CA1055407A - Combined anti-refilling and pouring device for fitment to a bottle - Google Patents

Combined anti-refilling and pouring device for fitment to a bottle

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CA1055407A
CA1055407A CA274,997A CA274997A CA1055407A CA 1055407 A CA1055407 A CA 1055407A CA 274997 A CA274997 A CA 274997A CA 1055407 A CA1055407 A CA 1055407A
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fins
ring
tubular
bottle
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Charles B. Cruickshank
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Daniel Montgomery and Son Ltd
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Daniel Montgomery and Son Ltd
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ABSTRACT

A combined anti-refilling and pouring device for use in association with a bottle incorporates a tubular casing having at one end a tubular extension formed with inwardly directed radial fins and an annular flange presenting a centre hole projecting inwardly beyond the fins at the outer end of the extension. A ring member having radially disposed fins extending axially from one end face of the ring is located within the tubular casing with the fins on the ring member terminating close to the fins in the tubular extension. A movable valve member is trapped within the axial passage defined by the tipe of the radial fins in the tubular extension between the fins on the ring member and the annular flange, the valve member being free to engage the centre hole and close it, and a ring of deformable material having a maximum diameter greater than the internal diameter of the neck of a bottle into which the device is to be fitted encircles the tubular casing.

Description

~ he subjec-t of -this in~ention is a cornbined an-ti-refill fitmen-t and pouring device for a bot-tle. Anti-refill fitments ~re used to prevent removal of the original con-tents of bottles bearing the brand labels of, for example, reputable manufacturers of spirits and replacement of the original contents by o-ther material of an inferior quality with the intention of reselling the bottles as genuinely containing the product of the company mentioned on the brand label.
. -Such anti-refill fitments take the form of structures which are fitted~over the necks of the bo-ttles and once in place cannot be removed without being permanently damaged. A bottle which has been tampered with thus provides ~i an indication that it has been tampered with. These fitments are all more or less complicated and expensive to make and it has been realized that -the best -type of fitment would be one which would fit within the bottle neck rather than outside the bottle neck. ~hls ldea has not been pursued because hereto~ore it had not been possible to provide such a fitment which would be virtually irremovable from -the bottle neck.

A11 anti-refill devices as hsrstofore constructed su~fer from the dis,advantage that only a single channel is presented~or the, exit of liquid from the bottle fi-tted with the device. The resul't of' this is that in the pouring position air atternpting to enter ths~bottle to replace liquid leaving the bottle can enter the bottle only ~rom the, same ',, ... ' ' ,, ', ' ' ' ' .
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~OSS~117 passage as the liquid leaves -the bottle. ~his causes surging because what happens is that -the liquid in the bottle being denser -takes precedence in leaving the bottle over the air attempting to enter -the bottle so -tha-t liquid continues to flow out until -the pressure within the bottle drops so ~uch belo~l atmos~heric pressure that the ambient pressure is able to force air in against the out-flowing liquid thus stopping the flow of liquid, the flow of liquid remaining stopped until the pressure within and without the bottle are substan-tially equal whereupon the flow of liquid again resumes until the in-ternal pressure drops againO This action causes splashing and sometimes difficulty in filling small receptacles. ~
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i ~ It lS an object of the present invention to ~ provide a device combining an-ti-refill properties ~ith good ..
pouring characteristics and which can be fitted permanently wlthin the neck of a bottle yet which i8 extremely difficult if not impossible to remove.
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he usual bottle made to contain spirits carries a reinforcing ring around -the outside of the neck. I-t has been noticed that -the inside of the neck a-t the posi-tion of the ring on the outside is locall~ increased in diame-ter normally as part of the process of fitting -the reinforcing ~ ~ .
ring and use is made of -this fact for the purpose of the present inven-tion.

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The ring ma~r be formed of cork or of a flexible plastics material such as one of the vinyl acetate compounds.
The material is chosen such that it will not react with the liquid contents of the bottle.
The ring may be lenticular or may be arch-shaped in cross section. Alternatively it may be circular or elliptical ~! _ ' . , , 30 , . : ' _4_ ~ :,' :

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in cross-sec-tion and may be hollow.

Since the invention m~es use of the local increase in internal diameter the in~ention also consists in the combination of a bo-ttle having a neck containing a portion of increased internal diameter and a tubular anti-refilling and pouring device containing a one-way valve and carrying a ring of flexible material encircling the tubular body member, the body member being inserted wi-thin the bottle neck with the ring of flexible material engaging the portion of increased internal diameter.

A prac-tical embodiment of the invenbion lS illustrated ir the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal : . :
section -through an assembled device; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectlon of the casing; Fig. 3 is a view looking ln the direction of the arrow A in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the ring member; Fig. 5 is a view looking in -the direction of the arrow B in Fig. 4, -the longitudinal section as shown n Fig. 4 being taken through the line 4-4 in Fig. 5; Fig. 6 is an exploded perspec-tive view showing the parts making up the device withdrawn from one ano-ther, and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of a bottle neck showing how the device is gripped therein.

In the drawings 1 deno-tes a -tubular casing formed with a tubular ex~tension lA of smaller outside diameter than the main portion of the casing and connected thereto by a shoulder lB. 2 denotes a ring member formed with fins 3 extending axiall~ from the end face 2A of -the rin~ 2, -the fins , ( _5_ ' ~,," ' , ~ , , '' , . ' ' , , , , :" , .. . .

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being radially disposed with respect to the axis of -the ring 2 as shown in ~ig. 5 and their end portion remo-te from the ring member 2 being connected to the periphery o~ a disc 4 the diameter of which is less than -the ou-tside diameter of the --ring member 2. Ishe tubular caeSing 1 is formed with inwardly directed radial fins 5 as shown in Fig. 3, located within the extension lA the outer end of which is formed with an lnwardly directed flange 6. ~he radial fins have radial dimensions such as to leave a clear axial passage within the tubular extension. 7 denotes a resilien-t ring formed of cork fitted -~ around the extension lA and abutting against the shoulder lB.
8 and 9 denote balls trapped within the clear axial passage in the tubular casing 1 between the flange 6 and the ring member 2, . .
the larger ball 8 being adjacent -the flange 6 and the smaller r,~
r ball 9 being nearer the ring member 2. In Fig. 7, 10 denotes ~ the neck of a bottle formed with a local increase in internal .~:
diameter indicated at 11.

To fit a bottle with an an-ti-re~illing and pouring ; device according to the invention the device is entered into the neck 10 of the bottle, -the de~ormable ring 7 being deformed ; in this action until it comes to the por-tion 11 of larger internal diameter whereupon the deformed ring 7 in trying to resume its original shape expands in-to the increased diameter portion 11 and thus locks -the device in-to -the bottle neck.

Once the device has been inserted and the flexible ., ,~ ring 7 expanded into the increased diameter portion 11 of iS ~ the bot-tle neck 10 it is extremely di~ficul-t to dislodge the ., ~ , , ~ -6-.,:~,. .. .. . .
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~L~55407 device because of the difficul.-ty in ob-taining a grip on -the ~ .
device -to pull it out without damaging it. The operation is made more difficult still by the presence of -the balls 8 and 9 in -the -tubular extension lA. The balls provide an obstruction to any hooked objec-t which might be inserted with the inten-tion of engaging the far end of the device so that the device can be pulled out.

In use liquid may be poured from a bottle fitted with the device o~ the invention in any random position in which the bo-ttle is picked up because no ma-t-ter how the bottle is .
-tilted always some of the fins 3 and 5 in both the ring 2 -.
and the tubular casing 1, respectivel~, in wha-t is at that instant the upper half of the tilted bottle neck and the channels ;
between these fins are at the top of the tilted bottle neck : :
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while other channels are present between.the fins projec-ting downwardl~ in what is at that same ins-tant the lower half of .~ - .
the tiltëd bottle neck. The channels at -the top serve as air vents permitting free entry of air at the same time as liquid flows out through the lowermos-t channels and past the balls 8 a~d 9. The disc 4 prevents mixing of air and llquid because it ac-ts to reduce the velocity of liquid attemp-ti~g -to leave the:~
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:~. bottle so that -the gravi-tational effec-t on the liquid is .j ;, . .
'~ sufficient to keep it in the lower_mos-t part of the pouring .~.

. device thus leaving the upper part of the pouring device free ~.

~ .for en-try of air. The balls 8 and 9 do not impede the~pouring ~

'~ operation because when -the bo-ttle is -til-ted to pour the con-tents ~ .

i~: . they rest against -the disc 4 and -the fins 3 and 5. The use of -:

: two balls of different diameters assists in ensuring tha-t there J~ ~7~ .

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~ . . , 1135S4~7 is adequa-te room for -the free flow of liquid through the ring member 2. The smaller ball 8 holds the larger ball 9 away from -the ring member 2.

Before any attempt can be made to refill an emptied bottle fi-tted wi-th the device the bo-t-tle must be placed upright. In this position the balls 8 and 9 drop into their lowermost position. In this position the large ball 8 engages the flange 6 which thus functions as a valve seat and forms with it a closed ball valve effectively preventing liquid from en-tering the bottle. The ball 8 cannot be pushed aside to allow liquid to pass because the disc 4 prevents access to the ball.

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Claims (2)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A combined anti-refilling and pouring device incorporating a tubular casing formed with a tubular main body portion and a smaller diameter tubular extension projecting from one end of the main body portion, said tubular extension being formed with inwardly directed radial fins of a radial dimension such as to leave a clear axial passage defined by the inner tips of the fins, and at the end remote from the main body portion with an annular flange projecting inwardly beyond the fins, a ring member consisting of a ring portion and fins extending axially from one end face of the ring portion, the fins being radially disposed with respect to the axis of the ring portion and the end portions of all the fins remote from the ring portion being connected to the periphery of a disc the diameter of which is less than the outside diameter of the ring portion said ring member being located within the tubular main body portion of the tubular casing with the fins on the ring member abutting the fins in the tubular extension so that the two sets of fins together form a cage, a movable valve member located within the cage and a radially compressible sleeve encircling the tubular casing, the outside diameter of the sleeve exceeding the outside diameter of the main body portion.
2. A combined anti-refilling and pouring device as claimed in claim 1, in combination with a bottle having a neck containing a portion of increased internal diameter, the tubular casing containing the ring member being located within the bottle neck wtih the ring of flexible material engaging the portion of the bottle neck of increased internal diameter.
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