US591336A - Louis joseph arthur fernandes - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

L. J. A. FERNANDES. BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

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LOUIs JOSEPH ARTHUR FERNANDES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,336, dated October 5, 1897.

Application filed February 2, 1897. Serial No- 621,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIs JOSEPH ARTHUR FERNANDES, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottles and Stoppers Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to construct a bottle made entirely of glass and provided with a valve so arranged that the contents of the bottle may be emptied therefrom, but

the bottle cannot be refilled after having been emptied and be presented again as an original package. j

A further object of the invention is to construct a bottle on the lines above described which will be simple and economic and the contents of which will be easily accessible.

. The invention consists in the'novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion Of the body of the bottle, the neck, and the valve cage or casing, showing the valve in its closing position. vertical section through'the upper portion of the body of the bottle and its neck and the valve cage or casing, illustrating the neck of the bottle in a horizontal position, the'valve being still in closing position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the valve being shown as removed from its seat to admit of the exit of liquid from the bottle. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line at 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a similar section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. W

The bodyA of thebottle may be of any de sired shape. Its neck A is provided at its upper portion with an internal shoulder 10 and an external recess 11, together with an external shoulder 12 below the external recess 11. ,Within the neck A of the bottle a valve-cage B is located. This valve-cage is Fig. 2 is a is placed in position in theneck A of the bottle the offsets-14 will rest upon the interthe cap is in two diameters, forming two internal shoulders 16 and 17 at predetermined distances apart, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The greatest interior diameter of the valvecage is at the bottom thereof, and within the valve-cage a valve 0 is located, the exterior whereof is in different diameters, the diameters of said exterior corresponding to the internal diameters of the valve-cage. The bottom 18 Of'the valve is therefore of greatest diameter, and its lower extremity is made cylindrical or is rounded off. The next upper section 19 is of less diameter than that of the lowersection 18, while the upper section 20 of the valve is of such diameter that it may move freely in the cap 15 of the valvecage. A spring 21 is located between the top of the cap 15 and the upper portion of the valve, as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3.

This spring serves to normally hold the lower portion or section 18 of the valve firmly in a seat 22, which is formed near the junction of the neck'A of the bottle with the body pOr-' tion of the same.

An extension A is provided for the neck of the bottle, beingintended to constitute, practically, an integral portion of the main neck.

.Theextension A of the neck is provided with a cup-flange 23 at its lower edge. The bottom of the extension A rests upon the outer end of the neck proper, A, while the lower edge of the cup-flange 23 fits upon the exter nal shoulder 12 of the main neck, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The cup-flange of the neck extension is located around the external groove 11 in the main neck and is provided with two apertures 24, ordinarily placed opposite each other, and the extension of the neck is secured uponcthe neck proper by filling the space between the cup-flange of the extension and the outer face of the main portion A of the neck with a cementing material or compound 25, which is poured into the space between the flange and the main neck through one of the openings 24, the air passing out through the opposite opening.

At the bottom portion of the neck extension A an interiorgroove 26 is formed, which is located over the projections or oitsets 14 from the ribs of the valve-cage. The exterior diameter of the valve-cage independent of its ribs is practically of the same diameter or of a greater diameter than the diameter of the extension of the neck, so as to prevent an instrument being introduced through the extension of the neck into the space between the valve-cage and the main portion of the neck for the purpose of tampering with the valve, and should such an instrument by any possibility be introduced for this purpose it will be so bent that it will have no influence whatever upon the valve.

A cork 27 is placed in the top portion of the neck extension A when the bot-tle is in transportation. the exception of the cementing material connecting the two portions of the neck and the spring 21, are preferably made of glass.

In operation when the bottle is in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, the weight of the valve 0 and the influence of the spring 21 will serve to hold the valve firmly in its seat 22, preventing any liquid being introduced into the body of the bottle, and even when the bottle is in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, the spring 21 will prevent the unseating of the valve, and when the bottle is carried below the perpendicular to any appreciable extent, as shown in Fig. 3, the valve will gravitate outward, overcoming the resistance of the spring 21 and unseat itself. Consequently the liquid can flow from the body of the bottle through the spaces between the valve-cage and neck out through the mouth of the latter.

It will be observed that the valve C has two points of bearing in the valve-cage when the valve is open and that the valve cannot open or compress the spring 21 except to a certain extent and that the valve will always be guided directly to its seat when the bottle is restored to a horizontal or to a vertical position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a valve-seat, of a valve-cage stationarily placed in the neck above said seat and leaving spaces between said cage and bottle-neck, said valve-cage being placed with its body portion flush with the upper edge of All parts of this bottle, with the bottle-neck and having a cap of less diameter than said body portion and extending above the upper edge of the said neck, a valve having sliding movement in the valve-cage, being adapted to normally rest upon said valve-seat, an extension of the neck of the bottle formed with the diameter of its interior equal to the exterior diameter of the body portion of the valve-cage, and means for securing said extension to the main portion of the neck of the bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a valve-seat, and at its upper edge with an internal shoulder, of a valvecage having a main or body portion flush with the upper edge of the neck and formed with exterior ribs having offsets resting upon said internal shoulder, said ribs engaging with the interior walls of the bottle-neck and leaving spaces between said cage and neck, a valve having sliding movement in said cage and adapt-ed to normally rest upon said valve-seat, and an extension permanently secured to said bottle-neck and resting upon the upper edge of said neck and upon the said oifsets and formed with an internal groove located above the ribs of the valve-cage, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the neck of a bottle having a valve-seat therein, an external groove near its mouth, a shoulder beyond the said groove, and an internal shoulder near the mouth; of a valve-cage having its body portion flush with the upper edge of the neck and formed with a cap of less diameter than said body portion and extending above the upper edge of the neck, ribs on the sides of the valve-cage, said ribs contacting with the interior walls of the neck and provided with offsets which engage with the internal shoulder, a valve held to slide in said cage, and an extension of the main neck, being of internal diameter equal to the exterior diameter of the body portion of the valve-cage, said extension resting upon said oifsets and being pro- IIO

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