US1084826A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

L. S. STILES.

NON-REFILLABIJE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION rum) .TULY17, 1912.

1,084,826, Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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NOMREFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1912. 1,084,826. Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

Application filed July 17, 1912. Serial No. 709,903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lruronn S. S'rmns, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to non-refillable bottles and consists of certain improve ments which are fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings which form a part thereof.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a construction of bottle which is non-refillable except by the bottler employing the bottles as a means for marketing his fluids; and this I accomplish by providing a bottle which cannot be filled through the neck and can only be filled through an aperture which is subsequently permanently sealed.

My object is further to provide a construction in which the bottler may break the seal and after refilling the bottle, reseal it with a new seal containing his trade-mark to constitute a new original package, to thereby save waste of the bottle parts.

My object is also to provide a. construction in which the quantity of liquid to be poured oil may be automatically measured.

My invention consists of an outer bottle case having a neck portion and an open bottom, combined with a permanent liquid seal to close the bottom, and an inner containing vessel for the fluid, substantially filling the space within the outer bottle case and so formed that only a given amount of the fluid can be poured oil at any one time and which further will resist any attempt to fill it by pouring fluid in at the neck of the bottle; further in forming the inner container as a pivoted vessel having an outlet at the bottom which automatically air seals itself as soon as a definite amount of liquid passes therefrom into the outer bottle case from which it may be poured in the usual manner.

My invention also comprehends details of construction which, together with the features above set forth, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a nonrefillable bottle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on line :I/*l Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on line a:w; Fig. l is a vertical section corresponding to Fi 1, showing a modification of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same on line 8-8.

2 is the body of the outer bottle case and is provided with the open neck 3 which may be temporarily sealed with a cork 4- as in any ordinary bottle. The bottom or base portion 5 is open for the full interior diameter of the body 2 and may have the annular stepped portions 6 and 8 and the annular groove 7. This open bottom of the body 2 may be permanently sealed by a disk plug 9 which has a flange 10 that rests against the stepped portion 8 of the body and said plug is provided further with an annular shoulder 11. between which and the shoulder 6 on the body 2 a rubber packing or gasket 13 is com pressed to make a liquid tight joint. The plug is locked in position by the locking segments l l pressed outward by the springs 15, said segments and springs being arranged in the annular groove 12 in the plug and the segments engaging the annular groove 7 in the base 5 of the body 2. When the plug has been secured to the body 2, it is permanently retained in position by the locking segments and cannot be removed without breaking it into pieces. The pltw 9 may be provided with the name and trademark of the bottler and as these plugs are only in his possession, the retailer cannot secure additional plugs for replacement. \Vhen it is not desired to reuse the body and its container 22, the lower portion of the body may be made so frail that it would break if attempt were made to break the plug for removal and replacement. The general construction of this sealed bottom may be made in any other suitable manner if so desired, as my invention is only concerned with the provision of a hermetically sealed bottom of approximately the full internal diameter of the body.

The interior of the body 2 is provided with a container vessel 22 in which the fluid is to be placed for later dispensing. This container is provided at top with a pivot 2st and at the bottom with a pivot 25, the latter being centered as a step in a socket hearing 10 in the plug 1). The top pivot 24: is journaled in the part 21. which is fastened in the lower part of the neck 3 of the body. This part is formed with an irregular passage for the outflow of the fluid. As shown, the fluid passes through the apertures 20 into a chamber 17, then through the nozzle 19, thence backward and then through the apertures 18 into the neck. These apertures 18 and 20 are out of alinement with aperture 19, and further the said apertures 18 and 20 are separated by the conical diaphragm, so that no wire can be inserted through the neck to tamper with the container. This means for preventing the insertion of a wire, while permitting free outward flow of the fluid, may be made in any other suitable manner, so long as it accomplishes this purpose, and I therefore do not restrict myself to the details shown. In fact, this device may be solely for use as a pivot, and whatever form it may be in, it may be made of metal or vitreous material.

Referring more specifically to the container, it is a cylindrical body and preferably so weighted that the side 23 will go to the bottom if the bottle be turned on its side. Near the bottom of the container is a diaphragm 26 having an aperture 27 close to one side. This aperture opens into a lateral passage 28 having an inclined floor 29, said passage extending transversely under the diaphragm and opening at its larger end to the side of the container opposite to where the aperture 27 is located.

As shown, there is a small clearance space 30 between the container 22 and the body 2, and there is also a small space between the bottom of the container and the plug 9. The amount of these spaces is important for reasons, later to be referred to.

Assuming that the container 22 has been filled with whisky before being placed in the bottle; the body 2 is inverted and the invert ed container is placed in the body with the pivots 2 1: engaging the bearing 21. The plug 9 is then pushed down into position and locked by the segments 14:. If the neck 3 has been corked, the bottle is then ready for the market.- lVhen the bottle is turned right side up, as in Fig. 1, a quantity of whisky will run through the aperture 27 and through the passage 28, while air passes along the under side of the diaphragm 26 and through the aperture 27 into the container. This continues until the whisky rises to the level of the diaphragm 26, as indicated at 31 and then, as no more air can enter the container, no more whisky will flow out. The amount of whisky out of the container is equal to what would be sold as one drink. This may be any quantity desired by providing the necessary space Within the bottle body and outside of the container below the diaphragm 26. If this measured quantity of whisky be poured off through the neck 3 and the bottle be set upright again, a second measured quantity will be provided, and so on until the container is empty.

By making the lower part of the container of darker or opaque glass and the outer body of clear glass, the purchaser may see that the bottle contains the right amount of liquor. If the liquor in the space 30 stands materially above the point 31, the purchaser may assume that the retailer has poured into the neck of the bottle a little of other whisky and would refuse to purchase. However, as only approximately one additional drink could be introduced in this way, such practice would not be resorted to as it would be easily detected and unprofitable. The reason why the container cannot be filled through the neck is that the air cannot escape therefrom and consequently no liquid can be made to enter. The container can only be filled when out of the bottle body and inverted.

If the bottle be laid on its side, the weighted side 23 of the container causes it to rotate to bring the aperture 27 at the bottom and the open end of the passage 28 at the top. It is manifest that when in this position no air can enter the aperture 27 and consequently no liquor can flow out. Likewise, none could be made to flow in. It will be seen that this bottle is in all material respects non-refillable by any manipulation and could only be used over again by the bottler breaking out the plug, and after refilling, inserting a new plug, in which case it would constitute an original package.

IVhile I have shown in Fig. 1 the weighted part 23 of the container 22 on the same side as the aperture 27, it may be put upon the opposite side of the container, as shown in Fig. 4, as in this case the weighted part 23 coming at the bottom when the bottle is placed on its side makes the container 22 hold the liquor just as it would be held by any vessel as the aperture 27 will in this case come at the top. In this case, the air sealing of the aperture 27 is not necessary for it will be sealed at the bottom of the passage 28 instead, and this will prevent the liquor which is above the lower edge of the aperture 27 from flowing out of the container, except to the extentnecessary to fill the passage 28. In this case the liquor is retained both by the air sealing and the bringing of the aperture 27 to the highest position. The air sealing is important, because if it were not for this provision, some liquor might be passed through the neck 3 and worked, by manipulation of the bottle,

into the container.

In Fig. 4 I have also shown the body part- 2 sealed at the upper or neck portion instead of at the bottom as this sealing will permit the insertion of the container just as well, though in this case it will be inserted from below instead of from above when the body is inverted. In this case, the bottom of the body 2 is closed and in one piece with the sides, and the tops of the sides are channeled at the top. The neck 3 is flanged at the hottom to form a closure 9 to the top of the body, the perimeter thereof fitting the channel and cemented therein.

I have shown my invention in the form which I prefer, but I do not restrict myself to the shape or details of the parts, as these may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a cylindrical body having a neck at one end and a sealed aperture at the bottom, with a cylindrical container for fluid loosely fitting the interior of the body and free to rotate about a longitudinal axis through the body and weighted on one side to cause rotation of the container relatively to the body and provided with a chamber closed on the end next to the neck of the body and having a bottom at a distance from the sealed bottom of the body provided with a constantly open passage through which fluid may flow from the container and air may flow into the container until a water seal is provided, said passage arranged to be turned by the action of the weighted side of the container so as to be water sealed when the bottle is turned on its side.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, a body having a neck and a sealed aperture approximately of a diameter equal to that of the body, combined with a container vessel separate from the body but pivoted therein on a longitudinal axis through the neck and body and approximately fitting the interior space of the body and forming a normally inverted closed chamber provided with a liquid sealed outlet at the bottom.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, a body having a neck and a sealed aperture approximately of a diameter equal to that of the body, combined with a container vessel separate from the body but pivoted therein on a longitudinal axis in the direction of the length of the body and weighted on one side so as to remain stationary when the bottle turned on its side is rotated and said container approximately fitting the interior space of the body and forming a normally inverted closed chamber provided with a liquid sealed outlet at the bottom.

4;. In a non-refillable bottle, a body part having a neck, combined with a hermetically sealed plug for the bottom, a container for fluid loosely supported in the body so as to be relatively rotatable on an axis longitudinally through the neck and the plug, said container weighted on one side and forming a normally inverted closed chamber provided with a liquid sealed outlet at its lowest part.

5. In a non-refillable bottle, a body part having a neck, combined with a hermetically sealed plug for the bottom, a container for fluid weighted on one side and loosely pivoted in the body adjacent to the neck and in the plug, said container providing a normally inverted closed chamber having a liquid sealed outlet at the lowest part comprising a transverse passage extending across more than one-half the bottom of the container and opening into the chamber of the container.

6. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle body having a neck at its top, with a container for fluid weighted at one side and loosely fitting the interior of the body and free to rotate about an axis longitudinally of the length of the bottle, said container provided with a chamber closed on the end next to the neck of the body and having a diaphragm bottom at a distance from the bottom of the bottle body provided with an aperture through which fluid may flow from the container and air may flow into the container until a water seal is provided to prevent further inflow of air, said aperture being arranged relatively close to the weighted side of the container so as to come to the bottom when the bottle is turned on its side.

7. In a non-refillable bottle, a bottle body having a neck at the top and provided with means to permit the free outflow of liquid but prevent the insertion of a wire, combined with a container for fluid weighted at one side loosely fitting the interior of the body and free to rotate about an axis longitudinally of the length of the bottle and provided with a chamber closed on the end next to the neck of the body and having its bottom portion adjacent to the bottom of the bottle body provided with a transverse discharge passage having an aperture through which fluid may flow from the container into the passage and also through which air may flow into the container until a water seal is provided, said passage opening into the bottle body and having its lower or bottom part inclined.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

Witnesses OTTO J. AUMULLER, EDWARD E. CA'rrnLL.

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