US1949400A - Bottle pouring device - Google Patents

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March 6, 1934. E, F LE 1,949,400

BOTTLE POURING DEVICE Filed Au 24, 1955 147' TOR/V575.

Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 24, 1933, Serial No. 686,599 In Great Britain July 2'7, 1932 4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved pouring device for bottled sauces and the like. Several varieties of sauces, for example, that are on the market at the present day are of a more or less 5' viscuous nature with the result that when a portion of the contents of the bottle are poured out for consumption a few drops are apt to cling to the neck of the bottle and to be deposited thereon. Such deposit is objectionable and insanitary and oiiends the eye of the consumer particularly in the case of proprietary brands that are frequently passed from one table to another in restaurants and tea rooms. Bottles containing syrup and medicines, such as cough mixtures, are also subject to the same objection and the object of the present invention is to obviate this disadvantage by the provision of a device that may be readily attached to the neck of the bottle and by easy manipulation allows the free flow of the contents therefrom without possibility of deposit so that the bottle is always kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

With this object a pouring device constructed according to this invention comprises an outer tube adapted to be fixed to the neck of a bottle, an inner tube or pourer normally depending into the bottle neck and a lid covering the outer tube and adapted to be raised by an operating lever that is connected to the pourer whereby the act of opening the lid advances the pourer and enables the contents of the bottle to be poured freely therefrom.

' The lid is normally maintained in its closed position by the action of a spring so that on release of the operating lever it closes, forming an airtight closure to the bottle, and in the act of closing returns the pourer to its normal position whereby, as will be hereinafter explained, any deposted contents are removed and pass back i0 through the pourer into the bottle.

But in order that the nature of the invention may be more clearly understood reference may now be made to the accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters relate to like parts in both the figures:

Figure 1 showing a perspective view of the device in actual operation, and

Figure 2 a sectional elevation of the same to a larger scale.

As shown in the drawing the device comprises inner and outer concentric tubes, the outer tube a being formed with the depending curved spring figers 2) adapted to engage the neck of a bottle 0 and to be retained in position thereon by the clamping ring it adjustable by means of the screw e and barrel nut f. To the inner periphery of the upper end of the tube b is fixed a dished plate g with a central aperture h to receive the inner tube or pourer k the upper end m of which is bellmouthed as shown so that in its normal position depending into the bottle neck it beds on the shoulder 12 formed around the orifice h.

' A hemi-spherical lid 0 covering the outer tube a and with an operating lever 32 aifixed thereto is hinged by the bail q and hinge pin r to the tube a and is maintained in its closed position forming an air-tight closure to the bottles and shewn in full lines in Figure 2, by the coil spring 8 that encircles the pin 1", one end t of the spring s being fixed to the ring a whilst the other end it bears against the bail q. A cranked rod '0 convemently secured to the under surface of the lever 30 at w and x passes freely through a hole y in a lip a on the bell flange m of the pourer k and is provided with a loop a at its outer end.

The operation of the device described above will be readily understood on reference to Figure 1 of the drawing. The bottle is tipped as usual and then the lever p is depressed, an action which can be readily effected by the forefinger of the hand holding the bottle, thereby raising the lid 0' against the action of the spring 8. The raising of the lid 0 and the depression of the lever 10 through the connecting rod 1) advances the pourer tube It so that its mouth m is well in advance of the tube a and the contents of the bottle flow freely through the tube It.

When the desired quantity has been withdrawn the lever p is released whereby the lid 0 closes under the action of the spring s and returns the pourer k to its normal position and it will be clear that any content that may have deposited in the plate g will due to its'dish formation flow towards the aperture h from whence it will be removed by the return action of the pourer tube is and will pass back through the same into the bottle.

The device may be made of any suitable material such as metal or porcelain or even of a mouldable composition, and is preferably non-corrodible.

What I claim is:-

1. A pouring device for sauce bottles and the like comprising an outer tube formed with depending curved spring fingers adapted to engage the neck of a bottle, an adjustable clamping ring to retain said spring fingers in position, a dished plate fixed interiorly to the upper end of the outer tube and provided with a central aperture, an inner pourer tube slidably mounted in said aperture, a hemi-spherical lid covering the outer tube and movably supported thereby and. maintained in closed air-tight position by a spring, a lever for raising the lid and a rod connecting said lever to the pourer tube, substantially as described.

2. A pouring device for bottles and the like comprising an outer tube adapted to be fixed to the neck of a bottle, a pourer tube slidably disposed within said outer tube and normally supported thereby so as to depend into the bottle neck, a lid hinged to said outer tube and normally covering the same, a lever connected to said lid for raising the latter to open position, and an operative connection between said lever and the pourer tube for advancing the latter out of the bottle neck upon actuation of said lever to raise the lid.

3. A pouring device for bottles and the like comprising an outer tube adapted to be fixed to the neck of a bottle, a pourer tube slidably disposed within said outer tube and normally supported thereby so as to depend into the bottle neck, a lid hinged to said outer tube and nor mally covering the same, a lever connected to said lid for raising the latter to open position, and an operative connection between said lever and the pourer tube for moving the latter out of and into the bottle neck upon the opening and closing of the lid respectively, and spring means operative to close said lid upon release of said lever.

4. A pouring device for sauce bottles and the like comprising an outer tube formed with depending curved spring fingers adapted to engage the neck of a bottle, an adjustable clamping ring to retain said spring fingers in position, a dished plate fixed interiorly to the upper end of the outer tube and provided with a central aperture, an inner pourer tube slidably mounted in said aperture, a hemi-spherical lid covering the outer tube and movably supported thereby, a lever for raising the lid and a rod connecting said lever to the pourer tube.

ERNEST FREDERICK BAILEY.

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