US1103895A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

E. S. STAPLES.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION HLED Amm, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

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ELIsHA s. sTAPLEs, or' NEW HAVEN, CCNNECTTCUT, AssICNoE. or CNE-HALE To CHARLES E. GRAHAM, or WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

NON-REFILLABL BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14., 1914.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ELIsHA S. STAPLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Non-Refillable Bottles; and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and

- which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a sectional view of a non-reillable bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a similar view` showing the bottle inverted. Fig. 3 a side view of the closure trap. Fig. 4 a top or plan view of the same. Fig. 5 a sectional viewof the neck of a bottle with the trap removed.

This invention relates to an impro-vement in non-refillable bottles, the object being to provide a trap adapted to be inserted into the neck of a bottle so that refilling is prevented, and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, l form the interior of the neck 2 of the bottle 3 of usual construction with a beveled seat 4 near the lower end and with a series of inclined ribs 5 for the purpose as will hereinafter appear. Located withinA the neck and resting upon a cork ring 6 bearing upon the seat 4 is a plug 7. This plug has an upwardly eX- tending centrally arranged hollow post 8 formed near its lower end with a series of openings 9, and in the bottom of the plug around the post are a series of passages 10i. Mounted upon the post and so as to slide freely 'thereon is a closure 11 formed with a flange 12 adapted to close the passages 10 and also close the openings 9. This closure 11 is formed from light material, such as cork or aluminum. Over the top of the post and closing the upper end thereof is a cap 13 formed in its side walls with ports 14. The upper end of the cap is also formed with a flange 15, and in the center of the outer end of the cap isa central recess 16 in which is seated a weight 17. Connected with the plug 7 is a head 18, and preferably the connection between the plug and head is made bv a collar 19 formed in opposite edges with bayonet notches 20 to engage with lugs 21 and '22 formed respectively `at the upper end of the plug and the lower end of the head, and this collar is also formed with a series of `externally arranged inclined lugs 23 which will engage with the inclined ribs 15 in the neck of the bottle, and so that the plug will be crowded down into its seat. The space between the head and neck of the bottle will be filled with cement 24, and preferably the head and neck are formed with anchoring notches 81. ln this head is a transverse chamber 25, and opening into this chamber from the bottom are passages 2G, and opening into the chamber from the top are passages 27, the passages 26 and 27 being out of alinement with each other. In the bottomk of the head is a centrally arranged clearance opening 28 to receive the upper end or: stem 29 vof the weight 17. Into the mouth of the bottle above the head 18a stopper or cork 30 may be placed. The bottle is filled before the closure is inserted, and the plug and the head will be coupled together, and together turned into place in the neck of the bottle so that the plug will be crowded to its seat, and the cement inserted around the head.

llhen the bottle is tipped as shown in Fig. 2 of lthe drawings, the uid will force the closure 11 so as to clear the openings 9 allowing the fluid to enter the chamber in the post. This movement of the closure will move the cap 13 and allow the liquid to escape from the chamber in the post through the ports 14 and around the cap to the passages 26 into the chamber 25 and escape through the passages 27. When the bottle is again placed in an upright position the closure 11 drops back so as to close the openings 9 and passages 10 so that the bottle will be closed without the insertion of the cork or stopper, the weight 17 tending to crowd the cap downward and hence hold the closure in place. By arranging the passages 26 and 27 out of alinement with each other it is impossible to insert a wire or any other device in such a way as to lift the cap and closure to enable the bottle to be refilled. A bottle provided with a closure like that described can therefore be used but once.

I claim 1. A non-reillable bottle having its neck formed near its lower end with a seat, the side walls of the neck formed with inclined ribs, a plug resting on said seat, said plug y a cap set over the top of said post and formed in the side wallsl with ports, a head formed with a transverse chamber, openings from the top of the head into said chamber and from the bottom of the head into said chamber, said openings being out of alinement, a weight between the head and post, a Coupling Collar connecting the head y and post and formed with pairs of inclined lugs adapted to engage'with the ribs on the inner walls of the neck.

2. A non-refillable bottle having its neck formed near kits lower end with a seat, the inner walls of the neck formed with a series of inclined ribs, a plug resting on said seat, said plug formed with a centrally arranged upwardly vextending hollow post, said post formed near its lowersend with the shape of the stufng boX and having dithe post formed with openings to provide passages, a closure around said post and adaptedlto close said openingsand passages, a cap set over the upper end of the post and formed in its side walls with'ports, a head formed with a transverse chamber, openings frornthe bottom of the head into said chainbrer, and openings from the upper end of ythe head into said chamber, said openings and the lower end of the head formed with lugs, a coupling ring formed with bayonet slots adapted to engage with the lugs 0n the head and plug whereby the head and plug are connected together, said collarformed with externally arranged lugs adapted to engage with the ribs in the neck of the bottle whereby the head and plug kare locked in the neck.

In testimony whereof, I have vsigned this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELISHA. S. STAPLES.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC C. EARLE, M. P. NICHOLS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by`addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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