US1018960A

US1018960A - Non-refillable bottle.

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Publication number: US1018960A
Application number: US61155011A
Authority: US
Inventors: John S Bromhead
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-03-01
Filing date: 1911-03-01
Publication date: 1912-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 1929-02-27

Description

J. S. BROMHEAD. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION nunmn. 1, 1911.

Patented'Feb. 27, 1912.

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JOHN S. BROMI-IEAD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1912.

Application filed March 1, 1911. Serial No. 611,550.

To all w/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BROMHEAD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to non-refillable bottles, such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States, No. 936,860, granted to me on October 12, 1909.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved non-refillable bottle, which is simple in construction and arranged to permit a free outflow of the contents of the bottle on tilting the latter, and to prevent refilling of the bottle by unau thorized persons after the bottle is once emptied of its original contents. For the urpose mentioned, use is made of a neck attached to a stub neck of a bottle and having a contracted portion intermediate the ends, and an apertured plate extending across the under side of the said contracted portion,-a valve seat in the neck below the said plate, and a valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seat and adapted to close the apertures in the said plate.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the non-refillable bottle; Fig. 2 is a like view of the' same showing the bottle tilted for emptying the contents thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an inverted sectional plan view of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The bottle A is provided with a short or a stub neck A, having an interior angular rabbet A into which fits the lower end B of the main bottle neck B, secured in place after the bottle is filled by cementing the lower end B in the rabbet A of the stub neck 'A. The main neck B is provided intermediate its ends with a contracted portion B to form an upper compartment B and a lower compartment 13*, of which the upper compartment B is normally closed by a stopper C. Into the lower compartment B fits snugly a shell D provided with a top plate D abutting against the under side of the contracted portion B and extending across the opening thereof, and the said top plate D is provided with upwardly pointing spouts D through which the liquid contents of the bottle A are passed from within the shell D into the compartment B and finally into a glass on tilting the bottle A, as indicated in Fig. 2.

A protecting disk E extends in the opening of the contracted portion B a distance above the spouts D and the said disk E is provided with a shank E secured to the top plate Dand extending downwardly to form a guide for a valve F adapted to be seated on a cylindrical valve seat G extendin concentrically within the shell D and havlng its base G fitting into the lower portion of the neck B to rest on the rabbet A as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and'2. Apacking ring H, of rubber or other suitable material, is preferably interposed between the lower edge of the shell D and the top of the base G. The upper end of the valve seat G is preferably provided with a packing ring G of rubber or other suitable material, and on which the valve F is adapted to be seated to hermetically close the bottle. The lower end of the valve F is provided with guide arms F, slidingly engaging the inner surface of the valve F in its opening and closing movement, as will be readily understood'by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. The shank E extends into a central opening of the valve F, and in the saidopening is arranged a spring I to normally hold the-valve F to its seat on the packing or'cushion G but when the bottle is tilted then the liquid pressing against the valve F forces the sameinto an open position against the tension of the spring I (see Fig. 2), so that the liquid can flow through the valve seat G'and spouts D into the compartment B and out of the same into a glass or other vessel to be filled. When-the bottle is returned to vertical'posithe bore of the valve seat G, so as to guide tion the valve F immediately moves into a closed position, partly on account of 1ts own weight and partly by the action of the spring I.

The entrance to the bore of the valve seat G is adapted to be closed by a disk valve J having trunnions J mounted to turn in recesses G formed on the under side of the base Gr, it being understood that when the bottle is tilted the liquid turns the disk J into an open position, as shown in Fig. 2, for the passage of the liquid from the bottle A into and through the valve seat G.

In manufacturing the device, the neck B, shell D, valve F and seat G are preferably made of glass, and the parts contained in the lower compartment B of the neck B are placed in position therein prior to fastening the main neck B in position on the stub neck A of the bottle, as previously ex plained, and hence the parts contained in the compartment B cannot be tampered with by unauthorized persons by way of the compartment B and the contracted portion B It is understood that when the bottle A is tilted, the valve F moves sufficiently far off the valve seat G as to allow the liquid to pass through the seat, but the valve F on moving into an open position does not reach the top plate D owing to the spring I, and hence the liquid is free to flow through the spouts D into the compartment B In case an unauthorized person tries to refill the bottle A after the same has been emptied of its original contents, then the valve F prevents refilling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a contracted portion intermediate the ends, a shell fitting into the lower port-ion of the neck and having a top plate extending across the under side of the said contracted neck portion, the said top plate having upwardly-extending pouring spouts, a valve seat held in the lower portion of the said neck and spaced from the said shell top, a valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seat, and a protecting disk in the contracted portion of the neck over the spouts a distance from the tops thereof, the said protecting disk having a shank attached to the said top plate and depending therefrom to form a guide for the said valve.

2. Anon-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a contracted portion intermediate the ends, a shell fitting into the lower portion of the neck and having a top plate extending across the under side of the said contracted neck portion, the said top plate having upwardly-extending pouring spouts, a valve seat held in the lower portion of the said neck and spaced from the said shell top, a sliding and spring pressed valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seat and having a central opening, a protecting disk in the contracted portion of the neck over the spouts a distance from the tops thereof, the said protecting disk having a shank attached to the said top plate and extending into the opening of the said valve, and a spring arranged in the opening of the said valve below the said shank to normally hold the valve to its seat.

3. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a bottle having a stub neck provided with an interior annular rabbet, a main neck fitting into and fastened to the said rabbet, the said main neck having a contracted portion between its ends,ashell fitting into the lower portion of the said main neck and having a top plate provided with upwardly-extending spouts, a cylindrical valve seat within the said shell and of less diameter than the shell and having its upper end terminating a distance from the said top plate, the-said valve seat having a base resting on the said rabbet, and a valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seat and provided with guide arms slidingly engaging the said valve seat.

4-. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a bottle having a stub neck provided with an interior annular rabbet, a main neck fitting into and fastened to the said rabbet, the said main neck having a contracted portion between its ends, a shell fitting into the lower portion of the said main neck and having a top plate provided with upwardly extending spouts, a cylindrical valve seat within the said shell and of less diameter than the shell and having its upper end terminating a distance from the said top plate, the said valve seat having a base resting on the said rabbet, a valve adapted to be' seated on the said valve seat and provided with guide arms slidingly engaging the said valve seat, a disk extending over the said spouts and having a depending shank attached to the said top plate, the said valve slidingly engaging the said shank, and a spring interposed between the saidvalve and the said shank.

5. A non-refillable bottle, comprising bottle having an internal shoulder in its neck, a shell fitting in the lower portion of the neck and having an apertu-red top plate opening therein and provided with guide arms engaging the 'inn'errwall of the valve I25 a valve on the valve seat and having'an V seat, a disk above the top plate of the shell name to this specification in the presence of in the contracted portion of the neck formed tWo subscribing Witnesses. by the shoulder and having a shank secured to and projecting through the top plate of JOHN BROMHEAD' the shell into the opening of the valve, and Witnesses: a spring in the opening of the valve. TI-IEO. G. HosTER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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