US1145325A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

M.'LOGAN, DECD.

II. Los/IN. ADMINIsTIIATIIIx. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED Mmm, 1911. IIEIIEwED IAII. 5,19Is.

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MARTIN LOGAN, orNnw YORK, N. Y.; MARGARET frloeANfAni/riivsrnhrnix ori-sain MARTIN LOGAN, nnc'niisnn. 'K v y f vT0 allwhom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARTIN LOGAN, a citi- Zenof the United States, and a resident'of New York, county and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im-v Bottles, of

provements in 1Non-Refillable and which the following is a full, clear, exact description.

`This invention relates more -particularly to bottles having automatic means :within the bottle neck to prevent the saine froml being reoilled after the bottle or tainer isempty or partly empty.

@ne object of the invention is to provide other cona bottle having means within the bottle neck which is so constructed that the liquid may readily flow from the bottle or container, but which becomes sealed if an attempt` is made to refill the bottle through the mouth of the bottle neck, and which means is-so constructed that it may be-readily applied cost of its manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and Vecient means which will prevent tampering from the outside of the bottle with the means forming the `seal which prevents the refilling of the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple means for holdingva ball valve within the bottle neck and for preventing the same from moving too far away from its seat, and at the same time to provide means which may be readily applied to a bottle.

lWith these and otherobjects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which 'form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claim at the end of the description.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of a part of a bottle with one form of my invention applied neck. Fig.'v 3 is a sectional plan through lthe bottle neck taken on the line Ele-HI of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line lV-IV of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line V-V of Fig. 1, showing the valve which serves to seal the bottle against refilling.

The body 10 of the bottle or other conspherical lvalve to a bottle withoutinaterially increasing the flow, of the liquid thereto. Fig. 2 is a'plan view of the bottle .element or member 21.

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0f the device21" i and Which as 'soon-"as tainer has ak neck 11 yand 'under the neck'll,

L ,Patented.nuyeiaia" Application inea March 4, 1911, serial No. 612,239. Renewed Jennery 5;1915. sentano. eee.y 1 Y l may be ashoulder 12 forminga lower sup'rf p port forv aguide element 13." This element lmay be cylindrical `.inform and of glass" or other vnfiaterialjandinay be Aindependenty ofthe bottle neck or formed as a part there- Thisguiding velement ,13

of,v as desired,

when vseparate hasV asealing disk 13a; of cork or other material anda seat portion 1a against which` is adapted leiserving the neck into the body of thejbottle,i`or.to@ i permit the liquid'to flowfrom the body ,"10 vwhen the valve 154isf out of f engagement with itslseat. lThe element 4V13-has spaced guidingribs 17 to ,rest a. loallfor,U to close the open-l fr ing 1G t0 Prevent ,liquid frompassing from .which taper from ythe upperv portion thereofto the lower portion, and' on account ofthe "ribs, thespace within the" device or element 13 willbe largeratithe bottom adjacentgtothe seat thanA at the top, i

the top being offsuflicient size-to permit the ball or'othei valve 1.5 to enter the device or element 14. The venlarged opening. at`thev element -1'3 serves to permit bottom of the the valve when unseated to fall to one side, v y and owing to the inclination of the ribs-17,

the said valve isless likely to move fartherV desirable yfor-the proper?` or material-whatever its than is necessarygor nature may be that isgcontainedwithin theA f bottle.` i

A weight element than the valveelement this weight ele-ment is enough to hold arrangedl above fthe weight element 18 are a plur. lity of elements 19. As shown, these elements 19 are large and heavyT arranged that they haveindepfendent movev ment about the upper portion of the weight i thereelement and serve as'retain'ingmeans the valve -15 to'its'seat', andV 18 which may-belarger` i 15 is provided, and

three in number and vare so,`

kfor 'and prevent too great a`movement of 'i the' weight element `18,as one or more of the elements 19 whenthe' bottle is tilted will engage againstthe lower surface 20 of'an therefore, that the valvel'will have a limited outward movement when the bottle is tilted to permit the liquid to flow vinto the the b ottle is placed in a vertical position, or partly vertical, the weight element 18 will again force the valve 15 to its seat.

The member 21 is tubular in form and projects inward through the bottle mouth, and said tubular member has its lower end closed and its upper end provided with a flange 22 under which is a cork disk 23 or other means which may be employed to seal the member 21Vwithin the bottle neck. This member 21 has a plurality of lateral and peripheral slots or openings 24 which may be arranged in any desired way and of any desired number, the purpose of said slots being to permit a free flow of the liquid from the bottle neck, but owing to their position, will prevent a wire or other tool from being forced through the bottle mouth or through one or more ofthe openings to tamper with the valve 15 and hold it from its seat.

The outer end of the tubular member 20 may receive a cork 25 to prevent the liquid from flowing from the bottle, and above the Hange 22 may be provided a suitable seal 26, as wax or other material, on

`which may be indicated the name of the manufacturer, if desired, and around the bottle neck may be arranged a tin foil or other means which will entirely inclose the means which prevents the bottle from being refilled so that said means cannot be seen unless the tin foil is removed.

1t will be understood that the liquid after being once poured into the bottle neck will remain there until poured therefrom; and it will be further understood that the elements 15, 18 and 19 may be of any desired shape and of any suitable material.

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

in construction and may be readily applied said means does not to the bottle; and that cost of manufacture materially increase the of the bottle.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ln a non-reillable bottle, the combination with a body including' a neck, of a circular shoulder formed on the body at the juncture of the neck, a washer supported on the shoulder adjacent an opening connecting the body with the neck, a valve guide supported on the washer, a cylindrical valve seat formed within the guide by enlarging the lower portion of the said guide to form an inwardly projecting ledge portion, a ball valve lying wholly within the guide and normally reposing on the seat, a series of longitudinally upwardly and inwardly inclined ribs, relatively spaced apart and projecting from the side of the said guide to be engaged by the valve for retarding the forward movement thereof when the body is tilted, and a ball weight loosely arranged in the said neck and adapted to engage the valve to normally hold the same on the said seat and within the said guide.

This specification signed and witnessed this first day of March, A. 1911.

MARTIN LOGAN.

Witnesses:

TW. A. TowNER, Jip, C. BARTELS.

Commissioner of Patents,

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