US1025757A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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- H. MARCUS. NON-REPILLABLEJ BOTTLE. APYLIOATION FILED JAN.22,1912.

1,025,757. Patented May 7, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onmcn.

HERMAN MARCUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH BLOGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MARCUS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county 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.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and comprises particularly an attachment for the mouth of such bottles, which is to be applied to the same after the bottle has been filled, and which is so constructed as to divert any fiuid with which one may attempt to refill the bottle, into an annular chamber in the walls of the same.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a bottle of the kind mentioned which can be cheaply manufactured, and of superior construction for the purpose which the invention is designed to serve.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same characters ofreference indicate the same parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved non-refillable bottle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the same inverted to empty the same; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 38 of Fig. 2.

On the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the body of my improved bottle, and this body has an annular internal partition 2, which incloses the annular space between the same and the outer wall. The partition 2 extends from the bottom up to the shoulder of the bottle, and the space inside the partition 2 ordinarily receives the liquid with which the bottle is filled.

The numeral 3 represents a flange surrounding the mouth of the bottle, and to the mouth is attached a cap 4, by means of a ring or band 5. The cap 4 has a flange at its lower end corresponding to the flange 3; and the rear edge of the flange 3 and the lower edge of the corresponding flange of the casing 4 may be beveled so as to form an annular groove into which fits an internal annular rib or bead shown at 6, carried by the ring or band 5. The opposite edges of the band 5 are of course turned-over to engage the opposite edges of the flanges on the casing and the bottle, and thus secure 'ward to the open inner into the the casing firmly in position. The outer walls of the casing 4 are turned over and bent back upon themselves, as shown at 7, to form an inward-extending tube which is separated from the sides of the casing 4 by an annular space. This tube carries an open frame 8, upon which rests a cork 9. The inner end of the tube supports a thimble 10 secured to the tube by means of radial arms 11 at its opposite ends, as shown.

As shown on the drawings, the thimble 10, which is closed at its inner end and open at its outer end, is spaced from the tube 7 at all points by the arms 11, so that, when the bottle is to be emptied, there will be an open passage around the sides of the thimble 10 to the open outer end thereof, and then inend of the tube 7 through which the liquid can be discharged when the cork 9 is removed.

The numeral 12 represents a tube which extends along the side of the neck of the bottle through an opening in the partition 2, and downward to a point adjacent the bottom of the annular space between the side of the bottle and this partition.

13 represents a conical valve which fits lower end of the tube 12 when the bottle is inverted, the length of this valve or plug being greater than the distance between the bottom of the bottle and the lower end of the tube 12, so that the plug can never get displaced. The space between the partition 2 and the side of the bottle 1 is provided with a spherical float 14, which indicates the level of the fluid therein. The upper end of the tube 12 inside the mouth of the bottle connects with a pipe 15 which has a flaring nozzle 16; and 17 is an air tube which is oined to the pipe 15 below the nozzle. Inside the space between the partition 2 and the side of the bottle 1 I form an opening 18 in the tube 12, to permit air inclosed between the partition 2 and the sides of the bottle 1 to escape, this opening being formed in the tube 12 near the upper part of the inclosed space, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To fill the bottle, liquid is poured through the open mouth thereof before the casing 4 1s put in place. This liquid passes down into the space inclosed by the partition 2, and care is taken so that none of itpasses into the pipe or tube 12 into the space outside of the partition 2. The casing 4 is then applied, and the pipe 15, which is secured to the thimble 10, fits at its lower end into the upper end of the tube 12. The casing is held in place by applying the band 5, and the bottle is then sealed up by means of the cork 9.

When it is desired to empty the bottle the cork is removed and the bottle turned to the position shown in Fig. 2. The liquid runs down now into the end of the casing t and passes between the sides of the thimble 10 and tube 7 and outward through the tube 7.

Should any one now attempt to refill the bottle by pouring liquid into the tube 7, it would not pass to the space inslde the partition 2, because the air pressure inclosed 1n the said space would be sufficient to prevent the liquid from passing around the end of the tube 7 through the space between the sides of the tube 7 and the thimble 10, and then between the outer surface of the thimble 10 and the inner surface of the cap 4, before reaching the neck which leads-to the space inclosed by the partition 2. Instead, the liquid would rise in the tube 7 until the level thereof would be above the funnel 16. Then it would flow down through the pipe 15 and tube 12 inside the space between the partition 2 and the side of the bottle, and as the liquid rises in this space, the float let Wlll rise with it, air escaping in the meantime out of the space by way of the opening 18 through the tubes 12 and 15 and the nipple 17 Once any liquid is in this space it cannot be removed without breaking the bottle, for as soon as the bottle vis inverted, the plug 13 will close the lower end of the tube 12 and prevent any liquid from returning therethrough. The only way to refill the bottle would be to take off the casing 4, and this cannot be done without breaking the band 5.

The end of the tube 15 will fit loosely into the enlarged upper end of the tube 12, so that, when the casing 4t is applied, the tube 12 and pipe 15 will form a continuous conduit between the funnel 16 and the lower end of the space inclosed between the side of the bottle and the partition 2. Consequently, when the cap or casing is taken off, the short length of'pipe 15 will come off with it.

From this construction it follows that the bottle can easily be refilled at the factory or by some one familiar with the construction thereof; but should any one attempt to refill it by pouring in liquid through the tube 7, as above stated, some of the liquid will immediately be trapped in the annular space surrounding the partition 2, and as this liquid cannot be discharged from the bottle without breaking it, the fact that the bottle has been tampered with will thus be revealed. The exterior of the cap or casing 4 will make the bottle look like an ordinary bottle and give no hint of the interior construction which prevents the refilling thereof. Again, should any one wish to refill the bottle, he would naturally assume that it could be refilled by the same path that the contents thereof were emptied therefrom. If he attempts to refill it in this way the result will be the trapping of some of the liquid in the manner above stated; and even though he should succeed in refilling the bottle, the liquid trapped below the lower end of the tube 12 will be a suflicient indication to any one afterward getting hold of the bottle that the content-s were not put in by a person having authority to do so.

While I have shown and described the partition 2 as being annular, that is, of such shape as to make an annular space between the same and the outer wall of the bottle extending entirely around the body of the bottle, it is obviousthat I do not have to make the same extend all the way around, but the purposes of the invention will be sufficiently subserved with the same extending only part of the way around the circumference of the bottle.

The utility of the float is of course to mark the level of the liquid in the annular space inclosed bet-ween the wall of the bottle and the partition 2. Should one attempt to refill the bottle and some of the liquid be trapped therein, a mark can be made on the outside of the bottle at the level of the float. If, subsequently, another attempt is made to refill the bottle, more liquid will be trapped between the sides of the bottle and the partition 2, and the float will rise higher for that reason. When the bottle now goes back to the bottler, the fact that the float is above the mark indicating the level of the first quantity of liquid trapped in the sides of the bottle, will reveal to him the fact that another attempt at refilling by an unauthorized person has been made. In this way every time the bottle has been tampered with by a person trying to refill the same will be indicated.

I wish to have it understood that the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings is illustrative only, disclosing but one embodiment of my invention; and that I reserve to myself the right to make whatever changes in the shape, size and arrangement of the parts fairly fall within the scope and spirit of my invention.

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

1. In a non-refillable vessel, the combination of a body having a partition inside of the same, said partition inclosing a portion of the interior space of the vessel, a conduit leading through said partition into said inclosed space, means for diverting liquid supplied to the interior of the vessel through said conduit into said inclosed space, and means for closing said conduit to prevent the egress of liquid from said inclosed space.

2. In a non-refillable vessel, the combination of a body having an annular partition therein, said partition inclosing a portion of the interior space of said vessel bet-ween the same and the outer wall thereof, a conduit leading from the mouth of said vessel through said partition into the said inclosed space, means for diverting liquid supplied to said vessel through said conduit into said inclosed space, and means for closing said conduit and preventing the return of said liquid from said space therethrough.

3. In a non-refillable vessel, means for inclosing a portion of the interior space of said vessel, a conduit leading from the mouth of said vessel through said means inside of said inclosed space, valve means located in operative relation to said conduit to permit liquid to enter said inclosed space, but preventing its egress therefrom, said conduit also having an aperture therein, a funnel connected to said conduit adjacent the mouth of said vessel to divert liquid poured into said vessel into said inclosed space, and a nipple extending from said conduit adjacent said funnel to permit air in the said inclosed space to pass through said conduit and said nipple upon the entrance of liquid into said inclosed space.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a body, an inward-extending tube located adjacent the mouth thereof, said tube being open at its inner end and being spaced from the walls of the mouth of the vessel, a thimble closing the inner end of said tube, means for inclosing a port-ion of the interior space of .the vessel, a conduit leading through said means, and valve means associated with said conduit inside of said space to permit liquid to flow into said space and prevent its egress therefrom, the said conduit extending through said thimble into said tube, said thimble being spaced from said tube, whereby when the bottle is inverted the contents can flow into the neck thereof and into the thimble, and thence outward through said tube to empty the bottle, and, whereby, when liquid is poured into said vessel the pressure of the air inside of the same Will prevent the liquid from passing from said tube into said thimble to the inside of the vessel, and part of said liquid will becaused to pass through said conduit into said inclosed space and be trapped therein by said valve means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN MARCUS.

Witnesses A. H. DAVIS, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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