US562671A - Bottle - Google Patents

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(No ModeL) S. Ja SMITH.

BOTTLE.

No. 662,671, Patented June 23, 16896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH, OF PASSAIG, NEIV JERSEY.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,671, dated June 23, 1896.

Application tiled February 3, 1896. Serial No. 577,836. (No model.)

To al?, whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels, and the object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class with a neck attachment in which is placed an automatic valve, the construction and arrangement being such that when the vessel has once been iilled and the neck attachment applied said vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in Which- Figure l is a central vertical section of the upper part of a bottle provided with a neck, showing my improvement connected therewith 3 Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3, and Fig. i a central vertical section of a part of the neck attachment.

In the drawings forming part of this application, I have shown my invention applied to a bottle, and in the practice of my invention I provide a bottle or other vessel A, having a neck B, the lower portion of which is inwardly directed, as shown at b, so as to forni therein an inwardly-directed annular shoulder b2. Ialso employ a neck attachment comprising a main tube D, the upper end of which is closed and the lower end open, and the side walls of which. are perforated, as shown at CZ.

The lower open end of the tube D is provided with an annular recess cl2, in which is placed a packing-ring d3, of rubber or any desired material, and extending inwardly from said annular recess is an annular flange d3, on which is mounted, or to which is secured a supplemental tube Gr, which is arranged concentrically Within the tube D, and both ends of which are open.

The tube G is provided with a spider g at its lower end, and secured thereto is a fine spiral spring I-I, within the upper end of which is placed a conical iioat or valve 7L, the base of which is directed upwardly, and said valve is provided with a central chamber which is also conical in form, and the sides of the valve are adapted to closely lit within the tube G, and said valve is connected with the spring II by being secured within the upper coils thereof in any desired manner, the diameter of said spring and the diameter of the larger portion of the valve being substantially the same, and also substantially the same as the inner diameter of the tube G.

Formed in the upper portion of the neck B, above the tube D, is an annular groove or recess b3, and I also employ a perforated diaphragm or plate K, which is composed of spring metal, and adapted to be forced down- Wardly into the neck or nozzle, the edges thereof entering the annular groove or recess b3, or said plate may be so formed as to closely fit within the neck and provided with shoulders or projections adapted to enter said annular groove or recess. In this class of devices the bottle or other vessel must first be iilled before the neck attachment is applied, and the bottle A having been iilled the tube D is inserted thereinto, as shown in Fig. l, so that the packing-ring d3 rests upon the annular shoulder b2, and the plate K is then forced into the neck and into the position also shown in Fig. l, in which position it bears upon the annular shoulder b2, and the neck or nozzle B may then be closed by the ordinary stopper or plug in the usual manner.

When it is desired to empty the bottle or vessel or to discharge a portion of its contents, it is only necessary to remove said plug or stopper and to invert or tilt the bottle, when the contents will iiow out through the central tube G, through the perforations in the tube D, vand out through the perforated plate or partition K; and in this operation the valve is forced from its seat by the pressure of the liquids within the bottle, almost any appreciable amount of pressure being suflicient for this purpose.

The spring H is a contrae-tile spring, and is quite long and very Weak', and in whatever position the bottle may beheld in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto said spring will draw the valve back into the end of the tube IOO G, and when in this position it will be iinpossible for any liquids to enter the bottle through the neck thereof. When the bottle is inverted, and the contents therein flow out, as hereinbefore described, the valve I-I will entirely leave the concentrical tube G, but be supported by the spring I-I, and when the flow of the liquid ceases, and the bottle is held in a horizontal or in its normal position,

said valve will again be drawn into the tube by said spring. It is evident, therefore, that the bottle or other vessel may be entirely emptied of its contents, and that it cannot be refilled by pouring liquids thereinto, and in Fig. 4 I have shown a modiiied form of construction, in which the valve II is provided with an annular outwardly and downwardly directedflange or rim h2, which rests upon the top of the tube G, and in this form of construction the operation will be substantially the saine as hereinbefore described. It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive.

Theplate or partition K can not be removed from the neck of the bottle, and this plate or partitiomtogether with the tube G,absolutely prevents the insertion of a tool or instrument in an attempt to interfere with the operation of the valve, and tis evident that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without 'departing from the spirit of my invention or sacricing its advantages.

Having,` fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination with a bottle the neck of which is restricted at the lower portion thereof, and is provided near the upper portion with an annular interior groove of an antifllling device adapted to be placed therein after the portion, a short tube, said cylindrical portion being provided with apertures or openings in the sides thereof and a bell-shaped `valve, the concave portion of which is directed upwardly and the annular outwardlydirected rim of which incloses the upper end of the tube to close the saine, a spring within said tube adapted to draw said valve downwardly and an annular packing-ring secured in said angular shoulder formed in the bottom of said cylindrical portion adapted to bear against the inwardly-directed part of the neck of the bottle, and an apertured disl; of spring,` metal secured to the top of said cylindrical portion, and adapted to be forced within the neck of the bottle and the peripheryv to engage an annular groove therein to rctain said device in position, substantially as herein set forth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of January, 1896.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH.

fitnessesz C. GERs'r, A. M, CUsAoK.

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