Improvements in Stoppering and Sealing Bottles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering and Sealing Bottles.
1, CHAUNCEY CICERO BROWN, residing at 130 Hewitt Avenue West
Marquette, in the County of Marquette, and State of Michigan, United States
of America Bookkeeper, 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 object of my invention is to provide a bottle-neck and cap, with spring
sealer, which cannot be removed without the mutilation of the bottle neck.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing
in which,-
Fig. 1 is a view of the bottle-neck with vertical sectional view of the bottle-cap
and sealer in place.
Fig. 2 is a view of the bottle-neck with cap and sealer in place and both turned
at right angles from the position shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a view of the bottle-neck.
Fig. 4 is a view of the bottle-cap with springs before adjusted to the bottle for
use as shown in Fig. 1.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A is a bottle-neck of glass, or other suitable material, provided with a shoulder
or series of shoulders bb, arranged in an inverted conical order, in which there are
recesses f.f., and with knobs or projections d. d., connected by tapering necks e. e.,
which knobs or projections d. d., are placed at right angles with recesses f. f. in
shoulder or series of shoulders b. b., and also with a shoulder G.
B is a bottle-cap made of steel, or other metallic substance, provided with
recesses or slits c. c., and springs A. A. which are formed by bending inwardly the
steel, or other metallic substance, cut away to form the recesses or slits cc, or by
attaching separate pieces.
C is a pad of cork, or other substance, used for making a perfectly tight
connection between the top of the bottle-neck A and the inside of the top of
bottle-cap B.
The several parts described above are used in connection with each other as
follows:-
The pad C is placed within and at the top of bottle-cap B; bottle-cap B is then
placed over the top of bottle-neck A in such a manner that the recesses c. c., in the
bottle-cap B engage with the tapering necks e. e., of knobs or projections d. d.,
the lower edge of the bottle-cap B coming in conjunction with the shoulder G of
the bottle-neck A. As the bottle-cap B is placed over the bottle neck A the
springs A, A, of the bottle cap B recede in passing the shoulder or series of
shoulders b. b., of the bottle neck A, and when passed the springs A. A., of the
bottle-cap B engage with the shoulder or series of shoulders b. b., of bottle-neck A
in such a manner as to automatically lock the bottle-cap B to the bottle-neck A.
In order to remove bottle-cap B from bottle-neck A, it is necessary to break the
necks e. e., of the knobs or projections d. d., to permit turning the bottle-cap B
around sufficiently to allow the springs A. A. of the bottle-cap B to pass
through the recesses ff in the shoulder or series of shoulders b b of the bottle-
neck A.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is :-
1. In a bottle-neck, cap and spring sealer; the combination of a cylindrical
vessel A provided with shoulder G, necks e e, and knobs d d, and shoulders bb,
with recesses ff, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a bottle-neck, cap and spring sealer, the combination of a cylindrical
cover B, provided with slits c c and springs a a, all substantially as shown and
.described.
3. In a bottle-neck, cap and spring sealer; the combination of a cylindrical
vessel A, provided with shoulder G, necks e e, and knobs d d, and shoulders bb
with recesses ff, in connection with cylindrical vessel cover B, provided with
slits cc and springs a. a, in connection with pad C, all substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 24th day of February 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.