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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LEONARD D. PARKS, OF GATESVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
ANDERSON D. IONEYCUT, OF GATESVILLE, TEXAS.
BOTTLE-CLOSURE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-714,326, dated November,25, 1902.
Application filed April 12, 1902. Serial No. 102,627. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEONARD D. PARKS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Gates-
ville, in the county of Coryell and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Bottle- Closures; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to which
io it appertains to make and use the same.
This invention has relation to the class of
articles generally known as "bottles," and
has for its object to provide extreme simplic-
ityof construction, so that little difficulty will
r5 be experienced in the manufacture and utili-
zation of the bottle or receptacle.
For a full description of the invention and.
the merits thereof and also to acquire a
knowledge of the details of construction of
20 the means for effecting the result reference
is to be had to the following description and
drawings hereto attached..
While the essential and characteristic fea-
tures of the invention are susceptible of modi-
25 fication, still the preferred embodiment of the
invention is illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper
portion of a bottle, showing the application
3o of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to
- Fig.1 with the cork removed. Fig. 3 is a de-
tail view of a modification. S
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
35 in all the views of the drawings by the same
reference characters:
The bottle or receptacle 1 may-be of any
shape or outline preferred and has formed
upon the neck portion 2 and approximately
4o near the mouth thereof a swelled portion 3.
An annular groove 4 is also formed upon the
inner circumference of the neck at the swelled
portion of same. The groove 4.may be of any
desired depth or shape in cross-section, being
45 either circular, dovetail, or otherwise. . The
closure for the bottle consists of the ordinary
cork or stopper 5, which is forced into the
bottle to a depth to uncover the annular
groove 4.
:o Above the stopper 5 is placed a layer ofplastic material 6 or the like, which may be
'composed of either cement, wax, solder, or
analogous substance. This filler 6 is placed
in the neck of the receptacle in its plastic or
molten state and enters and fills the annular 55
groove 4, being retained within the neck of
the bottle by the lips 7,.formed upon each
side of the groove. These lips 7 serve not
only to effectually hold the plastic seal or
filler within the neck, but prevent that por- 6o
tion of the same within the groove from be-
ing removed. Also they weaken the surface
of the filler at the edge, so that it may be
easily broken out from and away from the
cork when it is desired to extract the latter. 65
The trade-mark or other imprint of the firm
using the bottle may be impressed upon the
filler while in its plastic or soft state, thus
doubly insuring the bottle against being re-
used without detection. 70
In carrying out the invention the stopper
5 is first forced within the neck of the bottle
in the manner described. The filler 6 is then
placed above the said stopper while same is
in its plastic state. This filler hardening 75
becomes a solid seal, and when it is desired
to withdraw the contents of the receptacle
the same must be broken away, and the cork
5 thereby exposed may be removed.
The portion of the filler within the annular 8o
groove 4 having hardened, it is impossible to
remove same. To the purchaser this will of
course indicate that the contents of the bot-
tle or receptacle are not those of the original
seller. 85
The swelled or enlarged portion at the
mouth of the bottle-neck would be blown in
the process of manufacture, the groove there-
in being formed at the same time.
The seal constitutes, in effect, a detector 90
and comprises a body portion and a periph-
eral portion 8, designated as the "interlock-
ing" portion, since it enters the groove or
seat 4 and is retained therein by the opposing
lips 7 even after the central portion is re- 95
moved, as shown in Fig. 2. A break-line 9
is formed in each side of the detector and cor-
responds with the inner circumference of the
neck and with the lips 7, the break-lines in
-both sides of the detector being in coincident oo
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Parks, Leonard D. Bottle-Closure, patent, November 25, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510852/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.