GB2247005A - A bottle and a bottle mounting arrangement - Google Patents
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- GB2247005A GB2247005A GB9018112A GB9018112A GB2247005A GB 2247005 A GB2247005 A GB 2247005A GB 9018112 A GB9018112 A GB 9018112A GB 9018112 A GB9018112 A GB 9018112A GB 2247005 A GB2247005 A GB 2247005A
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- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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Abstract
A bottle mounting arrangement is disclosed in which a bottle is provided with vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion, forming part of a helix. The helix arrangement is arranged to screw into a bottle embracing structure forming part of a mounting bracket, said structure having a rib adapted to completely circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the bottle, the rib being helical and engaged between vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion of the bottle. In addition, the mounting bracket is formed with a hook formation, whereby it can be suspended from an upstanding part of a structure, such as the wall of a tank. The arrangement is particularly suitable for use as animal water supply bottles for use with tanks, rather than cages. Alternatively, the mounting arrangement has many other applications, such as the mounting of bottles of spirits in an inverted position behind a bar. <IMAGE>
Description
A bottle and a bottle mounting arrangement
In its first aspect, the invention relies to a bottle mounting arrangement, which is capable of use in a wide variety of situations wherein a bottle has to be mounted in an accessible position. For example, animal water supply bottles are frequently suspended on the outsides of cages, and the mounting arrangement provided by the first aspect of the invention could be,employed as a means of mounting an animal water supply bottle on a cage.
However, the mounting arrangement could be used to suspend an animal water supply bottle on the inside of a tank, where known animal water supply bottle mountings could not be used. Moreover, to take a totally different application, the mounting arrangement of the first aspect of the invention could be used to mount bottles of spirits or the like in an inverted position behind a bar.
According to the first aspect of the invention, a bottle mounting arrangement comprises a mounting bracket adapted for securing to or suspension from a support structure and a bottle; the mounting bracket having a bottle embracing structure which interengages with the bottle in a manner to hold the bottle suspended from the bracket, but which permits vertical adjustment of the bottle relatively to the bracket. In a preferred arrangement, the interengagement of the bottle embracing structure and the bottle provides an effective screw-and-nut mechanism for effecting the vertical adjustment of the bottle relatively to the bracket.Preferably the bottle has a substantially right cylindrical portion, having formations on its surface which provide a screw effect and which interengage with a formation or formations on the bottle embracing structure of the mounting bracket which provide a nut effect.
It is preferred that the bottle embracing structure comprises a rib adapted to completely circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the bottle, the rib being helical and engaging between vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion of the bottle. The helical rib may subtend more than 3600 around the longitudinal axis of the bottle.
The mounting bracket may be formed with a hook formation, whereby it can be suspended from an upstanding part of a structure (e.g. the wall of a tank)
It is preferred that the mounting bracket is made in plastics material, for example polyvinylchloride or polypropylene, and it may be made as an injection moulding.
According to another preferred feature of the invention, the vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion of the bottle form parts of a helix. The helix may be complete or intermittent. In the preferred construction, the helix is intermittent and comprises two or more sets of short helical protrusions, each subtending only a part of a circle, the protrusions in each set forming a vertical column. There may be two sets at diametrically opposed locations on the cylindrical portion of the bottle, each set subtending less than 250 around the longitudinal axis of the bottle.
Besides providing the screw effect for the vertical adjustment of the bottle, the protrusions provide assistance in gripping the bottle and, particularly in the case of the intermittent arrangement, add to the attractiveness of the bottle.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a bottle has a substantially cylindrical portion with a plurality of external protrusions, each extending in a circumferential direction, the protrusions being vertically spaced from each other. The protrusions on the exterior of the cylindrical portion assist a person to grip the bottle. They may also add to the aesthetics of the bottle.
Preferably, the protrusions form intermittent circumferential convolutions on the bottle. The convolutions may be parallel rings or may together form a helix.
In a preferred arrangement, there are two sets of protrusions at diametrically opposed locations on the cylindrical portion of the bottle, each set subtending less than 250 around the longitudinal axis of the bottle and all the protrusions in each set forming a vertical column.
The invention in both its aspects will be better understood from the following description of bottle mounting arrangement, which is given here by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bottle mounting
bracket,
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bottle mounting
bracket,
Figure 3 is a plan view of the bottle mounting
bracket,
Figure 4 is an elevation of a bottle for use with the
mounting bracket, and
Figure 5 is a plan view of the bottle shown in Figure
4.
The bottle mounting arrangement,. which is shown in the drawings, has been designed for the specific purpose of providing a water supply for small mammals when the latter are kept in a glass or transparent plastics tank - in contrast to keeping them in a cage. A moulded plastics bottle 10, see Figure 4, comprises a main cylindrical portion i2 closed at the top end and fitted with an outlet valve arrangement 14 at the bottom end. In this preferred construction, the cylindrical portion of the bottle is transparent or transluscent, so that it is possible to see the quantity of liquid remaining in the bottle at any time.
Essentially, the outlet valve arrangement is of a type frequently used for supplying drinking water to small mammals and it comprises a metal outlet tube 16 secured to a screw-threaded neck on the bottle (not visible in Figure 4) by a plastics screw cap 18. Two stainless steel balls 20 are provided within the tube 16 and are free to slide therein, but are held captive by a peened over bottom end 22 of the tube 16. The balls normally rest in the position illustrated in Figure 4, where the lower ball closes the open lower end of the tube, but if an animal pushes at the lower end of the tube, the balls are lifted enough to allow water to seep past the balls and out of the tube. In a well-known type of drinking bottle, the tube 16 is cranked.This is because the known bottle is usually mounted on the outside of a cage and the tube has to project between a pair of adjacent vertical wires of the cage, so that its lower end is on the inside of the cage. However, as will appear, for present purposes, the tube 16 can be straight and this facilitates manufacture.
An important feature of the invention is that the cylindrical portion 12 of the bottle is formed with two sets of protrusions 24 and 26. Each protrusion is in the form of a short rib, and the arrangement of all the protrusions 24 and 26 is such that they lie on the line of an imaginary helix or thread around the bottle. Another way of stating this is that the protrusions 24 and 26 form parts of an intermittent helical rib (i.e. a rib with parts omitted). It will be noted that all the protrusions in each set are in the same angular disposition around the bottle, that is to say each set extends vertically of the bottle. In a practical embodiment, the protrusions each subtend about 200 about the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical portion 12 and it is preferred that they do not subtend more than 250. The length of the protrusions has been exaggerated in Figure 4 for clarity.
The mounting bracket shown in Figures 1 to 3 comprises a plastics injection moulding, and it may, for example, be made in polyvinylchloride or polypropylene. The bracket comprises a vertical base 28, which, as shown in Figure 3, is arcuate in plan view. A pair of hook portions 30 projects from the base 28, and it will be appreciated that byvirtue of this construction, it is possible to rest the outside of the base 28 against the inside of a glass or plastics tank, and to hook the hook portions over the top edge of the wall of the tank, that wall therefore providing a supporting structure on which the bracket then becomes suspended.
A rib 32 is of generally flat helical form, terminating at positions 34 and 36, where it is made integral with the base 28, the intermediate part of the rib 32 forming a circular portion as viewed from above (see Figure 3). The end portions 34 and 36 are, of course, spaced vertically because of the helical form of the rib 32.
The helical rib 32 is of such dimensions that it can engage with the effective, or intermittent helix provided by the protrusions 24 and 26 on the exterior of the cylindrical portion 12 of the bottle 10. Engagement between the bottle and the rib 32 is effected by pushing the top end of the bottle 10 up into the lower end of the bracket 30, and then when the protrusions 24 and 26 engage with the rib, rotating the bottle 10, so that there is a screw-and-nut effect between the bottle and the mounting bracket.
As soon as the rib 32 becomes fully engaged with the intermittent helix provided by the protrusions 24 and 26, the bottle 10 is then suspended from the mounting bracket.
In the operative condition, therefore, with the bracket suspended from the top end of the wall of a tank, the bottle 10 will be suspended from the bracket in a position closely adjacent to the wall of the tank, but on the inside of the talk. Moreover, the relatively wide flat construction of the rib 32 ensures that the bottle 10 is held. in a neat vertical location.
It will be appreciated that it is then possible to adjust the vertical height of the bottle to suit different breeds and sizes of small animals by simply rotating the bottle within the rib 32. This facility for adjustment is especially useful if the animals kept within the tank are growing. Because the tube 16 is a straight vertical tube, rotation of the bottle has no effect on the angular location of the outlet end of the tube.
Quite apart from the screw-and-nut effect provided by the protrusions 24 and 26, they also provide an enhanced gripping effect for someone handling theòttle, and they can also have an aesthetic effect.
Claims (16)
1. A bottle mounting arrangement comprising a mounting bracket adapted for securing to a support structure or suspending from a support structure; said mounting bracket having a bottle embracing structure which interengages with a bottle in a manner to hold said bottle suspended from the bracket, but which permits vertical adjustment of the bottle relative to the bracket.
2. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 1, wherein the interengagement of the bottle embracing structure with the bottle provides an effective screw-and-nut mechanism for effecting the vertical adjustment of the bottle relative to the bracket.
3. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 2, wherein the bottle has a substantially cylindrical portion, having formations on its surface which provide a screw effect and which interengage with a formation or formations on the bottle embracing structure of the mounting bracket which provide a nut effect.
4. A bottle mounting arrangement according to any of Claims 1 to 3, wherein the bottle embracing structure comprises a rib adapted to completely circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the bottle, the rib being helical and engaging between vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion of the bottle.
5. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 4, wherein the helical rib subtends more than 360" around the longitudinal axis of the bottle.
6. A bottle mounting arrangement according to any of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the mounting bracket is formed with a hook formation, whereby said bracket is suspended from an upstanding part of a structure.
7. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 6, wherein said mounting bracket is made in plastics material.
8. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 7, wherein said plastics material is polyvinylchloride or polypropylene.
9. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 4, wherein the vertically spaced protrusions on the cylindrical portion of the bottle form part of a helix.
10. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 9, wherein the construction of the helix is intermittent and comprises two or more sets of short helical protrusions, each of said protrusions subtending only a part of a circle, the protrusions in each set forming a vertical column.
11. A bottle mounting arrangement according to Claim 10 wherein there are two sets of diametrically opposed locations on the cylindrical portion of the bottle, each set subtending less than 25 around the longitudinal axis of the bottle.
12. A bottle having a substantially cylindrical portion with the plurality of external protrusions, each of said protrusions extending in a circumferential direction, the protrusions being vertically spaced from each other.
13. A bottle according to Claim 12, wherein the protrusions form intermittent circumferential convolutions on the bottle.
14. A bottle according to Claim 12 or Claim 13, wherein there are two sets of protrusions at diametrically opposed locations on the cylindrical portion of the bottle, each set subtending less than 25 around the longitudinal axis of the bottle and all the protrusions in each set form a vertical column.
15. A bottle as substantially herein described with reference to Figure 4.
16. A bottle mounting arrangement as substantially described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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| GB9018112A GB2247005B (en) | 1990-08-17 | 1990-08-17 | A bottle and a bottle mounting arrangement |
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| GB9018112A GB2247005B (en) | 1990-08-17 | 1990-08-17 | A bottle and a bottle mounting arrangement |
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| GB9018112D0 GB9018112D0 (en) | 1990-10-03 |
| GB2247005A true GB2247005A (en) | 1992-02-19 |
| GB2247005B GB2247005B (en) | 1994-05-11 |
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| GB220913A (en) * | 1923-06-04 | 1924-08-28 | Turner Henderson | Improved compound fabric |
| US3982716A (en) * | 1975-09-24 | 1976-09-28 | Alonzo Trees | Medical bottle holder |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB220913A (en) * | 1923-06-04 | 1924-08-28 | Turner Henderson | Improved compound fabric |
| US3982716A (en) * | 1975-09-24 | 1976-09-28 | Alonzo Trees | Medical bottle holder |
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| GB2247005B (en) | 1994-05-11 |
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| PE20 | Patent expired after termination of 20 years |
Expiry date: 20100816 |