Homemade handle for a plastic bottle
Sometimes, for various reasons, you have to use a plastic bottle to replenish your drinking water supply. But at the most inopportune moment, the handle of the bottle breaks off.
I would like to offer two ways to make a homemade pen. For the first method, we will need two pieces of clothesline, a piece of polypropylene (PP) pipe with a diameter of 20 mm and a length of 10-12 cm, as well as some nylon thread.
Tools include wire cutters, scissors and a lighter. Let's start by removing the broken handle along with the fastening with pliers.
Next, we fold one piece of clothesline in half, make a half ring and lay it on a flat surface. We do the same with the second piece and arrange it on top of the first.
We tighten the places where the ropes intersect with force using nylon thread.
We tie the thread, cut the ends of the thread and fuse it with the flame of a lighter (so as not to unravel). We do this carefully so as not to get burned. Next, we place the resulting loop over the neck of the bottle and tighten it.
Let's start making the handle. We insert one end of the rope inside the PP tube, measure the height of the future handle and tie it in a knot.
It is also advisable to melt the knot over a fire. We do the same with the second piece. And the final touch. When pulling up one or another rope, we hide the knots inside the tube and adjust the position of the handle relative to the neck.
If PP tubes are not available, you can use a piece of rubber hose or metal tube of suitable diameter. For the second option, we will need a piece of iron chain 40-50cm long, a PP tube and a clamp with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the neck.
Tools include pliers, wire cutters and a screwdriver. You can use any chain that is available. But it is desirable that it goes inside the tube. In my case, the chain had to be flattened a little with a hammer. Next, we push the chain inside the tube, measure the height of the handle and, if necessary, bite off the extra links. We put the lower links of the chain on the clamp, and tighten the clamp on the neck.
The new pen is ready. If the bottle becomes unusable, the handle can be moved to another bottle. In the first case, you need to loosen the loop to do this, and in the second, simply unscrew the clamp.
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How the water container is sealed
If the company that delivers water throughout Moscow takes a responsible approach to providing its services, the tank must:
- sealed with a stopper with a valve that must be opened by the consumer;
- equipped with a special sticker that acts as both a hygienic barrier and an information part containing data on the date of the spill or the type of water;
- has an outer shell of shrink film on the cork, indicating the absence of damage or unauthorized access to the product.
Such complex protection means that the container must be opened in a certain order.
Universal handle-holder for carrying kegs
If there is no special handle on sale, you can purchase a universal handle-holder for carrying weights up to 50 kg. Additionally, you will need a reliable cord and a standard metal clamp.
A strong clothesline needs to be folded in half and tied on both sides in a knot. We lay the cord under the clamp so that the knots do not allow the rope to slip out. Then we tighten the clamp by rotating the screw with a screwdriver, and the device is ready! For more detailed instructions, see the following video.
How to make a handle for a 5 liter plastic bottle
PET bottles today are the main container in which most of the beer, water, and beverages produced are sold. If they are small in volume, then they do not cause problems with transfer. Moreover, they are equipped with a special handle.
Containers with a volume of five or more liters are also equipped with the same carrying handles as their smaller counterparts. Considering the decent weight of what they contain, they are already inconvenient, they “cut” your fingers, often cannot withstand the load and tear. A bottle without a handle is difficult to reuse in the future.
Durable plywood handle for 19 l bottle
The special plastic handle for carrying a 19 liter bottle can be easily replaced with a similar one made of thick plywood. Material with a thickness of 10-15 mm is suitable.
However, you can get a little creative with the shape of the handle, but it’s better to copy the dimensions from the factory sample. It is convenient to cut holes with a jigsaw or using wood drills with a diameter of 60 and 30 mm.
It is better not to round the edges of the neck holes closest to the handle so that the device holds the bottle securely. The remaining surfaces should be sanded for ease of carrying. For an example of making such a handle with your own hands for a 19-liter bottle, see the following video.
Water coolers.
Water coolers are modern specialized devices that combine functions such as heating and cooling of clean artesian water, which is packaged in containers. It should be noted that the coolers are quite compact in size and do not take up much space even in small office or residential premises. A classic cooler looks like this: a bottle of water is installed on top of the equipment; in most cases, this is a container equal to 19 liters, which can very quickly be changed to a new bottle.
Unlike a cooler, a pump is a classic pumping device that can be used to pump water from large containers. Today, pumps come in two different types: electrical and mechanical. Mechanical pumps operate under human influence, such as hand pressure. If we talk about electric pumps, they can operate from an electrical network and from AA batteries.
Reliable handle made of chain and keg clamps
A very reliable design is obtained from standard metal clamps and a length of chain. Rubber-coated clamps for plumbing pipes work well. You will need two of them with a diameter of 30 mm.
We install the clamps opposite each other and tighten them with screws and nuts. A length of chain can be easily purchased at a hardware store. A piece of plastic tube with a diameter of 16-20 mm is suitable as the handle itself. Such trimmings appear in excess when installing water supply in an apartment.
A similar carrier is quite suitable for bottles of 5 and 9 liters. In this case, the clamps must be selected in accordance with the diameter of the container neck.
Handles for 5 liter bottles
In recent years, we have all been carrying drinking water in large plastic bottles. And very often a problem arises at the most inopportune moment: the handle of the bottle breaks.
I will offer you a very simple way to solve this problem. You can make bottle handles with your own hands in literally two minutes.
For this we need plastic clamps.
Two clamps need to be pressed vertically to the neck of the bottle on the left and right, and we tighten the third tightly around the neck of the bottle, while tightly grasping the vertical clamps.
All that remains is to close the vertical clamps into a ring, and we have formed excellent and very strong handles, since the clamps are made of very strong plastic. We cut off the excess tails of the clamps with scissors.
Now you can safely carry the water bottle further.
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