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Mel) "w. B. STEVENS.

, BOTTLE STOPPER. No. 519,510.

Patented May 8. 1894.

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UNITED STA ES WILLARD 13. STEVENS, O F;l I-EW YORK, N. Y.

PAT NT OFFICE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,510, dated May 8, 1894.

Application filed June 22,1893. Serial No. 478,434. on 510,141.)

To aliwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD B. STEVENS,

vented certain new and useful Improvements I in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification. F This invention has reference to an improved stopper for bottleswhich are designed for the shipping and sale of whisky and similar liquors, the stopper being designed with a view of permitting the pouring out of the contents of the bottle, but preventing refilling of the same, so that the manufacturer has a certain kind of protection that his bottles will not be used over again by unauthorized parties or unscrupulous competitors. The'inventionconsists of a bottle stopper which comprises a centrally apertured head that is inserted into the mouth of the bottle and provided with a perforated guard cup attached to the under side'of the top of the stopper, a cage on the under side of the head and provided with a seat for a valve that closes by gravity the bottom orifice of the cage when the bottle is placed in vertical position or nearly so.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of the mouth of a bottle, showing my improved stopper partly in-section and partly in perspective view,insertedinto the same. Fig. 2 is a similar section, showing the stopper inserted provided respectively with a ball valve-and at sufficient depth into the mouth of the bottle so as to permit theinsertion of acork above the stopper, and Figs. 3 and 4 are also vertical central sections, showing my im proved stopper inserted into the same and a conical or cup-shaped valve, Fig. 3, show ing furthermore a closing cork inserted into the central opening'of the same. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of. the stopper, showing a different shape.

Similar letters :ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

' Referringto the drawings, A represents the mouth of a'whisky or other bottle, and B the stopper for the same, which stopper is composed of four main elements, namely, a ce'n trally perforated head 0 which is preferably made of hard wood, glass, metal or other suitable materiaLa guard cup D which is either made integral with the head (J or in a separate piece and attached to the under side, of

the same. The guard cup'D is provided with apertures at its sides, but is closed at the bottom for the purposes hereinafterto be men- I tioned. v

A cage E is attached to the underside of the head 0 and made of sheet-metal, glass or other suitable material, the cagebeing made in conicall'y tapering shape, or curved or tapered at its bottom, so as to form a contracted orifice which forms the seatfor a valve F which can be made either in the shape of a ball or in the shape of a hollow cup of conical or other shape, as preferred. The valve F is preferably made of glass, when the round form of valve is used, of or aluminium or other suitable metal when the conical shape is used. Whatever be the shape of the valve, it acts in the nature of a gravity valve so as to close the bottom orifice of the cage E, whenever an attempt is made to refill the bottle.

The stopper is cemented or otherwise secured into the bottlemouth after it is filled with the liquor that is to be sold, in the'same. The bottle is then corked by inserting the cork stopper M into the central aperture of the head C, said stopper closing thereby the discharge orifice of the stopper E.

' When it is desired to close the bottle in'the ordinary manner by corks that fitinto the mouth of the bottle, the stopper is cemented into the bottle mouth at a sufficient depth below the rim, so that sufficient space is left for the insertion of the cork above the stopper, as

.D, the liquid passing then through the bottom opening'in the cage and the apertures in the guard cup to the outside. Any refilling of thebottles is prevented, or at least connected with considerable difficulty and loss of time, so that the original bottle cannot be used for the sale of inferior liquors.

When a hollow sheet-metal conical valve is used, any attempt of filling is rendered still more difficult, inasmuch as the filling'of the valve by a portion of the liquor will tend to" hold the same in position by gravity, so that the same resists in a greater measure thana round valve any attempt from placing the same from its seat. Whenever an attempt is 5 made to fill the bottle by holding the same in a horizontal position by the action of the siphon, the hollow cone valve would be floated in a position on its seat by the pressure of the liquid attempted to be introduced, and thereby close the cage so that no liquid could be conducted into the bottle. The stopper described, therefore constitutes a safeguard to the distiller or'wholesale: dealer as it guarantees to some extent the article beingan origithe bottle at any time after the original contents of the same are taken from the bottle;

Having thus described my invention, I olaim as new'and desire to secure by Letters 20 Patent nal package, while it preventsthe refilling of A bottle-stopper, adapted for permanent insertion intoa bottle, consisting of a head having a centraldischarge-aperture, agnard-cnp located at theunder side of said head and inclosing said discharge-aperture, said cap hav- 2 5 ing perforated sides and an imperforate bot- :tom, acage extending from the under side of the headdownwardand provided with a valveseat at its lower end, and a gravity valve received by said seat when the bottle is in up- 30 right position and adapted to rest on said imperforate bottom when the bottle is in reflve'rsed position, substantially asset forth.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as myinvention I'have signed my name in press- 35 once of two subscribing witnesses.

, WILLARD B. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

PAUL GonPEn, CHARLES SGHROEDER.

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