US526329A

US526329A - August wilhelm schroedter

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Publication number: US526329A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-09-18
Anticipated expiration: 1911-09-18

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(No Model.)

A. W. SGHROBDTBR. CLOSING DEVICE POR BOTTLES.

10.526529., Patented sepma, w94.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST WILHELM SCHROEDTER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

CLOSING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,329, dated September 18, 1894.

Application iiled July 6. 1893. Serial No. 479,745. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST WILHELM SCHROEDTER, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, and a resident of Berlin, in the Kingdom 0f Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closing Devices for Bottles, of which the following is an exact specilcation.

My invention relates to that kind of closing-devices for bottles, in which the former is constantly connected with the latter, and in which the closing-cap proper is, or lmay be, connected at both sides with a ring or ring-like part encircling the neck of the bottle, and the novelty in this case consists in a special arrangement of hinges and combination of parts as willhereinafter be more fully described.

In order to make my meaning more clear, I refer to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side-view of my new device, shown in proper connection with a bottle, and closing the same. Fig. 2 is also a side view of the same part, the device being opened and the rnain part of the bottle being left off. Fig. 3 is an upper view of the parts as shown in Fig. 2, the neck of the bottle being in section. Fig. 4 is a front view of my stopper.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the different views.

The ring a by means of which the whole device is held in its opened positiony as well as in its closed one has in its middle part an ear o. and at both ends angular pieces a2 a2 which may be drawn toward each other by a screw b as much as `necessary to press ring a thereby into a groove c provided on the neck d of the bottle d. There is then a space left between the parts 0.2 a2 as to be seen in Fig. 3. A cross-piece c having at one side a projection e with ear e2, and at the other side an ear e3 is connected by means of link fV with the ring a. Said cross-piece e holds the closing-cap proper g by means of screw h, the angular head h of which latter is surrounded by a small tube i fixed to the upper side of cross-piece e. Cap g is guided at one side by a pin g secured to the cap, and eX- tending into a suitable slot of projection e.

Now the main part of my invention consists in the arrangement of the flap k lo which by means of its two apertures k2, is connected with ear e2 of projection e like a hinge. Part la of said flap forms a handle, part 7c a hook. This hook gripes over the screw or 'pin I) and is kept in that position bya spring Z fixed to the flap lo lo' above ear e2, and pressing against cap c. Now,on putting the cap on the mouth of the bottle, and pressing at the same time on handle lc, hook lo willgripe over pin b, and will be coupled therewith as soon as handle k is released. The bottle is closed now preliminarily, and is then tightly closed by pressing the cap firmly down on to the mouth of the bottle by means of screw h, 't'. e., by a suitable key put on the angular head h' of said screw.

I am well aware, that closing-devices of similar construction have been made prior i to my invention. In those older constructions, however, the last part of the three-fold hinge, c'. e. the ap la k was secured to the ring around the neck. Therefore, after having removed the cap from the mouth the flap remained in upright position at the side of or lparallel to, the neck, which latter, consequently was not completely free. This draw back has been omitted in my new construc-` I now do not claim a closing-device of the' type shown broadly; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a bottle-stopper in which a cross-piece (e) carrying the closing-cap proper (g) is movably held from a neck-ring (a) by means of a link (f), the combination with the neckring a having its ends a2 al bent off parallel and connected by a screw or pin b, o f a double-armed lever lt 7c hinged to a projection c forming part of cross-piece e, and situated opposite to link f; arm lo of said lever forming -a'hook adapted to catch over pin or screw` b, arm 7c forming a handle for operating said hook; a springladapted to keep hooked arm 7c and pin or screw b in engagement be- TOO ing arranged between arm Za and projection t specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST WILHELBI SCHREDTER.

Witnesses:

R. HERPICH, I-I. GENEHE.