US1739393A - Bottle stopper - Google Patents

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R. H. HARMON BOTTLE STOPPER Dec. 10, 1929.

Filed June 29. 1927 fusil,

INVENTOR HH. Harmon ATTO RNEY Patented Dec. l0, 1929 UNITED'v STATES ROBERT H. HARMON, OF .SAXTONS RIVER, VERMONT BOTTLE STOPPER Application led June 29,

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in bottle stoppers, it being an object thereof to provide an improved closure for bottles so constructed as to renderit impossible to refill a bottle equipped therewith.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a stopper of the above-mentioned character which is readily manipulated when it is desired to discharge the contents of a in bottle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a stopper which may be readily manufactured, simple in its assembly, and of few moving parts.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of thc following description.

In the accompanying drawings formingA a part of this specification and in which like 2o numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle in which my improved stopper is embodied, the stopper being closed,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof,

Figure 3 is a sectional View of the bottle in the inverted position, thestopper having been opened thus permitting the discharge of the bottle contents,

Figure 4; is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the stopper operating means,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the stopper body,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the stopper retaining means, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the valve.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred form of my invention, the numeral 1 designates generally a bottle of any conventional form as used for liquors, having a relatively short neck 2. A stopper 3 constituting the main body, is preferably formed of cork, and is provided with a bore 4 adapted to receive a tube 5. The tube 5 is of such length as to extend beyond one end of the main cork body 5o a suitable distance. The lower portion of the 19277.. serial No. 202,332.

tube is flared, as at 6, thus providing a stopper Y seat as presently appears.

The cork 3 is provided with slots 7 extending the full length of the cork, said slots tapering from one end of the cork inwardly t0- ward the opposite end. The uppermost part of the cork is provided with a reduced portion 3, thus forming a shoulder 9 (see Fig. 6). A retaining yoke, generally indicated by the numeral 10, has an opening 11 and downwardly extending leg elements 12, the lower portions being bent outwardly t0 form retaining tongues 13.

The yoke 10 is positioned upon the cork so that the tube 5 passes through the opening 11 and the leg elements resting within the slots 7 The yoke is formed from resilient sheet metal so that when positioned within the neck of a bottle the leg elements l2 will be caused to spring outwardly away from the cork positioning the tongues 13 below the base of the interior of the neck 2. Vith the parts in such position the stopper can not be removed.

A cap 14- in the form of an inverted cup is provided, said cup being of such size as to provide a well 15, discharge apertures 16 being formed at suitable points. The lower portion of the cap is cylindrical and of a dameter to be forcibly engaged around the reduced portion of the cork 3 and being flush with the outer circumference 0f the stopper. Immediately above the ldischarge well 15 there is a reduction 25 in which the foregoing discharge apertures 16 are located and which provides a chamber in which a valve, presently alluded to, is operated as can be seen by a comparison of Figs. 2 and 3. A further reduction in the formation of the cap 14 provides a cylindrical tube 17. Y

This tube 17 is interiorly threaded as at 18. An operating cap 19 having a threaded stud 2O is formed with a reduced integral operating stem 21 of a length to extend entirely through the stopper 3. A closure valve 22 is slidably arranged upon the stem 21 and is adapted to normally rest upon the adjacent end of the tube 5 thus effectively closing said tube to the ingress of liquidshould an attempt be made to refill a bottle equipped with the stopper. Y

Mounted upon the lower portion of the stem 21 is a decanting stopper 23 adapted to bc drawn into engagement with the stopper seat 6 mentioned above. When held in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, the tube 5 is closed against the passage of liquor in either direction. A rigidly secured washer 2 4 may be employed as a retaining means for the decanting stopper.

It should be noted that the length of the stein between the decanting stopper 23 and the stud 2O is less than the distance from theV seats ed position of the decanting stopper to the threaded part of the tube 17, thus preventing displacement of the cap 14.

After a bottle has been filled withV liquor a stopper with its elements in their closed positions is inserted within t-he neck 2 of the bottle and forced downwardly until the leg elements of the yoke 10 reach a point where the tongues 13 engage the base of the neck. thus preventing withdrawal of the stopper. It will be seen that with the stopper in its closed position, the closure cap valve 22 rests snugly upon the upper end of the tube 5 and the deeanting stopper snugly drawn upwardly into the flared end of the tube 5.

Then it is desired to remove the contents ot the bottle, the operating cap 19 is rotated causing engagement ot the threaded stud 2O with the interiorly threaded tube 17, thus moving the stem 21 downwardly and since the stem carries the decanting stopper 23, this stopper is consequently caused to move downwardly away from its seat within the tube 5.

Thus upon inverting the bottle liquor will flow through the tube 5 unseating the closure cap valve 22 and enter the well 15, and then seek egress through the various discharge openings 1G. To effect a closure of the stopper it is only necessary to place the bottle in an upright position, permitting the valve 22 to slide by gravity to its position upon the tube 5. The operating cap is now rotated in a direction opposite tothat used when opening the stopper, causing ther stopper 23 to be drawn into its seat within the tube.

The decanting stopper 23 is preferably termed of cork, although it may be found practical to employ other materials of a re silient character, whereby an effective closure is made.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departingv from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claims. i

I claim:

l. A stopper of the character described comprising' a main stopper having a tube Y itted therein, a cap upon the main stopper',

said cap having discharge openings, the upper portion of said cap terminating in an interiorly threaded tube, a threaded stud coacting with said threaded tube, said stud being provided with a stem extended through said irst named tube, a cap valve slidably mounted on said stein adjacent to one end of the tube, and a decanting stopper upon the stem adjacent to the opposite end of said tube.

2. A stopper for no`n-refillable bottles comprising a main insertable elastic stopper, f1tting within a bottle neck and including a withdrawal preventing device, a guard cap upon said main stopper having an encircling slee-ve around the main stopper, said sleeve adapted to fit snugly within and against the end of a bottle mouth, a decanting stopper within lsaid main stopper, and operating means associated with said guard cap and said decanting stopper for manipulating the decanting stopper.

8. A stopper for non-.rellable bottles com.- prising a main insertable elastic stopper litting within a bottle neck and including a withdrawal preventing device, a tube fitted in said stopper, a cap upon said stopper, said cap having discharge openings, the upper portion of said cap terminating in an interiorly threaded tube, a threaded stud coacting with said threaded tube, said stud being provided with a stem extended through said -irst named tube, a cap valve slidably mounted on said stem adjacent to one end of said tube, and a decanting stopper upon the stem adjacent to the opposite end of said tube, the lengthof the stem between the decanting stopper and said stud being less than the distance from seated position oi the decanting stopper to the extremity of the threaded part of the tube.

` ROBERT H. HARMON.

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