US770117A - Non-refillable-bottle stopper. - Google Patents

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-No. 770,117. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904;

J.v ROSS. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE 'STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED D3024. 1903.

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Patented September 13, 1904.

ATEN'r JAMES B. ROSS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NON-REFlLLABLE-BOTTLE' STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,117, da ed September 13, 1904:.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 186,426. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES B. Ross, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in N on- Refillable-Bottle Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in non-refillable-bottle stoppers, and has for its object to provide a stopper for a bottle which will prevent its being used a second time, while it will at the same time be a durable and efficient stopper for the bottle, allowing its contents to be removed, but not refilled.

With these ends in View this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a section of the stopper in place in the neck of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a section of the stopper and neck of bottle on the line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parti tion-cap.

1 is the neck of the bottle,in which the stopper fits, and 2 is the cement which holds the stopper firmly in place.

8 is the outer cap or covering for the stopper,through which there is an opening l: for the liquid to pass through.

5 is the partition-cap, which is grooved and ribbed to allow the liquid to pass into the opening 4 and to prevent a wire or other in strument from being inserted in the grooved cylinder for the purpose of refilling.

10 is the grooved cylinder, which incloses the weight 8 and the float-valve 9. grooved cylinder is grooved and ribbed, so that the liquid will pass the weight and floatvalve.

6 is the groove in the cylinder, and 7 the rib between the grooves in the cylinder.

11 is the port through which the liquid Said the port 11, through the grooves 6 in the grooved cylinder 10, through the grooves in the partition-cap 5, and out through the opening in the outer cap 4:. On attempting to refill the bottle the weight 8,being a solid glass ball,will hold the float-valve 9, which is a hollow light glass ball, down against the port 11 and prevent the liquid from entering the bottle. If the attempt is made to fill the bottle by inverting it, the liquid will carry the floatvalve 9 up against the port 11, and thus prevent the refilling.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. In anon-refillable-bottle stopper the combination of an outer cap with an opening, a partition-cap, a slotted cylinder in which there are two glass balls, two glass balls, one light and the other heavy, the heavy glass ball resting upon the lighter when the bottle is up-.. right, said balls being as large as the slotted cylinder will permit, all to be cemented in the neck of the bottle substantially as set forth.

2. In a non-refillable-bottle stopper the combination of two glass balls, resting one above the other when the bottle is upright, incased in aslotted cylinder, the upper one beingsolid and the other one being hollow, the hollow or light ball resting or coming in contact with the port 11 together with a slotted cylinder having a port, a grooved partition-cap, and an outer cap with an opening, all to be cemented in the neck of a bottle substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES B. ROSS. Witnesses:

ED. F. MoK E, OTTO E. ENGELLAND.

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