US885734A - Bottle and sealing-cap. - Google Patents

Description

No. 885,734. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

' J. DEEMBR.

'BOTTLE'AND SEALING GAP.

APPLICATION I'll-ED AUG. 9, 1904.

WITNESSES I ,gff 'f ZZT X f UNITED STATES PAT N OFFICE.

JOHN M. DEEMER', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- 30mm AND SEALING-CAP.

I Spe'cification of Letters Patent.

Patented .April as, 1908.

' Applicationfiled August'Q, 1904. Serial No. 220,078.

,To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J onN- M. Dnnnnnciti zen of the'United States, and resident ofNew York, county of New York, and State of New- York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Bottle and Sealing-Cap,

' of whichthe following is a specification, referenee being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. f This invention relates'to bottle caps for sealing and closing that class of bottles adapted: to contain gaseous liquid compounds, such as ginger ale, beer etc. which are sold independently ofthe bottles and under -conditions requiring said bottles to 'be returned. to the bottler or manufacturer of the original contents, after they are emptied; the caps being machineaced and susceptible of use co-jointly with preferably of the construction illustrated in the accom anyin drawings and hereinafter fully descr1bed, t e ob'ects 'ofthe invention b ing to provide an e cient sealing device and protective means for preventin re-use' of the bOtlBlGSJUIllGSS they are re-close b my improved cap, whereby illicit use, by re ing of the bottle, is prevented.

a neck having my improved cap attached thereto; Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.; Fig. 5, is a plan view of Fig. 2; Fig. .6, is an inverted plan view of the sealing-cap; Fig. 7., is-a side vlewof said cap; F 8 is'a vertlcalsectional view taken on the line 8-8, of Fig. '7. s Fig.

9, is a side view of a slightly modified form of cap, .and Fi 10, is a-vertical sectional view of a bottleeck havingthe last named form of cap attached. In this view the moves in the bottle neck are of slightly mod' ed sha e.

In the "ractice' of my invention, I emp oy. a prefera 1y glass bottle of adaptable conbottles which are integrally formed marks or c aracters, as E,

smooth and. rounded formation of the said tour and capacity, comprising the body A and neck B, said neck terminating in an upper cylindrical part b, all of said parts formed mtegral.

Formed one on each side of the upper or head 'art 6, ofthe'bottle neck B, beneath the mouth thereof, is a horizontal groove or recess ,C, which, in vertical sectional elevation, embodies an overhanging part 1, and a downwardlyand obliquely extended part 2.

1 These grooves areparallel and directly opf posite each other and the inner walls of each groove extend into the bottle-neck and form an integral bar D,-each ofsaid bars embodying a top or ledge 3, and-a tapering part 4.

By 'meansof these bars so proportioned and located, an efiective means isprovidedin the bottle-neck to prevent the insertion of a cylindrical cork, but fowin to the tapering contour of their walls, whicIx'merge obliquely into theneck, and the Wide channel between them, outflow of fluid through saidneck, when discharging the bottle, will not be retarded. This form of bar in the bottleneck not only does not retard outflow of fluid from the bottle', but it resents only a minimum of vertical surface or contact with- 'a cork, should an attempt be made to employ. a cork of contour s1mil-ar,-in' sectional plan, to the plan-formation of the outlet.

- between the bars D; thus such cork could not begracticably employed to close the bottle. 4

- n the'visible parts 2, of the walls comprising the grooves C, I mayv lace preferably- Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings, these may 'embo dy any arbitrarily selecte characters or devices adapted. to identify either ownershi of the bottle or the class of goods containe therein.

The cap employed for closing and sealing the bottle comprises the metallic shell F, 1 having the o positely located depending i tongues f, for camping engagement with the grooves C, said cap also having the 'corkdisk' G, which latter, during the process of (placing the cap, is forced by pressure exerte vertioallyagainst said cap, pai'tly into the bottle mouth to provide an air-tight annular seal, the position of'the bars .D, slightly below the upper e e of the bottle-neck, not interfering with t e artial insertion of said cork disk, nor with t e process of producing the upper edge of the bottle-neck, after the major partiof the bottle is blown or formed in the mold, as will be evident to those familiar with the art of making bottles.

The caps F, each-comprise va top 5 and of being readily bent into en agement with the overhanging parts of t e grooves C. Or they may be perfectly plain as shown by the .Figs. 7 and 8, of the drawings; but in each case the cap is composed of sheet metal of a character adapted to be bent and forced into engagement by mechanism employed for the purpose.

In the form of bottle illustrated by Fig. 10, of the drawings, the grooves for engaging the clamping tongues of the bottle-cap slightly contracted, but it is obvious that the angles of direction of the walls of the grooves may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

A bottle made as described, is especially applicable-for containing beverages, such as beer or any gaseous or highly charged liquids, and the protective bars, owing to their slightlate'ral extension and specific forn1ation, will not interfere with the insertion of filling-tubes, of standard size, into .the body ofthe bottle for the purpose of charging the same. The bottle is also susceptible of being readily cleansed.

In the o eration anduse of the invention, the bottle eing filled to the required height,

a cap is-pl'aced overthe mouth thereof and forced downwardly under sufiicient pressure to form a seal between the cork lining of the cap and the mouth of the bottle-neck, the

tongues f,of the capiF, are then bent into engagement within the grooves C, as illus-, trated by Figs. 3' and 4, of'the drawings. In this construction the lower ends of the tongues are -preterabl crimped as well 'as bent under the over anging parts .of the grooves. Where a cap such as illustrated by Figs. 9 and 10, of the'drawings, is employed crimping'of the lower ends of the tonguesis' "not-necessary.

, Having now described my invention, what I claim-asnewan'd'desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent,is:- t

1. A bottle closing device comprising a are i seams metallic caphaving a cork disk therein, and a depending annular flange and a pair of op positely located de ending tongues formed integral with said ange, said tongues each having a serrated lower edge, each of the said tongues'adapted to be bent into aborizontal de ress'ion in a bottle-neck, substantially as shown and described. 7

2. The combination with a bottle cap having a pair ofdepending tongues; of a bottle having horizontal grooves in itsneck, the inner walls of-said grooves extending into the channel of the bottle-neck and forming bars to prevent the insertion of a c lindrical cork, and theouter walls forming epressions, the free endsof the said dependingtongues of the bottle cap being bentinto engagement with said depressions to fasten the cap, substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with a cork-lined bottie-cap having a pair oi: op ositely located de ending tongues, a bottle raving horizon ta grooves located opposite each other, the inner walls'of said grooves extending into the channel. of. the bottle-neck and the outer Walls thereof forming depressions which ongage the free ends of the said tongues which are bent into engagement with said depressions as a means for fastening the cap to the bottleneck, substantially as shown and de scribed.

w 4. A bottle having oppositely located depressions in its neck, the walls of said depressions extended into the channel of thehottle-neck, said walls in vertical sectional elevation, each embodyin an approximately hortzontal part and an o lique part; in combination with a metallic ca having a cork disk and a pair of oppositay located depending tongues, the free ends of said tongues bent under and in contact with the said horizontal parts of the walls of the said grooves for fas-- tening the bottle and cap together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of August 1904.

JOHN M. DEEMER.

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