US749423A - Closure - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

E. E. CHAPMAN.

CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5. 1902. RENEWED SEPT. 4, 1903.

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Patented January 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J EARLE E. CHAPMAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD BOTTLE CLOSURE COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFOR- NIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,423, dated January 12, 1904. Application filed August 5, 1902. Renewed September 4, 1903. Serial No. 171,928. (No model.)

closure which will not be expensive in con:

struction and which will be efficient for the purpose designed.

Another object of the invention is to produce a closure constructed to be secured in position by being forced upon the vessel and to be removed therefrom by being rotated thereon, so as to break off portions of the closure without injuring the vessel.

It is also an object of the invention to provide an engaging device constructed to be removably secured in connection with the neck of the vessel, so as to be renewed when injured by the opening of the vessel.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as more fully described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a vesselto which one form of the invention is shown as applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view before the closure is inserted. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cap or cover. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the cap or cover. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the neck of the 4 vessel. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified construction. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the vessel-neck before the cap or cover is inserted. Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional and plan views, respectively, of a modified form of the cap or cover shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Fig. 10 is a top plan View of the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 before the cap or cover 1s inserted.

Fig. 11 is a sectional Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 5 thereof, the reference character 1 designates a portion of a vessel, any form of construction whereof may be used, as it will be understood that this invention is in no manner limited to use with a predetermined kind of vessel. Upon the exterior of the neck of the vessel are guide-lugs 2, while the interior thereof is constructed with an annular channel or recess 3 for the reception of the ears or extensions 1 of the retaining-ring 5, carrying internal spring-fingers or engaging projections 6, preferably constructed so that the weakest part thereof is at the point of connection with said ring or band 5 in order that the fingers may be readily broken off by the rotation of the cap or cover thereon, as will be readily understood. A cap or cover 7 may be provided with an annular flange 8, terminating in an inwardly-directing annular rim 9, notched or recessed at 10 to pass over the guide-lugs 2 upon the exterior of the vessel-neck when the cap or cover is forced thereupon. Depending from the central interior portion of the cap or cover is a stud or projection 11, terminating in an'enlargement or head 12, carrying lugs or shoulders 13, constructed to engage and break off the fingers or projections 6 upon the engaging ring or device when the cap or cover is rotated upon the neck of the vessel. If found desirable in practice, a plug or stopper 13 may be forced into the vessel beneath the engaging ring 5, substantially as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The operation of the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 is substantially as follows, to wit: The stopper 13 is introduced into the vessel after the same has been filled, and the engaging ring 5 is then forced within the neck of the vessel until the extensions 4: engage the annular recess or the separate recesses 3 in the vessel-neck, whereupon the cap or cover 7 is forced down upon the neck of the vessel, and the expansible and breakable fingers or projections 6 pass above and engage the head 12 and are broken off against the shoulders 13 upon the head 12 by the rotation of the latter, as will be readily understood, whereupon the cap or cover will be further rotated until the guide-lugs 2 coincide with the notches in the rim 9 of the cap or cover, when the latter can be withdrawn and the broken fingers removed, together with the ring 5, after which the plug or stopper can be taken out in the usual manner.

In Figs. 6 to 10 there is illustrated a substantially similar construction with the exception that the engaging ring or device 14 is secured upon the outside of the neck 1 of the vessel and is provided with expansible and breakable fingers 6, which are engaged and broken off by the lugs 15 upon the interior of the flange 8 of the cap or cover 7, Fig. 8, the latter being forced down thereover untilthe rim 9 passes beneath the fingers or projections 6, Fig. 6, whereupon the cap or cover cannot be removed except by being rotated until the lugs 15 engage and break off the fingers or projections 6, substantially as before explained.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 6 to 10 of the drawings a stopper or plug 16 is preferably employed to close the orifice of the vessel and to form a tight connection between the latter and the closure.

Figs. 11 to 15, inclusive, illustrate the vessel 1 having the neck thereof constructed with an annular recess 17 and with notches 18, communicating therewith, and upon the interior of the vessel are preferably formed extensions or ribs 19 to prevent the introduction of the cork or stopper into the neck of the vessel. An engaging ring or band 20 is constructed to be secured within the annular recess or channel 17 upon the outside of the vessel-neck, as shown in Fig. 11, and said band is preferably provided with lateral extensions 21, terminating in breakable depending fingers or projections 6, Figs. 11, 1 1, and 15 of the drawings.-

A cap or cover 7 is preferably provided with a depending annular flange 8, terminating in an inturned rim 9, constructed to be forced down upon and to inclose the upper portion of a neck of a vessel, Fig. 11, and the cap or cover 7 is preferably provided with a depending central projection 11, carrying a head 12, having lugs or ribs 13 to engage and break off the breakable fingers or projections 6 upon the band 20, when the cap or cover 7 is twisted or rotated upon the neck of the vessel, substantially as before explained. If found desirable in practice, a disk or packing or cork 22 may be placed upon the orifice of the vessel-neck, and the head 12 of the cap or cover 7 may be forced down thereupon to constitute a tight connection between the parts.

In Figs. 16 to 18, inclusive, the reference character 1 designates the neck of the vessel provided with guiding lugs or projections 2 upon the outside thereof, and with internal ribs 19 to prevent the introduction of the stopper. A cap or cover 7 may be provided with a flange 8, having the extremity thereof deflected laterally to form a rim 9, which may be cut away to form notches or recesses 10 to receive the guiding-lugs 2 upon the vesselneck; and a ring of cork or packing 23 may be secured beneath the cap or cover to form a tight connection between the same and the neck of the vessel. The cap or cover 7 may be provided with a depending projection 24, cut away intermediately, as at 25, so as to break at that point, and a head 12 may be formed on or connected with said projection and may be provided with ribs 13 to engage the depending fingers or projections 26 upon an engaging band or collar 27, secured in an internal recess 28 in the vessel-neck, substarr tially as shown in Fig. 16 of the drawings. In this construction the operation is substantially similar to that before described in connection with the preceding figures, except that in this instance the proj cation 24. is brokenv oif instead of the fingers on the ring or band.

I claim 1. The combination with a vessel provided with a neck having engaging portions remor ably connected therewith of a closure having ribs or lugs to engage said portions when forced therebelow, said closure being constructed to be removed by rotation upon the neck of the vessel to sever a portion of the engaging parts.

2. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging ring or band in said recess and a closure constructed to be forced below said band to close the vesseland to be rotated thereover to open the vessel by severing a portion of the engaging parts.

3. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging ring or band in said recess having breakable engaging fingers and a cap or cover constructed to be forced below the latter to close the vessel and to be rotated to break off said fingers.

4. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging ring or band in said recess, a cap or cover constructed to be forced below said band to close the vessel and 30 be rotated thereupon'to open the vessel by severing a portion of the engaging parts and ribs or extensions upon the vessel to prevent the introduction of the stopper.

5. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging ring or band in duction'of a stopper.

7 The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging band in said recess having breakable projections, a cap or cover having a depending projection carrying a head having ribs to engage and break off said projections when the cap or cover is rotated on the neck of the vessel.

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

EARLE E. CHAPMAV. Witnesses:

G. W. HOLLISTER, L. B. ALDERETE.

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