US826724A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

F. H. HUBBARD.- NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16,1906.

WITNESSES.-

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PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. HUBBARD, OF KOKOMO, INDIANA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24,1906.

Application an a, 16,1906. Serial menus.

' To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States,

Be it known that I, FRANK H. HUBBARD, a

residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bott les and other liquid-containing receptacles,

tively simple and inexpensive bottle danger of vide a bottle having a tapering neck in which a is seated a longitudinally-movable valve provided at one end with a concavity having a lurality of discharge-grooves communicatmg therewith, so that when the bottle is inverted the contents thereof will flow through said grooves to the mouth of the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stopper or closure spaced from the --valve and formed with peripheral tortuous passages adapted to register with the grooves in the valve when the latter is moved to open position.

A still further object of the inventlon is to generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability, and efiiciency as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawmgs, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is'a long1- tudinal sectional view of a non-refillable bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottle inverted and the valve in open position to permit the discharge of the contents of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the valve detached. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the plug or closure detached. Fig. 5 is a pers ective view illustrating a modified form of t evalve.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The bottle consists of a body portion or liquid-containing chamber 5, provided with a neck 6, the walls of which are inclined or tapered downwardly from the mouth 7 to the juncture of saidnec with the body portion of the bottle, as shown.

Disposed within the neck of the bottle is a valve having one end thereof provided with a globular terminal 8 and its opposite end formed with an enlarged head 9, connected to the terminal 8 by means ofa reduced shank 10. The upper face of the head 9 is formed with a depression or concavity 1 1, and formed in the side walls of the head are a plurality of longitudinally-disposed grooves 12, which communicate with the concavity 11, as shown. Disposed in spaced relation to the head of the valve and cemented or otherwise rigidly secured to the inclined Walls of the neck 6 is a plug or stopper 13, provided with a plurality of tortuous discharge grooves or channels 14:, adapted to register with the groove 9 when the valve is moved to open position, so as-to permit the ready discharge of the contents 0 the bottle. The grooves or channels 14 are each preferably in the form of an ogee curve, so as to prevent the insertion of a wire, nail, or other tool by an unauthorized erson in an attempt to unseat the valve and refilcl1 the bottle with an inferior grade of In filling the bottle the liquid is introduced through the mouth of the neck and the valve placed in position with the globular terminal 8 in contact with the inclined walls of the neck, after which the plug or closure 13 is placed in position and cemented or otherwise rigidly secured to said neck, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 1

In order to discharge bottle,it is merely necessary to reverse the latter, which causes the valve to move longitudinally within the neck 6 and the grooves 12 to register with the passages 14 in the plug 13, thus permitting the liquid to flow through the grooves 12 to the concavity 1 1, and thence through the passa es 14 to the mouth of the bottle, as clearly i lustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

As soon as the bottle is placed in upright position the valve 10 will automatically seat itself, and thus prevent any attempt to refill the same. Should an attempt be made to the contents of the the liquid.

concavity or depression is dispensed-with, the grooves being disposed longitudinally of thevalve and opening; throu h: the fiatupper metal, or other suitablematerial and may be provided with any number of-discharge' passages or grooves,

ple,1nexpensive, and efficient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends :inview. 1

is claimed is seatedwithin theneck and providedi-atone .the valve and provided with\discharge.-pas

end thereofwith a concavity-having a pluraltherewith, and a stopper-spaced-from the con-; caved end ofthe valve and'provided with'a plurality of angularly disposed dischargepassages toipermit thepassage of the liquid when the valve is moved to open position) fraudlilently refill the bottle by immersing the neck thereof in the liquid, the valvewill automatically float to closed position, while any attempt to force the liquid under pressure into the bottle when the latter is inverted Will by reason of the concavity 11 force the valve longitudinally of the neckuntil the globular terminal 8 engages the inclined Walls of the neck, thus preventing the entrance of 3. .A bottle having a tapered neck, a valve seated in the neck and having one end there- 5 of provided with an enlarged head the face of which is formed with a depression and the side Walls thereof provided with a plurality of longitudinally-disposed grooves communicating with said depression, and a plug spaced fromthevalve and rigidly secured to the interior walls of the neck, said lug being provided with a plurality of peripl ieral angularly- In Fig. 5 of the drawings there is illustrated a disposed discharge passages to permit the a modified form of the invention in which the passage ofthe liquid whenthe valve is moved F to. open: position.

'4. A bottle-having avtapered neck,.:a valve seated withinithe neck and. having a plurality of longitudinal grooves formed inuone 1 end thereof, and a plugspaced from thevialv-eand having a plurality of peripheral ogee :discharge-passagesv formed in the "walls -thereof togpermit .the passage ofithe liqui'd whenithe valve is moved to open'position.

v5. A bottle havinga taperedrneckwal-long'itudinally-movable valve seated within \the neck and consisting of a shank; provided rat one end with a globular terminal adapted to engage: the wallsof said neck and-:ataits opposite end-with an enlarged head havingr-a plu- 7o rality of longitudinally disposed grooves formed therein, a; plug'rigidly securedi to the .interior walls of the neck and arranged *in spaced relation tothe-valve, said lug being provided with ca plurality: of: disc '=arge=pas- 7 5 sages each in the formofan ogee curve topermit the;passageof the liquidwhenthevalve is=moved to open position.

Intestimony th-atfI. claim the 'foregoing as my own-I have hereto afiixe'dmy-signaturein the presence oftwo Witnesses.

FRANK (H. HUBBARD.

surface lfi. of said valve,. as s own.

,The valve and; plug may be formed of glass,

vFrom the foregoing description it vwill be seen that there is provided an extremely sim- Havingthus described the.invention,=what 1. 1A bottlehaving a tapered neck, a valve end thereof with a plurality of longitudinallydisposed grooves,-and a stopper spaced from sages to permit the passage of the liquid when the valve is moved to open position.

2. A bottle having a tapered neck, a'valve seated within the neckand provided at one ity of longitudinal grooves communicating :Witnesses E. PLOUDER, 0. -E. .MIDDLETON.

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