US511645A - Stopper-fastener - Google Patents
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- 230000001154 acute Effects 0.000 description 6
- 239000007799 cork Substances 0.000 description 6
- 210000003414 Extremities Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- 241001411320 Eriogonum inflatum Species 0.000 description 2
- 210000000088 Lip Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 238000005452 bending Methods 0.000 description 2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D45/00—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
- B65D45/02—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying axial pressure to engage closure with sealing surface
- B65D45/16—Clips, hooks, or clamps which are removable, or which remain connected either with the closure or with the container when the container is open, e.g. C-shaped
- B65D45/18—Clips, hooks, or clamps which are removable, or which remain connected either with the closure or with the container when the container is open, e.g. C-shaped of snap-over type
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- My invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in stopper fasteners, and consists of a piece of spring wire bent into such a form that it can be simply and quickly adjusted to a bottle, or the like, to retain the stopper therein.
- the object of my invention is to construct a very simple, reliable and inexpensive device to perform the function above described.
- FIG. l is a side elevation,in perspective, of the upper portion or neck of a bottle provided with a stopper and my improved fastener as it appears in operation.
- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my fastener in a position for adjustment.
- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. l,the bottle being shown in dotted outline.
- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastener provided with a sealing wire.
- A is a bottle.
- B is an enlargement or lip formed at the upper end or neck of the bottle.
- D is a stopper
- F is the stopper fastener which may be oonstructed of square or round spring wire.
- a is an arc formed substantially midway in the length of a piece of spring wire. This arc a forms a little more than a semi-circle and is adapted to clasp the neck of the bottle just below the enlargement B as shown in the drawings.
- b b are outward bends forming osets for uprights d d.
- the offsets b b by preference form acute angles'to the wire forming the arc a, for the reason hereinafter explained.
- the uprights d CZ extend from the offsets b b upward on opposite sides of the neck of the bottle to the top of the bottle.
- the ends ff may meet on top of the stopper if desirable but by preference they are cut off so as to leave a space between their extremities so that when used in connection with a rapid bottling machine, the fastener may be snapped into position on the bottle while the plunger G (Fig. 3) of the bottling machine is in contact with the cork, 6o as shown by the dotted outline in Fig. 3.
- the fact that the ends of the clamping' arms ff, are separated permits said operation.
- the principal feature of my invention is to 8 5 construct a stopper fastener from a single length of wire having an arc bend formed near its middle adapted t0 clasp the neck of a bottle, the extremities of the wire being bent to form the uprights reaching up toward go the top of the bottle, and still further bent to form the ends which overlap the bottle stopper to securely retain the same in position.
- a piece of annealed wire H (Fig. 4) 9 5' may be threaded through the fastener at the offset points b b and carried around the neck of the bottle below the enlargement B and on the opposite side from the arc a, where it may be twisted together or otherwise sealed in any roo ordinary well known manner, thus preventing the fastener F from being removed until the seal is broken.
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G. NGHOLS. STOPPEB FASTBNER'.
N. 511,645. Patented De()l 26,1893;
INVENTOR ATTOR N EY.
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GEORGE NICHOLS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
STOPPR-FASTENER.
SPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,645, dated December 26, 1893.
Applicationfiled August S, 1893- Serial No. 482,224. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, GEORGE NIoHoLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stopper-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.
My invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in stopper fasteners, and consists of a piece of spring wire bent into such a form that it can be simply and quickly adjusted to a bottle, or the like, to retain the stopper therein.
The object of my invention is to construct a very simple, reliable and inexpensive device to perform the function above described.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which-- Figure l is a side elevation,in perspective, of the upper portion or neck of a bottle provided with a stopper and my improved fastener as it appears in operation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my fastener in a position for adjustment. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. l,the bottle being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastener provided with a sealing wire.
A is a bottle.
B is an enlargement or lip formed at the upper end or neck of the bottle.
D is a stopper.
F is the stopper fastener which may be oonstructed of square or round spring wire.
For the purpose of clearly describing the form of the stopper fastener small letters are used to designate the different parts. a is an arc formed substantially midway in the length of a piece of spring wire. This arc a forms a little more than a semi-circle and is adapted to clasp the neck of the bottle just below the enlargement B as shown in the drawings. b b are outward bends forming osets for uprights d d. The offsets b b by preference form acute angles'to the wire forming the arc a, for the reason hereinafter explained. The uprights d CZ extend from the offsets b b upward on opposite sides of the neck of the bottle to the top of the bottle. At the point where the uprights overlap the top of the neck of the bottle they are turned over or bent down to form the clamp ends, or stopper retaining ends ff. The ends ff may meet on top of the stopper if desirable but by preference they are cut off so as to leave a space between their extremities so that when used in connection with a rapid bottling machine, the fastener may be snapped into position on the bottle while the plunger G (Fig. 3) of the bottling machine is in contact with the cork, 6o as shown by the dotted outline in Fig. 3. The fact that the ends of the clamping' arms ff, are separated permits said operation. The object of bending the offsets b b, as previously referred to, to form an acute angle to the wire forming the arc a, is to bring the pull, caused by the outward tendency of the cork, into as near as possible an imaginary vertical plane extending through the center of the bottle. This is not absolutely necessary how- 7o ever. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the stopper retaining ends ff are bent slightly downward and backward out of the plane formed between the two uprights d d so that when the fastener is in the position shown in Fig. 2,the ends f f will rest for their entire length upon the upper surface of the stopper. When the fastener is pushed into the position shown inFigs. l and 3 the eX tremities of the retaining ends f f will tend 8o to push down into the stopper and afford additional means of security, particularly when the stopper is made from some yielding substance, such as cork or rubber.
The principal feature of my invention is to 8 5 construct a stopper fastener from a single length of wire having an arc bend formed near its middle adapted t0 clasp the neck of a bottle, the extremities of the wire being bent to form the uprights reaching up toward go the top of the bottle, and still further bent to form the ends which overlap the bottle stopper to securely retain the same in position.
It is obvious that if it is desirable to seal the bottle, a piece of annealed wire H (Fig. 4) 9 5' may be threaded through the fastener at the offset points b b and carried around the neck of the bottle below the enlargement B and on the opposite side from the arc a, where it may be twisted together or otherwise sealed in any roo ordinary well known manner, thus preventing the fastener F from being removed until the seal is broken.
Having thus described my invention,what
about midway in its length an are greater than a selnicircle adapted to embrace the neck I 5 of the bottle and provided with the offsets b ZJ, uprights d and stopper retaining armsf f bent down at an acute angle to the uprights, and back out Yof the plane of the uprigbts substantially as and for the purpose 2o specified.
GEORGEl NICHOLS.
Witnesses:
R. O. MITCHELL, I-I. M. SKINNER.
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