US836005A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATBNTBD'NOV, 1s, 190e.

4P. H. BEHRMANN & G. H.- RODEPELD.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26.1906.

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FREDERICK H. BEHRMANN AND GEORGE H. RODEFELD, OF RAY TOWN SHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA. v

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK H. BEHR- MANN and GEORGE H. RODEEELD, citizens of the United States, residing in Ray township, in the county of Franklin and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles of the nonrellable type embodying a valve mechanism for closing the neck of the bottle, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which Will after the bottle has been initially filled and sealed permit free discharge of its contents but prevent the subsequent introduction of liquid into the bottle, thus to obviate fraudulent refilling of the bottle and one wherein the valve mechanism may be readily introduced and be permanently secured inthe bottle-neck. l

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken centrally through the upper portion of a bottle equipped with a valve mechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guard or shield.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a bottle having a neck provided with a discharge passage or bore 3, reduced at its lower end to form a valve-seat 4, there being formed at a point adjacent the upper end of the neck, the upper portion of which is of slightly tapered or conical form to present a downwardly and outwardly inclined wall 5, a marginal groove or seat 6.

Arranged for movement in the passage 3 and to normally close upon the seatk 4 is a spherical or ball valve 7, having disposed thereabove 'and within the passage a guard member or shield comprising a body portion or stem 8 and a pair of heads 9, provided with radial openings or recesses 10, constituting passages for the liquid, the openings in onehead being in non-alinement with those in the other, for a purpose which will presently appear, and the heads being slightly concaved in their outer faces.

Applied to the upper end of the neck 2 is a section or cap 1 1, having a central opening 12 of an internal diameter somewhat smaller 4than that of the bore 3 and adapted to receive a stopper 13, there being formed on the section a depending tubular portion or extension 14, internally ta ered to fit on the adjacent tapered end of t e neck and having an interior marginal groove or seat 15, adapted to register with the seat 6 for the reception of a retaining member or ring 16, which serves to lock the section or cap in place on the neck.

In practice after the bottle has been lled the valve is introduced into the assage 3 to rest upon the seat 4 and the shield inserted above thevalve. The sectionorcap 11 isnext applied and secured in place by means of the retaining-ring 16 and serves, owing to the opening l2 being of smaller diameter than opening 3, to prevent removal of the shield or valve through the neck of the bottle,it being understood that the ring I6, which is composed of spring material, is laced in the groove 6 prior to application o the cap and after the atter has been fully seated springs outward into engagement with the groove 1p, thereby permanently locking the cap in ace.

It will be noted that in decanting the liquor the shield 8 moves freely in the neckl to permit movement of the valve to open position, and, further, that owing to the openings l0 in one head being disposed in non-alinement with those in the other the introduction of an instrument for tampering with the valve is rendered extremely difficult if not practically impossible.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is- A bottle having a neck provided with a valve-seat, a valve movably arranged in the neck to close upon said seat, a guard member movably mounted in the neck above the valve, said guard member comprising a body portion, and a pair of relatively spaced heads having radial openings, the openings in one head being in non-alinement with those in the other, and a retaining-cap permanently fixed on the outer end of the neck.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. H. BEHRMANN. GEORGE H. RODEFELD.

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