US907489A - Bottle-seal-seat-applying device. - Google Patents

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BOTTLE-SEAL-BEAT-APPLYING DEVICE.

Specification' of Lettere Patent.

Patented Dee. 22, 190s.

Application filed May 15, 1907, Serial No. 873,805..Y Renewed March 81, 1008. Serial No. 424,305.

To all. whom ,it mayv concern:

Be it known. that I, DAviD GnNEsn, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, and State lof Maryland, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Seal-Seat-Applying Devices, of which the following is a s ecification.

This invention re ates to what I shall term a bottle seal seat applying device.

In Letters Patent No. 834,719,granted to me October 30, 1906, and entitled Hermetio sealin means, I show a bottle the neck of whic is provided with what I term aseat forI a bottle seal. The present maclnne is-prmiarily intended for applying such a s e'at to a bottle, and this operation the machine does in a simple, ra 1d, and effective v manner without injuring t e bottle.

In the drawings accompanying and form` ing part of this specification I have shown in detail one advantageous form of embodiment `of the mvention which, to enable those skilled in the art to practicethe same, will be set forth in detail in the following description, while the novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding said description.

Referring to said drawings: Fi re 1 is a perspective view of the device. igs..2 and 3 are sectional details on an enlarged scale of a portion of the body, the cup-shaped member and spindle and showing the rocedure followed in applying the seat to t e bottle.

Fig. 4 is a erspective view of the bottle with the seat t ereon. Fi s. 2 and 3 are upon a very much larger sca e than Fig. l.

Like. characters refer to like parts throughout the several ii res.

The device wit 'n the scope of my claims may be of any desirable construction; as shown '1t involves inits make-u a body as 2 which 1s in effect a table, said ody or table being furnished with several depending legs as 3 to uphold the body and separate it from the floor or other foundation on which the legls rest.

he seal to whichI refer is preferably a lied to the neck of the bottle and while t e ottle is in a plastic or semi-plastic condition, Y

and I prefer to provide a cup-like member as 4 to receive the bottle neck during the application'of the seat thereto. To properly center said neck with respect-to the said seat I cup-like member 4. If desired, the said spindle and cup-like member may be made integral; in fact, this is the preferred construction. The bottom of the cavity or chamber of the cup-like member 4 is 'so shaped as to ada t it to the particularform of seat to be app ied to the bottle. In-the present instance said bottom is provided with a bulge or shoulder as 6 of annular form surrounding the base of the spindle 5 and which fits an annular channel in the seal seat 7 to prevent lateral motion of said seat, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The said seat is furnished with a flange asf^8 which is adapted to be forced into the stock ofthe bottle-neck when the latter is substantially lastic, and this re sult can be achieved by -ownward pressure on the bottle, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 2. The invention'does not reside in the seat, but in a device whereby the seat can be connected with the bottle. In the present 'case the diameter of the chamber or cavity of the cup-like member 4 is of such length that the flange 8 is spaced from the side Wall or lateral surface of said chamber or cavity, by reason. of which said flange can be thrust into the neck of the bottle between the inner and outer surfaces thereof, as shown in Fig. 3.

The under portion of the cup-like body 4 is fitted in a counter-sink as 9, while from the bottom 0f said member .4 there is shown as depending an externally-threaded shank 10 which is referably integral with the said part 4 an which is in threaded engagement with an opening formed substantially in the center of the bo'dl or table 2 and in the boss or hub 11 depen ing from the under side ol' said body or table 2. I prefer to mount below the said body or table 2 a gas burner as 12, and the same is shown as being circular for the purpose of surrounding the boss or hub ll so that the jets of iiame from the burner can heat not only the boss, but the table 2, cup-like member 4, and spindle 5, all of which are preferably constructed of metal so as to be readily heated. When thus heated the parts serve to maintain the bottle in a plastic condition while the seat is being applied thereto. The burner 12 -constitutes one suitable agent for creating the heat for the purpose mentioned; some other form of heater might be as effectively emplo ed. When, however, a gas burner is utilize for the purpose mentioned, it may be supplied with the necessary gas by means of a pipe as 13. I use the term gas in a broad sense I to include all kinds of ignitableJ heating fuids.

The stem 5 which enters the neck ofthe bottle has at its to`p a slot as,14 to receive a screw-driveror equivalent implement for :titting the shank to the table or body 2 or until the member 4 bottoms in the countersink 9, the wall of which maintains said member 4 firmly against lateral movement and takes off the side strain applied to the threaded shank 10.' The cavity or chamber of the cup-like member 4 agrees 'substantially in width with the width of the neck of the bot` tle to which the seat is to be applied, and the maximum diameter of the spindle 5 is approximately equal to the maximum diameter of the opening of said neck. Said spindle, however, tapers inward toward its upper end so as to facilitate its entrance into said mouth when the bottle isl moved downward.

ln operation the gas issuing from the burner 12 is initially lighted to heat up the several parts to the requisite temperature, after `which the seat 7 isslipped over the spindle 5 until it rests on the bottom of the cavity or chamber of the member 4 or until the shoulder 6 is received in `the channel of said seat, as previously described. .This act ositions the seat with respect to the bott e. The bottle then in a plastic condition is inverted, if it has not alreadl been inverted, and is lowered until the spindle 5 enters the bottlemouth. The downward movement of the bottle 'thus inverted is continued until the upper edge or top of the bott-le strikes the bottom of the chamber of said member 4.` During the final downward movement of the bottle 'the flange 8 of the seat 7 is thrust into the soft stock or glass of the bottleso as to connect the seat 7 thereto. The bottle with the seat in place is shown in Fig. 4. The lateral-or side surface of the interior of the member 4 prevents outward expansion of the soft bottle, while the spindle 5 revents inward expansion thereof, so that, a though the bottle is in a soft or plastic condition while the seat is being applied thereto, it is in no wise distorted or injured during this operation.

' When the downward ressure has been comtoms@ and to support a seat, and a s indleprojecting from t e cavity ofthe cu ke part to enter the mouth of said bott e, said cup-like ing a supporting body, a cup-like part lfitted to the ody and provided witha s indle rising from the bottom of the cavity tiiereof to enter a bottle-neck mouth, said cavity serving to receive the bottle-neck and to also support a seat, and a burner under said body.

4i In adevice of the class described, the combination of a supporting body, a cuplike member having a depending Vshank tapped into said body, said cup-like member being adapted to receive the neck of a bottle and having a spindle rising from the bottom thereof to enter the mouth of the bottle, and a burner under said supporting body.

5. In a .device ofthe class described, the combination of a supporting bodyv having a depending boss, a cup-like body rovided with a dependingthreaded'shank invscrewthreaded engagement with said boss, said cup-like body being arranged lto receive a bottle-neck and'to support a seat, the botl,

tom of the 'cavityhereotl having a perpendicular spindle to enter the mouth of the bottle, and an annular Jburner surrounding said boss.

6. In a device of the class-described, the

countersink in its up er side, and a'cu like body itted into said) counters'ink an provided with a shankextending into'saidsupporting body, the cup-like body being adapted to receive a bottle-neck and .having a lcombination of a supporting body having a .1

s indle to'enter a bottle-mouth, rising from t e bottom of its cavity or chamber.

" ln testimony whereof I have hereunto. set

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