US1033639A - Non-refillable bottle and stopper. - Google Patents

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V H. 'R. TURNER. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

Arrmouloir FILED 12.25, 1911. 1,033,639. Patented July 23, 1912.

Inventor h ib UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY ROSS TURNER, F PHILADELPHIA TO ALBERT A. ROTTNER, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD oN-RErILLABLE BOTTLE ANpsrorrm-t.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Ross TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 5410 Irving street, in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle and Stopper, of which the following is a specification.

provision of a non-refillable bottleofvthis,

character Which will be of extremelyxsiiruiole and inexpensive construction, and which will be efficient and practical in its operation.

My invention broadly stated resides in the provision of a non-refillable bottle having a hollow grooved valve or stopper adapted to slide or move in a cylindrical sleeve or casmg havmgoutlet ports or passages therem,

said plug or stopper acting as a valve for.

the exclusion of a filling liquid.

My invention further resides in the provision of a device of thecharacter described comprising novel features of construction and combination of parts for service substantially as disclosed herein, and in the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a practical embodiment of my invention.

Figure l represents a vertical sectional view of the neck and portion of .a bottle equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a similar view with the bottle reversed and showing the position the valve or plug assumes when the liquid is being poured therefrom. Fig. 3 represents a detail view of the valve. Fig. 4 represents a sectional detail view of the stopper and cylindrical sleeve or casing, showing the detachable top thereabove, and Fig. 5 repre-. sents a top plan view of the stopper and cylindrical casing and top attached.

In the drawings in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, the letter A designatesa hollow aluminum valve, having a bottom B of cork or other -material and spiral grooves or channels 0 p'assiLg around its outer periphery to permit the escape of air when the bottle is in a vertical position.

Specification of Letters Patent. I" Pai j e fited luly 23, 1912, Application filed April 25, 1911. i

Serial No. 623,269.

The letter D designates a stopper or plug,- made of glass or porcelain, of gradually-. tapering shape LL, and adapted to fit snugly in the neck of the bottle, and is provided with a detachable top E, mvertica 69,. passage F, and a flaring opening orinletr port The stopper D is provided with the four channels or ducts H through which the contents of the bottle pass when inverted, and the valve A, owing to its buoyancy, is adapted to be movedby the weight of the contents of the bottle when inverted and' slide in said passage F, as shown in Fig; 2.

The detachable top E is provided with the outlet port J and the depending key or lug K, slidable in the key-way K.

The operation of my invention is as follovtzii: The bottle is first filled with the desired, fluid, the tapering stopper inserted in the neck thereof, and the top E placed thereon. Upon the inversion of the bottle the valve A is. actuated by the weighto'f the filling liquid and slides along the vertical passage F until it abuts against the lug K. The liquid enters through opening G, passes along the cylinder or passage F, thence through passages H on either side thereof, and finally through the outlet opening J.

It will be noted that when an attempt is made to introduce a liquid of an inferior grade into the bottle the valve A will effectually close'the port G at the bottom of the stopper, and that the channels O therein will tend to permit the escape of air when the bottle is in an upright position and prevent the entrance of a filling liquid.

It will be seen that I have provideda device of this character which will resist all eiforts to introduce filling liquids, and yet will permit the ready removal of the contents of the bottle; which will be durable and simple in construction, inexpensive of production and eflicient and practical in its :operation.

One of the'most important features .of my invention resides in the fact that my improvement is capable of employment in connection with bottles for spirituous liquors of the ordinary construction in general use, as the device fits the neck of the ordinary bottle and forms a perfect non-filling means andrequires no change in the construction of the bottle. In devices patented, of the, general character of my invention, it has been found necessary to use only a bottle with a spiral form of necessary to provide a new and special construction of bottle, entailin a great expense and destroying the use ulness a d desirability of the improvement. Wit my device, no special form of bottle is re uired and no change-in construction of the ottle is necessary, as the device fits the ordinary form of bottle in general use and thus insures aconnnercial article which is at once useful, desirable and practical.

x central I claim:

1." In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a stopper provided with a keyway, a plurality? of channels and a vertical passage arranged parallel with said channels, of a detachable top mounted upon said stopper, a depending key formed upon neck, which 'makes it .the top, adapted to normally seat in said key way in the stopper, and a hollow valve having a huoyant closure at its lower end ,and a series of spiral grooves arranged around its outer periphery and slidable in v of spiral grooves arranged around its outer eri her p y H. ROSS TURNER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT A. IRO'I'INER, C. D. Ro'rrnnn, A. D. CAsE.

Copies 9! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of mm,

Washington, D. 0.

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