US986546A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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J. W. COLLINS.

' NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1910.

7 54 Patented Mar.14, 1911.

v V .9 fiill 7 J 6 in the inner bottle. neck to effectually seal JOHN W. CQLLINS, OF EAST PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Non-nEFILLnBL-n BOTTLE.

Specification ofLetters latcnt.

Patented Mar. 14:, 1911.

Application filed November 7, 19-10. Serial No. 591,036.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, JOHN W. COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles and has for its object to provide novel and eflicient means to efi'ectually prevent the refilling of the bottle after it has once been emptied while at the same time the liquid contents of the bottle may be easily and quickly decanted.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a bottle formed with an outer and inner neck, said necks being concentrically arranged to provide an annular chamber, a ball valve bein arran ed in the inner neck. to prevent the ow of .llquid into the bottle, and means for forming a vacuum the valve. I

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in thelacoom a-. nying drawings, in which-. v Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal .section of my improved non-refillable' bottle; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

and Fig. 3 isa section-taken 0n the line'3'-3 of Fig. 1. I,

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates a' bottle which may be made of anycork or rubber stopper 13 impossible, I prodesired form and is preferably constructed of glass. The upper end of this bottle is provided with a neck 6 which is of slightly greater diameter than the ordinary bottle neck to allow for the provision of'an inner neck 7. The walls of the outer and inner bottle necks are integrally connected at their lower ends as shown at 8, said connecting portion constituting the lower outwardly flared end of the inner bottle neck 7. These, bottle necks are concentrically arranged to provide an annular chamber 9 and the u per ends thereof are dis osed in the same p ane as clearly shown in ig. 10 is adapted to be p a 1. A cap or cover ced over the upper end of the neck 6to securely close the same and prevent the entrance of foreign substances into the chamber or withinthe inner neck 7. This closure cap may be constructed from tin foil or other suitable material and properly sealed or secured upon the'neck.

- The upperend of the bottle 5 extendsinwardly of the walls of, the cylindrical necks 6 and 7 and is centrally formed with a short upwardly extending neck 11 which extends into the lower end of the inner bottle neck 7. The upper end of the neck 11 is flared -to form a valve seat 11 i for the valve ball 12. In the upright position of the bottle,the ball 12 is arranged upon the seat 11 and prevents the entrance of liquid into the bottle.

A cork or rubberstopper 13 is arranged in the inner neck 7 and fits tightly against-the walls thenof. This stopper is disposed in the lower portion of the neck 7 in spaced relation to the valve seat 11' and is formed with a concave under face 13. The edge of the valve seat 11 and the concave of the stopper 13 are so spaced as to prevent the ball 12 from moving between the same. The concave face 13 of the stopper will,

however, permitthe ball 12 to move out of itsseat when the bottle is inverted so that the liquid may be decanted. The space 14 which'is provided between the stopper, the wall of thejnner neck .7- and the neck 11 has communication with'thea-nnular chamber 9 througha plurality of openings 15 which are formed .in the lower flared end of the inner neck 7 -which connects the same to the wall of the outer bottle neck 6. These openings 'arepreferably provided at diametrically opposit-e peintsaand any desired number may be employed.

In order to render the extraction of the vide a glass stopper plate 16 which as shown,

.is arranged in the inner bottle neck 7 in spaced relation to the stopper 1'3 and slightly 'below the upper end of said neck. By thus arranging the glass plate 16 in the inner neck an air-tight compartment is formed between the same and the stopper 13. The periphery of this plate 16 engages closely upon the wall of the bottle neck 7 so as to render its removal impossible. Thi'splate is arranged in a perfectly horizontal position within the bottleneck so that no instrument whereby its removal could be effected can be inserted- 'From the foregoing it is thought that-the construction and manner of operation of my improved non-refillable bottle will tle may be entirely emptied of its contents tured at a ,very slight cost. No sprin s or and vis extremely durable in practical use.

be readily understood. After the liquid has been poured into the bottle, the ball 12 is placed in position upon its seat and the stopper 13 then inserted into the inner neck 7 as-shownin Fig. 1. The plate 16 is then placed in position as above described and the cap or cover 11 arranged upon the bottle neck and sealed or securedthereto. In order to dispense the liquid,- the cover 10 is removed and the bottle inverted. The pressure of the liquid will displace the ball 12 from its seat, the liquid flowing'through theshort central neck 11 of the bottle and into the space 14 from whence it flows through the openings 15 1n the connecting portion between the inner'and outer bottle necks 7 and '6 respectively. In this manner it will be seen that a very copious flow of the liquid contents of the bottle is secured so that the botin a very short time. By providing the neck -11 on thebo'ttle and the innerneck 7, it

will be obvious that the insertion of a Wire or other tool into the neck to engage the valve ball 12' is absolutely impossible so that after the bottle has once been emptied it cannot be again refilled without breakingt-he stopper plate 16 so as to remove the lower cork stopper 13. The air-tight compartment formed between the plate 16and stopper 13 prevents the removal of the plate in its entirety thereby .efiectually guarding against the fraudulent refilling of the bot-" tle and thus protecting the manufacturer and consumer.

My improved bottle is-comparatively simplein construction and may be manufac other easily breakable parts are utiliz it will consequently be seen thatthe deviceball 12 would preferabl be formed of glass so that the same wou d be unaffected by acids which may be contained in the liquid contents of the 'bottle.

While Ihave above described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that the device is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any lot the advantages of the invention;

Having thus described the invention whatneck, the lower inclined end of said inner neck having a plurality of openings therein connecting the annular. chamber with the space between the walls or the valve seat and the inner neck, a valve member normally disposed in the valve seat, a stopper arranged in thelower portion of theinner neck and spaced from said valve member, the distance between the upper edge of the valve seat walls' and the under side of the stopper being less than the cross sectional area of the valve member, substantially as and for the-purposeset forth. I

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of witnesses. JOHN W. COLLINS.

Witnesses: GEO. V. MILLIGAN,

" CHAs. 'FLEMme,

R. D. Gooown

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