US605481A

US605481A - Bottle-stopper

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Publication number: US605481A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1915-06-14

Description

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P. G. HE-RGHT.

BOTTLE STOPPER;

Patented June 14, 1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,481, dated June 14, 1898.

Application filed September 1896- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAULINE GRAYSON HEROHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bogota, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a bottle-stopper adapted especially for use with bottles the contents of which are to be discharged in small quantities by inverting and shaking the bottleas,for example,bottles for perfumery,

condiments, dzc.

It is well known that for the classes of liquids above mentioned it is important to effect a discharge of a small portion of the liquid without unduly exposing the remainder of the contents of the bottle to the action of the atmosphere; and the primary object of my invention is to provide as a substitute for the usual glass or cork stopper an elastic or yielding cap or covering for the bottle-mouth, which shall be in its original marketable condition imperforate to fully protect the contents of the bottle from the air, and adapted to be slit or punctured, as hereinafter described, to allow of the expulsion of the contents in small quantities and the automatic closing of the discharge opening or openings to seal the remainder of the liquid from the action of the atmosphere.

The characteristic features of my improvement will be fully disclosed hereinafter and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a bottle provided with my improved stopper. Fig. 2 is avertical section on the line 00 w of Fig. l, and Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate modifications of the device. t

The reference-numeral 1 indicates a bottle provided with an annular lip or flange 2 at its neck, over which is stretched the lower open end of an elastic or yielding cap or tube 3, which is closed atits upper end, as shown.

lower open end with an annular groove or Serial No. 605,397. (Notifier) indentation 4 to adapt it to more closely hug the bottleneck or to receive, if desired, a retaining cord or wire 5.; I preferably indent the upper end of the tube or cap at one or more points, as at 6 and 7, to indicate to the user where the cap is to be slitted or cut.

The portion of the cap 3 above the bottleneck is preferably contracted or flattened to form the contracted edges 8. This not only facilitates the forming of the discharge-slit, but also imparts to the cap the contour of the well-known flattened ornamental glass stoppers used with perfumery-bottles. It will, however, be apparent that any suitable form or contour of stopper may be employed.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated the upper por tion 9 of the stopper of spherical or globe form,with two oblique indentations 10 and 11, While in Fig. 4 the upper portion 12 of the cap is of cylindrical contour, with a top 13 of in verted-cone shape, indented at the points 14.

It will be understood'that the indentations illustrated in the drawings extend only partly through the thickness of the elastic material of which the cap is made and are designed simply as a guide to the user to indicate where the cap should be slit, and while the indentations in practice add to the convenience and effectiveness of the deviceit is obvious that the cap could be 'slitat one or more points without the aid of the indented guides.

The flattened form of cap shown in Figs. 1 and 2 I have found preferable for the reason that it may be more readily cut with a pair of scissors or a sharp knife than the globular form. Moreover, by employing a flattened top the slit or slits may be acutely inclined with relation to the vertical center of the cap, so that.the walls of the slit to an extent will overlapand insure a tighter closing.

The cap constructed as above described and imperforate, except at its lower'end, is securely fastened upon the bottle-neck and in this condition supplied to the market. The purchaser of a bottle thusclosed has only to slit the cap at the point or points indicated, and then by inverting thebottle and shaking it eject the liquid as required. The slitted discharge-openings immediately close automatically after each expulsion of the liquid, and when the bottle is turned right side up the elasticity of the cap keeps the discharge slit or slits tightly closed to protect theremainder of the liquid contents.

It will be noted that inasmuch as the upper end of the cap is entirely imperforate and its lower end securely held upon the neck of the bottle'no cork or other auxiliary stopper is required, and thus a material saving is effected.

Having thus described my inve'ntion,what I desire to'claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. As an article of manufacture, a bottle or like receptacle for liquids, closed at its mouth by an imperforate elastic cap, provided with one or more longitudinal indentations, said indentations serving to indicate where the cap is to be slitted to form a longitudinal automatically-closing vent therefor, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination With a bottle or other liquid-holder, of an elastic -cap fitted over the mouth of the bottle and closed at its outer end, and formed near its closed outer end with one or more longitudinal indentations, said indentations serving to indicate where the cap is to be slitted to form longitudinal automatically-closin g vents for the discharge of the liquid, and an annular indentation near the lower end of said elastic cap to receive a retaining-wire.

3. The combination with a bottle or liquidholder, of an imperforate elastic cap,provided with one or more longitudinal indentations, said indentations serving to indicate Where the cap is to be slitted to form a longitudinal automatically-closing vent therefor, said cap being also provided with a contracted or flattened portion to form the edges 8, substantially as shown and described.

4. As an article of manufacture, a bottle or like receptacle for liquids, closed at its mouth by an imperforate elastic cap, provided with a top of inverted-cone shape, said cone-shape portion having longitudinal indentations serving to indicate Where the cap is to be slitted to form longitudinal automaticallyclosing vents therefor, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my in presence of two witnesses.

PAULINE GRAYSON l-IERGHT.

Witnesses:

LEVI H. THOMAS, BARBARA HEROHT.

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