US726811A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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Gr.v AURNHAMER. NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. Z0, 1903. NO MODEL. I

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GEORGE AURNHAMER, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO AUGUST ADOLPH SCHLEGEL AND STEPHEN WEISS, OF

UNION HILL, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 726,811, dated April 28, 1903-.

Application filed February 20, 1903. Serial No. 144,232. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE AURNHAMER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residingin WestHobokemcounty ofHudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Rellable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class ofdevices adapted to be permanently secured in the neck of a bottle and which while permitting free discharge of the contents thereof prevent reiilling.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows the upper part of the bottle with the neck and parts located therein in section.

Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the bottle-neck only inverted for discharging the contents of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a detailed view showing the valve that is contained in the bottle-neck with a cup-shaped enlarge! ment on the upper end of the stem; Fig. 4, a

detailed view of the expansible washer employed to retain the parts in the neck of the t bottle; Fig. 5, a detailed View of the upper member ofthe organization, having a peripheral groove in which the expansible washer is seated; and Fig. 6 shows the lower member of the organization, in which is formed the opening for discharge of the contents of the bottle and the seat for the valve.

The neck of the bottle is form ed at its lower end with an internal annular liange d, upon which is seated a plug b, provided with a washer c, of cork or other suitable material, in which is centrally formed a conicallyshaped passage (Z. On the upper face of the part b and lat diametrically opposite points are formed seats or sockets c to receive vertical stems or rods f, upon the upper ends of which bears an elastic washer g, of cork or other suitable material, surrounding an upper plug h, held in the neck of the bottle by the expansible washer t', contained in the annular groove j, formed in the part h and having studs'or projections entering an internal annular groove k, formed in the neck of the bottle. The members or rods fare connected by cross-pieces m m, enlarged at the center and formed with apertures for the reception of the stem n of a valve o, seating in the conical valve-seat d and having adisk o', of cork or other appropriate material, bearing upon the top of the member or plug b. The upper end of the valve-stem above the cross-pieces m m is cup-shaped, as at p, and preferably its depth is somewhat greater than the diameter.'

Opening into the cup p is a tube q, extending downwardly from the member or plug .h and formed in one piece therewith or attached thereto. A passage r in the plug, preferably arranged obliquely, extends from its upper ssl surface into communication with the tube q. v

The various parts'described may be made of any appropriate material, although glass is preferred on account of its cheapness and because it will not impart any taste or odor to the contents of the bottle.

Obviously when the bottle is inverted the contents thereof will pass, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and be discharged through the passage r, the ordinary stopper s being removed. Should the attempt be made to introduce a liquid into the bottle, it would fall into the cup p on the upper end of the valve-stem, and the gravity eect of the liquid or its impact upon the cup would act to seat the valve o and prevent the passage of the liquid into the bottle through the valveopening d. Furthermore, any attempt to introduce an instrument or wire to manipulate the valve could only result in forcing it into its seat d.

I claim as my inventionl. In a deviceior preventing relling of bottles, the combination with the bottle-neck of the upper and lower plugs, a valve closing a passage in the lower plug,a cup or receptacle on the other end of the valve, and a tubular projection on the upper plug extending toward the cup, and communicatingwith a discharge-opening in the plug. Y

2. In a device for preventing refilling of bottles, the combination of the lower plug seated upon an internal annular ange in the bottle-neck, the upper plug fixed in the bottie-neck by means of an expansible washer, In testimony whereof I have hereunto suba valve closing a passage in the lower plug, scribed my name.

the valve-stem and oup or receptacle on the i upper end of the stem opposite a passage in GEORGE AURNHAMER the upper plug, and. means for supporting Witnesses:

and guiding the Valve-stem interposed be- JAS. H. RUGGLES,

tween the upper and lower plugs. WM. L. CLARK.

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