US728127A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAY 12, 190s.'

M. & M. B. O'MBARA. NoN-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1902.

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MATTHEW OMEARA AND MORRIS'B. OMEARA, OF SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA.

vNON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersratnt No. 728,127, dated May 12, 1903. Application filed September 30, 1902. Serial No. 125,413. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, MATTHEW OMEARA and MORRIS B. OMEARA, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of`

which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to bottles, and more position and also when the bottle is lying onV its side and at the same time to prevent the weight from obstructing the free passage of the liquid when held in pouring position. Y

A still further object is to provide means which effectually prevent the insertion of a wire to hold the valve raised while the bottle is being refilled.

With these objects in view our invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which said objects are attained, as will be more fully described in the accompanying specification and embodied in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the neck of a bottle with the attachment in place; Fig. 2, a detail of the guard; Figs. 3 and 4, details of the valve, weight, and the valve and weight seats; and Fig. 5, a modication of the weight-seat.

Referring more especially to the drawings,

l represents the neck of a bottle provided with screw-threads on a portion of its eXterior.

2 is the shell or case of the attachment, which is secured to the neck of the bottle by corresponding screw-threads on its lower inner end, which are first given a coating of adhesive compound or cement to prevent unscrewing once the cement is set.

Located within the shell 2 and iitting over the neck of the bottle is a cap 3, having a cornucopia-shaped weight-seat 4, which is secured to the cap by lugs 5, having openings .6 for the passage of the liquid. The weightseat 4 enters an opening 7 in the top of the cap 3 and is flush with the top thereof.

Seated on top of the cap 3 and covering the opening 7 is a disk-valve 8, which is held seated by a conical weight 9, supported bya bolt 10, running therethrough. This weight 10 centers in the weight-seat 4 and forces the valve 8 from its seat when the bottle is turned into pouring position and allows the liquid to run out the openings 6 between the lugs 5 and through the opening 7 in the top of the cap. Above the cap a sufficient distance to allow a free movement of the valve is a guard 11, seated against a flange 12, integral with the shell or casing 2, and which prevents the removal of said guard. In the center of the -guard is an Opening 13 to permit the passage of the liquidandhaving an annular depending liange 14. Supported by lugs or straps 15 is aconical cup16, whose top is nearly flush with the lower edge of the annular flange 14 and is slightly larger in circumference. This construction of guard effectually prevents a wire or tool from being inserted to raise the valve from its seat for fraudulently refilling the bottle.

nit that it could not be replaced 'without detection.

It will be noted that the angle of the weightseat is so great that the bottle when in the pouringv position would he nearly upside down, thus preventing the possibility of liquid being forced into the bottle while liquid is being forced therefrom. When the bottle is in a'verticalor lupright position, the valve is held seated by the weight 9, and it will be noticed by inverting the drawing that the bottleis three-quarters direct-ly inverted before the angle of the valve-seat is on a level, which makes it necessary to further tilt it before the weight would centerin the weightseat and unseat the valve.

The guard 1l is heldin position against the flange 12 by reason of its being slightly larger IOO in circumference than the inner periphery of the casing 2, and thus is held yby friction. Any attempt to force liquid into the bottle While in an inverted position would necessarily exert force enough to unseat the guard, (by reason of the impact against the conical cup 16,) which would throw it in contact with the head of the bolt and seat the valve.

The liquid to eect an exit has to pass between the supporting-lugs of the guard l1 into the conical cup 16 and thence out through the opening 13 to the mouth of the bottle. The flange 12 also serves as an abutment for a cork 17.

In Fig. 5 it Will be seen that the lugs 5 occupy a dierent position, which facilitates a freer movement ot' the weight.

It will be understood that certain changes in construction in carrying out the invention mightbe resorted to, and We do not, therefore, limit ourselves to the precise construction herein set forth, but consider We are entitled to all modifications falling Within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A non-retillable attachment for bottles comprising a cap and provided with a discharge-opening, a Weight-seat formed in the cap, a weighted valve located on the cap and controlling the opening, the valve and cap so formed with reference to one another that the valve will automatically close the opening in any position assumed by the bottle except when the bottle is in an approximately inverted position, and a guard located above the valve to prevent access thereto.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a sleeve secured thereto, a cap stationarily located within the sleeve and provided with an opening therein, a perforated weightseat formed Within the cap, a weighted valve controlling the discharge opening, and a guard located above the valve to prevent access thereto, the guard adapted to permit the passage of the contents of the bottle therethrough.

3. The combination with a bottle, ot" a nonrefillable attachment adapted to be secured to the exterior of the bottle, comprisinga sleeve, a cap secured Within said sleeve, a Weighted valve located in said cap, a guard above said valve, said guard having an exit and a conical cup.

4E. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a cap having an opening therethrough, a Weighted valve having a tlat disk adapted to lie on top of the cap and close the opening, and a guard above the valve.

5. The combination with a bottle-neck, of

Va cap having an opening, a iiat valve on the cap and adapted to close the opening therein, a Weight depending from the valve and 1ocated within the cap, and a guard above the valve.

6. The combination with a bottleneck, of a cap which has an opening, a conical cup within itself, a disk valve resting on the cap and adapted to close the opening therein, a conical weight depending from the valve and adapted to t the conical cup, and a guard above the valve.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afx our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

MATTHEW OMEARA. MORRIS B. OMEARA. i/Vitnesses:

GEORGE PATERsoN, T. W. lDooLiiNci.y

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