US916198A

US916198A - Device for sealing bottles.

Info

Publication number: US916198A
Application number: US43724008A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry P Roberts
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-06-08
Filing date: 1908-06-08
Publication date: 1909-03-23
Anticipated expiration: 1926-03-23

Description

H. P. ROBERTS. DEVICE FOR SEALING BOTTLES. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8, 1908.

91 6,198. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

HENRY P. ROBERTS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE Fort SEALING BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed June 8, 1908. Serial No. 437,240.

Sealing Bottles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s, is a specification.

his invention relates to devices for closin the mouth of a bottle.

t frequently happens that only a portion of the contents of a bottle may be required for use, but the cork or other closure having been made useless or destniyed by removal,

' it is often difficult to stop the mouth of the bottle securely enough to reserve the con-- tents thereof unimpaired, t iis being particu larly true in cases in which substances are dissolved under pressure in a fluid, as the contained in an efi'ervescing beverage.

It is the urpose of this invention to provide a seal or a bottle which may be readily attached to and removed from the bottle neck after the original. closure has been broken.

The invention consists of a stopper of rubber, cork, or other suitable material, means for holding the stopper in the bottle mouth in a detachable manner, projections or reces'ses found near the top of the bottle neck, spring clips overlapping the stopper and the projections or recesses, a releasing device connected with a clip, and in such peculiar arrangements of parts and details of construction as will be more fully described. I

The drawings show a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the bottle seal complete. Fig. 2, is a plan of the stopper and attachments. Fig. 3, is a side elevation of the same. 7 Fig. 4 ,is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the same with releasing device folded.

Many ordinary bottles are adapted for use with my sealing devices, as it is on ynecessary to have a groove, a head, or some equivalent,

a near the top of the bottle to receive the attaching devices of the stopper. As illustrated the bottle neck a is grooved at b forming the bead a near the top of the bottle.

The stopper (1, preferably made of rubber, is formed with a projecting flange e that rests on the edge of the bottle month, while the main portion of the stopper extends into the mouth of the bottle a short distance;

. Spring clips f are attached to the stopper 1n some convenient manner. The illustration shows the clips made from sheet metal integral with a central plate that covers the top of the stop er, and the cli s are bent downwardly over t 1e flange e of tie stopper, then inwardly toward the axis of the sto mm to seat firmly in the groove b below the ead c of the bottle neck, the extremities 2 of the clips being flared outwardly to facilitate their slipping over the said head 0 when applying the stopper to the bottle. Generally a thin disk of celluloid bearing printed advertising matter will cover the central plate g, and the disk, plate with the clips, and the stopper may be united by a rivet Such a stopper may be ap lied to and securely held in place in the bott e neck by forcing the clips] over the bead c, and the stopper might be removed by grasping the late and pulling the clips over the head 0, wt for greater convenience one of the clips is prolonged into an arm as k which rests closely against the bottle neck, so that, upon pulling outwardly on the arm its connected clip extremity It will pass over the head 0 and release the stop er from the bottle neck. As many bott es are now sealed with metal caps crimped over the edges of the bottle necks, the arm 70 may terminate in a claw as Z adapted for the removal of such caps from lease the clip from the bottle neck, while permitting the arm to fold against the stopper as in Fig. 5, in which position the sealmg device may be carried in ones pocket.

Having described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of. the United States:

m 111.21 bottle seal, a sto )per, spring clips specifiaatitm the presence 0f iv-:0 subscribto the stopper, a evice hinge-i a a ing Witnesses.

clip adept-ed in one position to release the stopper from a bottle and in another position to fold to the remaining slips, substantially HENRY P. EQBERTQ.

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as described. 7 GEQRGE QLARENDUN HOUSES,

in testimony whereof I have slgned tins CHAS. F.