USRE12306E - Bottle-seal - Google Patents

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No. 12,306. REISSUED JAN. 17, 1905.

E. D. SCHMITT. BOTTLE SEAL.

APPLIOATION FILED 0018 1904.

. UNITED STATES I "'R-eissued January 17, 1905. Y

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. scmvnrr, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y.,. ASSlGNOR, 'BY 'MESNE As- 1 SIGNMENTS, TOCHAMPION SEAL COMPANY, on NEW roan, N. A

' ORPORATION OF NEW YORK;-

B i TgE-SE-AL.

SPECIFICATION forming part, of Reissued Letters PatentNo; 12,306, dated January 17, 1 905. OriginalNo. 756,715, dated April 5,1904. Ap naeonjai reissue filed October 2,1904. Serial No. 227,757.-

,To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known'thatl, EDWARD D. SoHM1TT, 'a. citizen of the. United States, residing in'the city ofNew York, in the county and State of pressure. In this art after the provision of a wJFigure 1 perfectly air-tight seal it is of paramount importance that the construction of the seal be such that it can be cheaply manufactured, this inview of the fact that the seals are thrown away after being removed from the bottle or seldom, if ever, reused, thus entailin}; more or less loss, according to the cost of manufacture,

' My object. therefore, is to provide a perfect seal that will stand the internal bottle-pressure under all conditionswand one that will 'meet the re'quirements'of cheapness, as well as the'minor requirements of being readily applied and removed and slightly in appearance.

The furtherobject is to provide a seal that" can be readily applied without the aid of com plicated machinery and which will I require but: '39

a single operation for its'application, th'eseal after being inserted in'the bottle-neck requiring no further operation or treatment, such as flexing, crimping, spinning, or expanding. A, till further object is to provide aclos'ure emb dying s'uclrconstruction as to permit the ready engagement with an unsealing-tool'and one; that will-prevent theliqui'd from coming in contact with the metallic portion of the sealfand whichwillafi 'ord no opportunityjor the'accumula'tionof dust, dirt, or other foreign matter. I

is a vcentrall vertical, section of the upperportion of a bottle neck-with'which the 'sealis adapted for use,; with the seal above the same also in section. 'Fig. 2 isa section ofthebottl'e' neck'andseaI, showing the latter applied. Fig: 3'{is a sectional view Ofztllfl bottle neck and seal, showing the manner of inserting an implement for removingthe seal.

Fig. L is a top plan view of the seah'more. clearly showing the yielding portion which is engaged by the tool or implement in the unsealing-operation. Fig. 5 is a top plan. view of the securing member, showing the rim slit ted. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the securing member, showing a modified form of means for affording engagement with a tool for unsealing purposes; and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the modified form of seal shown in Fig. 6. l

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates th'e'neck of a bottle, which 1 provide with a sealing'seat 2 and a slightly in- \vardly inclined'wall or shoulder 3 above said seat, thereby producing at the rim or edge of the bottle a mouth of less diameter than the space between the walls below said month, all for a-purposethat will presentlybecomeapparent.

lhe numeral 4 indicates the securing member, formed, preferably, of sheet-tin, with a slightly-raised central portion 5 and a circnn1- ferential; elastic rim or flange 6, adapted to 'impinge against' the wall in'- the bottle-neck when the seal isfapplied, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In order to permit the convenient .insertion of a pointed-tool for removing the seal, I out or punch the'central portion7,

preferably.held to the securing member by a.

narrow integral portion 7, or. said yielding portion need notbe cut entirely through the securing member, butjsufiiciently so to weaken it considerably, so that it will readily yield f-uptin being engaged by the seal-removing too Theform, of the central. yielding portion shown'is the onelprefen'although it is obvious that the: metal of the securingmem ber could be cutor weakened at "any desired point in any desired shape and it would serve its purpose equally as well, or a narrow slit may be left in the securing memberfOr'the passage of a tooL-if founddesirable.

In the slightly-raised central" portion 5 of the securing" member I' cement or otherwise ed for sealing purposes,'yet any sufliciently compressible material would answer the pur-' some conditions be desirable.

pose. I find in practice that by slightly rais-i ing theT'secur'ing member'to form the portion 5 thesealingmember or disk is more readily centered than if the bottom of the seen ring member-were perfectly flat; but even this is: not absolutely essential,- for withaccurate ma chinery for attaching the securing member to the sealing member the. latter could be readily centered.

In the .modilication Fig.5 the securing member'is identical with that shown in the main figures, egrce'pt' the rim is slitted at in .tervals, which renders the samea little more resilient, which characteristic may under In :the modification shown i'nFig. 6'.I-.p rovidethe securing member with a'central knob 9, that may be readily eng by a forked tool for thepurpose of removing the seal.

Tolapply' the. seal, it is onlynecessary to" force the same into the bottle-mouth by any suitable toolor mechanism until -the upturned rim or flange is compressed sufiiciently to per-I Y mit its passage through the contracted portion of the mouth, when with the continuation of a downward pressure on the seal the sealing. member will be brought .in contact with the sealing-seat and the rim or flange will expand into lockingeng'agement. with the inclined wall 3, thus locking the seal firmly in place. 7 To removethe seal, as" before indicated or suggested, it-is only-necessary to engagethe yielding'portion 7 with 'a suitable tool, which with the use of su-fficient force will yield to ..-'permit the passage of the tool with which the,

seal can be'easily pried out.

It will be seen from theforegoing description that the seal requires no further treat? ment afterbeing forced into the 'neck of the bottle, theres ilien't flange thereofexpanding into locking engagement with the overhanging locking-surface above the locking-seat, and that the describedseal presentsioking possibilities which are peculiar to'it, incombination with the locking-shoulder intheibotr yond the wall'of' the mouth: and thew'all be tweemth'e mouth and'seatisat all points out-' side the wall of the mouth.

lclaim V A bottlessealcomprising a'securin'g memupturned and substantially semicirculari-n seal.

the sealsecuring member...

.. 4. In: a bottle-seal,

ofl anda wallinclining upwardly andiinwardly scribed.

bottlehavinga sealing-seat in the eck there- -as described.

inwardly andgupwardly, a" metallic securing 7. In a bottle-seal, the combinationwither In a bottle-seal, thec'ombination-witha {and a wall above" said seat inclining slightly -inWard-ly .and upwardly, a metallic securing} member formed was an;inw ienc mar.

'fromsaid-seat, a securing member providedwith; an upturned resilient rim or flange in engagement with saidjwall, and .a sealing mem berheld in engagement with the sealing-seat 'by the securingmemberfsubstantially as de-;

of, anda-wall above said seat inclining slightly inwardlyian'd upwardly,i a metallic securing.

member formed with an integralcircumfer .e'ntial upturned resilient rim or flange adapted to impin'geagainst said wall'in the bottle-- neck, a seal-ing memberheld incontactlwithf the sealing-seat by thesecurinlg member,.a nd means for aflordi'ng engagement Withasuit able tool for. removing the. sealrsubstantially; I

cross-section, and means for affording engage: I ment witha suitable tool for removmg'the 2. "A bottle seal"comprisingn metallic securing member having an integral circumfeF entialrim or flang said rim or. flange being upturned and substantially semicircular in cross-section a sealing member; carried, by the, securing member, and meansfor aflt'ordingem gagement with a suitable tool.=for, removing:

3. YA bottle-sealcomprisinga'securing'm'ema. .ber having an upturned circumferential rim or" flange and ayie'lding portion adapted to be.'eI,1'-.-=

gaged by a suitable tool forunse'a'lin'g 'pur f poses, and 'a-sealing member carried by the the;combinatiomwi'th a, bottle having a Sealing-seat inthe neckth'e'i't'e 35-;

11 7 5. In a" b0ttle-sea'l',"thecombinatidn-iWith 6. In a bottle-seal; the.combination-withilig bottle having a Sealillfiseflilififiitheingck ltherei of, and a wall above saidseat-incliningsligh tly.

member formed with Ian-integral lcircumfer- .ential-elastic rim'or flange adapted. to impinge a I against said wall, asealing .memb'erheld inf" bottle having asealing-seat in the neck thereof, and-a wall above said seat inclining slightly? ,5 inwardly I and upwardly, a. metallic-securing member formed with anintegral circumfer-. entia] elastic rim .oriflange adapted toimping'ef against-said wall, a sealing memberv heldin-y contact] with the sealing-seat "by the securing member, and means for afiording engagement with a suitable tool for removing 'tl'1e f -seal.;

- bottle havinga sealing-seat in the neck thereof,

:berformed withaciremnferentialrim or flange ential' rim or flange adaptedteimpii ge against? the wall in the bottle-neck and a yielding portion adapted to be engaged by a suitable tool for unsealing purposes, substantially as described. v

9. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle having a sealing-seat in the neck thereof and a wall thereabove and overhanging saidseat and terminating therein, a securing "member provided with an upturned resilient rim or flange engaging said wall, and a sealing member held in engagement with the sealingseat by the securing member, substantially as described. Y

10. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a' bottle having a sealing-seat in the neck thereof extending inwardly beyond the mouth of the bottle, and a locking-surface above the seat and extending downwardly and outwardly from the mouth, the walls at all points between the mouth and seat being outside of the wall of the mouth, of a sealing device comprising a sealing-washer seating upon the seat, and a circular metallic securing member formed from a circular disk of metal, the edge of which is turned up to form ashort resilient I flange of a diameter in excess of the mouth- .of the bottle andadapted when forced therethrough to expand by reason of its resilience into frictional engagement with said lockingsurface, the point of engagement between the locking-surface and the edge of the flange being determined by the depth of insertion.

11. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle having a sealing-seat. in the neck thereof extending inwardly beyond the mouth of the bottle, and a locking-surface above said seat and extending downwardly and outwardly from the mouth, of a sealing device comprising a sealing-washer seating upon the seat and a circular metallic securing member formed from a circular disk of metal the edge of which is turned up toform a short resilient fiange-ofa diameter .in excess of the mouth of the bottleand adapted when forced therethrough to expand by reason of its resili ence against the locking-surface and thereby form continuous or substantially continuous frictional locking engagement with said locking-surface.

EDWARD D. SCHMITT.

\Vitnesses:

KATHARINE MACMAHON, LILL'IE F. BROWNING.

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