US586475A - Bottle - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

P. A. CAMPBELL.

BOTTLE. 7 No. 586,475 Patented July 13,1897.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

PARDON A. CAMPBELL, OF POLLASKY, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,475, dated July 13, 1897.

Application filed October 10, 1896. Serial No. 608,467. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern;

Be it known that I, PARDON A. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Pollasky, in the county of Fresno and State of Oalifornia,have in vented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bottles, my object being to provide a bottle which cannot be emptied and refilled without such operation showing.

A further object is to provide an attachment which can be applied to bottles to prevent the unauthorized refilling of the same.

To these ends the invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective of a bottle-neck constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional elevation of said neck.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents the neck of a bottle, said neck being provided at a suitable point with a flared portion a, above which the neck is slightly widened to the mouth, as at a. The flared portion or bead a has at points opposite each other openings a for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned, and preferably this bead is made of thin glass, which can be easily broken.

The cork B being inserted into the neck of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 2, a portion of the same will extend into the bead and thus tend to hold said cork securely in place. As the head is of thin glass, the neck above said bead is slightly larger than the remainder of the neck, so that the cork can be easily inserted without any undue strain upon the thin bead. Members are provided for holding this cork in place and also for withdrawing the same when necessary. These members comprise a pin 1, extending through the cork and the openings a in the bead, a yoke 2 being placed upon the ends of said pin, after which said ends 3 are bent over to lie upon the bead (L The yoke 2 comprises a top member 4, which extends across the mouth of the bottle, and side arms 5, upon which are formed eyes 6, from which the wire composing the yoke is extended in a curve 7 to lie about the neck of the bottle, said curve having a point 8 bent up therein, which point lies against the under side of the bead (L The side arms 5 lie upon the side of the ends 3 next to the point 8. A label will be placed around the neck of the bottle inclosing the members for holding the cork and withdrawing the same, so that said members cannot be tampered with unless the label is broken.

The cork being held in place by means of the pin 1 passing through the bottle-neck, in

order to empty the bottle the cross member 4 is pulled downwardly away from the side of the neck upon which the point 8 is located, and thus the yoke member 2 becomes a lever pivoted upon the pin 1, the point 8 bearing against the lower side of the bead, while the side arms 5 bear against the upturned ends of the pin 1 and force said ends downwardly upon the bead. In this way the bead is broken, and the upper portion of the neck of the bottle falls from its place. The glass having been shaken from the cork, said cork can now be withdrawn by pulling upwardly upon the yoke member. Of course the bottle cannot now be refilled and the cork inserted without showing that the bottle has been used once.

By inserting the cork below the bead fragments of glass are prevented from falling into the bottle-neck and becoming mixed with the liquid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inabottle, aneck having openings therein, a cork in said neck lying across the openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, and means provided upon said pin whereby the bottle-neck can be broken to free the pin from the neck, substantially as described. 4

2. In a bottle, a neck having a portion of thin material, said portion being provided with openings, a cork in the neck across said openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, -and means pivoted upon said pin whereby the thin portion of the neck can be broken, substantially as described.

3. In a bottle, a neck having openings in the side thereof, a cork in the neck over said openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, a member lying against the bottleneck and pivoted to the pin, and arms ex-- 'tending from said member, whereby the against the neck, and arms extending from said member Wherebyit can be forced against the bottle-neck to break the same and permit the cork to be withdrawn, substantially as described.

5. In a bottle, a neck having openings in the sides thereof, a cork in said neck over said openings, a pin extending through said openings and the cork, and a yoke pivoted upon said pin, said yoke having a top portion, arms extending from said top portion, eyes upon said arms, and a curved portion extending from the sides, said curved portion being provided with a point adapted to bear against the bottle-neck and break the same whereby the cork can be Withdrawn, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle, a neck having abead thereon, said head being provided with openings in the sides thereof, a cork in said neck over the openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, said pin having its ends upturned and lying upon' the bead, and arms upon the pin whereby the upturned ends can be forced upon the bead to break the same and thus permit the Withdrawal of the cork, substantially as described.

7. In a bottle, a neck, ahead formed upon said neck, said bead having openings in the sides thereof, a cork in said neck across said openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, said pin having upturned ends lying upon the bead, a member pivoted upon said pin and lying about the bottle-neck, said member bearing against the under side of the bead, and arms extending from said member across the upturned ends of the pin, said arms lying on the side of the pin ends next to the member bearing against the under side of the bead, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PARD ON A. CAMPBELL.

IVitnesses:

A. RUTHERFORD, BENJ. S. PARKER.

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