US739265A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED SBPT.15', 1903;

H..MAGKBNZ1B. I NoN-RETILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION'PILE) MAY 25.l 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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HERBERT MAOKENZIE, OE SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OE rrHREE- l Patented September 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOURTHS TO JOHN N. MOKERRY, OF'DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, JOHN E. HALLETT,YOF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND THOMAS D.l/VALSH, OF

BOSTON, MASSAOHSETTS.

NoN-REHLLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. veaeesjdatea september 15, 1903; Application filed May 25, 1903. Serial No. 158,616. l(No model.) l'

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, HERBERT MAOKENZIE, of Saugus, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention has for its object to provide a bottle which when emptied of its contents Io cannotbe refilled. 'l

My invention is fully set forth in the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof are pointed out and clearly I 5 deined in the claims at the close of this specication. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle embodying my invention, theupper portion thereof being in section. Fig. 2 zo is a sectional view of the upper portion of a bottle embodying my invention, inverted to show the position of the parts when the contents of the bottle are being emptied. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section, with the Inovableparts of myinvention removed therefrom. Figs. 4 and 5 are details hereinafter referred to. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6, Fig. 1.

Having reference to the drawings, the neck 3o of the bottle is shown at 1, said neck being of a sucient length to aord room for the closure devices which are employed. The cork or stopper is shown at '2 and the body of the bottle at 3.

The body and neck and movable parts of the bottle may be formed from glass in the well-known manner. y The neck of the bottle is formedwith one or more (preferably four) recesses 4, which 4o are formed by outwardly Vcurved or bulging portions 5 of the neck of the bottle. These recesses 4 are connected by an annular groove 6. (See Fig; 3.) Below the recesses 4 the interior of the neck of the bottle is formed 4 5 with an annular shoulder 7, and below this shoulder the interior walls of the neck of the bottle curve outwardly, as shown at 8. Below this point the walls curve inwardly-at 8l,

` 'ity of the valve 10.

.in an upright position.

Within the neck of the bottle and with its lower edge portion resting on the shoulder 7 isplaced a substantially cylindrical device (shownin Fig. 4) and which is designated 11.

Cement is applied to the sides of the part y11, and the part is then placed within the neck 'of the bottle and against the shoulder 7 after lthe bottle has been iilled and is thus securely fastened in place. The part 11 is provided near its upper end with lateral openings 12,whic'h lie between the recesses 4 in the neck of the bottile. (See Figs. 1 and 6.) The lateral openings 12 project inwardly and Open into a vertical opening 13', which is cylindrical in shape and in the center of which is the stem 14. The stem 14 projects downwardly below the lower conical end 15y of the part 11, and the lower end of the part 14` lies within the cav- When the bottle is inverted, the valve 10 falls by gravity and by pressure of the liquid in the bottle onto the end of the vstem 14 and away from theincurved walls 81, which constitute the seatof the valve. The stem 14 is preferably hollow and becomes filled with a portion of the contents of the bottle when the bottle is being emptied. When the bottle is again set in an upright position, the liquid within the hollow stem 14 serves as a weight to force the valve v10back onto its seat against thejincurved the central cavity 13 of the stem'14, while at the same time the stem 14 aords a guidingbearing for the oupshaped valve 10 during its movements.

When the bottle has 'been iilled, the valve 10 is placed within the neck with its lower edge resting against the incurved walls or seatY S1, and the cylindrical device 11 is then put in position with its lower edge resting against the shoulder 7 and is cemented firmly in position. The stopper or cork or the like is then inserted.

The operation of the device is as follows: After the cork is withdrawn and the bottle has been inverted the parts assume the position shown in Fig. B-that is, the Valve 10 drops onto the end of the stem 14. The liquid contents oi` the bottle are then free to pass between the valve 10 and the incurved walls or seat 8l, thence around the edges of the valve, up inside the valve, down the central cylindrical opening 13', through the lat-eral openings 12, through the annular groove 6 to the recesses 4, thence out of the recesses 4 into the open neck of the bottle. During this operation a portion ot' the liquid may flow into the hollow stem 14. As clearly shown in the drawings, the recess 4 extends beyond the cylindrical closure device ll. If now it be attempted to refill the bottle by placing it in an upright position and pouring fluid into the neck, the valve 10, guided by the stem 14, will again be seated on the incurved walls or seat 8l, and it will be impossible for the iiuid to enter the body of the bottle. In the same way ifliuid under pressure is forced into the bottle while the latter is in an inverted position the Valve 10 will be guided by the stem 14 and seated by pressure and the fluid will not be permitted to enter the body of the bottle.

My experience is, and I believe it to be the fact, that a bottle embodying my invention cannot be refilled. The cup-like shape ofthe Valve l0, the cavity therein, the stem 14, and the incurved walls 8l, on which the valve is seated, render it impossible for the valve to get out of position regardless of the angle at which the bottle is held, while at the same time it may freely move to open or close the opening 9 between the body of the bottle and the neck thereof.

1. A nonretillable bottle having in the neck portion thereof an annular recess or groove and one or more intersecting recesses or grooves to permit the passage of liquid, incurved walls below the said recesses or grooves forming a constricted opening in the neck, a cup-shaped valve seating upon said incurved walls, and a cylindrical device rigidly secured within the neck above said valve, and having openings therein connecting with said recesses or grooves in the neck, and also having a downwardly-projecting portion or stem engaging said valve when the bottle is inverted, thereby preventing the said Valve drical device when the bottleis being emptied, substantially as described.

2. A non-refillable bottle having in the neck portion thereof an annular recess or groove and one or more intersecting recesses or grooves to permit the passage of liquid, incurved walls below the said recesses or grooves forming a constricted opening in the neck, a cup-shaped valve seating upon said incurved walls and a cylindrical device rigidly secured within the neck above said valve, and having radial horizontal openings therein and a vertical passage connecting said radial openings and the space directly above the valve, whereby liquid poured into the neck may pass into the said valve and operate to seat the same and is thereby prevented from entering the bottle, substantially as described. Y

3. In a non-rellable bottle, the combination of a neck portion having a horizontal annular groove and one or more intersecting vertical passages therein, said neck also having a constricted passage at the point where the neck joins the body of the bottle, a cupshaped valve seating upon said constriction in the neck, and a cylindrical device having passages therein whereby the liquid poured into the neck is delivered within the cupshaped valve and the said valve is thereby seated, said cylindrical device being provided also with a projection engaging the said Valve when the bottle is inverted thereby preventing the said valve from closing the passage in the cylindrical device, substantially as described.

4. A non-refillable bottle having rigidly secured in the neck portion thereof a cylindrical device having angular or tortuous openings therethrough for the passage of liquid and a central cavity or recess which receives a portion of the liquid contents of the bottle when the latter is being emptied, incurved walls forming a constricted opening below said cylindrical device, a cup-shaped valve seating on said incurved walls to close said constricted opening, said valve being moved in one direction to permit the escape of the contents of the bottle by the pressure of the liquid within the bottle and being moved in the opposite direction to close the bottle against the ingress of liquid by the pressure of the liquid contained in the said recess in the said cylindrical device, substantially as described.

5. Anon-refillable bottle, having in the neck portion thereof an annular recess or groove with one or more intersecting recesses or grooves to permit the passage of liquid, incurved walls below the said recesses or grooves forming a constricted opening in the neck, and a cup-shaped valve seating upon lfrom closing the opening in the said cylin- IOC IIO

said incurved walls, and also having secured andoperate to seat thesame so as to prevent VIo within the neck above the valve a cylindricaly the liquid from entering the bottle.y device having in connection therewith a In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigdownwardlyeprojecting stem whereby the nature in presence o'fA two Witnesses. valve is guided in its movements, thesaid v Y. device havinglateml openings and a vertical' l HERBERT MACKENZIE' c opening connecting saidiateral openings with Witnesses: the space above the valve, whereby liquid- MLAN F. STEVENS, poured into the neck may pass into the valve C. MORRISON.

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