US1064491A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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G. K0ML0sY; NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAILZO, 1913.

1,064,491, Patented June 10, 1913.

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GEORGE KOMLOSY, OIF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed January 20, 1913.

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Be it known that I, Gnonon Konnosr, a subject of the King of Hungary, and resident of Yonkers, in the county of -Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is specification.

The present invention relates to bottles for holding proprietary beverages and other liquids, and provided with devices for permitting the same to be emptied, but not refilled.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a non-refillable bottle with means for holding the valve thereof upon its seat in all positions of the bottle, such means being adapted to release said valve at will.

Another object of the invention is to produce a valve locking means which takes at the same time the place of the usual stopper of the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to construct a non-refillable bottle which is efficient and reliable in operation, its parts which come in contact with the liquid con tents being adapted to be made of a material which not affected by the said contents.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a part of a bottle constructed in accordance with. the present invention with the upper parts shown in vertical section; Fig. 2 is a similar elevation with the parts shown in other positions; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 66 of Fig. 1; Fi 7 is a side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1-9, 1913.

Serial No. 743,194.

elevation of the bottle neck; and Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken through that portion of the attachment which fits the bottle neck shown in Fig. 7.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes a bottle which may be made of any suitable material and desired shape, provided with the usual neck 11, having in its outer surface a recess 12, and below said recess at diametrically opposite points projections 13, 13, which are adapted to be seated in the horizontal legs 14, 14 of L-shaped depressigns 15, which latter are formed in the inner surface of a tubular extension or barrel 16, which is adapted to be drawn over the neck. To the neck of the bottle is attached in any suitable manner a washer 17, forming a continuation of said neck, and constituting a seat for a valve 18, which is provided with guides 19, extending into said neck.

In the barrel is formed a longitudinal groove 20, stopping short of its upper end, and in this groove arranged a somewhat resilient strip 21, the lower end of which is seated in the recess 12 of the bottle neck. The upper end of the strip is notched, as clearly shown at 21. \Vith this notch registers an aperture 22 in the barrel, which a perture is in communication with a. recess 23. extending to the outer face of the barrel. The strip 21 carries a substantially horizontal extension 2 1:, j')r jecting into a. recess in a substantially cylindrical body 26, which is slidably arranged in the said barrel and normally rests upon the valve 18. A spring 27 bears against the extension 24 and the cylindrical body, and tends to move the said cylindrical body upward in the direction of its longitudinal axis, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The cylindrical body 26 snugly fits the bore in the barrel, and is provided with a plurality of longitudinal peripheral grooves 28, permitting a free passage of the liquid when the valve is unseated. The upper end of the cylindrical body is undercut at 29, the diameter of its outermost portion corresponding, however, exactly to the inner diameter of the barrel. In the body 26 is furthermore formed a transverse opening 30, in alinement with the aperture 22 in the barrel. The opening 30 is quadrangular in cross section and substantially larger than the aperture 22. Into the opening 30 projects an upwardly extending lug 31, normally in contact with a projection 32, which is formed upon an actuating member 33, the latter being slidably mounted in the recess 23, and extends through the aperture 22 into the opening 30. Springs 34, which are arranged in the recess 23, and bear against the actuating member 33, tend to keep the latter in its outer position and thereby the projection 32 in contact with the lug 31.. A stop 35 upon the actuating member prevents a further outward movement of the latter.

A cap 36, provided with a sealing disk 37, closes the upper end of the barrel 16.

The operation of this device is as follows: The bottle is first filled with liquid, after which the valve 18 is put in place upon the washer 17. The barrel with the parts carried thereby is then attached to the bottle neck in the following manner: The vertical legs of the L-shaped depressions 15 are engaged with the projections 13 upon the bottle neck, by which operation the lower end of the strip 21 is forced into the groove 20 of the barrel. The barrel is then pushed down until the projections 13 are in alinement with the horizontal legs of the L shaped depressions, after which about a quarter of a turn is given to the barrel until the lower end of the strip 21 is adapted to spring into the recess 12 in the bottle neck. If the parts are in these positions, the barrel is locked to the bottle irremovably.

Normally the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. l of the drawings, in which the member 33, under the action of its springs 34, keeps the cylindrical body 26 upon the, valve 18. The valve is thus held upon its seat no matter in what position the bottle be. To pour some or all of the co-n tents from the bottle, the cap 36 is removed from the barrel, and the actuating member 33 pushed inward, whereby its projection will be disengaged from the upwardly extending lug 31 in the opening 30. The spring 27 is thus left free to act, forcing the cylindrical body 26 up\ and into the position shown in F ig. 2 of the drawings. In this position the actuating member 33 is prevented by the lug 31 from moving outward. By inverting the bottle, the contents of the same will unseat the valve and escape through the longitudinal grooves 28 in the cylindrical body toward the mouth of the barrel, and can be freely poured from the bottle. If an attempt is made to refill, the valve is seated by gravity and by the liquid with which the bottle is to be filled, so that liquid will not flow into the bottle. The longitudinal grooves in the cylindrical body 26 are so formed as to prevent access to the valve by wire or other devices, so that the valve cannot be tampered with. IThe cylin drical body 26 takes at the same time the place of the ordinary cork, inasmuch, when the said cylindrical body is forced downward by the operator against the action of the spring 27 from the position shown in Fi 2 into that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the springs 34: will bring the actuating member 33 into its normal position, shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the upper end of the said cylindrical body closing then the mouth of the barrel.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of a bottle, of a barrel irremovably attached thereto forming a continuation of said neck, a valve seat upon said neck, a valve upon said seat, means shiftably arranged in said barrel adapted to hold said. valve upon said seat, an actuating member for locking said last named means in such holding position, and a spring adapted to shift said holding means when disengaged from said actuating member, whereby said valve is free to leave its seat.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of a bottle, of a barrel irremovably attached thereto forming a continuation of said neck, a valve seat upon said neck, a valve upon said seat, a longitudinally grooved cylindrical body shiftably arranged in said barrel adapted to hold said valve upon said seat, an actuating member for locking said cylindrical body in such holding position, and a spring adapted. to shift said cylindrical body when disengaged from said actuating member, whereby said valve is free to leave its seat.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 21st day of December, A. D. 1912.

GEORGE KOMLOSY. lVitnesses SIGMUND Hunzoo, S. BIRNBAUM.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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