The Crown Cork, the first form of bottle cap, was invented by William Painter in 1891 in Baltimore. The company making it was originally called the Bottle Seal Company, it changed its name with the almost immediate success of the Crown Cork to the Corwn Cork and Seal Company. The Patent was granted in 1892, as US patent 468,258. Heineken bottle cap See also Crown Cork Bottle caps are small circular pieces of metal with plastic backings that are used to seal glass bottles, typically those containing soda and beer. ... William Painter (1540?-1594), translator, etc. ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ...

The Crown Cork was the first highly successful disposable product (it cannot be resealed). This inspired King C. Gillette to invent the disposable razor when he was a salesman for the Crown Cork Company. King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855–July 9, 1932) developed and patented the safety razor. ... A razor is an edge tool (primarily, used in shaving). ...

The company still survives, producing many forms of packaging.

External links

Company

• Crown Cork (http://www.crowncork.com)

Patents

• U.S. Patent 468226 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=468226.WKU.&OS=PN/468226&RS=PN/468226) -- Bottle sealing device
• U.S. Patent 468258 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=468258.WKU.&OS=PN/468258&RS=PN/468258) -- Bottle sealing device