US1980094A - Bottle closure cap releasing means and caps associated therewith - Google Patents

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Nov. 6, 1934. E. R, ROSSWER 1,980,094

BOTTLE CLOSURE CAP RELEASING MEANS AND CAPS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH Filed March 29, '1953 /3 .//lhllumllaikm /NVSNTO 1:30 .machinery Patented Nov. 6, 1934 Q., lastimar oLo-sunEicAP RELEASING MEANS Y l-omisassoennemiirmimnivrrn Eawinaiphrnossiter; syaneanewsouthwales,

" Australia l admins. (Grazia-46) "beeeenJ Y Numerousidevices-have Ibeen inade and em- Kployeri-for the pur-pose 'of facilitating `tlie'removal 'off fcamsuor '-fcapsulesV-'of fthe' -crown cork variety. Such 1known=means `include separate-:specially formed'ltoolsor' appliances t-he f use of lwhich Yfre- @'.queritlyresults in idamage to' thel-bottle neck, while furthermorek inconvenience is obviously "causedif ithe I to'ol 'beln'ot handy ffor' use.

4m0 I `AEither such known1means comprise" the aprovifsion .fof-,an finteg-ral tag Vpor-tion to eachv such cap, butE the-general use vof suchf ihas hitherto vbeen "impossible in' kee'pingfw-ith2 modern Lrapidmeth-ods Joffsealing =bott1es Without necessitating yalso lthe "i 25 ruse: E@ofiv'special tmachineryzdesignedrto 'takethe :place @of existing lmachineryfand assoito: lensure rassemblyfxand. feeding ofi; the 'cansa when required iorbottlesealing punposesaandmottlers are naturally disinclinedl fat-o finstall `suchV special -The ipresent invention contemplates. the .-provision of -simple .improvedmeans cheaply applied and ,incorporated Withroras an integralpart of yeach. said .capL and utilizable (subsequently to Ysealing of..a .bottle with -the cap) '.ffor. release of the 4,latter asby,.means .of a pull or leverage exerted' and capable o'f''being applied' through the medium of a handkerchief or a shoe lace, or a pencil, penknife, paper knife, spoon handle or other like handy appliance which is adapted to function as the necessary pulling element or lifting lever.

The closure according to the invention has the advantage that it may be handled with a maximum of ease and rapidity by existing known automatic bottle sealing mechanisms.

The invention consists in a bottle closure cap of the kind having releasing means associated with a bottle closure cap comprising a substantially loop-like formation of wire or like suitable material whose two extremities are engaged beneath the gofferings and a cork or like insert piece of the closure cap, in which the two extremities lie along exterior grooves of the closure cap Anism of Vcharactercommonly"inuse. k' i LIfA desired, 'the two extremitiesfmay'be' 'engaged betweerrth'e 'cork'insert *piece* and the metal Lcap, w or between the'corkinsert fpecefand-an interi60 mediate lining as'f'of paper 'located"between cork -Closure kcaps jassociated 'with :releasing means contemplated'by "the invention' are sunken orin- A "dented as 'in conformity wwith "the`-coniigur"a'tion L05 'of Ythe isaid"releasingnieans whi `:h-latter' 'are :'d'e'- signed 'to "-be' :bent 'and --lsnugly received "by and "'ne'sted in 'the lsaid sunken or -indented capupon its upper surface and so that the said releasing "means may in no "way obtrude or *interi ere "with 'WD '.ithefree passageof thecap (with'relea'sing-fmeans "i fitted 'or' incorporated) faong Ythe feedrchuterand l directly into the ltlfiroat'oxvrnouth of "and intoan `readily understood reference-willnowabemade yto "the accompanying drawingxwherein "like 4reference .numerals :denote J like parts "throughout the several viewswhichare as iollovv 1 v ,Figure '.1 lis a perspective view Aof" oner designiof 'metal 'closure cap before *being 'formed and Afitted according to' the invention withf associated releasingmeans.

, Figure'Zisv a 'perspective yiewvnf 'thesaid" de- 85 "sign of closure'cap after it ihas been 'formed-or .indented but' before it'lfiasv been "fitted with associated releasing means acc'ording'tothe'inverition. Y Figure is a cross sectional' view taken 'on' "the line` A`-B of `Figure 2.

. l r9.0 )Figure vitis ajperspective rview of 'the said`-de sign of closure cap formedand'tted according to theinvention'with vassociated'releasingmeans of wire.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional View taken on the line C-D of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an inverted perspective View of the closure cap formed and tted as illustrated by Figure 4, the cork or paper insert having been removed. 51700 Figure 7 is a cross sectional View taken on the line E-F of Figure 4, but showing usual cork insert piece and an intermediate lining tted in position.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the wire tting (detached from the closure cap) as illustrated by Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a cross sectional View taken on the line H-I of the wire ttng indicated by Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a View of the said closure cap 110 then each takeA an approximately right-'angled -turnlaway from each other to be snugly accomo- Vdated within the portion of the interior recess 22 of a ridge 15.

'superimposed relationship (see Figure 9) and thus do notmilitate against subsequent desirable neat fitting of a cork insert piece 26 andan infunctioning to seal a bottle mouth, associated The metal cap 13 has sunken portions orfindentations 14 and 14a and upstanding portions orV ridges 15 with grooves at 16 permitting portions of the Wire loop 17 to lie snugly within them and be nested within the sunken portion or 4indentation 14 and preferably slightly belowridges 15 so that the Wire loop 17 may not obtrude itself beyond the uppermost face of the cap.

'Ihe inner faces of the said sunken portions or indentations 14 and 14a are in the same plane and together adaptedto form convenient bearing faces against which isiitted the paper or like 1ining 26a againstwhich in turn is the cork insert piece26 according to known practice.

Portions of the loop 17 are bent at 18 to lie andare then inturned to lie along interior grooves 20 yof said goerings and their ends 21 By this arrangement it will be observed that no portions of the Wire forming the bends 23 lie in termediate lining-26a as of paper (see Figure '7);

,. and further that the wire ends .are adapted to afford ample bearing .surface with the inner face of thecap interior recess 22 when the Wire loop k1'7 has applied to it a handkerchief or the like 24 or a lever 25 to effect release of the cap 13 from `Aa bottle neckto which it has been fitted.

It may b e here noted as important that during `-the` normal act of sealing a bottle 'mouth with a closure cap of the crown cork typethe goffering or crimped skirt portion of the latter is pressed inwardly, and when so applying according to the present invention a closure capand its associated cap releasing `means the said inward pressure causes the said' releasing means to be slightly raised away from the sunken vcap surface or indentation 14 so to be `1n ready positionV forinsertion of a handkerchief or the' like 424 or rever 25 (see Figure 1o of the drawing). l

illustrated.

-said indentation and along the If desired, an approved portion of the ridge 15 disposed say approximately diametrically opposite the wire loop 17 may be formed with a series of grooves or serrations (not shown in the drawing herein) whose function is to afford a convenient grip to any levering ldevice employed in the manner and for thev purpose described and 'Ends 21 of the wire loop 17 may be somewhat flattened out should this be deemed desirable to obviate Wear upon the cork insert piece 26 or upon the paper of like lining 26a.

l By the use of the invention while there is secured a maximum of sealing efliciency, damage by chipping of bottle necks due to removal of the closure caps therefrom is entirely eliminated; and n bottle closure'caps-are associated with releasing means for each 'of thesame in manner so that the composite article so formed may be quite conveniently .handled by the sameautomatic bottle sealing mechanisms whichjare vat present in use for handling crown seal-bottle closures of known conventional type; l Y Y Within the spirit of the invention as described and claimed herein,there may be employed *mod ifications in regard to shape, design andl dispot sition of cap indentations or caplreleasing means. along exterior `grooves formedA by the gofferings i Y What I claim isz-j ,l p i i 1. A goffered bottle cap havingav partially peripheral groove on its vundersurface forming-a ridge on the upper surface with a re-entrant a recess dened by the re-entrant portion-of the ridge.Y Y v Y 2. lA goifered `bottle cap closure having: an in terrupted circumferential ridgeon the top surface and a re-ventrant: angle, with corresponding grooves on the'lunder surface, lthe. interruption being at least one indentationI in -the circumferential ridge at the opening of the re-entrantangle, and a looped-releasing wire, the loop of `which lies within the re-entrant angle and at leastv one branch passes` to the underI surface through the exterior and interior gofferingf` grooves; f A

3. A goffered bottle cap closure, a partial-peripheral groove with a re-entrant angle on its funangle and a Aloop formation of* wire the curved der surface and acorresponding ridge on its up-vl per surface, an are shaped ridge separated by'in- -dentations from the peripheral ridge and a'loop formed release wire lying vwithinvjtherecesses formed by said ridges and by said goifering.

EDWrN RALPH RossI'rnR.

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