US1064501A - Bottle-opener. - Google Patents

Description

J. LEE.

BOTTLE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1912.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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JAMES LEE, 0F BRADLEY, lcl'al'JI-N'OEIS-V Patented J une 10, 1913.

Referring to the drawing by numerals 5 BO'JJILim-.OPENER- j 0064591. Specica-tion of Letters Patent. y

i Application led August 28, 1912. Serial No. 717,617.

To ll whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LEE, a citizen of the United States, resi-ding at Bradley, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates .to bottle openers and more particularly to the class of `crown cap removers. l

primary object of the invent-ion is the provision of a device of this character in which crown caps of bottles may be readily and easily removed therefrom without possibility of fracturing the neck of the bottle or ymouth thereof thus avoiding the liability of .glass getting within the Contents of the bottle when removing the cap therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character in which the corks or caps when remo-ved from the bottle will be caught in a receiver thereby avoiding the scattering or falling of the caps upon the frock, the receiver for the caps being readily .removable from the opener so as t0 permit the emptying thereof when it becomes filled with caps removed .ient removal of the caps from the bottles without the breaking thereof,the device being simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in its purpose and inexpensive in manufacture. t

'Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In t-he drawingsz-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of a bar showing the cap remover or bottle opener constructed in accordance with the invention mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cap remover or bottle opener. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

designates zit-portion of a bar which is of the ordinary well-known construction and on which is mounted the crown cap remover or bottle opener hereinafter more fully described. y

The crown cap remover or bottle opener comprises a substantially rectangular shaped frame G having integrally formed therewith a rearwardly inclined chute 7 provided with a central recess 8 opening through its upper free edge and in which is engaged the neck of a bottle when capped, -the-opposite side walls of the recess being formed with inturned rearwardly converging flanges 5) which are adapted to engage the edge of a cap upon the bottle at opposite points thereof so that upon pressing downwardly upon the said bott-le the caps will be removed from the mouth thereof and will fall downwardly through the chute 7 to be caught in a manner presently described.

Rising from the rear wall of the frame 6 and fixed thereto and also fixed to the rear wall of the chute7 is a brace plate 10 which prevents the displacement of the chut-e when subjected to excessive pressure, the plate 10 being connected to the chute 7 by means of bolt. members 11 which extend through both the front and rear walls thereof contiguous tothe flanges 9 and carry spacer sleeves 12 disposed between the front and read walls of the said chute, the bolt members 11 being designed to prevent the outward bulging of the front walls or on obviating any pbssible displacement thereof when subjected to strain by reason of the engagement of the flanges 9 with the cap when fastened to the mouth of a bottle and on the attempt of removing the same therefrom.

The frame 6 is fastened to the portion of the bar 5 by means of bolt members 13 which are passed transversely through the frame and engaged to the said portion 5 of the bar. However, it is to be understood that this frame 6 may be mounted on any other stationary part should it be desired.

The crown caps when removed from the bottle are caught within a receiver comprising a box-like body 14 having an open top the end walls of which are formed with channeled flanges 15 at the mouth thereof which slidably engage the out-turned flanges 16 formed at opposite ends'of the frame 6, the front wall of the body 14 being prov vided with an abutment extension 17 which limits the inward sliding movement `of the said body 14 when engaged with the frame.

`fore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

VWhat is claimed is zv' 1. A cap remover comprismg a chute l adapted to be fixed to a stationary part and having a recess in its .front opening through the upper free edge thereof', rearward y converging members integrally formed with the op sed walls of the said recess and adapte to engage a crown cap when fastened on a bottle whereby on pressing downwardly upon the latter the said cap will be removed from 'such bottle and a receiver detachably engaged with the chute and adapted to receive the caps therefrom and when removed from the bottle.

l2. A cap `remover comprising achute adapted to be xed to a stationary part and havingl a recess in its front opening through the upper free edge thereof7 rearward y receive the caps therefrom and when removed from the bottle, and means for sustaining the chute in requisite position.

3. A bottle cap remover comprising a frame, a chute rising from the frame and being rearwardly inclined andA having a recess in its front wall opening through its upper edge, cap engaging members at opposite sides of the recess and extended inwardly -of the chute, a box-like body detachably connected with the frame and receivinga cap when removed from a bottle, and means mounted transversely in the chute for preventing the bulging of its front wall.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES LEE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD F. MCCOY, EDWARD UMSTED.

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