US644026A - Measuring bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

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No. 644,026. Patented Feb. 20, I906.

w.-n. WORTHEN.

MEASURING BOTTLE STUPPER.

(Application filed Jan. 8, 1899.]

(I10 Hodel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. WORTHEN, OF BIG STONE CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

M EASURING BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,026, dated February 20, 1900.

Application filed January 3, 1899. $eria1No. 700,877. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. WoRTHEN, of Big Stone City, in the county of Grant and State of South Dakota, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is to enable persons Without the use of a spoon or other similar gage or implement to accurately measure liquids from a bottle or other vessel or receptacle in which a stopper is used without danger of losing any of the contents by spilling or otherwise, using for that purpose a hollow stopper in whichthe required quantity of the liquid can be poured. The liquid when thus measured in the stopper can be administered to the patient or otherwise used without the use of a spoon by simply inserting the lower or shank end of the stopper into the mouth and allowing the contents to escape.

The stoppers are so formed that when in the bottle the entire contents of the stopper will drain back into the bottle.

In this invention is comprised abottle-stopper formed of a hollow chamber, having a shank projecting therefrom and fitting the neck of the bottle, and with a conduit leading through the shank into the. chamber, and with a dam or shield over the open end of the conduit within the chamber, whereby means are provided for extracting a portion of the contents of the bottle and retaining it in the stopper.

In this invention is also comprised a bottlestopper formed of a hollow chamber, having a shank projecting therefrom and 'fitting the neck of the bottle, and with two or more conduits leading through the shank into the chamber.

In this invention is also comprised a bottlestopper formed of a hollow chamber, having a shank projecting therefrom and fitting the neck of the bottle, and with two or more conduits leading through the shank into the chamber, one of the conduits being larger than the other to accelerate the action.

In this invention is also comprised a bottlestopper formed of a hollow chamber, having a shank projecting therefrom, and with one or more conduits leading through the shank into the chamber, and with a sleeve of cork or other suitable material inclosin g said shank and adapted to fit the neck of the bottle, all as hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

For the purpose of illustration I have shown the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a bottle with one of my improved stoppers in place therein, the bottle being shown tilted to allow a portion of the contents to run into the chamber in the stopper. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the bottle shown in the position of being returned to its upright position and with the hollow stopper retaining a portion of the liquid. Fig. 3 is aview of one of the stoppers removed. Fig l is a plan view of the stopper from the inner or shank end. Figs. 5, 6, and '7 are sectional views of stoppers, illustrating modifications in the construction.

The stopper is formed of a closed hollow chamber A, having a shank A projecting therefrom and adapted to fit into the neck B of the bottle 13* or other vessel and form the closure thereto, as shown. The shank A may be fitted to the interior of the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, or a sleeve D, of cork or other suitable material, may be employed to surround the shank and form a packing to secure the requisite liquid and air tight joint, as well as to provide for the adaptation of one-sized stopper to several sizes of bottles by using different sizes of sleeves, as hereinafter. shown. The combined chamber and shank A A are preferably formed of transparent glass, and the shank will be provided with a conduit d, connecting the chamber with the interior of the bottle.

In Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 6 a secondary conduit (1 is formed through the shank parallel to the conduit (1, the secondary conduit being of smaller diameter than the main conduit, while in Fig. 7 a secondary conduit d is shown of the same diameter as the main conduit (1. The secondary conduits form means for the escape of the air from the chamber in the stopper into the body of the bottle when the stopper is being used, as hereinafter explained.

A curved dam E may be employed within the chamber A, arranged to cover the open ends of the conduits d 61 d as shown, to hold back the liquid and assist the action of filling the stopper.

The shank A as before stated, may be surrounded by a sleeve of cork or other suitable material to form a packing, so that the stoppers may be constructed of one uniform size and the sizes of the sleeves varied to fit the different sizes of bottles.

In using the device the bottle is tilted with the open end e of the dam E downward, as shown in Fig. 1, until the requisite quantity of the liquid has run into the chamber A, when the bottle will be turned one-half over and tilted up, as shown in Fig. 2, when the liquid which has run into the chamber will remain therein and will not run out again when the bottle is righted. This forms a very convenient means for extracting a portion of the contents of the bottle and placing it in a convenient position to be administered to a patient either by himself or by another person and without the necessity of providing a spoon or other medium for conveying the liquid. It provides a cleanly and convenient method of extracting and ad ministering doses of medicines without danger of mixing different kinds of medicines or infecting one patient with the diseases of another by using one spoon for different patients. It will also be found very convenient for use while traveling or when it is desired to extract a portion of the contents of the bottle in localities where it is not convenient to use a spoon and where accuracy of measurement is required.

If the liquid in the bottle is thin or flows readily, the form of construction shown in Fig. 5 will be found advantageous, as the large conduit cl alone will provide for the vent or the escape of the air from the chamber along the top of the conduit, while the liquid flows out through the bottom in the oppo site direction, the dam in that construction insuring a greater quantity being retained in the chamber than could be retained Without the dam.

When the liquid is thick or turbid, as it generally is in medical compounds, the form of conduit shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 6 or 7 will be employed, the secondary conduit cl or (i forming a vent for the escape of the air from the chamber to the bottle, and thus insuring the free flow of the liquid into the chamber, no matter how thick it may be.

In Fig. 7 the conduits are of the same size, which may be the preferable construction under some circumstances.

The dam E is a very important feature of my invention, as it insures the retention of a greater quantity of the liquid in the stopper without increasing its size than could be done if the dam were not employed.

The bulb forming the chamber A will be provided with graduations, as shown in Fig; 3, to serve as a guide to denote the quantity of liquid which flows into the chamber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture a bottle stopper consisting of a closed chamber having a shank adapted to fit into and form the closure to the neck of the bottle and with two or more cond uits through said shank and leading into said closed chamber and with a dam covering the open ends of said conduits within said closed chamber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture a bottlestopper consisting of a closed chamber having a shank adapted to fit into and form the closure to the neck of the bottle and with two or more conduits through said shank and of unequaldiameters and leadingintosaid closed chamber,and a dam covering the open ends I of said conduits within said closed chamber and open on the side next the larger of said conduits, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a bottlestopper consisting of a closed chamber havin g a shank projecting therefrom and adapted to fit into and form the closure to the bottle and with a conduit through said shank and leading into said closed chamber and with a dam covering the open end of said conduit within said chamber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM D. IVORTHEN.

In presence of MORTON BARRoWs, C. N. WooDWARD.

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