the staple 4.

In operation it will be understood that when the bottle is'in a sealedposition as shown in Figure 2, the crimps 6 being formed in the found by any suitable means and it is desired to decant the contents of the bottle, the free end of the tab 3 is pulled upwardly, and thereby the apron 2 is raised and a pull is exerted on the connection between the end of the band 5 and the tab and one or both of the ends of the band are torn'f from the tab thus breaking the seal and permitting decanting the contents of the bottle.

It will be apparent that while the seal is intact, as shown in Figure 2, the purchaser is advised that the contents of the milk bottle have not been tampered with, but should the seal be broken it would be an indication to the customer that the contents may have been tampered with and the salesman is pro- Y tected against unauthorized selling of a prod- Furthermore it will be understood that after the purchaser has broken the seal to decant the contents of the bottle the hood may be utilized by him to. cover the neck of the bottle to protect the contents from contamination until the contents have been entirely used.

What is claimed is A bottle closure; comprising a hood adapted to enclose a bottle top and having. a depending apron, a tab of fibrous material, a staple securing the tab to said apron, and a, seal oonsistmg of a metal clampingband encircling the hood, hoops on the ends of the hand and engaging the tab, said band being adapted to be crimped intermediate of-its ends to clamp the hood on the bottle, and the tab being adapted to be broken to break the seal aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

HENRY o. VABRIEUR.