US2205152A

US2205152A - Bottle opener

Info

Publication number: US2205152A
Application number: US253181A
Authority: US
Inventors: Willie T Pearson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-01-27
Filing date: 1939-01-27
Publication date: 1940-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1957-06-18

Description

June 0- T. PEARSON 2,205,152

BOTTLE OPENER Filed Jan. 27, 1939 Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to bottle openers of the character for removing crown caps from bottles, and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which besides providing a cap remover possessing a maximum amount of efliciency also may be employed for carrying or otherwise handling a bottle before the removal of the cap therefrom and obviates the necessity of placing the hands in direct contact with a wet, cold bottle, besides permitting the bottle to be handled in a highly sanitary manner and further will grip and retain the cap after its removal from the bottle so that the cap may be manually released with ease whenever it is convenient to deposit the cap in a collection receptacle or like device.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a bottle opener constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the application thereof to a cap on a bottle.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the device gripping the cap after the latters removal from the bottle.

Figure 3 is a top plan view illustrating the device.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates an elongated handle, one end of which is rounded to present curved faces 6 lying at opposite sides of the extremely pointed portion 1 of the handle. The handle 5 gradually tapers toward the non-rounded end thereof.

A wear plate 1 of elongated formation is secured on one edge of the handle 5 by being provided with tines 8 driven into the handle. The

, wear plate 7 during the use of the device as a bottle opener contacts the cap and receives all of the strain or Wear during the fulcruming of the handle on the cap and which will be hereinafter more fully described in detail.

The handle 5 is equipped with spaced pins l8 and II adjacent to the pointed end thereof and a cap gripping device I2 is journaled on one of the pins, or as clearly shown in the drawing, on the pin Ill while the pin ll acts as a stop for the pivotal movement of the gripping element l2 in one direction on the handle. and l I are tied together by elongated washers I3.

The gripping element l2 comprises a pair of substantially U-shaped jaws l4 and I5 connected integrally with each other by coiled portions l6 through which the pin l extends for the pivoting of the gripping element on the handle, also the coiled portions act as tension mediums tending to urge the jaws in the direction of each other or into position for gripping a cap [6' on a bottle H. The jaws M and I normally assume a position with respect to each other in which said jaws are spaced from one another. However, the distance between the jaws is less than the external diameter of the cap I6.

The jaw M or the connecting portion l1 thereof has a compound curvature thereto defining projections to engage under the flange of the cap it when adapted thereto. Also said connecting portion has a slight arcuate curvature from end to end thereof. The connecting portion 1 8 of the jaw l-5 has an arcuate curvature so that it will readily conform to the contour of the neck of the bottle.

In use, the handle 5 is placed above the cap of a bottle with the jaws l4 and I5 engaging said cap and by a downward pressure on the handle the jaws will be caused to spread and slide downwardly over the cap and engage under the flange of the cap at opposite sides of the neck of the bottle, as clearly shown in Figure 1, with the wear plate 1 coming to rest on the top of the cap. The device thus applied to the cap and bottle provides a very efiicient handle for the lifting, carrying or otherwise handling of the bottle. When it is desired to remove the cap from the bottle a downward pressure is placed on one end of the handle with the latter fulcruming on 'the cap and with the latter gripped by the jaws, said cap will be effectively and easily removed from the bottle, remaining gripped between the jaws, as shown in Figure 2, so that through a slight manual effort the jaws may be separated to free the cap for gravitation into a collecting receptacle or similar device, obviating the cap from falling immediately on its removal from the bottle.

Thus it will be seen that a very efficient bottle opener has been provided wherein a cap can be easily and conveniently removed without damage to the bottle or danger of injuring the person using the device and further it will be seen that prior to the removal of the cap and on the application of the opener to the cap, said opener The pins Ill may be employed for carrying the bottle from one place to another and for wrapping the bottle without placing the hands in direct contact therewith.

Further, it will be seen that a device of this kind may be manufactured and sold at a low cost and also it is to be understood that while the gripping element I2 has been described and shown as being adapted to a specially constructed handle, it is to be understood that through a very slight rearrangement of the gripping element its application may be easily made to a conventional type of cap remover commonly employed on the market and having a handle with a ring-like head provided with spaced projections to engage under the flange of the cap while the ring-like head engages on the top of the cap.

It is believed that the simplicity and advantages of this invention will be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates and while I have herein set forth a satisfactory embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that such changes therefrom as fairly within the scope of my claims may be resorted to when desired.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, an elongated handle to engage with a cap of a bottle, a wear plate secured on the handle to contact the cap, a gripping element pivotally mounted on the handle adjacent one end thereof and including spaced resilient jaws to receive therebetween and grip a cap on the application of the wear plate onto the top face of the cap to permit carrying of the bottle by the handle and to coact with the handle in removing the cap from the bottle and retaining the cap on the handle until manually released from the gripping element.

2. In a device of the character set forth, an

- elongated handle to engage the cap of a bottle,

a pivot pin carried by the handle adjacent one end thereof, a gripping element journaled on said pivot pin and including a pair of integrally connected substantially U-shaped jaws provided with coiled tensioned portions receiving the pivot pin and acting to urge the jaws in the direction of each other for a limited distance to permit said jaws to spread and pass over a cap of a bottle and grip the cap under the lower edge thereof at opposite sides of the bottle.

3. In a device of the character set forth, an elongated handle to engage the cap of a bottle, a pivot pincarried by the handle adjacent one end thereof, a gripping element journaled on said pivot pin and including a pair of integrally connected substantially U-shaped jaws provided with coiled tensioned portions receiving the pivot pin and acting to urge the jaws in the direction of each other for a limited distance to permit said jaws to spread and pass over a cap of a bottle and grip the cap under the lower edge thereof at opposite sides of the bottle, one of said jaws including a connecting portion having a compound curvature to provide projections to engage under the cap and the other jaw including a connecting portion arcuately curved to conform to the contour of a bottle.

4. In a device of the character set forth, an

elongated handle to engage the cap of a bottle, a pivot pin carried by the handle adjacent one end thereof, a gripping element journaled on said pivot pin and including a pair of integrally connected substantially U-shaped jaws provided with coiled tensioned portions receiving the pivot pin and acting to rage the jaws in the direction of each other for a limited distance to permit said jaws to spread and pass over a cap of a bottle and grip the cap under the lower edge thereof at opposite sides of the bottle, one of said jaws including a connecting portion having a compound curvature to provide projections to engage under the cap and the other jaw including a connecting portion arcuately curved to conform to the contour of a bottle, and a stop pin carried by the handle adjacent the pivot pin for limiting the pivotal movement of the gripping element in one direction on the handle.

5. In a device of the character set forth, an elongated handle to engage the cap of a bottle, a pivot pin carried by the handle adjacent one end thereof, a gripping element journaled on said pivot pin and including a pair of integrally connected substantially U-shaped jaws provided with coiled tensioned portions receiving the pivot pin and acting to urge the jaws in the direction of each other for a limited distance to permit said jaws to spread and pass over a cap of a bottle'and grip the cap under the lower edge thereof at opposite sides of the bottle, one of said jaws including a connecting portion having a compound curvature to provide projections to engage under the cap and the other jaw including a connecting portion arcuately curved to conform to the contour of a bottle, a stop pin carried by the handle adjacent the pivot pin for limiting the pivotal movement of the gripping element in one direction on the handle, and tie plates connecting the stop pin with the pivot pin.

6. In a device of the character set forth, an elongated handle to engage the cap of a bottle, a pivot pin carried by the handle adjacent one end thereof, a gripping element journaled on said pivot pin and including a pair of integrally connected substantially U-shaped jaws provided with coiled tensioned portions receiving the pivot pin and acting to urge the jaws in the direction of each other for a limited distance to permit said jaws to spread and pass over a cap of a bottle and grip the cap under the lower edge thereof at opposite sides of the bottle, one of said jaws including a connecting portion having a compound curvature to provide projections to engage under the cap and the other jaw including a connecting portion arcuately curved to conform to the contour of a bottle, a stop pin carried by the handle adjacent the pivot pin for limiting the pivotal movement of the gripping element in one direction on the handle, and tie plates connecting the stop pin with the pivot pin, said end of the handle located adjacent to the pivot pin being rounded to form a pointed portion with curved faces arranged at opposite sides thereof.

WILLIE T. PEARSON.