US282953A - Joseph bybnes - Google Patents

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J. BYRNBS.

BOTTLE STOPPEB..

(No Model.)

No.`282,953. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BYnNns, or OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, AsSIGNOR orY TwO-THIRDS To JAMES STANSON AND JOHN IIOLLOwnD, or SAME rLAon.

BOTTLE-sroPPER.

`SPECIFICA'JIOIN' forming' part Of Letters Patent No. 282,953, dated August 14, 1883.

Application mea June 20,1883. (No model.)

v .To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BYRNS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city g IO of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is the specification.V

Figure 1 is a vertical section.V Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with cap removed and stopper inverted in the act of being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of cap and suspended stopper. Fig. 4 is a view of the stopper. v

The `nature and obj ect of this invention is to provide a cheap and serviceable bottle-stop- Similar letters of reference refer to similar 4parts in the different drawings.

A is a glass bottle having` the neck B made with shoulders a b, and terminating at the top without any bead. V

O is a rubber washer on shoulder b,

D is a spiral spring around the neck and resting on shoulder a. j

E is a metallic cap' made sufficiently large to iit over the neck at its greatest diameter, and Open at the top. j

F is a cross-bar across the open top of cap, bent downwardly within the cap, and from which hangs the hook H.

I is a rod suspended from hook H, and at its lower end is the stopper J, which is composed of the smaller washer, d, rubber packing e, larger washer, f, and extension g.`

`The Operation of my improvement is as follows: The stopper J is inserted in the bottle through the-neck, the rubber packing e folding over the smaller washer, d, until it passes into the bottle, when it returns toits natural position. r The cap is then placed in position, the rubber washer C and Spiral spring D having been placed in position on the neck of the bottle. shoulder a on the neck of the bottle and shoulder K in the cap. The bottle is then inverted and shaken, which causes the stopper J to take the `position shown in Fig. l, with the rod I in the neck, when-the spring D being compressedby the aid of a pair of nippers inserted through the open head of the cap, the

The spring l) works between thev hook in the end of rod I is closed about the eye on hook H, suspended from cross-bar F, as shown in Fig. 1, when the spring D is-permitted t'o react, and draws the stopper J snugly against the lower or inner end of neck of bottle, and completes the stoppage of the bottle sufficiently tight to prevent the escape of iluids or gases. rIhe stopper J can be first suspended from cross-bar F,'and then pressed into position through the neck of the bottle, if desired, the rubber packing e folding over the smaller washer, d, the same as just previously described. p

To remove the stopper J a sharp-ended instrument-such as a screw-driver-l-is inserted in the neck through the top of the cap, and withit the hookH is opened, as at 71 Fig. ,3. The cap is then pressed down and. the bottle shaken, which causes the rod I to be disengaged from hook H. The cap B is then removed and the bottle inverted and shaken, when the vposition of stopper J will `be reversed. A pair of nippers is then inserted in the neck, and clasped on the extension g of the `stopper J, and the stopper is removed from the bottle, the rubber packing e folding over the smaller washer, d, as shown in Fig. 2.

The rubber washer C is a cushion `forthe shoulder `k of the cap to strike against when it is pressed down; also, when lling the bott1e the shoulder k is compressed against thewasher C, which makes an air-tight joint, which prevents the escape of gas. i

It will be observed that I have shown a stopper which can be used in any kind of a bottle where repeated use is required-as in bottling beer, Seltzer, and pop-and also in lling with highly-effervescing liquids, that can be removed when desired Vto clean the bottle, I

or otherwise, without injury tobottle or stopper, that will enable a portion. of the highly- IOO rubber Washer 0,*co1ed spring D, Cap E, havper attached to bhe open cap, as and for the ing an open top, cross-bar F, and suspended purpose set forth. I stopper J, as and for the purpose shown.

2. The Combination of @he shoulder z on JOSEPH BYRNES I 5 neck of bottle, rubber Washer C, located 911 the VVi'mlesses:V

shoulder, Cap E, having an open top, and pro- J. HOLLOWED,

vided with Shoulder K, and an internal stop- MOKEQUGH.

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