US588269A - Seal for bottles - Google Patents

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G. W. DAVISO N. $EAL FUR BOTTLES.

No. 588,269. Patented Aug. 17,1897.

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UNITED TATES ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES WRIGHT DAVISON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DAVISON BOTTLE SEAL COMPANY, OF MINNESOTA. U I

SEAL Foe BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 588,269, dated August 17, 1897.

' Application filed December 29,1896. Serial No. 617,320. (No model.)

To'a ll whom it may concern: gotten at to'be removed without breakingit. Be it known that I, CHARLES WRIGHT DA- This sealG is preferably made of glass, though VISON, ofMinneapolis, I-Iennepin county,Minother materials may be substituted. It is nesota, have invented a certain new and Imprimarily a thin easily-breakable part, par- 55 proved Seal for Bottles, of which'the followticularly its top, which bears a mark 8, correing is a specification. sponding or correlative to that on the bottle. I My invention relates to that class of bottle- Both marks must be on the package as a seals which if broken or removed from the guarantee ofits genuinenes's. If eithermark bottle show that the same has been tampered is absent or' mutilated, the inference is that 60 with to such an extent that the purchaser fraud is intended.

cannot be satisfied that the, bottle has in it The sides of the seal may be frangible or its original contents, and therefore will ac not and are provided with an internal shoulcept only bottles that have perfect seals and der, recess, or groove 9, preferably annular, trade-marks. but not necessarily so. Beneath the shoul- 65 I 5 The object of my invention is to provide a der I preferably provide the inclined or taseal of this class which will bevery cheap to pered surface 10, so that the seal may be make, which may be used in anybottle with an easily pushed down and snapped into place ordinary neck, and which will prevent the reover the lock which is on the cork. moval of the cork until the seal is so broken The locking device shown in Fig. 1 com- 70 and shattered as to prohibit the use thereof prises one or two spring wires or hooks 11, asecond time, though the bottle maybe used at the lower end of which are the eyes 12 to any number of times. admit the shank of the little corkscrew 13. My invention consists in the combination, The corkscrew is set firmly into the cork and with the neck, ofacork therein, a thin break thus secures the springs 11; These springs 75 able seal of glass or like material arranged in engage the shoulder of the seal when it is said neck above the cork, and means in conpushed down. nection with the cork to engage said seal and This seal is designed for non-effervescent hold the samein place, said means being acliquids; but, if desired, the whole seal may 'cessible and the cork removable only when or be wired, as an ordinary cork is secured. 8o after said seal is broken or removed; and the Instead of making the lock in two or three invention further consists in particular conparts the locking portion maybe integral with structions and combinations of parts, all as the corkscrew, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. hereinafter described, and pointed out in the Fig. 2 shows a spring-ring 15, formed on claims. the upper end of the corkscrew-shank 13 and 85 3 5 The invention will be more readily underadapted to snap out over the shoulder 9 in the stood by reference to the accompanying drawseal when the same is put in place. After ings, in whichthe seal is broken the ring may be used to Figure 1 is a partial section ofa bottlewith draw the cork. 7 a seal embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a A still simpler form of lock is illustrated in 90 4o sectional View showing a' modified form of Figs. 3 aud t. The same comprises the lower the locking device. Fig. dis a similar view screw end, a straight shank, and a turned or of still another locking device, and Fig. 4 is curved upper end to engage the seal or cap. a perspective View of the look by itself. Various modifications of the interior form As shown in Fig. 1, the bottle 2 is provided of the seal and of the locking device will sug- 5 with a trade-mark orother designating or gest themselves to one skilled in the art, and

qualifying character, by which the contents therefore, while preferring an annular interof the bottle is known or the name of the nal shoulder in the seal or cap and the intemaker advertised. The neck 4 of the bottle gral corkscrew and lock used in the cork, I do is sufficiently long to take in not only the not confine my invention to any of the specific I00 cork 5, but also the seal 6, which last is proconstructions herein shown and described.

tected by the end of the neck and cannot be Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a bottle-neck of a cork provided therein, a hollow internallyshouldered frangible seal, provided in the neck over said cork and means arranged in connection with the cork and the shoulder of the seal to secure said seal in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the neck of the bottle of an internally-shouldered hollow seal or cap, having a thin, easily-breakable top, and a locking device arranged Within the seal and in the cork, engaging the shoulder of said seal, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the bottle bearing a suitable mark or design of a cork provided in the neck of said bottle, an internally-shouldered cap or seal, also, arranged in the neck of the bottle, over the cork, means in connection with the cork for securing said seal, and said seal having a thin or paneled top, bearing a suitable trade-mark or design, known as an accompaniment to that upon the bottle, said cork being removable from the bottle only when or after the top of said seal is broken or shattered to destroy the mark thereon, substantially as described.

l. The combination with the bottle-neck of the cork therein, an internally shouldered or recessed hollow cap or seal, and a corkscrew and lock on the cork to secure said seal, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the bottle of a cork provided in the neck thereof, a hollow and easily-breakable cap or seal, and a corkscrew in said cork and having an upwardlyprojecting and integral part to secure said cap or seal, substantially as described.

6. As an article of manufacture, the bottle cap or seal having a thin or paneled top and an internal shoulder and made of frangible material substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. As an article of man ufactu re, the lock for bottle-seals comprising the corkscrew, having a shank with a turned or bent upper end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of November, A. D. 1896.

CHARLES XVRIGIIT DAVISON.

In presence of- B. N. DUNBAR, A. 0. PAUL.

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