US2131988A - Nonresealable bottle - Google Patents

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Get 4, 1938. w H SWENARTON I 2,131,988

NONRESEALABLE BOTTLE Filed Aug. 10, 1934 Patented Oct. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES I I 2,131,988 I I NONRESEALABLEBOT-TLE Waitstill H; Swenarton, Montclair, N. J.

Application August 10,

8 Claims.

This invention relates to the sealing of bottles so as to insure that the liquid or solid contents of the original package as introduced into the bottle by the manufacturer cannot, without detection, be surreptitiously tampered with or replaced by spurious or counterfeit ingredients prior to delivery to the ultimate consumer and has for its particular objects the provision of a simple, cheap and effective construction which lends itself to being applied to a bottle while being produced in a full automatic bottle making machine and which is adapted to prevent'the removal of a cork or stopper from a bottle once the contents have been permanently corked therein, except upon the visible mutilation of the seal, with the consequence that the resealing of the bottla'after the same has been emptied or partially emptied of its original contents and refilled or adulterated, is positively precluded, since the seal cannot be 20 restored to its original condition after once being mutilated to an extent sufficient to permit of the removal of the cork from the bottle.

I am aware that as set forth in Patent No. 944,166, it has been proposed to weaken the neck of a bottle and embed a wire loop in the glass with the ends thereof protruding which admitted, when the latter are twisted together,--of the bottle neck being shorn off by such operation. Also, as set forth in Patents Nos. 859,100 and 850,741, it has been proposed to provide a number of integral glass sealing lugs on the top end of the bottle neck which lugs were adapted to be projected through an applied bottle cap and thereafter fused to retain the cap in position or else to provide headed glass lugs on the opposite sides of the bottle neck to which a wire bail was secured.

The construction disclosed in Patent No. 944,166 is objectionable because it necessitates the fracture of the neck of the bottle in order to remove the contents therefrom and with the ever present possibility of small particles of glass becoming admixed with the contents thereof. The constructions disclosed in the other two patents are also unsatisfactory because of the extreme likelihood of the breakage of the glass lugs or beads in transit and particularly because after breaking off the lugs and removing the cap, it was a simple matter to cement another glass bead on the end of the remaining stump in simulation of the original integral bead.

Neither of the foregoing constructions possesses the advantages hereinafter described of my invention as set forth in the following detail de- 1934, Serial No. 739,244

scription and drawing forming apart thereof, in which latter I I r The figure shown is a fragmentary, vertical section of a bottle equipped with a spout showing the manner of permanently securing such 5 spout thereto.

' In the drawing I have illustrated a form of bottle neck K having a glass or porcelain spout L secured thereto by hollow rivet 553, said spout having recesses 5 therein for the reception 10 ofthe rivet head when the same is upset. A cork gasket 55, as shown, is interposed between the spout and the neck K. As shown, the side walls of the'recesses' Mare curvilineal in cross-section (i. e. a transverse plane) and also in a vertical 1-5 or-longitudinal plane and such wall configuration facilitates the upsetting and expansion of the free end of the rivet shank so that it likewise becomes curvilineal ina longitudinal as well as a transverse plane. 0 Arnong theotheradvantages of my improved construction maybe mentioned the fact that because of the rivet members being formed of metal, the marringor breakage of the same in handling or shipment does not occur. Also another ad- 25 vantage-is that in upsetting such rivets, especially if spun over by means of a rotating spinning tool, it impossible to repair such a rivet or to restore such a rivet, once the same has been filed or broken, in order to admit of the applio0 cation of a brand new sealing strip or strap thereto, particularly since the torque of the spinning tool is such as to immediately rip off a spurious end if one endeavored to cement or solder the same to the neck band. Likewise, any attempt :35 to solder onya fresh rivet to the neck band would bet-readily visible and could be instantly detected by a casual inspection of the bottle.

. :It is, of course, well known that certain metal alloys have substantially the same co-efficient of 450 expansion and contraction as glass, such metals being employed for lead wires for electric light bulbs. Accordingly, if a rivet is embedded in the glass, during the manufacture of the bottle neck,

it is desirable that the same be formed of such 45 metal. An excellent alloy for this purpose is one consisting of 46% of nickel and 54% iron, although other alloys having generally similar coefficients of expansion and contraction to glass may be also employed.

This seal is peculiarly adapted for use with socalled non-refillable fitment, in order to prevent surreptitious replacement of a spout and thereby the removal of the usual valve elements of a nonrefillable bottle and the replacement of the spout 55 on a bottle, or the removal of a portion of such valve elements in the replacement of the spout, can be prevented, since with my improved seal any such attempted replacement of the spout would leave tell-tale indications, thereby rendering detection of such tampering with the bottle a simple matter.

Various changes within the scope of the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to obtain by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a non-resealable bottle, the combination with the neck of such bottle of a separate spout member and means for securing the latter to the bottle neck so as to prevent the'removal'of the spout from the neck without defacement or 'fracture of such means, the same including locking ing a cavity intermediate the said bore and the I outer periphery of the spout member, means for locking said spout to the bottle neck includinga sleeve-like extensionat one end thereof which projects into said cavity, said sleeve-like extensionhavinganexpanded rolled edge which'prevents the removal of, said spout member from said sleeve-like extension of the locking means.

3. The combination with a bottle neck of a spout member having a central bore extending therethrough for the passage of liquid and a cavity disposed intermediate the said bore and the lateral periphery of such spout member, means for securely fastening the spout to said bottle neck, said means having a sleeve-like extension that projects into said cavity and the end of such sleeve-like extension having an expanded rolled edge.

V 4. The combination with a bottle neck of a spout member having a central bore extending therethrough and having a cavity intermediate the bore and the lateral periphery of the spout member, which cavity has a terminal aperture adapted to admit of the projection of an element of spout-locking means thereinto, spout locking means, one end of which is in indirect engagement with the bottle 'neck so as to prevent the removal and replacement of. such lockingmeans without detection and said locking means having a terminal sleeve-like portion at its otherend which projects into and is expanded within said cavity. a

5. In a container, the combination comprising a neck element, an associated spout element, looking means securing said spout to the end of said neck and having one end thereof so embedded in one of said elements as to effectively prevent withdrawal therefrom and having the other end thereof in engagement with the other one of said elements in such a manner as to prevent separation of the two elements from each other and their re-association with each other and with such locking means without the visible defacement of such locking means.

6. In a glass bottle, the combination comprising a neck element and an associated spout elejment having a central bore and a cavity formed therein intermediate said bore and the lateral periphery of thespout and locking means engaging said neck andsaidspout, said locking means having a sleeve-like portion which projects into and is extended within said cavity.

'7. In a non-resealable bottle, the combination with-the neck member of such bottle, of a separate spout member and locking means for securing the latter to the bottleneck so as to prevent the removal. of the spout from the neck without defacement or fracture of such means, the same including a sleeve-like metal extension carried by one of said neck and spout members and which extension projects through an aperture in said spout member and into an internal recess formed in said spout member, the end of the extension which projects into said recess being expanded outwardly and being curvilineal in both a longitudinal and a transverse plane, and which recess has a wall that is also curvilineal in both a transverse and longitudinal plane for facilitating such expansion of the end of said extension.

8. In a non-resealable bottle, the combination'with the neck member of such bottle, of a separate spout member and locking means for securing the latter to the bottleneck so as to prevent the removalof the spout from the neck without defacement or fracture of such means,

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