US1324206A - Bottle-tap - Google Patents

Description

C. H. NICKELL.

BOTTLE TAP.

APPLICATION FILED API1.2.1919.

1,324,206.v v B91911161 Dea. 9,1919.

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C. H. NICKELL.

BOTTLE TAP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. IsIs.

1 ,$324,206. v Patented Deo. 9, 1919.

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r.. I `I M J' guna/nt@ 7mm/ED STATES PAEENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. NICKELJ, 0F MONTROSE, GOLORADO.

BOTTLE-TAP.

To `all whom z't may concern Be it known that I, CHARLESA H. NIGKELL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing 'at Montrose, in the county of Montrose and State of Colorado, have invented 'c'ertain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Taps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyino drawings.

This invention relates to devices for withdrawing liquids from bottles without the necessity of removing the cap or other closure from the bottle, and particularly to devices of that character wherein there is a tubular puncturing device which is forced through the bottle cap or cork without removing the cork or cap, the puncturing` device being provided with a tap or valve for controlling the discharge of liquid from the container.

The general object of my invention is to provide an improved tap particularl adapted for use with bottles containing e fervescent liquids, such as ginger ale, mineral water, cham agne, etc., including a clamp designed to e placed over the mouth of the bottle and engaged therewith, this clamp having the general form of a cap and being provided with a rubber or other gasket, and said cap and gasket being rovided with a central passage through w ich the tubular uncturing device may be inserted.

A furt er object is to provide a device of this character embodying a ca be placed over the mouth of t e bottle and the regular cap thereon, and having a plurality of segmental clamps swingingly connected to the false cap and having inwardly turned Hanges at their upper ends adapted to grip beneath a rbead or ange on Vthe bottle neck or mouth/and rovide means whereby these clamps/may e urged inward into clam ing engagement with the bottle.

Stil another. object is to provide a false cap with an interiorly disposed, centrally perforated, nubber gasket with clamping evers havingJshanks extending into the cap' through slots in the side wall of the cap, and provide a guide member slidingly mounted in the to of the false cap and engaged with the shanv s of the clamping members so that when the guiding member is forced downward, the an lar ends of the clamping members will e forced outward to permit the false cap to be placed upon the bottle top, so that when pressure is relieved, the

specification of Lettere Patent. Application iled April 2, 1919. Serial No. 286,899.

designed to y Patented Dec.` 9, 1919.

' rubber gasket, acting as a s ring, will force the uiding member upwar and thus urge the c amping members into engagement with the bottle.

l Other objects have to do with the details of construction and arrangement of parts, as will hereafter more fully appear.

My invention is illustrated in the accom-v Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the cap portion;

F1 8 is-a vertical sectional view of the tap s owing the outlet valve retracted; and

Fig.'9 is an under side plan view of the gasket. A In the accom anying drawings, l have illustrated two orms of my invention. 1n the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 there is a cap designated 10 which is adapted to fit over the top or mouth of a bottle and which is provided with the inwardly proecting annular flange l1 at' its upper end. his flange also projects slightly outward beyond the wall of the cap. Disposed between the top and bottom of my cap is an inwardly extending diaphragm 12 having a central opening 13 and mounted upon the cap at diametrically opposite portions thereof are the clamping jaws 14, each clam ing jaw. being arcuate in section, angularly ent at its lower edge, as at 15, and reduced in width toward its upper end to form a shank, the upper end of the shank being bent to form a hook 16 inserted through a erforation in the side wall of the cap. is osed to engage and wedgedown over the s anks of the jaws is a ring 17, and disposed within the cap between the bottom thereof and the web or diaphragm l12 is a gasket 18 of rubber, leather, com osition, or any other suitable material, this gasket having a central opening coinciding with the opening 13 and bein preferably recessed at its center, as at 19. t will be obvious that when this cap is plug 21 at its lower end, this ,plug being hollow, andhaving extending from it a perforating tube 22 formed at its lower end with apointed extremity and provided adjacent its lower end with lan inlet opening 23. Midway of the valve casing 20 there is provided the web 24 having a central opening formed to provide a valve seat, and coacting with this opening is a valve 25 having a stem 26 extending upward into the upper portion of the valve and acted upon by a lever l27 operatively engaged with the valve casing so that when, the exterior portioniofv the lever 27 is depressed, the stem 26 will [be depressed, opening the valve against the force of a spring 28. rllhe valve casing above the septum or web 21 is provided with the d1scharge nozzle 29.

It will be seen that the valve casing with its tulbular portion 22 constitutes a combined tap and perforator and yafter the cap 10 h-as been put in place upon the bottle, this pointed perforator 22 is forced downward through the central opening in the cap and f'rced through the metallic cap or closure ordinarily used on ginger ale, soda pop, and other bottles containing elfervescent liquids. So long as the valve 25 remains closed, and this valve is held to its seat not onlyby the spring 28 but rby the pressure of the gas within the lower portion of the valve casing, no liquid will -be discharged, but, of course, when the valve is open, the liquid will be discharged through the perforating tube 22 out through the discharge nozzle ormouth 29. By means of this device it is an easy matter to discharge only a portion of the contents of a bottle containing eifervescent liquids and retain the remainder of liquid within the. bottle without the gas escaping therefrom which, of course, is not the case where the cap of the Ibottle or other closure of the bottle is removed.

InFigs. 4 to 9 I 'show another and preferafble form of my device. In this construction, I'provide a cap 30 which is also made of metal, the cap being provided with a central opening 31. Adjacent the top of the cap, the cap is slitted Iat a plurality of -points for the reception of the upper angularly bent ends of the shanks 32 of clamps 33. Each of .these clamps is arcuate in format its lower end, and is angul-arly bent at its lower ed e, as at 34, to extend beneath the bead a o a bottle A. Disposed through the opening 31 is a relatively short, tubular member flanged at its lower end, as at 36, and preferably, though not necessarily, this flange is so formed as to loosely receive the inner ends of the Shanks 32 of the clam-ps. Thus when this memlber 35 is forced inward, it will tend to shift the lower ends of the clamps outward. When the member 35 is forced upward, it will tend to urge the lower ends of the clamps inward.

Disposed within the cap is a rubber or other elastic gasket 37 having preferably its under face ihollofwed out, as at 38, and having a relatively smaller opening 39 on its under face. In alinement with this opening 39 there is a relatively small opening 40 through which theliquid is discharged from the cap into the tubular member 35 and so into the tap. This gasket is put in place within the cap and normallybears'against the flanged, inner end of the tubular member 35 so that the elasticity of the gasket tends to push the tulbular member upward and tends to urge the clamping terminals of the clamps 33 inward. `lf, however, the member 35 is forced inward against the resiliency of the gasket,the lower ends of the clamp-s will be.

forced outward in the manner heretofore described.

'lhe tap and perforator comprises a valve caslng 41 and a tubular pointed perforator 42 which, in thisinstance, extends at right angles to the valve casing, this tubular perforator being provided with the inlet opening 43. The valve casing is tubular and has a relatively small nozzle 44 formed at its inner end to provide a valve seat 45 and the opposite end of the casing 41 is closed by a screw-threaded plug 46 through which passes a valve stem 47 carrying at its eXtremity a valve 48. e

While I do not wish to be limi-ted to this feature, yet preferably there will be a rubber sleeve 49 surrounding the valve stem, this sleeve bearing at one end against the valve 48 and at its opposite end being eX- panded to fit around the reduced inner end of the plug 46. Thisrubber sleeve, inasmuch as it fits around and over this reduced inner end of the plug 46, prevents gas from escaping around the stem at this point and also performs the further function of a spring acting rto urge the valve to a closed position. Upon the extremity of the valve stem is provided an operating lever 50 which, when its .outer vend is forced inward,

When it is desired `to use the device, the

perforator is withdrawn from the central i 'taining effervescent liquids.

-1 nausea olpening of the tubular portion 35 and then t e cap is disposed over the mouth of the bottle, the closure of the bottle, ofcourse, remaining in lace. As soon as pressure is relieved Ion t e'mernber 35, the resilience of the hollow gasket will act to urgethe clamps inward around the bottle neck and beneath the bead a and then the perforator is forced downward through the opening in the member and the sharp point of the perforator through the 'bottle cap, cork, or other closure. l1en`the liquid can be` withdrawn from time to. time as required without allowing-the escaping of an undue quantity of gas.

The practical nature of my invention ,will be understood by all who handle bottles con- Ginger ale, ginger pop, mineral waters, soda pop, etc., are often put up in bottles that hold six to ten lasses and contain gas underl a ressure o? from fifty to sixty pounds. ow when a dealer sells a single glass, he opens the bottle, draws off aV glassful therefrom, and then sets the bottle away, but even though he corks'the bottle up tightly, a very large quantity ofthe gas has escaped so that the pressure "is very greatly reduced, and even though he corks it up securely and tightly there will be a more or less constant escape of gas from the bottle sothat even where the bottle is immediately corked, the

last two or three lassesof the liquid are fiat and vapid.' With my device, the bottle stopper, seal, or closure is not removed, but -perforated by the perforator and the gas is prevented from escaping around the perforator by the gasket which has been clamped down tightly over the bottle closure, land which, being rubber, fits against the closure tightly and fits the perforator very snugly. The steel point of the perforator, which is preferably made in a separate piece inserted into the tubular perforator itself, which may be made of softer metal, may

Vbe driven in and through the metallic cap usually found on bottles of this character even by a tap of the hand or by driving the Itop of the perforator upward against, a counter. The contact of the top of the bottle with the washer creates an air tight connection and the liquid is then dramed 0H through the faucet or tap in an obvious manner. rlhe contents of the bottle having all been poured out or discharged, then the perforator and cap is removed and the clamps disengaged from the bottle, eitherby pulling upward on the ring 17 in Fig. l or by forcing' downward onl the central tubular member 35, as in Fig. 7.

While I have illustrated two forms of Imy invention which I believe to be particularly effective 'in practice, which may be cheaply made, and which, may be readily kept clean, yet it will be understood that Vengage beneath the bea `the constructions may be varied as regards being capable of embodiment in many different forms.

y I claim 1. A. device of the characterdescribed comprising a metallic cap ada ted to be disposed over the top of a bott e and havin a plurality of slots in its periphery exten ing parallel t0 the top of the cap, aplu-` ra ity of transversely arcuate clam ing members formed with Shanks angularly ent to extend through said .slots and havin rocking engagement with the wall thereo the free ens of the clam s being flanged to at the top of a bottle neck, means for urging the angular ends of theclamps inward, an annular, perforated gasket dis osed within the capl and adapted to lit agalnst the bottle top, and a I combined tap and perforator comprisinga valve casing, and a tubular perforator extending from the valve casing and communicating with the, interior thereof and having a lpointed, perforated extremity.

2. device of the character described comprising a cap adapted to be disposed over a bottle top and slotted at a lurality of points in its side wall, the top ogthe cap having a central opening, an annular asket disposed within the cap, a plurahty of clam ing members, each formed with a sha the shank being bent at its upper end and passing through one of said slots whereby `the clamping members are swing' ingly engaged with the oapfmeans whereby sald clamping members may be forced inward to engage the bead on the bottle neck, a combined tap and perforator comprising a valve casing, a pointed tube extending from the valve casing and adapted to be forced through the central opening in the cap and gasket and through a bottle top, the perforator having an inlet opening adjacent its extremity, and a valve controlling the discharge of liquid from the -valve casing.

3. A device of the character described comprising a cap adapted to fit over a bottle top and havlng a central opening in its top, a tubular member shiftably mounted in said opening, a plurality of bottle clamps swingingly mounted upon the cap and having portions operatively engaged by said tubular member whereby a movement of the vtubular member in one direction will shift engaging flange at its free end, an annular gasket disposed within the cap and bearing against the tubular member, a tap and perforator comprising a valve casing, a pointed tube extending t lerefrom and having an inlet opening, and a valve in the valve casing controlling discharge therefrom.

4. A device of the character described comprising a cap adapted to lit over a bottle top and having a central opening in its top` a tubular member vshiftably mounted in said opening, a plurality of bottle clam s eacli having a shank, the upper end of t 1e shank of each clamp beino angnlarly bent and inserted through a slot 1n the side Wall of the cap and then extending beneath the top of the cap, an elastic gasket disposed Within the cap and bearing against said Shanks and 'when under pressure forcing the shanks against the top of the cap and the free ends of the clamping members inward, a tap and perforator comprising a valve casing, and a tubular pointed member extending there from and having `an inlet opening and adapted t-o be inserted through the cap and gasket and through a bottle top.

5. A device of the character described .comprising a cap having a central opening in its top, a plurality of clamping members, each arcuate in cross-section, and having a ends of the shanks be1n mageos shank angularly bent, the cap being formed in its side wall with slots through which the shanks are inserted, the Shanks normally lying parallel to the top of the cap, the free angularly bent to engage beneath the bea of a bottle neck, a tubular member disposed through the opening of the cap and bearing against the Shanks, an elastic gasket disposed Within the cap and bearin against the opposite faces of the Shanks W ereby when the asket is compressed by engagement with the ottle top to force the shanks against the top of the cap and the flanged ends of the Shanks against a bottle, a combined ta and. perforator comprising a valve casing, a perforating tube having a pointed extremity formed with an inlet opening, the perforator being adapted to be forced through the tubular member on the cap, through the gasket, and through the bottle top.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES'H. NICKELL. Witnesses: y

JOHN L. S'rrvERs, ETHEL B. STIVERS.

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