US1131544A - Bottle-closure. - Google Patents

Description

G. T. FARR.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

- APPLICATION FILED DEG.2,1913.

1,131,544. Patented Mar.9,1915.

un memes WWW GEORGE T. FARR, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application filed December 2, 1913. Serial No. 804,285.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at l, GEORGE T. PARR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepm and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of whic the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bottles and ars, and has for an object to provide a closure therefor.

The invention embodies, among other features, the provision of a closure particularly adapted for use on soda water bottles and the like, and in which use is made of a closure which can be readily applied to the bottle in the same manner that the caps of bottles are applied by the use of the ordinary cap affixing machines.

The invention further comprehends the provision of a closure which will hold the contents of the bottle in an air-tight condition and prevent accidental removal of the closure during shipment, but wherein the closure can be readily removed without the use of any bottle openers or tools, it being simply necessary to apply a downward pressure to the medial portion of the closure in order to entirely remove the same from itsclosed position on the bottle.

In the further disclosure of the invent on reference is to be had to the accompanylng drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which: 0

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bottle, showing my closure applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, the dotted linesyindicating the removed position of the gripping members.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a bottle 10 adapted to be closed by a closure 11 consisting of a cap 12, preferably formed of metal and adapted to carry a disk 13 of cork or the like, with the edges of the cap 12 pressed downwardly around the disk in order to rigidly hold the disk on the cap. lfhe cap 12 lies within a clamping member 14 consisting of a body 15, preferably of spring-like metal, having a central depression 16 and from which a series of gripping members 17 radiate and at their free ends are turned inwardly, as shown.

A locining ring 18 encircles the bottle it) as shown, and in the use of mydevice, after the bottle has been filled with the desired fluid, the clamping member 14 carrying the cap 12 therein is placed upon the upper end of the bottle and a pressure applied thereto, thus forcing the gripping members 17 outwardly and over the locking ring 18 so that when the pressure is released the inwardly turned ends of the gripping members will lie beneath the locking ring and engage the same, thus holding the clamping member rigidly in position on the bottle and rigidly clamping the cap 12 in position to close the bottle. Now when it is desired to open the bottle, it is only necessary to place the thumb or the palm of the hand upon the part of the clamping member 14 having the depression 16 therein and the resultant downward pressure will cause the free ends of the gripping member 17 to spring outwardly and awayfrom the locking ring,

thus permitting the removal. of the clamping member and cap carried thereby.

From the foregoing description it will be ,apparent that my device is of a simple and durable construction, can be cheaply manufactured and can be readily applied to hot ties in the same manner as the ordinary cap is now applied by means of the usual capping machines. -l[t will be particularly noted that there is no need of employing any tools in connection with the removal of my closure fronra bottle and that the only way in which the closure can be removed from the bottle is by a vertical pressure against the central or depressed portion of the clamping member. v

A bottle fitted with a cap such as I have described can be readily shipped from one place to another without any danger of accidental displacement of the closure, and, if desirable, the closure described can be used over again and also applied to bottles in which the upper ends of the necks are of slightly difierent sizes or shapes.

Having thus describedmy invention, 1

claim:

In a bottle closure, the combination with a locking ring encircling the neck of the bot- Q Patented Mar. a, rare.

the bottle and have their free ends grip the with the disk encircled by the cap and havunder side of the locking ring whereby to ing the cap lying flat against its upper face. 10 hold the clamping member rigidly on the In testimony whereof I aifix my signabottle, a cap lying between the clamping ture in presence of two witnesses.

member and the opening to the bottle and v GEORGE T. PARR. encircled by the clamping member, and a, Witnesses: disk closing the opening to the bottle and JAMES TRACY,

interposed between the opening and the cap, D. ONmn

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