US848174A - Bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907. P. JEBSEN.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 1905.

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FRIDTJOF JEBSEN, BERGEN, NORWAY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORG KIRKEGAARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW- YORK. j

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRIDTJOF JEBsEN, a

. subject of the King of Norway, residing at Bergen, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

My invention relates to a cap or stopper for receptacles, and pertains particularly to that class in which the cap is capable of being removed and replaced upon the receptacle, so as to reseal the same after a portion of the contents have been removed or it is desired to use the vessel for any other purpose. A receptacle-closure adapted to satisfy the foregoing purposes forms the subject of Letters Patent of the United States, No. 796,734, granted to Georg Kirkegaard. In this patent the cap is held upon the bottle by depending fin ers, with which a clamping-ring is-engaged or pressing the fingers into locking engagement with the bottle.

The principal object of the present invention is to render the Kirkegaard stopper .more convenient to manufacture, apply, and

operate.

, A further object of the invention is' to render the Kirkegaard stopper more efficient and more durable.

, With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, combination, location, and arrangement of parts,

all as will be more fully'hereinafter described,

' as shown in the accompanying drawings, and

finally particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a cap or stopper embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view. Fig. 4 1s a detail view of the form of clamping-ring which I employ. Fi 5 is a bottom view of the cap with the c amping-ring removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing some sIightlymodified features of construction. Fig. 7 is a detail viewof the slightly-modified clamping-ring. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the slightly-modified cap with the clamping-ring removed; and Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the neck of a bottle to which my'cap may be applied. Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 1, except that a'flanged clamping-ring is employed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1905. Serial No. 291,061.

Patented March A perfectly eflective and satisfactory per must not only be capable of efiicienty's 5 I sealing the bottle and easily removable by the purchaser, but should be capable ofits initial attachment with the least possible amount of trouble or manipulationby-wills y constitute the bottling concerns, who lar e purchasers. The cap sh 05 and not liable to break or bend by" careless manipulation or-ordinary Wear. In ca out the resent invention- 1 provide-means for securing these desirablefeatures:

Referring now to the drawingsan to; he

various views and reference-signs appearin thereon,rin which like-parts are deslgnate by the same reference-si n wherever they ocs cur, 1- denotes aca preferably form 1159f sheet metal, with a ependingcircumiferen tial rim-which is notched, oast grs 2 with intermediate-separating: Each of the fingers 2 conyen entlfli r mm; atits lower en in a lateral projection or X-'- tremiigl l, so that the projections of Lthe. rious gers' radiate outwardly frqmga o ,7 mon center coaxial with'the centeroftheea Inaddition to the lateral projections d also/be durabl' that the different ribs radiate in-a singleplaiie n;

this way there is provided an intermediate guided to ,move.

tioned and having the inclined or eccentric surfaces 7 similar thereto, but having terminal notches 8 at the be inning of each cam oreccentric surface 7. I; ach of the notches 8 is of aform and size to receive the fingers 2, which initially lie closely therein in'a'man ner and for a purpose which will be later more particularly explained. I also pro- .which is parallel to but.oppo sitefrom; thef, f= plane of theprojections or extremities 4. In K);-

f '8 5 space, in which a clam ing-ring may be.

6 in 'cates a practical form of clamping-ring generally similar'to that of the Kirkegaard patent above men-' vide astop 9 upon the clamping-ring, conveniently formed integral therewith, by

punchin'g'up a portion of the metal of which e00 the ring is formed. The relation of this stop 9 is such as to contact with the sides of the piojections or extremities 4 of the depending gcrs, so as to limit the circumferential movement of the rin The 6 eration of this form I o of my invention is as f0 ows: The parts are originally assembled with the fingers 2 in the its exterlor surface.

notches 8 of the clamping-ring, and when the stopper is initially constructed the fingers have sufficient outward resiliency to closely bear against the bottoms of the notches 8, so that the cap and clamping-ring are held tightly together and the fingers are spread sufficiently apart to easily pass over the top of any bottle to which it is desired to apply this stopper. This condition is a desirable one when the stoppers are originally handled by the bottling firms, since it is insured that they may be engaged on the bottles with. the least possible amount of trouble and manipulation. After the ring has been once turned, so as to tighten the fingers, they do not again have sufiicient outward resiliency to closely enter the notches 8, so that when the purchaser-removes and applies the stopper the cam will turn freely.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 I have illustrated a form of my invention in which some of the details are slightly modified. The clamping-ring 6 is here shown with a depending peripheral. edge 10, which may be milled upon The purpose ofthis construction is to give a larger bearing-surface for the engagement of the fingers in turning the ring. Another feature of difference in this form of construction lies in the ribs 5, which are here made in the form of embossed rotuberances rather than a simple turned lip or flange, as in the form of construction previously described. The details of construction may be otherwise modified and still fall within the spirit and 800 e of the invention, and I do not, therefore, esire to be limited or restricted to the particular features shown.

In Fig. 10 the clamping-ring with depending flange 10 is illustrated in connection with against vertlcal movement by said the. cap construction of Figs. 1 and which constitutes my preferred modification.

What I claim 1s- 1. A stopper comprising a cap with depending fingers and lntermediate walls having ribs thereon and a clamping-ring supported by said fifigers and ribs.

2. A stopper comprising acap having depending fingers with intermediate walls having annular lips or flanges thereon constituting ribs, and a clamping-ling held in proper relation by said ribs and fingers.

3. A stopper comprising a cap having depending outwardly-resilient fingers, anda clamping-ring having eccentric camsurfaces and additional notches for receiving the fingers. v

4. A stopper comprising a capha'ving depending fingers, and intermediate walls with projections thereon, and a clamping-ring having a dependin peripheralfl'ange milled on its exterior sur ace and held in position by said projections and fingers.

5. A stopper com rising a cap having depending fingers; an a (glam ing-ring havin a depending peripheral. flange and supggrte ers but capable of rotary movement thereoiito clamp the cap in placeon a bottle.

6. A stopper comprising a cap having depending fingers, a clampm 'sring having a orizontal portion rovide with circum ferential grooves a apted to engage said fingers and with a vertical peripheral flange, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRIDTJOF JEBSEN. Witnesses:

WALDO M. CHAPIN, FRANK S. OBER.

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