US744676A - Stopper for bottles. - Google Patents

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No. 744,676- P'ATENTED NOV. 1'7, 1903.

W. S. BARNETT.. I

STOPPBR FOR BUTTLES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19,1903.'

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 1'7, 1903.

WILLIAM S. BARNETT, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,676, dated November 17, 1903. Application filed June 19. 1903. Serial No. 162,151. (No model.)

4 whichthe following is a specification.

' plan view of the locking-bar detached.

My invention relates to means for tempo-v rarily locking the stopper in a bottle; and it consists ofthe parts and combinationsofA parts, as will be hereinafter more fully de: scribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle-neck with my-improvedstopper partly inserted therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the stopper fully inserted in the bottle-neck and locked into position. Fig. 3

Ais a side elevation of the stopper and its lock detached from the bottle. Fig. 4 is a perspective Viewl of thestopper. Fig, 5 is a top Fig. 6 is a section of the same on the line 6 6, Fig. 5.

7 represents the neck of a bottle broke awayand shown in section.

8 is an annular groove'formed on the inside of the neck of the bottle, near the top thereof. Said groove may be of any desired style or outline, but is preferably one of the outline shown in the drawings-that is to say, said groove extends slightly upwardly at the back.

9 isastopper,of cork or composition or other suitable material, .having a suitable metallic disk 10 secured upon its upper side. While I have shown the disk in the drawings as not extending entirely over the top of the cork,

at the same time it will be understood that said disk may be of the same diameter as the cork for the purpose of printing or stamping advertisements upon the same.

11 is a stem passing throughthe plate 10 and the cork 9, the upper end of said stem being provided with an eye 12, in which is secured an extracting-riugl-. The lower end of this stein l1 is providedwith a T-head 14, tobe hereinafter referred to. I may, if desired, secure a metal'disk l5 upon the under side of the cork or stopper 9, through which the stem 1l may pass, thus giving the stem a rigid non-yielding bearing in the cork near itsupper and lower ends.

16 is a locking-har, substantially crescentits center.

shaped from end to end, in which there is provided aupelongated slot 17, situated near As will be seen .in Fig. 2, the locking-bar 16 is of a-length greater than the diameter of the cork and the inside diameter of theneck of the bottle with which it is intended to be used, so that its ends will project within the anuulargroove 8, formed on the inside of the neck 7 oflthebottle, Whereby said bar is locked within `the neck of the bottle. Corks will be furnished with the locking-bar attached thereto and held in position by means of passing the T-head,14.'of the stem 11 through the elongated slot-17 and turning saidT-head at right angles to the slot.

Withv the locking-bar thus attached to the cork the cork is started in the neck of the bottle, `and by continued pressure, such as would be derivedfrom a corking-machine or by hand, the extreme ends of the locking-bar are pressed upwardly'between the inner wall of the neck of they bottle and slightly info the cork 9, as clearly shown in Fig. l. A continued downward pressure upon the cork will shove the stem until the ends of the lockingbar reach a point opposite the annular groove 8, whereupon said ends, by reason of the resilient nature of the material of which the bar is constructed, will sprin g outward into the annular groove 8, as shown in Fig. 2, and thereby will seat the bar in the neck of the bottle in the position shown in Fig. 2 against future displacement-that is to say, the bar having been once sprung into the groove 8 becomes a permanent fixture 0r part of the bottle, and by reason of its peculiar crescent shape it is adapted to withstand strain in pressure of gaseous or other expanding liquids'that may be placed within the bottle,

inasmuch as pressure on the vbottom ofthe am enabled to use a cork of less depth, and

thereby economize in the cost of bottling.

Another` advantage resulting from my invention is that it is only necessary that the cork be sufficiently large to form an air and liquid tight joint between it and the neck of the bottle, as it is locked in its position against popping by means of the T-head 14: and the crescent-shaped bar 16. Another advantage is that by reason of the shallow depth of the cork it is very easy to remove it by simply revolving the stem 11 until the T-head 14 alines with the elongated slot 17, whereupon by a slight pull upon the ring 13 the cork may be extracted.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein:

1. The combination .with a bottle, having an annular groove in its neck, of a bar permanently looked in said groove and a cork constructed for detachable connection with said bar.

2. The combination with a cork, of a locking-bar detachably secured thereto, and means permanently locking said bar Within the neck of a bottle.

3. The combination with a cork and a T- headed stem secured thereto, of a lockingbar detachably connected to said T-headed stem.

4. The combination with a cork and a T- headed extracting'stein connected thereto, of a locking-bar detachably secured to said cork by means of said stem, and means permanently locking said locking-barwithin the neck of a bottle.

5. The combination with a cork, of a locking-bar detachably secured thereto, and of a length greater than the diameterof the cork, adapted to be compressed within the diameter of the cork when rst inserted within the neck of a bottle.

6. The combination with a bottle-neck having an annular groove in its inner Wall, of a stopper, a stem secured in said stopper having an extracting-ring at its upper end, and the T-head at its lower end, and a crescentshaped locking-bar provided With an elongated slot and locked permanently Within the annular groove in the neck of the bottle, the T-head of the stem being adapted to pass through the elongated slot in the locking-bar and be revolved at right angles to said slot, thereby locking the stopper to said lockingbar.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAMv S. BARNET 1.

Witnesses:

EDWIN S. CLARKsoN, D. C. SMITH.

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