US1082696A - Sealing-cap for vessels. - Google Patents

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J. A. HICKS, DEO'D. A. w. mcxs, ADMINISTRATOR. SEALING GAP FOB, VBSSELS. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1 1910.

1,082,696.- Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

W/TNESSES: I

Y INVENTOR nnomsrx v the vessel UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN AUGUSTUS HICKS, 0F SUMMIT, NE

w JERSEY; ARTHUR w. HICKS 'rna'ron or sun JOHN AUGUSTUS HICKS, DECEASED.

ADMINIS- SEALING-C'AP FOR VESS ELS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Join: AUoUsTUs HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, Union county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Sealing-Caps for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sealing caps for vessels. The'object'of my invention is to provide a sealing cap with a compressible material, having the face which comes in contact with and its contents, pliable, non-absorbent and adhesive.

In order that those familiar with the 'art' may understand and make use of my invention,'I will describe it as follows. in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: c

Figure 1 illustrates a sealing wafermade according to my invention. Fig. 2 illus trates the same in position in a metal cap. Fig. 3 illustrates the thin layer of. material which forms the adhesive portion of the wafer. Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 3. Fig. 4 illustrates the sealing wafer as held compressed on the vessel. Fig. 5 illustrates the metal cap removed from the sealing wafer and vessel, the water as a whole adhering to the. vessel. Fig. 6 illustrates a part only of the wafer adhering to the vesseL'such .part being the adhesive face or underlining.

cap with the compressi- Fig. 7 illustrates the wafer removed from the ble material of the vessel.

In the drawing, A denotes the. compressible portion of the lining of the cap, B denotes the thin or wafer-like adhesive underlining, C denotes the metal cap, and D denotes the neck and top of a bottle.

I employ a compressible material A, and face it with a thin, pliable, non-absorbent, adhesive material, B. I assemble thesemae terials together and place them inthe cup of a sealing cap with the adhesive, nonabsorbent and pliable face so arranged that whenthe cap is applied to a vessel by pressure, the said adhesive face will be in contact with the vessel surface and its contents, and will adhere to the vessels surface and produce a hermetical .seal. When the cap is removed from the vessel to empty the contents, which are usually of a gaseous na Specification of Letters Patent.

' vessel by the internal Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed April 1, 1910. Serial N 0. 552,896.

ture. the wafer will stick to the vessel sutliciently long to cause the gases from the vessel to discharge with a pop.

lVhen the sealing cap is to be used on vcsscls f llled with malt liquor' which is to be steril zed under heat. I back up the compressible material of my wafer with a stilt .material which is sutticiently adhesive under heat to cement itself to the compressible material. and thereby form a composite wafer of 'sufiicient stiffness and adhesiveness to stick on the vessel. while the metal cap is heingd-emoved, and to be blown from the gaseous pressure with a loud pop. 7 i

I usually'employ as my adhesive material an antiseptic substance. i

' Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I have embodied it,

as new and as my invention and desire. to secure by Letters Patent is- 1-. A bottle closure comprising a metal cap adapted to be secured over the mouth of the bottle, and a lining in the cap having an impervious adhesive face adapted to adhere hermetically to the bottle mouth, the lining being unattached to the cap, whereby what I claim In removing the cap from the bottle the cap,

will separate from the lining, leaving the latter-adhering to the bottle mouth so as t?) be blown immediately therefrom with an explosive sound by the pressure of gas in the bottle. v v

2. A bottle closure comprising a cap adapted to be secured over the mouth of the bottle, a yielding pad in the cap, and a facing therefor consisting of an impervious adhesive wafer, the pad and wafer constituting a lining unattached to the cap but adapted to adhere hermetically to the bottle mouth, whereby in removing the cap from the bottle the cap will separate from the lining, leaving the latter adhering to the bottle mouth so as to be blown immediately therefrom with an explosive sound by the pressure of gas in the bottle.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OHN AUGUSTUS HICKS.

Witnesses:

W. H. Ross, N. P. BARR.

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