Glass bottle mouth insert
OwnerGerald J. Pallerinventor
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Abstract
An insert for reclaiming glass bottles, and the like, chipped around the mouth thereof has a ring adhereable adjacent the mouth of the bottle to a wall of the throat provided in a neck of the bottle. Extending from the ring is a flange adhereable to a lip which terminates the neck of the bottle and configured to conform to the contour of the lip for covering the lip and adjacent portion of the throat and resurfacing the chipped area of the mouth of the bottle.
Claims4
In combination with a bottle having a neck provided with a wall defining a throat, the neck terminating in a mouth including a lip which merges inwardly with the wall of the throat, said lip being chipped such that the bottle is rendered unsafe for use, an insert for resurfacing the mouth of the bottle, the insert comprising, in combination with the bottle:
- a. a ring adhered in the throat of the bottle adjacent the mouth of the bottle;
- b. a flange extending away from the ring adhered to the chipped lip which terminates the neck of the bottle and configured to conform to the basic contour of the lip for covering the lip and resurfacing the mouth of the bottle;
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- c. adhesive means for adhering the ring and flange to the neck of the bottle.
A structure as defined in claim 6, wherein the ring is a hollow cylinder having a pair of spaced, open ends, with the flange being a continuous annular projection extending from one of the ends of the ring.
A structure as defined in claim 7, wherein the ring and flange are constructed as a unit from a tough synthetic material capable of withstanding heat and caustic cleaning solution encountered during cleaning of the bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.