US819139A - Closure device for bottles and other vessels. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

R. HOELBMANN. CLOSURE DEVICE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.1,1905

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RICHARD HOELEMANN, BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

CLOSURE DEVICE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed September 1, 1905. Serial No. 276,695.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HOELEMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closure Devices for Bottles and other Vessels, of which the following is a specification such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to closure devices for bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which a bottle or similar vessel may be quickly and easily sealed or closed in such manner as to prevent the ingress of air therethrou h or the escape therefrom of gases or liquids under pressure.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown my lnvention applied for the purpose of closing a bottle, and the invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying rawin s form a part, in which the separate parts 0 my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a part of the neck of a bottle and showing a part of my improvement; Fig. .2, a similar view, but showmg the neck of the bottle in a slightly-different position; Fig. 3, a central vertical section showin the cap or closure device proper applied to the neck; Fig. 4, a plan view of the neck with the cap or closure device proper removed; and Fig. 5, a section of the cap or closure device proper at right angles to that shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a the neck portion of a bottle, and said neck is enlarged at the top thereof, as shown at a and in the opposite sides thereof are formed circular grooves a which extend half-way around the neck and are closed at one end by a verticall -arranged lug, projection, or partition a, am the opposite at s thereof communicate with verticallyarranged recesses a. in the opposite sides of the enlarged portion a of the neck of the bottle. The vertically-arranged recesses a are of considerable width, and the top walls a of the grooves a from about midway of the length of said grooves are curved u wardly, as shown at a, and the top side we ls of the recesses o are preferably rounded or beveled, as shown at a I also provide a cap or cover I), which constitutes the closure device proper and which is made of sheet metal and provided with a depending flange or rim b at the opposite sides of the bottom edge of which are lnwardly-directed spring lugs or' projections 6 formed from depending strips of the material of the flange or rim b rolled up, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Within the cap or cover I) is placed and secured a packing-disk c, of cork or any other suitable material, and in order to close the bottle the cap or cover I) is pressed downwardly thereon, in which operation the spring lugs or.projections 1) pass downwardly through the recesses a The cap or cover I) is then turned to the right, and the spring lugs or projections b coming in contact with the upwar l inclined walls a? on the top portion of t e neck and above the grooves a draw said cap or cover firmly down upon the neck of the bottle, and this operation securely closes the bottle, as will be readily understood.

It will be seen that the portion of the top and bottom walls of the rooves a adjacent to the stops 0, are parallel, and when the spring lugs or projections b are forced thereinto the cap or cover I) is securely held and cannot be removed without being turned in the opposite direction, and this 0 eration requires considerable for'ce. It wi 1 be understood that the spring lugs or rejections 1) form an important feature of t is invention for'the reason that they exert at all times a spring action which operates and holds the ea or cover I) in place.

y improvement is particularly ada ted for use in closing beer-bottles and other ottles containing liquid and gases under pressure; but the same may also be em loyed in closing fruit ars or cans, and it will e apparent that the same may be used in connection with jugs and other vessels used for a similar pulrpose.

- avm full described In T invention, what is Y 3 a de' ending flange or rim which extends downwar ly to said annularly-arranged grooves and the bottom edge of which is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugs or projections adapted to enter said recesses and grooves, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle or similar device provided with a neck, the to portion of which is enlarged and provided in 1ts opposite sides with vertically-arranged recesses which communicate with annularly-arran ed grooves formed in the enlarged portion 0? the neck and provided with stops, the top walls of said grooves adjacent to said recesses being inclined upwardly, and a closure device provided with a depending flange or rim whlch extends downwardly to said annularly-arranged grooves and the bottom edge ofwhich is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugs or projections adapted to enter said recesses and grooves, sair lugs or projections being in the form of spring-rolls, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bottle or similar device provided with a neck, the top portion of which is provided in its opposite sides with vertically-arranged recesses which communicate with annularlyarranged rooves formed in the top portion of the nec and provided with stops, the top walls of said grooves adjacent to said recesses being inclined upwardly, and a closuredevice rovided with a depending flange or rim which extends downwardly to said annu larly-arranged grooves andthe bottom edge of which is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugs or projections ada ted to enter said recesses and grooves, su stantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of August, 1905.

RICHARD HOELEMANN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN.

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