US1050018A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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J. S. HARDCASTLE. NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE. APPLxoATIoH rIALnn une. ma.

Patented Jan 7; 1913.A

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JOSEPH SQHARDCASTLE, QF HALEDON, NEW JERSEY.

`Beit known that I, Josnrix S. HARD- casras, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Haledon, in the county of Passaic and 'State of New Jerse have invented certain new and useful improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles;,and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will cnable others skilled in the art to which it apvpertains to make and use the same.

IjTliis invention relates to bottles and jars, and more especially tothe Stoppers thereoif; and the object of the same is to produce an improved stopper which will pre vent the bottle from being refilled whether lit isv inverted or laid upon its side at any angle. This and other ob'ects are accomplished by the construction ereinafter more 20` ull describedand claimed, and as shown in tiie drawings wherein- Figure 1 isa central vertical section through a bottle: neck provided with this invention;

Fi 2 is a pers ective detail of one ofthe bus iings with t e valve omitted, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail `of the valve; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the uppermost bushing which differs slghtly rom the other as explained herein 4ig. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof, and 4i.. 6 is a cross section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

The body B and neck N of this bottle may be formed as usual, exceptin that where the merge they are rovide with an interna upwardly facing s oulder 1, and

upon this shoulder rests a reducer 2 carrying an upwardly facing valve seat 3 around its bore and providedin its upper face with two pins 4. Next above the reducer is a bushing comprising an annular body 5, preferably having an external surrounding groove 6 for acking as shown at 7, having an internal ange 8 carrying a valve seat around the opening therein; and the upper end of the bod carries two pins 4 opposite each other li re those on the reducer, while in its lower end are formed two lsockets 9 also o posite each other but at right angles to t ie pins 4. It follows that w en the sockets 9 are engaged with the pins 4 of the reducer 2 the pins in this bushing will stand at right angles tothe pins .,finthelower member or reducer 2.

Speomoation of Letters latcnt.

Application led May 8, 1913.v Serial No. 695,548.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Jan.7,1913.

The valve comprises a disk-shaped body 10 which may be convex on its upper face andconcavc on its lower face, and a T- shaped shank whose stein 11 projects radially from said body and whose head 12 extends rigidlyacross the ,outer end of the stem; In the wall of the bushing at right angles. to its sockets 9 is formed a recess Y 13 cut laterally into the outer face of the bushing and of a proper size to receive the head 12 of said shank, and cut vertically upward and entirely through said wall from its lower edge to the top of said recess is a notch 14 of a width to receive the stem 11 of said shank. The valve is bv preference of'aluminum, theg'bushing and reducer of glass, and a' rubber gasket surrounds ,the groove 6 and fits closely within the bottle neck N.

As best seen in Fig. 1, thereare three identical bushings and a reducer, and therefore'there are fourvalve seats and four valves and the latter are set quarterin .to

eachother so.that the bottle may be lai on position orizontal because at least one of the valves will close a ainst its seat. Obviously it cannot be fi led while 'it' is vertical either in an upright position or inverted, because one or more and perhaps all of the valves will obstruct the passage through the neck. The uppermost ushing has the same body, sockets 9 in its lower edge for the pins of the bushing below, and surrounding groove 6 for the rubber gasket7; but above this groove it is elongated, preferably provided with another groove 21 for a split ring 22 which will expand into an internal oove 23 within the bottle neck and hold t e set of bushings in lace; and at this point tlie uppermost bushing by reference carries a transverse baille 24 preferabl molded across it if the same be of glass so as to prevent the insertion of an instrument which would hold any of the valves open' and above the baille this bushing has a an e 25 fitting over the uppjer end of the bott e neck, above which the ushing may rise for some considerable distance so as to contain a cork if found desirable although not necessary to illustrate.

The parts of this improved device are its side or rolled or turned to-any 9e'n'tirely inverted and its neck immersed in,-

l. .assembledI by first putting inthe reducer 2 *upward through the notch 14 and drawing it into the recess' 13 ofa bushing, and drop- `ping the latter in place so thatits sockets 9,w1ll fit over the pins 4 yin the reducer 2; then applying the next two valves and bushings in the same manner, taking care that the pivots of the four valves stand quarteringv to each other; and finally putting a split ring 22 into the v groove 21 in the upper member or mouth piece, and pressing the same intopositon until the ring sna s outward'into the groove 23 in the bott e neck j; tol hold thismember in place, and by it in turn hold all'others in place. A cork -may ithen be insertedin the mouth piece to re- --ff/vent the entrance of dust, and the bott e is mlfeady for commercial use. To pour outthe f3.1," contents, the cork is removed and the bottle ltipped toene side, when the contents will vflow through'the neck and ass out ythe mouth iece as usual. If now 1t be attemptg5. @ed to A'ii l'the'bottle afterthe same has been ',"moreor less emptied, it will be found that n whatever osxtion the bottle is laced at east one of t e valves will be close against its sent'by gravity, and even if the'bottle is @liquid the upward flow of the liquid will '--.close='one or moreof the valves and prevent the' liquid from' gainin access to' the body 4B.`-.It is quite possib e that the various a5, members could be made of other materials lthan-glass, and in that case' the external 'grooves andsurrounding gaskets might be omitted;` butI reserve 'the right to make which lcomes to rest uponthej shoulder 1;. f v then passing the stem 11 of one of the valves' such chan es in details as'come within the .the neck with the lowermost on said reducer and the others resting on each other, each having a cylindrical body wth'an external groove 'for a packin ring and oppositely disposed sockets in lts lower end adapted to engage the pins of the member below, oppositely disposed pins rising from its upper end at right angles to said sockets and adapted to engage the sockets in the member above, its wal between the sockets being provided with a notch opening from its lower edge upward and wlth a transverse recess intersecting the upper end of thenotch and in the outer face of the bushing,I a valve having a disk-shaped body and a T-shaped'shank whose stem fits loosely in said'notch and whose head fits loosely in said recess; and an upperbushing of like construction and whose body is extended lupward and shouldered on its outer side to tit over the mouth of the bottle, and its bore carries a. transverse baflie.

Inl testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of. two subscribing witnesses."

^ JOSEPH S. HARDCASTLE.

Witnesses: a y kWILLIAMH.' YOUNG,

' yMARY MGGARRY.

copie! of this patent may be obtained for tive cents each,'by,eddrcssing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. l

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