US572058A - Bottle - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. R. LINDSEY.

BOTTLE.

No. 572,058. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.-

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JULIAN ROBERT LINDSEY, OF FORT ROBINSON, NEBRASKA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent l\l'0. 572,058, dated November 24, 1896.

Application filed January 10,1896. Serial No. 574,944. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN ROBERT LIND- sin, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Fort Robinson, in the county of Dawes and State of-Nebraska, 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 part thereof, 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 having a neck attachment which is so constructed and arranged that when the vessel has been filled and the neck attachment applied the 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 1 is a central vertical section of the upperpart of abottle or other vessel provided with a neck and my improved attachment, and Fig. 2 a similar view showing a modified form of construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a'bottle or other vessel A, having a neck attachment B, the lower portion of which is much thicker than the upper portion, and p'rovided at the upper end thereof with an annular valve-seat C, on which is adapted to be seated a valve D, which is cylindricalin form and provided at its upper end with a central vertical bore cl, which extends only part way through said valve, and at the lower end of which are formed outwardly-directed perforations (1 the lower ends of which, when the valve is seated, are closed by the valveseat. The neck of the bottle is also provided with an annular shoulder E, in the inner walls of which is formed an annular groove F, and the sides of, the valve are also provided with notches or recesses G, which are triangular in form and the larger portions or ends of which are directed downward, and secured to said valve are springs H, the lower ends of which are provided with outwardly-directed arms or projections h, which are adaptcd to enter the annular groove F.

The annular groove F is of considerable depth, and the valve is thus given a slight movement within the neck, and when the bottle or vessel is inverted or tilted the valve will leave its seat and pass downwardly in the neck until the outwardly-directed arms h on the springs H strike the upper shoulder or wall of the annular groove F.

The upper end of the neck is adapted to beclosed bya plug or stopper K in the usual manner, and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In this class of devices the bottle or vessel must first be filled before the neck valve or attachment is applied, and the bottle or vessel A, having been filled with the desired contents, the valve D is inserted into the vessel, as shown inFig. l, the springs H being compressed to admit of this operation, and after this the neck or nozzle is closed by the plug or stopper K.

When it is desired to empty the bottle or vessel or to discharge a portion of its contents, the plug or stopper K is removed in the usual manner and the bottle inverted 0r tilted, when the valve D will leave its seat and drop forwardly or downwardly untilt-he arms or projections h strike upon the upper wall of the annular groove F, and in this position of the valve the contents of the vessel will flow out through the perforations (Z and the central bore cl, as will be readily understood, and this operation maybe repeated or continued until the bottle is entirely empty.

If an attempt be made to refill the bottle by pouring liquids thereinto, the valve D will at once be reseated, when noliquids can enter the bottle, the ports or openings formed by the perforations (1 being closed by the vahe-seat, and this operation will be the same in any position in which the bottle may be held in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto, and, if desired, the valve D maybe constructed as to operate as a float-valve, in which event liquids could not be forced into the bottle. 7

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the valve-seat G is also employed, and the valve D is disk-shaped and the lower side of the perimeter thereof is inclined and provided ICO with the perforations (Z and secured within the neck at a short distance above the valve is a cylindrical attachment M, the sides of which are provided with spring-operated plugs m, which are adapted to enter the annular groove F, which in this construction is just large enough to receive them, and the cylindrical attachment M is provided with a central vertical bore m and in the bottom thereof is formed a cup-shaped cavity or recess m In this form of construction, when the bottle or vessel is inverted, the eon tents thereof flow through the perforations (K into the cup-shaped cavity or recess m and through the central bore m of the attachment, and the results produced will be substantially the same as those 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 comparatively inexpensive, and it is evident that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

In the form of construction shown in Fig. 2 the valve D may also be made to serve as a float-valve, if desired, and in this event the bottle cannot be filled by forcing liquids thereinto, and in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto the valve D will at once be seated and thus close the neck of the bottle.

IIaving fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination with a bottle provided with a neck, having an interior annular shoulder and groove and Whose lower portion is much thicker than the upper portion, an annular valve-seat in said thicker portion, a cylindrical valve, provided with external triangular notches, adapted to fit on said seat,

said valve having a vertical central boreex--

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