US813038A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

M. GONNER.

' NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 21, 1905.

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MORTON OONNER, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

NON-REFILLABLE B OTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

Application filed August 2]. 1905. Serial No. 275,112.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTON CONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rushville, in the county of Rush and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a non-refillable bottle; and the object of the invention is to provide a bottle that after the same has been drained of its liquid cannot be refilled. With the use of such a bottle the selling of spurious goods under the label of a genuine article of standing reputation is prevented.

A bottle embodying my invention whereby the advantages sought are attained will be more particularly described in the annexed specification and the novel features thereof then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a fragmentary detail central sectional view of the neck of a bottle and showing my invention in operating position. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the device as seen from the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the device as seen from the dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 1. This view is on an enlarged scale in order to clearly show the operation of the retaining-spring. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device in which the neck of the bottle is omitted. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a plurality of the valves used in the device and shows how they may be economically produced.

In the drawings, 1 is a spool that forms the main body of my invention and which is preferably composed of glass. The upper end of the spool snugly fits the interior of the bottleneck and is provided with a plurality of oriiices 2, through which the liquid passes. Immediately below the upper end of the spool 1 the body of the latter is sharply reduced. in diameter to form the depression 3, which forms a chamber 4 when the spool is inserted into the neck of the bottle. The depression 3 is annular in extent, is defined by the upper flaring edge of the spool 1, and the segmental shoulders 5 formed by the increased diameter of the spool-body 1. The segmental formation of the shoulders 5 provide the passage-ways 6, that lead from the annular depression 3 above the shoulders to the similarly-formed depression 7, that forms the chamber 8 when the parts are assembled.

It will be noted that the passage-ways 6, that lead from the annular depression 3 to the depression 7 are out of alinement of the apertures 2 in the top of the spool-body 1, so that by the irregular course formed no instrument can be introduced into the bottle through the neck.

The spool-body 1 is provided with a central aperture 10 through a portionof its length and forms both a housing for the valve 11 and the outlet for the liquid. A plurality of apertures 9 lead from the lower depression 7 in the spool-body 1 into the central aperture 10. I,

The bottle-neck is reduced in diameter a distance from its end that corresponds ap proximately to the lengthof the spool-body, and thus forms a stop 13 for limiting the introduction of the spool into the neckof the bottle.

Attention is particularly directed to the means for retaining the spool in the bottleneck when the parts are assembled. The bottle-neck is provided with an internal annular recess 15, which registers with the recesses 16 formed in the central portion of the faces of the shoulders 5. (See Figs. 1 and 4.) When the spool-body is ready to be inserted into the neck of the bottle, a thin flexible spring 20, having a width that corresponds to the recesses 15 and 16, is pressed into the recesses 16 in the segmental shoulders 5. The ends of the spring 20 are crimped, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, in order to secure suflicient bearing-surface for preventing the displacement of the parts when assembled. When the spring 20 is contracted preparatory to inserting the spool into the neck of the bottle, it stands entirely within the mean diameter of the spool-body 1, so that the parts may be assembled. When the body of the spool has entered the bottle-neck sufficiently to permit the recess 15 to register with the recesses 16, the spring 20 will expand and enter the recess 15 in the neck of the bottle. The recess 15, as will be noted by examining Fig. 4, is of a less depth than the length of the crimps formed in the ends of the spring 20, so that when the spring is resting in the recess 15 a portion of the crimped ends Will project into the recesses 16 in the spool-body 1, and thus forms locks for preventing the separation of the parts.

When the bottle is inverted in order to drain the liquid therefrom, the valve 11 is unseated, which permits the liquid to pass into the central aperture of the body 1 of the spool. From the aperture it passes through the apertures 9 into the chamber 8, formed by the lower depression 7. The liquid after entering the chamber 8 passes around and along the passage-ways 6, that lead to the second chamber 4, formed by the depression 3, and after passing around in this chamber escapes through the apertures 2 in the upper end of the spool-body 1.

It will be readily understood that the registration of the recesses 15 and 16 is important, so that no trouble will be experienced in seating the spring 20. It is also important that the base of the s 001 should rest upon the stop 13 in the ottle-neck. As there is liability of slight variation in distance between the recess 15 and .the choke ortion or stop 13 in the bottle-neck when orming the glass article, I provide the spool-body 1 with separable base 25, having an annular flange 26, that extends upward and around the exterior of the spool-body. Should any variation be shown to exist between the recess and stop, the flange 26 will permit the base to engage the stop and still prevent the lower end of the spool from becoming disengaged. As the base 25 is provided with the aperture 27, which forms a seat for the valve 11, it is important to permit the base to rest on the stop, and thus insure the action of the valve 11. The base 25 is made from glass, and so is valve 11. In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have disclosed a means for making a plurality of valves from glass at the same operation in which their separation is effected by breaking them where the conical ends of the adj acently-formed valves meet.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with the bottle-neck provided with an internally-formed annular re-u peripheral surface of said shoulders, locking means engaging the annular recess in the bottle-neck and the grooves in the shoulders, the longitudinal ways extending from the top of the spool to the first circumferentially disposed channel arranged so as to stand out of alinement of the transverse passage-ways that divide the shoulders, while the lower channel of the spool communicates with the longitudinal aperture in the spool by means of a horizontal aperture which is in alinement with the longitudinal ways in the upper end of the spool but out of alinement with the transverse passage-ways between the shoulders, a valve in the longitudinal aperture in the spool-body, and a separable seat for the valve.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with the bottle provided with an internally-formed recess in the bottle-neck, a spool provided with outlet-apertures to be inserted into the neck of the bottle, locking means engaging both the recess in the bottle-neck and the spool, a valve for regulating the flow of liquid, and a separable base for the spool to form the seat for the valve.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 1st day of August, A. D. 1905.

MORTON CONNER.

Witnesses:

WALLACE MORGAN, J. A. MINTURN.

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