US2039658A - Liquid dispensing device for bottles - Google Patents

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zmwss L. R. PAUL May 5, 11936.

LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES Filed May 7, 1955 INVENTOR; 160; I ZMN,

F 6' BY ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,039,658 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BOT TLES

Leon R. Paul, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Dalynip Pourer Corp., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 7, 1935, Serial No. 20,121

8 Claims.

This invention relates to a liquid dispensing device for bottles, preferably associated with the usual cork or stopper and including means ex-' tending through the cork for the escape of the liquid therein and means for venting the bottle or other container, while the cork remains tightly in the neck, until the bottle is emptied of its contents.

The main .feature of the present invention comprises a stamped blank of suitable sheet material having opposite ring or Wing portions connected by a centralconnecting web portion, and a shank portion pending therefrom; the blank being subsequently folded on its vertical central 'line by suitable dies for forming an integral vent tube and for interlocking the ring portions to produce a rigid drum like structure having means for holding side disks of paper, celluloid or other material upon which the character of the contents of the bottle may be printed or otherwise applied.

The object of the invention is to provide a one piece structure as above described for permanent attachment to a pouring tube and its associated bottle stopper.

The companion ring or wing portions of the stamped blank each have central generally circular openings into which project clamping tongues or lugs, those lugs of one ring portion being arranged in relatively staggered relation with the lugs of the opposite ring so that when the blank is folded to position the lugs of one ring are in registration with spaces in the otherone, and thus, said lugs may be folded across and clamped under and outward against the outer sides of bezel or channel rings for holding side closure disks.

The dispensing device herein described has an ornamental as well as an attractive appearance and is of stout rigid construction well suited for the purpose intended.

Other features of construction will appear as the following description proceeds.

In the drawing disclosing the invention in detail:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device with portions of the cork or stopper, the pouring tube and the vent tube broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the single stamped blank of sheet metal to form a unit of the construction;

Fig. 3 shows in side elevation the blank of Fig. 2, folded centrally on its vertical central line, showing the vent tube drawn to shape and the parts of the ring clamped together, including bezel or channel rings for holding printed or colored disks'for closing the sides of the ring structure;

Fig. 4 is an'enlarged horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

. Fig. 5 .is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1, showing a means for permanently attaching the ring part to the pouring tube; and

' Fig. 6 is an edge view of a bezel or channel ring.

In describing the construction, I will designate the cork'or'stopper by the letter C, a pouring or flow tube by P, a vent tube by V, a dust excluding swinging gate by G and a disk or handle part by R.

In carrying out the invention a blank III, of sheet material, such as thin steel or aluminum, is stamped out to produce opposite ring or wing wall forming portions, I I, formed with peripheral spacing and reinforcing flanges I2 turned back upon the circular edges I3 of the wallforming portions as in Fig. 2 and at the right in Fig. 4.

The wall forming portions II, are cut out centrally toproduce central spaces I4, surrounded by inwardly directed circularly spaced lugs or tongues I5 which are arranged in opposite staggered relation when the blank is folded on the fold-line F, in Fig. 2, so that opposite tongues may be folded-over into oppositely aligned spaces between the tongues of the other ring and folded or-clamped down upon the outer faces of bezel or channel rings I6 placed against the outer faces of the ring wall forming portions II. The channels I! of the rings I6, are positioned to receive printed or colored side closures, disks or panels l8, to enhance the appearance of the ring orhandle part R of the device which will hereinafter be termed disk or disk part.

Returning now to the metallic sheet blank I 0; the ring wall forming portions II, are connected by a cross-web I9 from which extends a shank portion which provides material for the vent tube V.

At opposite sides of the fold lines F, of Fig. 2, in the connecting web portion I9, are a pair of open slits or slots 2I, a pair of rivet holes 22, and a pair of vent holes 23.

The base of the shank web 20, is cut a short distance up into the cross-web I9 to provide opposite triangular prongs 24, which when the blank is folded, project through a radial slot 25, formed in a metal cap 26, arranged over the top of the cork or stopper C. Said prongs being spread apart and turned back as at 21, Fig. 1, against the inner face of the cap 26, to lock the ring or handle R to the cork, and above this connection, a strap or band 28, having rivet holes to correspond to the rivet holes 22 of the blank III, has its ends passed through the slots 2|, from opposite sides of the pouring tube P, and extended outwardly between the folded blank portions I9, to'

receive a cross bolt or pin 29.

It will be manifest from the foregoing description that this device is first assembled in two sepa 7 rate units, i. e. the cork and its pouring tube extending entirely therethrough and carrying the swinging gate closure 6 and the metallic crown-or cap 26 snugly encircling the top of cork; the second assembled unit comprising-the ring 'and'handle portion and the vent tube formed integral with the ring and central wall forming portions of the blank II]; this second unitlis shaped-to its final form as in Fig, 3, by one or more appropriate stamping and drawing dies to achieve economical production. j V

Theeunits are finally permanently conjoinedby grasping the ring R and forcing the free end of the -'vent tube'downward through anorifice in the cork cap 26 and thence through a registering bore extending through the .cork 'as far as the prongs 24 entering slot 25 of the cork cap will permit; the prongs are then turned outwardly and upwardly against the wall of said cap, after which vertical line.

What I claim is:

1. In a fluid dispensing device, the combination with a bottle stopper and a pouring tube therein, of a pair of contacting disk members having a'folded connecting web portion therebetween and a venttube'integral with said folded webconnecting portion and extending through said stopper. 7

2. In a fluid dispenser the combination with a stopper and apouring tube passingtherethrough, of a disk member and a vent tube formed of a single sheet of metal; the disk member comprising opposed wall forming portion having contacting marginal spacing flanges and radial inwardly directed tongues; and channel rings held in binding face contact with the said opposed wall formlock the parts and a vent tube formed with the projecting wall forming portions, and passing 'through the said smaller orifice of the cork cap and through said cork.

4. In combination, a cork, a cap thereon, a tube passing centrally through the cork and cap, a disk 7 7 member, a vent tube formed therewith, said cap having a radial slot, a doubled metal connecting web projecting from and integral with the material of the disk member, the doubled metal connecting web having aligned slots and aligned bolt holes; aligned prongs located .upon said diskmemher and projecting through said radial slot to'be clinched back upon the cork cap; anda-strap on said pouring tube having its ends projected through the slotsv and fastened by ar'ivet passing through said holes.

5. In combination, a cork; a pouring tube .ex tending therethrough; a disk member; a vent tube integral with the disk member, the vent tube extending throughsaid cork; andemeans for connecting the diskmember to the cork and pouring tube.

6. In combination, a disk member comprising folded connected webbed wings having tongues,

channel rings associated with the wings and assembled in intimate relation therewith bysaid tongues, a vent tube integral with a portion of the webbed material; disks carried by the channel rings for closing'the sides of said member; acork and a pouring tube extending therethrough and means for connecting the disk member and vent tube to the cork and pouring tube.

7. As an article of-manufacture'a venting structure for a liquid dispensing device for bottles, comprising a unitary structure having a pair of opposed matching disks, a connecting web between said disks, means between said disks for locking themtogether in matched position, and a venting tube extending beyond the disks, said 7 venting tube being formed in part and integral with said web and venting means in'saidweb-portion of said vent. V V

8. A structure as set forth in claim 7,-in which the said webs are provided with locking'prongs.

LEON R. PAUL.

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