US795173A - Device for preventing the refilling of bottles. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD JULY 18, 1905B M. J. SEGAL. DEVICE POR PREVENTING THE REFILLING OP BOTTLES.

APPLwA'TIoN rmzn JUNE 21, 1904.

Patented July 18, 1905.

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MORRIS J. SEGAL, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE REFILLING OF BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,173, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed June Z7, 1904. Serial No. 214,320.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS J. SEGAL, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Preventing the Relilling of Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for preventing the refilling of bottles, and it belongs to that class of devices of this character in which a weight is employed to close a suitable valve upon an attempt being made to refill the receptacle. The object of the invention is to provide a simple attachment that can be readily applied to the bottle and which when so applied virtually becomes a part of the receptacle.

A further object is to so construct and ar-v range the parts comprising the device that it will be impossible to get at the means for preventing refilling to hold the same inoperative, as is possible with many devices of this character claiming the advantages of being nonreiillalole.

A still further object is to so construct the device that it will be impossible for objectionable foreign substance to enter the same when open and, further, to provide a simple'means for opening and closing the bottle.

Other objects looking toward the simplifi-b cation and improvement of these devices will become apparent in the course of the following description, and the points of novelty will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings illustratingthe invention, Figure l is an elevation of my improved device attached to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the device and a portion of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the bottle tilted with the parts in position to permit the contents to iow out of the bottle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cage for holding the valve and ball; and Fig'. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a slightlymodified form of the invention, showing the device in the neck of the bottle.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l represents what I will hereinafter refer to as a `casingj7 which is cylindrical and preferably made of porcelain and provided with a closed top 2, an annular depression 3 near its top, and a plurality of openings for the passage out of the bottle of the contents thereof. Seated in this annular depression is an annulus 5, made, preferably, of metal and provided with a series of openings 6, corresponding to those in the casing and adapted to register with them when the ring is turned, so as to permit the contents to flow out of the bottle. To make a perfectly tight and snug fit between the annulus and the wall of the casing, I preferably employ a gasket 0r packing-ring 7 of some compressible material. The lower end of the casing is open andprovided internally near this lower end with an annular groove 8, which comes opposite to a similar groove 9, formed in the upper portion 10 of the bottle 11, which upper portion is rabbeted to form a shoulder 12, upon which rests the lower edge of the casing. To attach this casing to the bottle, I preferably employ some insoluble and heat-resisting cement, as indicated by the numeral 13, which is applied in a plastic condition and hardens between the bottle and casing and in the groove mentioned, thus forming a lock of such strength that to remove the casing would necessitate the breakage of the bottle or casing.

The numeral 14 designates a cage which fits into the casing and is centered at its top by a disk 15, confined in the top of the casing and provided with a central opening 16 for the reception of the upper end of the cage, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. I preferably form this cage in the, shape of a truncated cone of some light non-corroding and non-oxidizing material, such as aluminium, and provide it peripherally with a series of narrow slots 17, formed by cutting out the metal to form a series of strips 18, loose at their sides and lower ends, but remaining integral with the cone at their upper ends. These strips are slightly bowed out, as shown, for the passage of the liquid contents of the bottle, but are so arranged that should an attempt be made with an instrument to reach the interior of the cage the strips would move inwardly and close the slots. The bottom of the cage is formed by a disk. 19, formed of any suitable material and sprung into a shallow annular groove 2O in the lower portion IOO of the casing. This disk alsoforms a seat for the valve 21, which in conjunction with the ball-weight 22 operates inside of' the cage for the purpose of opening or closing the passage 23 in the disk 19 to permit the contents of the bottle to flow out or to prevent the passage of liquid into the bottle.

In assembling the parts the cage and centering-disk are put into the casing and the valve and ball dropped therein. The disk 19 is sprung into place, when the device will be ready to attach to the bottle in the manner hereinbefore disclosed.

In the modification, Fig. 5, the casing is put inside the bottle-neck and held therein either by a suitable cement or by heating the glass of the neck of the bottle and inserting the casing and suddenly cooling the bottle, which cooling will contract the glass around the casing, forming a tight lock, which cannot be broken without breaking' or destroying the bottle or casing.

I may provide the top of the casing with any suitable number of openings for the passage of the contents out of the bottle; but I preferably provide it with four so disposed that two will serve as passages for the bottle contents and the other two as vents, thus assuring the free passage of the liquid out of the bottle.

l/Vhen it is desired to pour out of the bottle, the annulus or ring 5 is turned until the openings therein register with those in the casing and the bottle tilted sufciently to cause the ball and valve to move toward the top of the cage, as shown in Fig. 3, thus permitting the contents of the bottle to pass th rough the opening in the disk 19 and slots 17 in the cage and through the openings in the top of the casing.

Any attempt to refill the bottle by the use of pressure would not only seat the valve, but close the slots or openings 17, with the strips 18, and further tampering with the valve to hold the same inoperative is rendered impossible by reason of the closing of the slots, which would be occasioned by the introduction of an instrument.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself in any particular with regard to the material of which this device or its parts will be made, it being understood that the material best suited for the different purposes will be employed.

I claim- 1. A device of the character described, comprising a casing and means for attaching the same to a bottle-neck, said casing having its lower end open and provided with openings for the passage of the contents out of' the bottle, a valve adapted to close the lower opening and a weight to seat the valve, and a cage fitting in said casing formed with a series of slots therein to permit the passage of the liquid out of the bottle, and devices which,

while permitting the passage of the liquid through the cage will close said slots upon an attempt to reach the interior of said cage, substantially as described.

` 2. Adevice of the character described, comprising a casing closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, means for securing the casing to the bottle, said casing being provided near its upper end with openings to permit the passage of the contents of the bottle out of the casing, and means for normally closing said openings, a weight-controlled valve controlling the lower opening, and a cage in said casing and Jformed with a series of' partially-covered slots, substantially as described.

3. A device for preventing the refilling of bottles, comprising a casing closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, said casing being provided with a plurality of openings in its wall, an annulus fitting around said casing and having openings therein adapted to register with the openings in the casing to permit the passage of the contents of the bottle out of the casing, a weight-controlled valve adapted to control the opening in the lower portion of the casing, and a cage fitting in said casing and formed with a series of' partially-covered slots therein, substantially as described.

1. In adevice for preventing the refilling of bottles, the combination with a bottle-neck, a casing adapted to lit over said neck, means for securing the casing to the neck, said casing being provided with an opening through its lower portion, a closed top, and openings in its wall for the passage of liquid out of the bottle, means for normally closing said openings, a weight-controlled valve controlling the lower opening, and a cage in said casing provided peripherally with partiallycovered slots, substantially as described.

5. In a device for preventing the refilling of bottles, the combination with a casin g, of means 'for attaching it to the bottle-neck, said casing being closed at its upper end and having openings in its Wall for the passage of the contents out of the bottle, a disk in the lower portion of said casing having an opening therethrough, a cage fitting in said casing and having a series of partially covered slots therein, a weight-controlled valve in said cage for controlling the opening in the disk, and a movable annulus surrounding the upper portion of the casing andhaving openings therein which when brought into registry with the openings in the casing, will permitthe liquid to be poured out of' the bottle.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS J SEGAL. Witnesses:

S. BUKsoN, VICTOR RoHN.

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