US944166A

US944166A - Bottle and stopper therefor.

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Publication number: US944166A
Application number: US48696809A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph M Anstead; Henry Bollman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-03-31
Filing date: 1909-03-31
Publication date: 1909-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 1926-12-21

Description

J. ANSTEAD & H. BOLLMAN.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR131, 1909.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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abtovnug rrn s'rATEs PATENT JOSEPH M. ANSTEAD AND HENRY BOLLIVIAN, OIi FORT MEADE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

9.44:,166. specification of lettersllatent- Patented Dec. 21, 1909. Application filed March 31, 1909. Serial No. 486,968.

To all whom it may concern: 1 of the plug 5 is substantially in line With Be itknown that we, JOSEPH M. ANSTEAD the breaking groove 3 in the bottle neck. and HENRY BOLLMAN, citizens of the United The wire opener consists of a strand o States of America, residing at Fort Meade, I wire forming a ring 7 which is embedded 6o 5 in the countyof Meade and State of South within thebottle neck in line with the groove Dakota, have invented new and useful Ini- I 3, or in some instances the ring 7 may be provements in Bottles and Stoppers There- 1 merely held in the groove 3 by means of a for, of which the following is a specification. suitable plastic compound or material, like This invention relates to bottles and stopwax. To hold the ring 7 firmly in place in 65 pers therefor, and one of the principalob- 1 the bottle neck the end of the wire is bent jects of the same is to provide a bottle' of upward in the form of a shank 8 having an simple construction in which there is proenlarged ball or head 9. Extending outvided means for indicating when the bottle ward from the ring 7 is a finger hold 10 in has'been opened for gaining access to the the form of a'loop or ring, and the inner 70 contents thereof. end of said loop is bent around the wire, as

1 Another object of the invention is to proshown at 11. i vide means for closing the mouth of the bot- To open the bottle and to gain access to tie and to provide means for detaching the the contents thereof it is necessary to twist end of the bottle neck to give access to the the finger hold 10 to break the neck upon 75. contents of the bottle and to indicate that the line ofthe groove 3, thus removing the the bottle'has been opened. upper part of the neck and the plug 5.' Another object of the invention is to pro- The cork or stopper 4 may then be Wit vide a wire opener partially embedded withdrawn, and the contents of the bottle disin the neck of the bottle and having a loop pensed. After the bottle has been once so for detaching the upper portion of the botopened it cannot be refilled without detectle neck when it is desired togive access to tion for the reason that the bottle having the contents of the bottle, the upper portion of its neck removed will These/and other objectsmay be attained indicate the fact that it has been opened.

by means of the construction illustrated in A bottle made accordance with this int0 the accompanying drawing, in which vention is simple in construction, may be Figure 1 1s aside elevation of the upper quickly filled and sealed and cannot be reportion of a bottle-made in accordance with filled Without detection.

the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional Having thus described the invention, What .view through the neck of the bottle and is claimed as new, is

35 through the stoppers therein. Fig. 3 is a The herein described bottle provided with horizontal sectionthrou'gh the neck ofthe a neck portion having a breaking groove bottle "in 'line with the breaking groove. therein, a shoulder on the inner side of the Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the neck in line with said groove, the opening wire opener detached from the bottle. in the neck from said shoulder to the bottle 40 Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 body being of equal diameter from end to designates an ordinary bottle which may be end and fitted with a cork stopper, the open-. of any desired shape or size, said bottle being in the outer portion of the neck being ing providedwith a neck 2 having at a point larger at the shoulder than at the mouth 0 nearly central thereof ,a breaking groove 3 the bottle, a plug fitted within said opents formed in the outer wall thereof. In the ing, and awire opener embedded in the neck lower portion of the neck of the bottle "a l of the bottle in line with the breaking suitable cork or stopper 4. is placed, and "groove, said opener having a finger loop above the cork or stopper 4 is a pin 5 extending outside the bottle neck. which may be formed of untempered glass In testimony whereof We affix our signa- 50 or any suitable plastic material which would tures in presence'oftwo witnesses.

hardenand set after being placed in the I T mouth of the bottle. As shown, theplug 5 is larger at the bottom than at the top, and the bottleneck is provided with a shoulder Witnesses:

55 6 upon which the lower endof the "plug 5 l JOHN I. HAIR, rests. It is to be noted-that the lower end FRANK Bumzouens.