Improvements in Bottles and other similar Receptacles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and other similar Receptacles.
I JOHN HENRY GREEN, Minister of Gospel, residing at 329 Keorsorge, of
Laurium, in the County of Houghton and State of Michigan, 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:-
This invention relates to an improvement in bottles and other similar receptacles,
and has for its object to provide a device by means of which the mouth of the
bottle is closed and access thereto rendered impossible until a covering or cap is
broken. The employment of the device also serves to render the bottle distinctive
and is therefore a guarantee of the genuineness of its original contents. The
device is also cheaply manufactured, and is simple and sure in operation.
The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the
annexed claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:
Fig. 1 is an elevated view, the upper part in section, of a bottle having the
device attached to the neck thereof.
Fig. 2 is a detail view of the mechanism by which the cap is secured to the neck
of the bottle; and
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the cap.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a bottle with an extended neck A,
the said neck being provided with an annular recess a of even depth terminating
at its upper and lower extremities in square shoulders c and c¹.
There is also provided a tubular cap B, made of glass which cap B, is closed at
its upper end and adapted to fit snugly over the neck of the bottle, and which is
provided on its inner surface with an annular groove a', preferably of angular
formation. Fitting into the annular recess a, above described and closely
encircling the neck of the bottle is a resilient metal collar b, provided with a
vertical slit 61, through its entire surface and also provided with flaring tongues e
integrally formed by parallel vertical slits in the lower half thereof and the
alternate portions between said slits bent outwardly, the flare of the said tongues e,
being maintained by the resilient nature of the metal of which the collar is
composed.
In the operation of the device, the collar b, having been placed in position
encircling the neck of the bottle and within the annular recess a, between the
upper and lower shoulders c and c', respectively, the cap B, is then pressed
downwards over the neck of the bottle until the flaring tongues e, engage with
the annular groove a', in the cap B, which engagement is simultaneous with the
meeting of the upper edge or lip of the neck of the bottle and the inner horizontal
surface of the cap B. The parts being thus secured, the cap B, cannot be removed
unless broken purposely or in attempting to force it off.
The ordinary cork stopper d, may of course be provided as independent of my
device, or if preferred a cork or rubber disc may be sealed in the upper interior
surface of cap B, and the separate cork thereby rendered unnecessary. When it
is desired to open the bottle, the cap B, is struck at a point directly over the
groove a', and the glass being very thin at that point, the cap may be broken
without endangering the neck of the bottle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bottle having a neck upon which is an annular grooved recess and a
resilient metal collar with resilient flaring tongues formed integrally therein; and
a cap fitting over the neck of said bottle having in its inner surface an annular
groove adapted to engage with the flaring tongues of said collar and hold the parts
in permanent engagement, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination in a bottle of a tubular cap with inner annular groove and a
resilient collar with resilient flaring tongues integrally formed therein, the said
collar adapted to be held within a grooved recess in the neck of the bottle, and
the flaring tongues to engage with the annular groove in the cap when same
is pushed downwardly over the neck of the bottle, substantially as shown and
described.
3. The combination in a cap for the neck of a bottle comprising a neck with
grooved annular recess, a resilient collar with resilient flaring tongues; and a
tubular cap with an inner annular groove adapted to engage with said flaring
tongues, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of June 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.