US560444A

US560444A - Robert temple

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Publication number: US560444A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1913-05-19

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(No Model.)

R. TEMPLE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

No. 560,444. Patented May 19, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT TEMPLE, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ALDEN C. GALLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,444, dated May 19, 1896.

Application filed October 26, 1895. Serial No. 566,954- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT TEMPLE, of Denver, in the county of 'Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottles and Stoppers Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottles, and stoppers therefor; and the object of the invention is to so construct a bottle and a stopper for the same as to prevent the refilling of said bottle, and furthermore to provide a means whereby, in the event the bottle should by any possibility be fraudulently refilled, the fact may be instantly de tected by an observer familiar with the appearance of the original package.

A further object of the invention is to accomplish the above-named results in a simple and inexpensive manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a bottle having the improved stopper introduced therein, the bottle being in the first stage of its manufacture. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating the neck of the bottle as having been formed to prevent the withdrawal of the sealing-stopper. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the complete bottle, illustrating the bottle as filled and the sealing-stopper in position in the neck of the bottle. Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal section through the completed bottle, the latter being filled and the sealing-stopper being in position, and the said view also represents a section through the closing-stopper to be located above the sealing one. Fig. 5 is apartial vertical section through the bottle and likewise a vertical section through both the sealing and the closing stoppers. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the closing-stopper, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the sealing-stopper.

In carrying out the invention the bottle A may be of any desired shape, and is provided, preferably, with a somewhat long neck A, which when the bottle leaves the mold is practically straight, in order that the sealingstopper B may be introduced within the body of the bottle through the aforesaid straight neck. The sealing-stopper B is shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 7, and practically comprises four sectionsnamely, an intermediate section 10 of cork or other elastic material, an upper section 11, and a lower section 12 of semispherical form, these two sections being preferably made of glass or similar material; and the upper section 11 is provided upon its lower face with spurs 11, adapted to enter the elastic central section, while the lower section 12 is provided with spurs 12, which also enter the central section. The fourth section 13 is of metal, and is preferably placed in engagement with the upper surface of the lower glass'section 12, the spurs of the latter passing up through the metal.

In the upper face of the lower section 12 of the stopper a cavity 15 is made, and two openings 14 are preferably produced in the upper section 11 of the sealing-stopper, one at each side of its center, while a wire 16 is passed down through one of the openings in the upper section of the sealing-stopper, through the cork, and through the aperture in the metal plate 13, thence within the cavity 15 of the lower stopper-section, up through another aperture in the plate 13, and out through a second opening in the upper glass section 11. The two strands of Wire 16 are of sufficient length to pass out through the mouth of the bottle, and the central elastic section 10 is of greater diameter than the other sections of thesealing-stopper.

Ordinarily when the sealing-stopper is in position in the bottle, as shown in Fig. 1, the neck is heated and a tool applied thereto to crimp the neck at or near its center, forming an interior annular rib or ridge a, thereby dividing the neck practically into an upper chamber a and a lower chamber a the two chambers being inclined in opposite directions toward the said ridge a, as shown in Fig. 2. The bottle is now in condition to be filled, and after the liquid has been introduced into the bottle the sealing-stopper is drawn upward into the neck until the upper glass section 11 of the stopper engages with the 'upper inner surface of the lower chamber or compartment a of the neck immediately beneath the ridge (1, as shown in Figs. 3, 4E, and 5, and when the sealing-stopper is thence carried upward into the neck of the bottle its central elastic section 10 will be compressed, whereby the stopper will be held in the position in which it is placed. The strands of wire 16 are at this time severed from the stopper, being cut close to its upper surface, and finally the stopper 17 is introduced into the upper chamber or compartment a of the neck, and is forced downward to a seat therein, and the said upper or closing stopper, which may be of cork, is provided with a bail 18, extending above its upper surface, and the stopper is further provided with a channel 19, extending through from top to bottom, which channel will admit of the escape of air contained in the space between the top of the sealing-stopper and the bottom of the closingstopper. The closing-stopper having been placed in posit-ion, the upper portion of the channel or vent 19 is closed by introducing therein a cementing material 20-as, for example, sealing waxand this wax is also made to cover the top of the closing-stopper and may bear the name of the bottler or the trade-mark of the firm placing the material on the market. In order to facilitate the opening of the sealed package thus constructed, a splint 21 is usually attached to the neck of the bottle by means of a wire 22. The splint is disengaged from its binding-wire and introduced into the upper portion of the bail 18, and in this manner the closing cork or stopper may be withdrawn from the bottle without the aid of a corkscrew. The splint is next employed to force the sealing-stopper downward into the body of the bottle, and

the said sealing-stopper will be of suflicient weight to cause it to sink to the bottom of the bottle, thereby not interfering with the exit of the liquid therefrom.

It is obvious that owing to the spherical form of the sealing-stopper and the smooth character of its top and bottom surfaces, together with the absence of a string or wire attached to the said stopper, it will be almost impossible for the sealing-stopper to be drawn up again to its original position in the event the bottle should be fraudulently filled again. The Wire 16 may be said to constitute a handle for the sealing-stopper, and instead of the wire a cord may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A seal for bottles, the seal consisting of an elastic and unbroken central section, two inelastic sections between which the central section is sandwiched, independent means for attaching the inelastic sections to the clastic central section and a weighted plate interposed between one of the inelastic sections and the elastic central section and confined by said parts, substantially as described.

2. A seal for bottles, the seal consisting of an elastic central section, two inelastic sections between which the central section is sandwiched, spurs on the inelastic sections and projecting into the elastic section, and a weighted plate through which the spurs of one inelastic section are projected, the weighted plate being confined by said inelastic section, substantially as described.

ROBERT TEMPLE.

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G. J. ROLLANDET, L. E. HARBOUR.