US554920A - Puzzle stopper for confectionery bottles - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

Patented Peb. 18, 1896.

UNTTED STATES 'PATENT EETcE.

.IOIIN A. FERG, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN A. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

PUZZLE-STOPPER FOR CONFECTIONERY-BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofl Letters Patent No. 554,920, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed September 4., 1895. Serial No. 561,445. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ADAM FEEG, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Norfolk, in the county f Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a new Puzzle-Stopper for Confectionery-l3ottles, of which the following is a specification.

I attain the results desired by the means which are illustrated in the accompanying 1o drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the whole mechanism; Fig. 2, side, top, and bottom' views of the stopper proper; Fig. 3, a side View of key, and Fig. 4 a side and top view of bushing.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1: A represents the bottle, B the stopper, O the bushing, D thekey, and E a cap 2o covering key, the stopper, bushing, key, and

cap all being -full size.4

Fig. 2: B represents a side view, R a top view, and S a bottom view, of the stopper, which is turned of wood. The dotted lines of B show 2 5 y as a countersink to allow ring a of key, Fig. 3, to fall to either side and reduce the height Vof cap; the vertical lines, thehole through stopper in which bushing O of Fig. 4 is inserted a square recess or countersink, and 3o z z grooves cut directly opposite each other and tapering from hole in which bushing is inserted to circumference of square recess to allow tumblers ot key to fall through to bottom of recess, and thus avoiding unnecessary 3 5 length of key and play between square recess a: and countersink y. The vertical dotted lines at fr show full depth of square recess. The bottom of stopper vbeing larger than mouth of bottle, it is cut into siX sections to allow inserting it into mouth of bottle, (the sections being shown in R and S,) a, b, and c being three equal sections, f and d two equal sections, and c a wedge or final section, the four cuts or lines of sections a, h, and c being tothe center and the two cuts or lines of section e out of the center, as shown, the inner circumferencebeing larger than the outer, the sections f, a, b, c, and d being larger on the outer circumference. The sections cut 5o in this way, with the hole in center of stopper, as shown, easily allows the insertion of the diierent parts into mouth of bottle. In the bottom view S of Fig. 2, .e shows fullsize grooves, cut only in wedge e and section b, through which tumblers of key fall. The stopper, as shown in sectional view, Fig. l, is not intended to it too snugly between top of bottle and the rounding or inner neck of bottle.

Fig. 3: D represents a full-size side view of 6o the key, which is `made of iron; a, a loose ring; b, the tumblers, and c the pins on which tumblers hinge. rThe ring is inserted into key loosely, so that it can fall to either side and reduce height of cap. The tumblers h b of key, as shown in Fig. l, are rounded on the upper and square on lower corners, the holes in tumblers being close to upper round corners and held in position by two rivets or pins c c, on which the tumblers hinge, the tum- 7o blers being so set and hinged that when bottle stands upright they can only fall in a hori zontal position to the bottoni of recess. The V-shaped portion of key directly above the tumblers is so shaped that when inserting the 7 5 key into the hole of stopper the tumblers which lie against it will very readily fall into position andA lock stopper. To unlock stopper and solve the puzzle, the bot-tle`must be turned upside down and key turned to taper- 8o grooves, when tumblers will fall back to bushing, which can then be easily removed.

Fig. 4: C shows side and top views of a solid wooden bushing, the hole in same being to admit key, which ts loosely. When key is 8 5 in position in the hole of bushing, the ring is inserted into hole of the upper portion of key, thus holding the bushing and key together, the obj ect of the bushing, as shown in Fig. l, being to hold the different sections of stopper 9o firmly and also the key in its proper position. The space between bushing and square recess of stopper is to permit tumblers of key to work freely.

Fig. l: E is a cap-piece, and is intended to conceal ring of key and to make the whole look neater.

Having thus described the invention, I claiml. In a puzzle-stopper for bottles the coinroo bination of a stopper so turned as to fit the mouth or neck of the bottle, the top being eountersunk to admit a keyring to fall either wayto reduce height of cap, a solid ring `forniing a portion of the stopper with shoulder to rest on mouth of bottle, an enlarged bottom portion larger than the neck of the bottle, a round hole through the stopper with a square recess and two taper-grooves at the bottom opposite each other and tapering from the round hole to the circumference of the recess, said taper being su Hicient to allow the tumblers of the key to fall through easily and en gage in said recess, substantially as described.

2. In a puzzle-stopper for bottles the combination of a stopper provided with a longitudinal opening, a stopper-bushing adapted to rest on the top of the bottle forholdin g the stopper and having taper-grooves, a key provided with a ring and two tumblers loosely attached to the key with pins, thus allowing the tumblers to assume a horizontal position when the bottle stands upright, said key passing through the holes in the stopper substantially as described.

JOHN A. FERG.

lVitnesscs:

GEO. D. FRIZZELL, ALLAN MASON.

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