US523956A - Bottle - Google Patents

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No. 523.956.A

' H. A. BIERLEY.

BOTTLE. 1

Patented July s1, 1894.

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4 zu w UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. BIERLEY, oE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE,

SPECIFICATION formingpart of wLetters.PatentV1\T0.,523,956, dated July 31, 1894. Application sied August 31,1893. sentano. 484,516. (Numan.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

I Se it known that I, HENRY A. BIERLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lex- 1ngton, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful ottle, of which the following is a specifica'- ion.

The invention relates to bottles. The object of the present invention is lto 1mprove the construction of bottles, and to provide one adapted for holding fine whiskies, and other valuable liquids, and capable of absolutely preventing refilling to avoid any 1Liatlillity of an imitation being sold in original o es.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an upper portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the cap. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the valve support. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in section, of the cap.

T'Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A1 designates a cylindrical cap, having an open bottom or lower end and a closed top 2,

and receiving Within it a valve support 3,

which holds a weighted ball valve 4, adapted to open automatically when a bottle 5 is tilted below a horizontal position for pouring out its contents. The cap is provided intermediate of its ends with an annular groove 6 receiving an elastic ring 7 of cork, rubber, or similar material, which projects from the cap, and engages a corresponding annular groove 8 of the neck 9 of the bottle 5, whereby thecap is securely held in the bottle, and is prevented from being withdrawn. The upper end of the cap is provided with an annular series of discharge openings 10, which incline i inward and upward to prevent the introduction of a wire, or the like, into the cap for the purpose of withdrawing the same or interfering with the operation of the valve.

The valve support 3 consists of a cylindriimprovements in cal plug provided at opposite sides with lugs 11 to engage opposite grooves 12 of the cap,

which grooves are located on the inner face lof the same and havea screw pitch; the valve support is provided with a vertical bore or 'opening 13, which terminates at the top in a substantiallysemisphericalconcavityorvalve seat 14, and which has its lower terminus flared" at 15 to form a :downwardly inclined mouth for a conical weight 16. The conical weight 16 is inverted land is provided with a rounded base, which is connected bya silk thread. with the ball valve, and is adapted to draw on the thread and hold the ball valve in its seat until the bottle is inverted below a horizontal position to prevent any attempt at Y struction and is capable of absolutely preventing refilling.

The parts are constructed of any suitable material, preferably glass, which will not affeet the contents of a bottle.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

1. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a cylindrical cap havingIk a closed top and providedY at its sides below the top with upwardly and inwardly inclined discharge openings, and a valve seat arranged within the lower end of the cap and closing the same and interlocked therewith and provided with a valve, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the neck of abottle, of a cylindrical cap having a closed top and providedat its sides below the top with upwardly and inwardly inclined discharge openings, a valve support arranged within the lower end of the cap and. closing the same and interlocked therewith and provided at its IOO upper end with an approximately semispherical Valve seat and having a vertical opening and provided at its lower end with a flaring mouth presenting a downwardly inclined face, said support being provided at its lower end with notches 18 communicating with the within the groove of the cap and engaging that of the neck of the bottle, a valve support secured within the cap and having a longitudinal opening and provided at its top with a valve seat and having at its bottom a Haring mouth forming inclined sides and provided with recesses forming passages, a valve arranged in the valve seat, and a weight arranged below the valve support and connected with the valve, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. BIERLEY. Witnesses:

E. G. SIGGERs, ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD.

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