US757955A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

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APPLICATION `FILED SEPT. 14, 1903.

No. 757,955. PATENTED APR. -19, 1904.

A. OULLI.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1903. No IoDEL. z sHBBTs-snnm z.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ISIDGRE NoN-REFILLABLE BTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,955, dated April 19, 1904.

Application led September 14:, 1903. 'Serial No. 173,111. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADRIEN OULLI, chem-' ist, of 83 Rue Blanche` in the city of Paris, Republic of France, have invented Improvements Relating to Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has reference to non-refillable bottles; and it consists of a system of plugs or obturators for preventing bottles carrying good marks or labels from being fraudulently filled with a view to deceive the consumer as to the origin of the liquid contained in the bottle.

This invention will be well understood by the aid of the following description and on reference to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure l shows the apparatus in external elevation and placed in the neek of any bottle. Fig. 2 shows the same apparatus in vertical section. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus in the position taken up by the parts to permit of the flow of the liquid contained in the bottle. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 show the various parts of the device.

In the various figures the same referenceletters are used to describe the same parts.

According' to this invention my improved device consists of a float a, formed of a glass ball, of a collar of another ball c, and of a hollow shaft el, fitted with wings e and containing small shot in the interior. The ball c is preferably ground to enable it to apply itself exactly to the lower conical portion of a central sleeve f. Above these wings there is another series of wings g, incorporated with a rod t, a ball t', containing small shot, and a rod j. This ball is also ground to enable it to eX- actly lit the upper part of the tube f, which is slightly conical for this purpose. The collar engages with a hole 1, made in the lower portion of a lanternZ in two parts, with which the sleeve f is engaged. The stem j of the ball e' also fits into ahole m, formed in the upper portion of the lantern Z, openings a being provided in this latter to admit of the exit of the liquid. Above the rod j there is a hollowed wooden washer o and then avery weak spring p, preferably of silvered steel, surmounted by another wooden washer q. Finally, above the washer q there is a bafiieplate r.

The neck of the bottle is provided with a hood e, fixed by means of a suitable cement and into which an ordinary cork or stopper is inserted.

The method of operation of this apparatus is as follows: The bottle being full, a slight shake being given to it, while inelining it at the same time, causes the stemjof the ball i to fall on the spring p and leave the passage open. In this position the ball @closes the lower eX- tremity of the sleeve f; but the float a, raised by the liquid, carries the ball c with it, and the liquid flows of normally. l/Vhen the bottle is empty, the iioat, being no longer raised, does not carry the ball c along with it, which hermetically closes the sleeve when the bottle is inverted.

The object of the spring p is to influence the ball t' in the horizontal position, so that 'whatsoever may be the position given to the bottle no liquid can be introduced into the bottle, so that it cannot be refilled either by 75 vacuum or by pressure or by capillarity. The

baffle-plate r prevents the penetration of any foreign body which could raise the ball The forms, details, accessories, materials,

and dimensions of this apparatus can of course SO be varied without in any way changing the principle of this invention.

I claim-- l. Means for preventing bottles from being fraudulently filled, comprising a dischargc` 35 sleeve j', two independent balls c, e', for clos. ing the sleeve, the ball c being provided with a float e and wings e and the ballwith wings g, a lantern Z inelosing the sleeve and balls,

an abutment-spring p above the lantern, a

bafile-plate r above the spring, and a hood s adapted to be secured to the bottle-neck, as described.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle having a valve-seat in the neck 9 5 thereof, a valve arranged to close said seat by bottle.

3. A n0n-refillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat arranged in the neck of the bottle, a valve arranged to engage said seat and close the same by gravity when the bottle is inverted, a float attached to said valve and projecting into the bottle, and means for limiting the movement of the valve and float away from the valve-seat.

4L. Ina non-refillable bottle, the 'Combination of a valve-seat arranged in the neck of the bottle, a valve arranged to close said seat by gravity when the bottle is inverted, afioat attached to said valve and extending into the bottle, a check-valve arranged in the neck of the bottle between said valve and the top of the bottle, and a valve-seat in said neck arranged to be engaged by said valve by gravity, when the bottle is in an upright position.

5. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat arranged in the neck of thebottle, a valve arranged to close said seat by gravity when the bottle is inverted, aiioat attached to said valve and extending into the v bottle, a check-valve arranged in the neck of the bottle between said valve and the top of the bottle, a valve-seat in said neck arranged to be engaged by said valve by gravity, when the bottle is in an upright position, and means for limiting the movement of the second valve away from its valve-seat when the bottle is inverted. Y

6; In a non-relillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat arranged in the neck of the bottle, a valve arranged to close said seat by gravity when the bottle is inverted, afloat attached to said valve and extending into the bottle, a check-valve arranged in the neck of the bottle between said valve and the top of the bottle, a 'valve-seatin said neck arranged to be engaged by said valve by gravity when the bottle is in an upright position, and a spring above said second valve and arranged to retain the valve seated when in an upright position, but to admit of the valve moving away from its seat by gravity, when the bottle is in an inverted position.

The Jforegoing specification of my improvements relating to non-refillable bottles signed by me this 29th day of August, 1903.

ADRIEN OULLIE.

Witnesses:

Y PAUL F. PQUET,

MAURICE H. PIGNET.

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