US2172496A

US2172496A - Bottle breaking device

Info

Publication number: US2172496A
Authority: US
Inventors: Burgess Lee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-06-27
Filing date: 1938-06-27
Publication date: 1939-09-12
Anticipated expiration: 1956-09-12

Description

Sept. 12, 1939. 1 BURC-3555 BOTTLE BREAKING DEVICE Filed June 27, 1938 Patented Sept. 12, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottle breaking devices.

In many instances it is desirable to destroy or break a bottle after the contents thereof have been removed or used so that the bottle will not be available for refilling with a similar or other liquid and the primary object of this invention is to provide a device extremely simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which may be used with complete safety against injury to the person breaking the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to. provide a bottle breaking device comprising a fabric hood adapted to enclose a bottle and carrying in the reduced neck portion thereof a handle bearing for a metallic plunger rod that is adapted to be dropped or forcibly moved downwardly through the bearing and fabric hood into engagement with the bottom of the bottle for breaking the latter, the hood being preferably of a length relative to the height of the bottle as to completely enclose the latter and prevent the throwing of glass outwardly of the hood while breaking a bottle. y

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a bottle breaking device constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the canvas bottle hood in flattened condition with a portion of the bottle breaking plunger rod illustrated by dotted lines and extending downwardly through the center of the hood;

Figure 2 is an edge elevational view of the device shown in Figure 1, with the plunger rod partly elevated through the hood and the bearing therefor carried by the neck of the hood;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the hood completely enclosing a glass bottle with the plunger rod projected through the bottom wall of the bottle; and

Figure 4 is aside elevational view partly broken away and in section of a modified construction of bottle breaking plunger rod showing a removable bottle breaking point at the lower end of the plunger rod.

The bottle breaking device is in the form of a hand tool and comprises a hood 5 of fabric, canvas or the like and of general bottle shape, being open at its lower end as at 6 with the upper end restricted in area at 1 to provide a reduced neck portion 8.

A bottle breaking metallic plunger rod is associated with the hood 5 and comprises a relatively short tubular bearing 9 having an annular 5 groove I0 therein in which the reduced neck 8 of the hood 6 is suitably secured, the tubular bearing 9 constituting a hand grip. The bottle breaking device per se comprises a relatively long metallic rod II slidable in the bearing 9 and carrying at its upper end an enlarged head I2 defining an annular shoulder I3 engageable with the upper end of the tubular bearing 9 for limiting downward movement of the plunger rod II through the hood 5. 15

As shown in Figure 3, the hood 5 incloses the bottle B and the plunger rod II is illustrated as having been projected through the bottom of the bottle B to form an opening O therein or other- Wise break the bottom of the bottle. The neck N of the bottle B may be manually gripped at the upper restricted end l of the hood interiorly of the latter and the plunger rod II that is elevated through the tubular bearing 9 may be gravitationally dropped or forcibly dropped to break the bottom out of the bottle B. With a structure of this character, glass broken from the bottle is confined by the lower end of the hood 5 to prevent injury to the user of the bottle breaking device.

As shown in Figure 4, the plunger rod Ila slidable through the bearing 9a and carrying the enlarged head I2a is provided upon its lower end with a threaded socket I 4 for the removable reception of the screw stem I5 of a hardened conical metallic head I6 employed for breaking the bottle.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent and While there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, a fabric hood of a size to completely inclose a bottle and open at its lower end and having an upper restricted neck portion, a 50 tubular bearing coniined in the neck portion with the lower end extending downwardly into the hood and the upper end projecting above the hood neck and a plunger rod slidable in the tubular bearing and adapted to be projected downwardly through the hood, said hood adapted to have a bottle placed therein into which the plunger rod moves for percussive engagement with the bottom of the bottle for breakage thereof.

2. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, a fabric hood of a size to completely inclose a bottle and open at its lower end and having an upper restricted neck portion, a tubular bearing conned in the neck portion with the lower end extending downwardly into the Vhood and the upper end projecting above the hood neck and a plunger rod slidable in the` tubular bearing and adapted to be projected downwardly through the hood, said hood adaptf ed to have a bottle placed therein into which the -plunger rod moves for percussive engagement portion of the hood is conned and a shoulder on the plunger rod engageable with the upper end of the tubular bearing for limiting downward movement of the rod.

3. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, an elongated hood shaped to completely inclose a bottle and flexible to facilitate gripping of a bottle confined therein, the hood being open at its lower end, a restricted neck opening at the upper end of the hood, a tubular bearing confined in the neck opening with the bore thereof adapted to register Withthe neck opening of a bottle confined in the hood and an i elongated plunger rod slidable in the bearing and of a length greater than the height of the bottle and adapted to be forcibly projected through the bottom of the bottle for breaking the same.

LEE BURGESS.