US769816A - Locking device for the closures or stoppers of jars, bottles, or similar receptacles. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

P. GARFIELD. LOOKING DEVICE FOR THE OLOSURES OR STOPPERS 0F JARS, BOTTLES,

0R SIMILAR REGEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED nov. so, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

wi/lmeooeo lUNirnn STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

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FRANK OANFIELD, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE E. DODGE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

LOCKING DEVIQE FOR THE CLOSURES R S'TOPPERS 0F JARS, BOTTLES, 0R SIMILAR RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,816, dated September 13, 1904:.

Application filed November 30,1903. Serial No. 183,166. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, FRANK OANFIELD, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, "have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looking Devices for the Closures or Stoppers of Jars, Bottles, or Similar Receptacles; 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in looking devices for holding the caps, covers, closures, or stoppers of jars, bottles, and similar receptacles in place.

My object is to provide a device of this class which while being of simple construction shall hold the closure of the receptacle securely in place when in the locking position, but which may be readily unlocked to allow the removal of the cap, closure, or stopper whenever it is desired to gain access to the contents of the receptacle. I

The invention comprises a yoke passing over the cap, stopper, or closure and pivotally engaging the body of the receptacle on both sides and a cam connected with the yoke and adapted to be thrown to the locked or unlocked position, as may be desired.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, as well as the object sought to be attained thereby, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section taken through the cap and upper portion of a jar equipped with my improved locking device. Fig. 2 is a top view of a jar equipped with the said device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe device shown in detail and on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 14, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the cap of the jar shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The jar shown in the drawings is supposed to be an earthen receptacle; but it must be understood that the material of which the jar is composed is immaterial so far as the application thereto of my improved device is concerned.

Referring now to the drawings, let the numeral 5 designate the body of the receptacle, and 6 the cap applied to the top thereof, a packing-ring 7 being interposed between the cap and the top of the jar. The top of the cap is grooved or recessed, as shown at 8, to receive the portion 9 of my improved device. As shown in the drawings, this part 9 is bent inwardly at its lower extremity, as shown at 10, to engage a recess 12, formed in the jar. This part 9 extends upwardly above the neck 'of the jar, and thence over the top of the cap,

its extremity remote from the bearing 10 being journaled in an eccentric cam 13, as shown at 14. Surrounding this eccentric cam is an eye 17, formed in the upper extremity of the locking member 15, whose lower extremity is bent inwardly, as shown at 16, to engage a recess 12, formed on the opposite side of the jar from the recess 12. The eccentric 13 is provided with a lever-arm 13, having an inwardly-turned hook 13 at its lower extremity, adapted to engage the part 15 when the cam is thrown to the locking position.

In applying the device the two hook parts 10 and 16 of the members 9 and 15 are made to engage the recesses 12 and 12, after which the part 9 is thrown upwardly over the cap 6 and into line with the recess 8 in the top of the cap, the eccentric cam in the meantime being thrown to the unlocked position, or in the position when its lever-arm 13 is raised. The lever-arm is then thrown downwardly to the position shown in the drawings, thus tightening the member 9 upon the top of the jar and holding it securely in the locked position against accidental displacement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A locking device for the caps, stoppers or closures of jars, bottles or similar receptacles, comprising two members and a cam, the two members being pivotally connected with the body of the receptacle on opposite sides, one of the said members extending upwardly over the closure and having its upper extremity journaled in the cam, the second member having an eye or ring formed in its upper extremity surrounding the cam which is revoluble therein, the cam being provided with a projecting part to facilitate manipulation.

2. A locking device for stoppers or closures of the class described, comprising two members respectively pivotally connected with the body of the receptacle on opposite sides, one of the said members extending upwardly over the top of the closure, and an eccentric cam connecting the two members in operative relation, substantially as described.

3. In alocking device of the class described,

the combination of a disk having a manipulating-arm, a member journaled in the body of the receptacle and extending upwardly over the cap or closure thereof, its upper extremity passing through the disk outside of its center forming the disk into an eccentric cam, and another member having an eye at one end surrounding the said cam, the other end being pivotally connected with the body of the receptacle at a point opposite the corresponding extremity of the first-named member.

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK CANFIELD. Witnesses:

Gr. E. CRAWFORD, DENA NELSON.

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