US898222A - Milk-bottle-locking device. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

. F. JOHNSON. v MILK BOTTLE LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19,}908.

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FRANK JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TQ FREDERICK VON v NESSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MILK-BOTTLE-LOCKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. s, 1908.

door to which it is delivered to prevent the same from being taken by others than those to whom it belongs. i The object of my inventionis to provide a device for securing a milk bottle at the door to which itis delivered and so constructed and arranged that no one except those havmg the key of the device can remove the bottle therefrom.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as mentioned Whicltmay be readily and quickly operated by the milkman in order to occasion him no delay in his route.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned which shall be of simple construction, of low cost to manufacture and one which shall not readily get out of order. A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character under consider,

ation which shall accommodate bottles of d1? ferent heights.

lther objects will appear hereinafter. 4

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a bracket to be secured to a door frame or other suitable place and adapted to receive a bottle of milk, in combination with a ca adapted to slip down over the upper end and means for locking said can torevent removal of the bottle. i, My invention further consists in a bracket adapted to be secured to a doorframe or other suitable supp ortand havinga socket to receive the bottom of a milk bottle in combination with a cap vertically slidable on said bracket and adaptedto be pressed down over the upper end of the bottle and a lock for securing said cap in looking position.

,* *"My invention further consists 'inivjarious details of'ccnstruction and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described and {particularly pointed out in the claims. Q'My invention will be more readilyiunderstood 'j'by ijreference flto" thei accompanying and in which,

drawings forming a partof this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle locking device embodying my inventionin its preferred form, portions of the device being shown in the section, Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2c-ar of Fig. 1', Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the locking device.

Referring to the drawings 1 indicates a bracket adapted to be secured to a door frame or other convenient place as by the screws 2. The bracket 1 preferably comprises a vertical disposed plate extending horizontally from the bottom of which is an arm 3 terminating in. the socket member 4 in which the bottle is adapted to rest. The socket member 4 comprises a bottle support ing portion 5 havin an upwardly extending annular flange 6. fprefer that the socket be open at the bottom as at 7 to prevent the accumulation of dirt therein, in which case the bottle supporting member comprisesen annular inwardly extending flange.

8 indicates a bell shaped cap ada ted to.

slip down over the upper end or mout of the bottle. Fixed to the cap 8 is a rod 9 terminoting in the vertical ortion 10. The portion 10 extends through a box or lockpase 11 formed upon or secured to the bracket 1.

"The portion 10 is preferably squared as shown or otherwise. arranged to prevent turning or twisting in the lock case. Upon the lower end of the rod or stem 10 is a sto 12 to revent the ca from being detache from t. 'e bracket. The cap normally stands in the position shown in F1 1 but after the milk bottle is inserted in die socket 4 it is in dotted lines inthe same figure. It is obvious that if the cap is locked in the latter osition it will be impossible to remove the bottle. Any suitable spring lock may be.

used for this purpose, and in the drawings I pressed downwardly into theposition shown have illustrated conventionally an ordinary cylinderlock havin the divided locking pins or tumblers. f As siown therein the cylindrical plug 13 is which is noi'rna with the stem 10 by a spring 15 one end of provided with an ear orlug 14 y pressed into engagement nng being secured or fixed to the plug thee and other end to the casing. The stem .10 is provided with a into onefof which the ug 14 is pressed when the cap 8 is moved' intoiloclring position.

air of notches 16, 15".

Milk bottles usually vary somewhat in height and, it is for this reason that I provide the two notches in the stem 10, the notch 16 bein engaged by the in 14 when a tall bott e is placed in the device, and the notch 16 when a'shorter one is placed therein. It is obvious that any number of notches may be employed in orderto accommodate bottles of various heights. The upper faces oi the not ches are beveled or inclined as indicated at 17 to permit the stem and'the ca to move freely downward, but after having een once ressed down, they cannot be raised to re ease the bottle until the plug 13 is rotated with the proper key to withdraw the lug 14 from the notch.

Having described my invention whet claim as .new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a bracket adapted to be secured to a suitable support and havin a socket to receive the bottom of the bott e, a lockcase formed on said bracket, arod slidebly mounted in said case and having a curved upper end, a bell scenes she ed cap fixed to said curved upper end end adapted to be depressed over the mouth of the bottle, and means in said case for lock ing said rod, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a bracket adapted to be secured toe suitable support and havin a socket to receive the bottom of the bottle, a lock case formed on said bracket, a rod slidably mounted in said case and having a curved upper end, a bell shaped cap fixed to said curved upper end and adapted to be depressed over the mouth of the bottle, e spring said case for locking sei rod and said cap in depressed position, said rod being provided with a plurality of notches to receive the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. in the p esence of two subscribing witnesses. I I

, FRANK J'OHNSGN- Witnesses:

HELEN F. LILLrs, ARTHUR A. OLsoN.

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