US1186581A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

F. W. JOHNSON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1914.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed June 5, 1914. Serial No. 843,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. JOHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waltham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a non-refillable bottle, the object of the invention being to provide greater freedom in the outpour from the bottle and to more effectually prevent the possibility of refilling the bottle after the same has been emptied and also to'provide a bottle which will pour equally well in a variety of positions.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction hereinafter fully described in the specification and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a section, partly in elevation, through the neck of a bottle having my improved device applied thereto, the bottle being broken away to save space. Fig. 2 is a section similar to Fig. 1 showing the position of the parts when the bottle is adapted to pour out the liquid which it contains. Fig. 3 is a section, partly in plan, taken on line 3'3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the cylindrical sleeve which renders the bottle non-refillable. Fig. 6 is another side elevation of the sleeve as viewed from the opposite side of that illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a diagram view illustrating a development of the periphery of the cylindrical casing or sleeve.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings- In the drawings, 10 is the bottle. 11 the bottle neck and 12 is a cylindrical sleeve which is inserted in the neck of the bottle and securely fastened thereto either by cement or otherwise as may be desired. The sleeve 12 has an interior chamber 13, the upper end of which is closed by a plug 14 fastened to said sleeve by a cross-pin 15. The chamber 13 is open at the lower end thereof and opens into the interior of the bottle neck 11. A cylindrical valve 16 is slidable longitudinally within the sleeve 12 and is adapted to rest normally upon an annular flange 17, constituting a seat, formed adjacent to the lower end of said sleeve. The sleeve 12 is provided with two exterior recesses which, with the bottle neck, form chambers 18 and 19. These chambers are opposltely disposed and are substantially duplicates of each other.

A port 20 leads from the interior chamber 18 into the exterior chamber 18 and another from the lower end of the chamber 19 to the upper end of the sleeve 12 and another passage 25 leading from the upper end of said chamber 19 to the upper end of said sleeve 12. The chambers 18 and 19, the ports 20 and 21, the passages 22 and 24 and the passages 23 and 25 are substantially duplicates and are oppositely disposed to each other, respectively. The sleeve 12 has another port 26 leading from the interior chamber 13 to the exterior of said sleeve adjacent to the upper end thereof and into a passage 27 leading from the port 26 to the upper end of said sleeve 12. The port 26 and passage 27 constitute an air outlet independent of said chambers 18 and 19 to allow the air to pass out from the interior of the sleeve 12 when the bottle is inverted and the valve 16 slides toward the outlet end thereof. Said port 26 and passage 27 allow the air to enter when the bottle is stood upright and the valve returns to its seat. As before described when the bottle is inverted and the valve 16 slides from the position illustrated in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, the air will pass out of the port 26 and passage 27, thus allowing said valve to slide freely.

Under normal conditions when the bottle is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 the valve rests upon the annular valve seat 17 and when in this position it will be seen that it will be impossible to introduce a wire into the, interior of the sleeve for the purpose of lifting the valve from its seat and introducing liquid into the interior of the bottle.

Assuming the bottle to be filled with liquid and it is desired to pour some of said liquid out of said bottle, said bottle is inclined to the position illustrated in Fig. 2. The valve 16-will slide down the interior of the sleeve in the chamber 13 until it rests against the plug 14 as shown in Fig. 2. The

' the passage 23.

bottle is held, in order to secure the best then flow out of the port 21 into chamber" 19 and out of the passages24 and 25' While the air Will pass through the passage 22 and the port 20 into the interior chamber 13' and into the interior of the bottle. same time that the air enters the passage 22 and port 20', as described, any liquid Which may be in the chamber 1 8, due to pre vious useof the bottle, will pass out through Upon returning the bottle to an upright position the valve 16 will re} turn to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 resting upon the seat 17. v p The liquor Will pour equally Well from the bottle it, instead of holding the bottle as hereinhefore described, the passage 24* is held uppermost when the bottle is inclined at an angle, as in Fig; 2, and under these conditions" the liquor" will pass out 'th rongh the ort- 20'intothe exterior chamber-'18 out through the passages 22a11d 23 While air will enter the bottlethroughithe passage and port 21 and any liquor remaini in the chamber 19 will ass ontthroug h the passage 25. It will thus be seen that all liqnor will pour freely because there tn' 'o passages in each case, namely, 24" and 25 or 22 and 23 according to the position in Which the bottle is held through which it may pass to the exterior of the bottle, it being immaterial to the practieal working of the deviee Whether the bottle held in its decanted position with the passage 22" uppermost or With the passage 24: ep ehhost, said chambers 18' and 19', pol-teen and 21, pa'ssages 2'2 and 24 and passages 23 and 25 being duplicates of each; other and oppositelydispo'sed to each other, respectively.

It will be noted that the chamber 13'is slightly tapered outwardly from the lower to th'e upper end thereof, so that as the valve slides away from the seat yvill slide freely eases M ami pateiit my he obtained for When in this position the port 20 At the an as it slides onto the seat it will finally come to a bearing not only on said seat but all arour'i dits periphery on the inner tapered all of said sleeve, thus firmly fitting in position when on the seat and moving comparatively loosely within said chamber 13 when it off of its seat.

'. Having thus described my invention,

What I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: "e

bottle having, in combination, a cylindri'ca'l sleeve'located in the neck of said bottle, said" s1ee've having an interior chamber closed at the upper end and open at the lower end thereof, said; sleeve having two independent oppositely disposed exterior'recesses forming With said neck, two jadependent exterior chambers diametrically oppesed ports connecting each of said exterior chambers With said interior chamber, a passage" leading from the lower end of each exte'rior chamber toand out ofthe upper end of said sleeve, a passage leading-[from the upper end of each exterior clialnber to and out of the upper end of said sleeve, another por't leading from said interior chamber to the exterior of said sleeve adjacent to the up'per end" of said'sleeve, a passage leading from said last named port to and out of the upper end of said sle ve constituting an air outlet independent of said exterior chambers each of 'saidrpassages before nienhoned being foi-hiedin the eri hery" of said sleeve, a valve 'slidabie longitudinally' within said interior chamber alternatelyout of and; into alinerhent with said diametrically opposed ports and arranged to rest normally a seat provided thereadjacent to the lower end of said sleeve, In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witaesse'sz FREDERICK W. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

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