US1178153A - Catsup-cap and method of making the same. - Google Patents

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CHARLES HAMMER, YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T AMERICAN METAL CAP COMPANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

CATSU-CAP AND METHOD OF'MAKING- THE SAME.

. l' 4 l z To all whom it may concern.' A Be it known that I, CHARLES HAMMER, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at New "York, in the county and State of New York,

ffm l l .-iu-larly to bottle caps of .a kind suitable for have invented certain new -and useful Im` provements in Catsup-Caps and Methods .of Making the Same,of which the following isl a specification.

vThis invention relates to closuremembers admitting of general use, and more partic-l Icatsup. bottles, in order to seal the same.

' My invention further relates toa method forrmaking the bottle. caps.

-. Reference is made tothe accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specifica.-

^ non, and injwhichiikeieaers indicate iike parts. a

` Figure 1 isa lplan view of ausheet metal blankv used in forming the cylinder or body portion of the cap. 2 is a plan view of.

' a disk used for lclosing one endof the cyltruncated triangle. `The strip 8, including the tongue 9, is of such form that two such strips.

inderu Fig. 3` is a perspective view of the blank as bent into cylindrical form and. otherwise shaped as a part of the cap. Fig.

'4 is a perspective showing the partially complete may readily be cut from a single longitudinal member of sheet material without undue waste. A ldisk :10, made also of sheet metal, is provided adjacent its edge .strip Aof sheet material into the proximate with an annular bead 11'. The disk is furvther provided with another annular bead 12,

the latter being used merely for ornamentation. The strip 8 is bent into` the proximate form of a cylinder, as shown atl 8a in Fig. f

3,one end of the strip slightly overlapping the other, one-edgeof the cylinder being bent slightly inward asshown at 13,"the

opposite edge being bent slightly outward as indicated at 14. The disk 10 is placed- Speoiication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. d, 1916.

' Application filed May 16, 1914. Serial No. 839,128.

crimping. The outwardly turned portion 14 1s next bent or crimped upwardly according to Figs. 3 and 4, so as to form an annular bead 15, as may be understood from F ig. 4. A portion 16 of this annular bead is merely an edge portion of the cylindrical member 8a, but is bent over the adjacent edge 4portion of the tongue 9. This being done a number of indentations or impressions 17 are made in the edge of the portion 16, so as to crimp or pitch this edge firmly in place so. as to lioldthe member iirmlv in the proximate form of a cylinder. The indentations. 17 may be made in various ways, as by peening, punching, or even by subjecting the device to the pressure of the edge of a toothed wheel. At the same time this step is performed or at any suoseouent time as desired, a' spiral thread 18 is formed in the lower portion of the cylindrical member, the formation of this `thread being simply the bending of the sheet metal into suitable shape for the purpose, as indicated in Fig. 6. The upper portion of the cylindrical member is provided with a numberof ribs 19 dis* posed parallel with each other and collectively constituting practically a milled surface for enabling the operator to screw the cap on to a bottle or to remove the cap from said bottle.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, as variations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. Ha ving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is1- l. The method herein describedy of making bottle caps which consists in forming a strip of sheet material provided with a tongue eX- tending from one -end thereof, bending said form of a cylinder, 'so as to 'bring said tongue close against an adjacent edge portion of said strip, bending said edge portion of said strip over the adjacent edge portion of said tongue, crimping said edge portion and said tongue together, and securing a disk to one end of said cylinder.

2. The method herein described of making bottle caps, which consists in forming a strip of sheet material provided with a tongue integral therewith 'and having the proximate form of a truncated triangle, bending said strip into the proximate form clenching together one edge of said tongue and an adjacent edge of said cylinder overlapped by said tongue.

3. A bottle cap comprising a substantially cylindrical member of sheet material having one of its edges formed into an annular bead so that a portion of said `edge overlaps another portion thereof, and a disk closing one end of said cylindrical member.

4. A closure cap comprising a strip of sheet material bent into the proximate form of a cylinder and provided with overlapping ends, one of said ends being -a tongue integral with it, said strip being provided with an edge portion bent over the adjacent portion of said tongue and secured thereto by crimping, and a disk closing one end of said cylinder. j

5. A bottle cap comprising a strip vof sheet material provided with overlapping ends and bent into the proximate form of a cylinder, said strip being provided with a tongue overlapping one of its ends, an edge portion of said tongue and the adjacent edge portion of said strip being crimped together in o-rder to hold said strip in the proximate form of a cylinder, and a disk closing one end of said cylinder.

6. A bottle capoomprising a strip of sheet material, bent into the proximate form of a cylinder and provided With overlapping ends and with a tongue integrally connected with one end and overlapping the other end, the edge portion osaid tongue being slightly bent and overlapped bythe adjacent edge portion of said strip in order to -hold said strip in the proximate form of a cylinder, and a disk connected with the opposite edge portion 0f said cylinder, for the purpose of closing said cylinder.

7. In a closure cap, a strip of sheet material bent into the proximate f'orm of a cylinder and provided with ends, one of which overlaps the other, said strip being further provided adjacent its ends with edge portions, one of which overlaps the other and is lcrimped thereto.

8. In a closure cap, a lstrip' of sheet material bent linto the proximate form of a cylinder and provided With ends, one of which overlaps the other, said strip being further provided adjacent its ends with edge portions, one of Iwhich overlaps another so as to hold said strip, and a disk connected with o-ne edge of said cylinder for lclosing said cylinder.

9. In a closure cap, the combination of a strip of sheet materialV provided VWith a tongue integral therewith, .said strip being provided with ends and bent into the proximate form of a cylinder, so lthat one end overlaps the other and that said tongue overlaps ano-ther portion of said strip, one edge of said tongue and the adjacent edge of said strip overlapped thereby being bent outwardly and crimped, said cylinder being provided adjacent one of its ends 4With a spirally disposed thread and a disk connected with the opposite end of said cylinder for closing the same. Y if f l 10. The method herein described of mak ing bottle caps which consists in giving a strip of sheet metal the approximate form of'a cylinder, and causing the ends of said strip to overlap, then turning over the edges of the overlapping ends of said strip at one side thereof, and subjecting said turned over edges to pressure to secure them firmly together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,` this 9th day of May, 1914.

y CHARLES HAMMER. Witnesses:

Ro'r. RAKESTRAW, Y VILLIAM H. BoURNE.

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