US588575A - Bottle-seal - Google Patents

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(No'Model.)

F. H. HEATH 85 J. R. NAGBLL.

BOTTLE SEAL.

Patented Aug. 24, 1897.

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FREDERICK H. AND JOHN R. NAGELL, OF TACOMA, \VASHINGTON.

BOTTLE-SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 588,575, dated VAugust 24, i897.

Application led September 18,189@ -l Serial No. 606,257. (No model.) ,Y

T0 all whom it merg/concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK H. HEATH and JOHN R. NAGELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Seals, of which the following is a specification.

This present invention relates to an improved manner of securinga seal-tube in the` neck of a bottle and the securing of a seal to the lower end of said tube, and has for its object to simplify and render more effective the operations ofv such a bottle.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and cornbination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically design ated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, its construction and operation will now be described` in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a section of the u er ortion'.

of a bottle, illustrating one embodiment of this invention and showing the seal secured in place in order that the contents of the bottle may not he withdrawn therefrom; Fig. 2, a section of a bottle, illustrating the appearance of the non-reiilling device after the seal has been forced therefrom; Fig. 3, a side View of the seal-tube, the seal being in place upon said tube; Fig. 4, a plan of the resilient metal ring utilized as a keeper to secure the tube within the neck against removal therefrom; Fig. 5,'a view similar to Fig. 1,illus trating a modification of this invention; and Fig. 6, an elevation of the seal-tube assembled for insertion within the neck of a bottle.

Referring to Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, A represents the seal-tube, having three annular grooves formed in the periphery thereof, the superior and inferior grooves adapted to receive the cork washers or rings B and C, and the intermediate groove, which is preferably semicircular in ciosssection, is adapted to receive and retain the resilient ring D. The

resiliency of this ring is utilized by its ends being sufficiently separated to permit the springing inward thereof when occasion reindicated at Il, so as to fit over the shoulder formed by the inferior annular groove in the tube, the bottom of said ferrulehaving formed thereon the sert-ations I, which whenl inturned, as shown in Figs. l and 3, support the seal and prevent its being removed, except by considerable pressure from above. A venthole J is formed in the lower edge of the sealtuhe and corresponds with a similar hole formed in the ferrule in order that when the bottle has been filled and the tube forced into place it may be corked without unduly compressing the air within the opening E, said air escaping by the vent-hole to equalize the pressure above and below the seal. In practice this embodiment of this invention is forced within the neck of the bottle after the latter has been iilled, and when the ring D registers with the groove K, formed in the interior of the neck of the bottle, said ring will spring outward, thereby suciently engaging said groove as to preclude the possibility of either withdrawing the tu be or forcing it into the interior of thev bottle, the cork rings B and C causing the device to iit snugly within the neck. After the tube has been forced into place the cork L may be utilized in the usual manner for stopping the mouth ofV the bottle.

Now when it is desired to, gain access to the contents of the bottle or withdraw the same the cork L is removed and a punch or other suitable implement passed through the opening E and sufficient force exerted thereon to displace the seal by bending ythe serrations I outward, as clearly shown. in Fig. 2', when said seal will be precipitated into the bottle, where it tends to prevent a'fraudulent use of the bottle by refilling and selling as the original package. The advantage of this arrangement'is that there is no liability of particles of foreign substances, such as glass or the like, gaining access to the interior of the bottle when the latter is being unsealed.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, M represents the seal-tube, having a central opening N formed therethrough, and near the lower end of this opening is formed an annular groove for the reception of the cork ring O. This ring() is fitted to a corresponding annular groove formed in the seal P, which latter is preferably of `lass and is provided with a shoulder Q, so that when it is forced within the lower end of the tube this shoulder will prevent it from passing beyond the proper distance and cause the ann ulargroove therein toregster with the annular groove within thev opening N, at which time the cork O will expand within the last-named groove, thereby firmly holding thegseal in place against accidental removal,.but will permit the forcing of said seal downward by a suitable implement, as before described. R and S4 are rings of corkor other suitable material fitted within grooves formed in the outer wall of the tube and serve to hold; said tube snugly in place within the neck of the bottle, and this tube is preventedfrom withdrawalvfrom the neck by the keeper T, which is formed of sheet metal, having a number of prongs U projecting upwardly and outwardly,vso as to engage a suitable shoulder formedA in the neck. The operations of this last-described embodiment ofA this invention are identical in allrespects with those before described.

Having thus fully described this invention, what is claimed as new and useful is l. A tube secured in the neck of a bottle, a seal secured to the bottom by a ferrule having inturned serrations along its lower edge, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a bottle, a tube secured in the neck thereof, a ferrule secured to the lower part of the tube, inturned serrations formed around the lower edge of the ferrule and a seal adapted to be held against the bottom of the tube by said serrations, as and f or the purpose described.

3. A tube secured in the neck of a bottle,

-said tube having an annular groove formed around the lower part, a ferrule secured to said tube by having its upper edge inturned to tit over the shoulder of the groove, in turned serrations formed around the lower edge of the ferrule, a hemispherical seal secured to the bottom of said seal by said serrations, said tube havingv a vent-hole formed in the lower edge thereof and registering with a hole in the ferrnle, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK H. HEATH. JOHN R. NAGELL.

Witnesses vS. S. WILLIAMSON, H. K. Moons.

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