US638811A

US638811A - Bottle.

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Publication number: US638811A
Application number: US73223199A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert C Richardson
Original assignee: ADELBERT EVERTS
Current assignee: ADELBERT EVERTS
Priority date: 1899-09-30
Filing date: 1899-09-30
Publication date: 1899-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1916-12-12

Description

No. 638,8". Patented Dec. l2, I899. A. C. RICHARDSON.

BOTTLE.

(Application fllod'iept. 30, 1899.

(No Model.)

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ALBERT O. RICHARDSON, OF SOUTH FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ADELBERT EVERTS, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,811, dated December 12, 1899. Application filed September 30, 1899. Serial No. 732,231- (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Frankfort, in the county of Benzie and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bottles or analogous receptacles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bottles and analogous receptacles and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one having a stopper adapted to be adjusted to close the receptacle and also to partially open the same, so that the contents thereof may be poured out in small quantities.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, the stopper being adjusted to arrange its slot or bifurcation in register with the channels of the neck'to permit the contents of the receptacle to be poured out. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the stopper being arranged to close the neck. Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view on line at 4. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5'is a vertical sectional view illustrating a modification of the invention, the stopper being arranged to close the neck. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same, the'stopper being arranged to open the receptacle. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the stopper illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4. Fig. 8 is a similar view illustrating the construction of stopper employed in Figs. 5 and 6.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a bottle provided at the interior of its neck, at opposite sides thereof, with longitudinal grooves 2, forming channels adapted to afford communication between the interior and exterior of the bottle when a stopper 8 is arranged, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4,150 permit the contents to be poured out and to provide a vent for the admission of air, so that the contents will flow freely. The neck 4 of the bottle is provided at the upper ends of the channels with notches 5 to receive laterally-extending lugs or projections 6 of the stopper 3 when the latter is arranged, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, to carry a slot or bifurcation 7 out of alinement with the channels 2. The slot or bifurcation which extends upward from the lower end of the stopper forms an opening across the same and establishes a communication between the two channels when the stopper is arranged as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4t.

When the stopper is arranged as illustrated in Fig. 3 and its slot or opening 7 is out of alinement or register with the channels, the lower end of the stopper extends a sufficient distance below the lower ends of the channels to close the mouth of the bottle effectually and prevent any escape of the contents should the receptacle be inverted when the stopper is in this position. The lugs or projections by engaging the notches or recesses 5 prevent any liability of the stopper slipping and accidentally establishing a communication between the slot or opening and the channels.

The neck of the bottle is provided at its top with notches or recesses 8, located equidistant of the said notches or recesses 5 and adapted to receive the lugs or projections 6 when the stopper is arranged as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. These notches or recesses 8 serve as guides for positioning the stopper so that the slot or opening will register with the channels, and they also prevent the said stopper from accidentally turning while the contents of the receptacle are being poured out.

When the improvements are applied to jugs and analogous receptacles, the channels are preferably formed by bores 9, arranged at an inclination, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings, and having their upper ends terminating between the inner and outer faces of the neck 10, which is prefably elliptical, as shown in Fig. 6, for the purpose hereinafter described. The stopper 11, which is provided with a head 12, extends below the lower ends of channels 9 when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 5 and the slot or opening 13 is out of register with the said channels. The head 12, which conforms to the configuration of the neck 10, is provided with opposite depending lugs or projections 14, adapted to fit into the upper ends of the channels when the latter are closed, and they are also adapted to engage the exterior of the neck when the head is disposed transversely thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, to open the channels. When the head is turned at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 5, the channels are uncovered and the slot or opening 13 is brought into register with the lower ends of the same.

It will be seen that the device is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be employed in connection with bottles, jugs, and analogous receptacles, and that a discharge-opening and a vent are provided to enable the contents of a receptacle to be decanted in the desired quantities. It will also be apparent that by applying the finger to the channel serving as a vent the flow may be controlled or stopped, and the contents may be readily discharged drop by drop.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with the neck of a receptacle provided with channels arranged to form passages for the air and for the contents of the receptacle, of a stopper having a slot or open-- ing and adapted to be rotated to arrange the same in and out of register with the said channels, said stopper being provided with 2. lug or projection arranged to engage the receptacle to lock the stopper in either position, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle provided at its neck with longitudinal channels, and a stopper having a slot or opening and adapted to be rotated to arrange the same in and out of register with the channels, said stopper being provided with lugs or projections arranged to engage the bottle at the channels to hold the slot or opening out of register and at points to maintain the said slot or opening in register, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle provided at its neck with longitudinal grooves forming channels, said receptacle being provided at points between the channels with notches, and a stopper provided at its lower end with a slotor opening and having projections or lugs located at opposite sides of it and adapted to engage either the channels or the notches, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT O. RICHARDSON.

. itnesses:

W. D. GEDDEs, B. W. SNIDER.