US2342495A - Safety bottle breaking device - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 22, 1944.

S. 'SACCO SAFETY BOTTLE BREAKING DEVICE 7 Filed Sept. 21, 1942 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS I Patented Feb". 22, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT 'QFFI'CE v 2,342,495 k SAFlfiY BOTTLE REAKING DEVICE Savi'no Sacco, Long Branch, 'N. J l Application September 21, 1942, Serial No. 459,168

'Wcl'aimsr (cl. s3--93) This invention relates to bottle breaking devices, and its general object is to providea device that is primarily designed to materially facilitate breaking glass bottles of the type generally used for alcoholic liquors, after the original contents has been removed, so as to strictly comply with laws making it illegal to refill the same.

A further object is to provide a bottle breaking device that not only includes means to bring about the breaking of a bottle with safety and in a manner to completely destroy the neck thereof, but the device also includes a container provided with a lid or cover having the breaking means associated therewith for the broken pieces e of glass to fall within the container, during the breaking action, thus avoiding scattering the glass about the floor or the like.

Another object is to provide a :bottle breaking device that includes no moving parts that require oiling or other attention, and the device is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely eflicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a side view partly in section of the device which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the breaking unit.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the breaking unit, illustrating the breaking or cutting element and its securing means separated from the mounting bracket thereof.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral l indicates the cylindrical body of the container which may be a refuse can of the usual construction, as far as the body structure is concerned, in that the body includes a bead 2 adjacent the top thereof, that provides an abutment for the marginal flange of a cover or lid 3, the latter having the usual handle 4 secured thereto and rising therefrom.

The lid has a pair of inlet openings 5 and 6 therein, that are disposed upon opposite sides of the handle, and it will be noted that the opening 5 is of less diameter than th atof the "opening a.

Each opening is circular in the form shown, and

they are provided with sheet elastic disk dia- I mountedthere on, but the segments are 'normally arranged to close the openings, due to the elasticity of the material of the closures, coupled withthe fact that tlfe closures are drawn taut when secured to the lid, thus eliminating passage of flying glass from the container through the openings, as will be apparent.

The breaking or cutting element I6 is made from steel or the like, and is provided with a substantially U-shaped mounting bracket having outwardly directed apertured ears ll formed on the upper ends of its arms 12, as best shown in Figure 4 to receive the bolts of bolt and nut connections l3 that secure the bracket to the lid, with the arms l2 depending therefrom, upon opposite sides of the opening 5 for disposal of the bight portion M in a plane below and diametrically of the opening 5, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

An opening ii: is provided centrally of the bight portion M to receive the shank of a bolt l6 for detachably securing the breaking or cutting element it to the bracket, and for that purpose, the element is provided with a threaded bore extending centrally therein from its base for receiving the shank, so that the element can be drawn for disposing its base in tight engagement against the bight portion to prevent casual removal or displacement of the element, yet it can be readily removed to be sharpened or replaced in the event of damage thereto.

The element 10 is in the form of an elongated three sided pyramid to provide cutting edges ll and a sharp apex, and is preferably of a length to extend through the opening 5 and consequent- 1y through the closure 1, for disposal of the apex slightly above the lid, as best shown in Figure 1,

so that the apex will be exposed to facilitate ap-- plying the neck of an empty bottle to the element to bring about breaking of the bottle.

From the above description and disclosure in the drawing, it is believed that the use of my device will be obvious, but it might be mentioned that'when it is desired to break a bottle, the body thereof is firmly grasped and th neck is mounted on the element 9 for disposal within the container, and of course with the apex inserted within the neck. The bottle is then moved angularly to engage the neck against one of the cutting edges ll, and such action will result in fracturing the neck in a manner to prevent the fragments or broken pieces of glass from flying upwardly for passage through the openings 5 and 6, but if by chance such should occur, the flying pieces will contact the closures I and 8 and be deflected downwardly within the container. The neck can be broken merely by disposing the neck about the element Ill and giving the bottle a quick downward movement, for the element to set up a wedging action against the neck, but either method will destroy the bottle and thereby prevent reuse thereof. After the neck of the bottle is broken, the body of the bottle is inserted in the container through the opening 6, with the result it will be seen that a bottle can be safely destroyed by my device in an easy and expeditious manner, and that the broken piecesof glass are confined within a container.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A bottle breaking device comprising a container, a handled lid for the container and provided with an inlet opening for passage of the neck of the bottle therethrough, a substantially U-shaped mounting bracket having its arms secured to and depending from the lid for disposal of its bight portion in a plane below and diametrically of the opening, elongated means for receiving the neck of the bottle to bring about breakage thereof and secured to and rising from the bight portion for disposal centrally of the opening, said means being of pyramid shape to provide cutting edges'and to set up a wedging action against the inner face of the neck and extending through the opening for disposing the apex of said means above the lid, and a slit elastic diaphragm closure normally closing the opening.

2. A bottle breaking device comprising a container, a handled lid for the container and provided with a pair of inlet openings disposed upon opposite sides of the handle, a substantially U- shaped bracket having outwardly directed ears formed on the upper ends of the arms thereof and secured to the under face of the lid for disposing the arms in depending relation therefrom, with the bight portion of the bracket arranged in a plane below and diametrically of one of said openings, a substantially pyramid shape elongated breaking and cutting element detachably secured to and rising from the bight portion for disposal centrally of the latter opening and extending therethrough for receiving the neck of the bottle, and sheet elastic disk shaped closures secured tautly to the lid and being slit to provide quarter segments normally closing the openings.

SAVINO SACCO.

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