A New and Improved Bottle-closure.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
A New and Improved Bottle-closure.
We, PEDER KNUDSEN MANNES, Manufacturer, of West Duluth, in the County
of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, and PETER MARSHALL of Chicago Beach Hotel
Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, U.S.A., do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The purpose of this Invention is to provide a superior bottle closure which will
prevent using the bottle a second time without displaying evidence of the
repetition.
This specification is the disclosure of several specific forms of our Invention,
while the claims define the actual scope of the conception.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of the invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the form of the invention shown in Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the closure-plate.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modification.
Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a plan view.
Figure 8 is a bottom plan of the closure-plate, and
Figure 9 is a top plan of a third modification.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, the mouth a of the bottle is provided with
an opening b, running through one wall of the mouth and leading to a curved
Sliding
groove c, running around the inner surfaces of the walls of the mouth a.
through the opening band with its edges movable into the slot c is a closure-
plate d, having a projection d', adapted to lie in and close the opening b, so that
the mouth of the bottle will have an unbroken contiguity when the plate d is in
position. The plate d closes the mouth of the bottle and is adapted to lie just
above the usual cork. The bottom of the plate d is provided with two triangular
recesses d, respectively receiving the ends of a spring plate e, the middle of
which is securely seated within a groove du, formed in the bottom of the plate d
and connecting the recesses d. The ends of the plate e project beyond the sides
of the plate and are adapted to respectively engage shoulders formed by the
front walls of the recesses a¹ in the inner walls of the mouth a of the bottle. In
placing the plate d in position the plate is moved through the opening b so that
The free ends of the spring-
the edges of the plate will fit into the groove c.
plate e will press into the recesses a¹ and lock therewith. It is now impossible
to remove the plate d without fracturing the neck of the bottle at the points
where the recesses a¹ are located. For indicating the position of these recesses,
the bottle may be provided with marks or scratches, so that upon striking these
parts the free ends of the plate e may move out with the plate d.
The form of our invention shown in Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8 consists in providing
the neck of the bottle with a projecting lug f, located just below the opening b

page_text: therein. The lug f has a recess f¹, which receives the free front end of a spring
tongue g, carried by a plate h, which performs the same functions as are
performed by the plate d previously described. The lower wall or bottom of the
opening is provided with an upwardly and inwardly inclined surface against the
outer side of which the overhanging front edge of the plate h projects, to
prevent an instrument from being inserted between the parts a and h to
fraudulently lift the spring g. The plate h has its edges movable into the slot c
of the mouth of the bottle, as before described with reference to the plate d.
The cap his removed by striking the lug f a blow to fracture the lug, whereupon
the plate will be free to slide through the opening b.
Figure 9 illustrates a modification in the form of the plate. This modified form
of plate is adapted to be used in connection with the bottle-neck constructed as
in Figures 1 and 2. Instead of setting the spring-arm e in recesses, such as du
the plate is provided with a curved spring-strip /, secured to the rear edge of the
plate and at the middle of the strip 7 by a screw 7. (Indicated by dotted lines
in Figure 9.) The ends of the strip are free and are movable in and out of
recesses k¹, formed in the side edges of the plate k. The plate k is moved like the
plate & through the opening b and into the groove c. The free ends of the strip
move past the front walls of the recesses a¹ and engage therewith to hold the plate
immovably in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A bottle having an opening in one wall of the mouth thereof, and having
grooves formed in its interior walls, the grooves communicating with the opening,
a closure plate capable of extending through the opening and having its edges
fitted within the groove of the mouth, the closure-plate having two recesses in
its lower face, the recesses being in communication with each other by a groove,
and a spring fitted within the groove and having its free ends respectively movable
within the recesses so that the free ends of the spring may engage with the walls
of the mouth of the bottle.
2. A bottle, the mouth of which has an opening running through the top edge
of the mouth, the mouth also having an interior groove running horizontally
around the mouth and communicating with the opening, a closure-plate slidable
through the opening and capable of having its edges held by the groove in the
mouth of the bottle, the plate having an upwardly-extending portion at one edge,
such portion serving to fill the opening in the mouth of the bottle, and a spring-
pressed member carried by the closure plate and engaging with an interior
portion of the mouth of the bottle, whereby to hold the closure-plate in position
during the integrity of that portion of the mouth of the bottle which is engaged
by said spring-pressed member.
3. A bottle having an opening in the mouth thereof, and having interior
grooves communicating with the opening, a closure-plate slidable through the
opening in the mouth of the bottle and having its edges capable of extending
within the groove, and a spring-pressed member carried by the closure-plate and
engaging an interior portion of the mouth of the bottle whereby to hold the
closure-plate in place during the integrity of that part of the mouth of the bottle
which is engaged by said spring-pressed member.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Patent Agents.