US2682985A

US2682985A - Hand bottle crown remover and recapper

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Publication number: US2682985A
Application number: US155713A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jerome J Colonna
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-04-13
Filing date: 1950-04-13
Publication date: 1954-07-06
Anticipated expiration: 1971-07-06

Description

July 6, 1954 J. J. COLONNA 2,682,985

HAND BOTTLE CROWN REMOVER AND RECAPPER Filed April 13, 1950 INVENTOR.

Patented July 6, 19,54

v U E HAND BOTTLE CROWN REMOVER AND RECAPPER Jerome J. Colonna, Chicago, 11!.

Application April 13, 1950, Serial No. 155,713

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a hand bottle crown remover and recapper. Wherever drinks are mixed with carbonated water such as Seltzer water, ginger ale, or the like, there is a need for a bottle stopper temporarily closing the unemptied bottle so as to reduce the escape of the carbon dioxide. In the past, removable rubber stoppers have been used.

.The general object of this invention is to recap the partially empty bottle of carbonated beverage with its own crown.

' The first specific object of this invention is to provide a crown remover which not only will not damage the crown when it is removed, but will deform it in substantially the same way each time so that one tool will readily return it to its original sealed position on the bottle orifice.

The second object is to provide a simple tool for rescaling the crown and bottle.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained in one embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of applicants opener and recapper in position on a crowned bottle immediately before the crown is removed;

Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section showing the crown holder, with a crown in position immediately prior to recapping; and,

Fig. 4. is a view at the end of recapping step.

Continuing to refer to the drawings, in Fig. 1, the numeral Iii generally identifies applicants crown remover and recapper which comprises shank I2 having an opener Hi at one end and a recapper it at the other. The opener l4 comprises a disk l8 centrally disposed on the shank I2 with an inwardly turned bead 24] for engaging the underside of the pleats 22 of the crown 24.

Spaced from the underside of'the disk l8 by approximately half the diameter of the crown 24 is an enlarged shoulder or Wale 28 on the shank 12.

In order to use the crown remover, it is applied to the bottle top as illustrated in Fig. 1. Since the shoulder 28 is circular, and the disk i8 is circular, the user need give no attention to how it is positioned on the cap other than that the inner side of the bead 20 engages the underside of the pleats 24.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the bead 20 engages two gripping

members

21 and 23 which are spaced from each other by two gripping members. The top as of the crown 24 is fiat upon completion of the capping operation by a standard crown bottler.

The result is that the crown 2 is lifted ofi of the bottle orifice by spreading the

pleats

22 and 23, while the remaining pleats are not affected. By placing the fulcrum from which the bead 29 operates upon the center of the crown,

there is a tendency to evenly distribute strain over the crown so that it does not deform other than near the

point

22 and 23. The top of the crown is slightl depressed as indicated by the dotted line 36.

Applicants recapper comprises a cup 36 having an orifice 38 whose diameter is slightly more than the outside diameter of a crown mounted on a bottle. If one places the cup 36 over the crowned bottle in Fig. 1, it can be pushed down over the glass with its inside edges slightly spaced from the periphery of the gripping members 22 around the crown 24. The inside wall 40 of the bowl is tapered inwardly to a diameter such that it will tightly squeeze the gripping members 22 around the bottle orifice. The inside of the cup 3'5 is a truncated cone. A plunger 52 having a disk head 44 with a shank 46 is urged downwardly by a coil spring 48 mounted in a cylindrical recess 55 in the shank l 2. The shank 45 has a flattened portion 52 which is spaced from the upper end of the shank by a shoulder 56; A set screw 56 is seated sufficiently far so that it will engage the shoulder 53 while not interfering with vertical movement of the shank 65.

To recap a bottle, referring to Fig. 3, the inverted cup 36 is seated in the position illustrated in Fig. 3. If the bottle is rested on a table, and one brings the fiat of ones hand down on the disk I4, the inverted cup 46 will take the position illustrated in Fig. 4.

The advantage of applicants crown remover and recapper resides in the fact that it utilizes the clean crown for one bottle and one bottle only. Each crown on its underside has a thin cork liner covered by a metallic foil. By replacing this crown, on the same bottle, a tighter seal is obtained than in the case of the rubber stoppers. When the bottle has been completely emptied, the crown is then thrown away. For the number of times that a crown may be taken off of a bottle of ginger ale or charged water, the chances of picking up dirt are negligible. In contrast, a rubber stopper must be moved from bottle to bottle, ultimately gets dirty, and wears rather rapidly.

Having thus described his invention, what applicant claims is:

A bottle crown recapper comprising an elongated handle, an outwardly directed, circular cup axially mounted on one end of said handle, the inside diameter of the cups periphery slightly exceeding the outside diameter of a capped bottle crown, said handle having an axially positioned, cylindrical chamber substantially longer than the depth of the cup and of a diameter substantially less than that of the cup and communicating with the cup through its bottom so that the bottom of the cup constitutes a shoulder around the cylindrical chambers opening, a plunger longer than the depth of the cup reciprocably mounted in said chamber, a disk having a diameter slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the cup mounted on the outer end of the plunger in a plane at right angles to the plungers axis whereby when the disk and plunger are moved inwardly the back of the disk will engage said shoulder in the cups bottom, means for holding the plunger in the cylindrical chamber, and spring means urging the plunger and the disk outwardly.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,116,438 Kalbrenner Nov. 10, 1914 1,341,163 Beste May 25, 1920 1,366,259 Hanford Jan. 18, 1921 1,366,755 Vaughan Jan. 25, 1921 2,430,651 Shanahan Nov. 11, 1947