US767819A - Bottle. - Google Patents

Description

Patented August 16, 1904:.

UNITED STATES IATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS JOHNSTON, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,819, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed January 23, 1904. Serial No. 190,286- (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS J OHNSTON,E L citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county-of Schenectady, State of New York, have invented a new' and useful Improvement in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles, and has for its objects to provide a measuring means and a locking and a non-refillable device, all contained within the neck of the bottle. a y

In the drawings herewith, forming part of the specification, Figure 1 is a central sectional view of my improved bottle in a vertical position, the lower cock or valve being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the bottle being in a position for measuring or pouring out, the upper cook or valve being closed. Fig. 3 is a top view of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional View of upper cock through line 0 O of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view through lower cock on line X X. Fig. 6 is a clappervalve. Fig. 7 is a key. Fig. 8 is atop View of the upper cock, the periphery being elongated or oval to fit into a bottle-neck of that shape; and Fig. 9 is a sectional view of Fig. 8.

Similar numbers of reference refer to similar parts in the several views.

I will premise my description by statingbriefly that my invention consists of a ,double acting hollow cock, one opening being near the top and one near the bottom of the neck. The ports in the barrel are at right angles to each other, so that one or the other, or both, openings in the cock are closed, the tWo never being open simultaneously. The cock is preferably operated by a loose key, the bottle being always locked, so that no person without a key can draw out any of the contents. A valve between the upper and lower ports prevents the refilling of the bottle.

1 is the neck of a bottle, cylindrical in shape. In Fig. 2 the neck is enlarged to give more area between valves, so as to hold more liquid.

2 is a double-cock body having ports 3 3 at top and ports 1 1 at bottom. These sets of ports can be on a line with each other or at right angles. I show them on a line with cook, the bushing being turned out internally cone-shaped for the purpose fully explained in the operation.

. The body 2 is provided with a series of openings 11 12 13 to permit liquid to flow from the bottle into the neck, as shown in Fig. 2, (the arrows show direction,) and also to communicate with mouth of the bottle when cock stands as shown in Fig. 1. The bottom of the cock-body is closed by a disk 14. The upper end of cock-body is also closed by a disk 15, having two holes 16 on its face,or it may be provided with a stem 17 as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. 'A- key 18, provided with two projections 19, is adapted to fit the disk 15, whereby the cock-body 2 is operated.

2( is a bushing of cork or any suitable material to form what is known in the trade as a barrel for the upper part of the cock. This barrel is provided with two U-shaped grooves 21 on opposite sides of and coincident with the openings 3 3 when the cock stands as is shown in Fig. 1.

22 is the lower barrel, provided with inverted-U-shaped grooves 23, said grooves being in alinement with the two openings 4 4c in the lower end of the cock, as shown in Fig. 2.

By reference to Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5 it will be seen that the two barrels 2O 22 are so placed in the neck of the bottle that the grooves are at right angles to each other. Dotted U- shaped lines show the grooves in the barrels. 24. and 25 represent annular flanges secured to the body of the cock to afford a means whereby barrels will be placed in their proper respective places at top and bottom end of the body.

26 is an annular flange having a central opening to permit admission of key and egress for the liquid. This flange may be held in place by turning the glass at the mouth of the bottle over it or in any preferred way, the purpose of the flange being to act as a guard, so that the cock cannot be withdrawn.

The several parts may be made of aluminium, glass, lava, fiber, or any suitable material, according to the contents of the bottle. If the two barrels are made of glass, they may be blown in the bottle when it is made, in which case the flanges 24: and 25 can be dispensed with.

To apply my invention to an ordinary bottle filled with liquid,the operation is as follows: .If the two barrels are made of cork, they should fit snugly in the neck, where they may be held in place by applying any suitable cement to the periphery to keep them from turning and in their relative positions, the flanges 24 and 25 being a stop limit and also aiding to keep adjacent joints tight. The complete device is pushed down into the neck of the bottle to the desired distance. It is understood that the valve, ball, and the bushing, with the hollow cone, are all in position in the hollow cock-body. The flange 26 may then be used near the mouth and secured in place to we vent the withdrawal of the cock. WVhether the cock stands in the position shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 or any distance between, the bottle is always looked and closed. To measure out a quantity of the liquid, insert the key in the upper disk and turn it so that the openings in the lower barrel will coincide with the openings in the cock, as shown in Fig. 2. Turn the bottle over as in the act of pouring, and the liquid will lill the neck and cock, the air escaping through the several ports into the body of the bottle. Stand bottle vertically and turn cock by means of the key so that the upper openings in the cock and barrel are on a line, as shown in Figs. 1 and i, and by again turning over the bottle the contents of the neck may be poured into a glass or other vessel. From this description it will be seen that when the lower valve is open the upper one is shut, and vice versa.

The clapper-valve controls the lower opening through the body of the cock. When in a vertical position, as in Fig. 1, it is closed; but when bottle is turned over the ball rolls away and enters the cone, thus permitting the clapper-valve to swing open. WVhen the bottle is held horizontally, this hollow cone causes the ball to roll against the valve, and it is Being inside of the cock, this valve closed.

mechanism cannot be tampered with by the use of a horses hair, sand. or any other means to keep the valve open, so that the bottle can be refilled when empty, and by being provided with a locking means servants or others cannot get at the contents unless they have a key.

Such being my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of a bottle with a cockbody having a port near its upper end and a port near its lower end, of a barrel at each end of the said ports placed within the neck of said bottle, and of a flat valve and ball within said cock, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a bottle with a cockbody having a port near its upper end and a port near its lower end, of a barrel at each of the said ports and of a valve located within the cockbody, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a bottle with a cockbody having a port near its upper end and a port near its lower end, of a barrel at each end of the said ports placed within the neck ofsaid bottle, the upper end of said cock being provided with means by which it can be operated, and of a valve, ball and cone operatively positioned within said cock, substantially as described.

i. The combination of a bottle with a cockbody having a port near its upper end. and a port near its lower end and provided with a series of openings forming a communication between the neck of said bottle and the interior of said cock, of a valve mechanism within said cock, the upper end of said cock being provided with means whereby it may be operated, substantially as described.

5. The combination of bottle with a cockbody having an inlet and an outlet port, of a barrel at each of said ports, said barrels being positioned in the neck of said bottle so that when one port is open the other port is closed and vice versa, of a valve mechanism within the said cock-body, of a series of perforations in said cock-body between the said ports, and of an annular flange placed at the mouth of said bottle, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of January,

WILLIS JOHNSTON. l/Vitnesses:

JAMES J. SPIN, ALEX CHAPMAN.

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