US824122A - Bottle-stopper. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 26; 1906.

H. B. JONES. BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED APB 21,1905.

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. HARRY i B. JONES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, :ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-HALF TO.

*EVAN o. JONES, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

V BOTTLE-STOPPERr Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

. Application filed April 21, 1 905. Serial No. 256,715-

-.[ all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HARRY B. JONES, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of

which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in bottle-stoppers.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle-stopper of such construction as to'be proof against its removal from the bottle except by breaking the neck of the bottle and which while in place in the. bottle-neck will permit the contents of the bottle to be poured out, but yet willprovide an efiective means against the refilling of the bottle with a liquid other than the particular liquid originally plied. The stopper is of any desired form in cross-section, preferably cylindrical. The main portion of the stopper (indicated by the numeral 5) is provided with top and bottom pieces 6 and 7, respectively. The upper surface of the top piece 6 is provided centrally with a depression or recess 8, and leading from this recess downwardly through said top piece are a series of short passages 9.

have shown in the drawings three of these short passages; but it is obvious that any desired number may beprovided. Three passages, however, have been found in practice to give satisfactoryresults. The main portion5 of the stopper is tubular, except where interrupted by a horizontal partition 1.0. This partition is provided with an opening 11, and extending upwardly from the bordering edge of the opening'is a tubularlug' or projection 12, which forms a valve-seat. A valve 13 is a ap e l l to r s th s. seat and ;is preferab shoulder 21. i the stopper and extending downwardly therej'from for some distance is a vent-tube 22. I The transverse area of the stopper should be less. than the circumference of the bottlemouth, so that when the stopper is inserted into said mouth a s ace is left between the said valve is provided with depending wings 14, which extend into the opening 11. Guid the valve. is moved away from its seat pass into a conically-shaped guiding-recess 16 on the under side of the top piece of the stopper.

' The bottom piece 7 is provided with an opening 17, and the upper surface of this'bot wings 15 also extend from the top surface of These latter wings when the valve ftom piece forms a seat for a lower valve 18.

,Depending from the under side of the valve 18 and extending into the opening 17 of the bottom iece is a stem 19. Projecting up- ;wardly om the upper surface of valve 18 are a series of guiding-wings 20. I

3 The exterior surface of the main portion 5 50f the stopper, near the lower end thereof,

Secured to the outer surface of stopper and the wal of the bottle-mouth. Thls space is adapted to be filled with a suitable cement 23, such as laster-of-paris, and the shoulder 21, near t e lower end of the stop er, forms a seat and support'for the tubu ar wall of cement and also acts to revent the aste-like cement when ap lied from entering the bottle and mixing wit the liquid contents thereof. By preference the upper end of the stopper and the upper end of the cement filling are below the plane of the upper end of the bottle-mouth.

The vent-tube is shown in the drawings as terminating below the u per end of the stopper, and the cement mg 23 is shown as provided with a passage 24 in line with the vent tube and forming a continuation thereof. Of course, if preferred, instead of this ar-- rangement the vent-tube could extend upwardly flush with the upper surf ce of t top piece 6 of the stopper. In the use of my device after the bottle is filled with the liquid the stopper is inserted in y provided therearound with a place and held in proper position in the bottle I a mouth during the operationof applying the cement filling 23 between the stopper and the wall of the bottle-mouth. It is preferred that the vent-tube 22 be made long enough to reach to the bottom of the bottle, as shown v I in the drawings, and in thisway the said tube is made to support the stopper at the proper height in the bottle-mouth during the oper ation of applying the cement. The lower end of the vent-tube is cut off diagonally, so that the end of the tube may rest on the bottom of the bottle, and yet the air is not prevented from escaping into the bottle through the lower end of the tube.

After the cement filling has hardened the bottle is ready for use, and from the construction of the invention as described it will be obvious that when it is desired to empty a quantity of the liquid from the bottle all that is necessary to be done is to tilt the bottle, and this will cause the unseating of the two valves, permitting a quantity of the liquid to flow to the portion of the stopper above the partition 10 and thence out through the ports or passages 9.

It will be evident that my invention provides a construction whereby it is impossible to refill the bottle without breaking and thereby mutilating the said bottle, inasmuch as if liquid is poured through the ports or passages in the top of the stopper it cannot enter the interior of the bottle, inasmuch as the upper valve will effectually close off the passage through the stopper, and even though by any means this upper valve could be engaged and held in an open position yet the liquid is prevented from entering the main portion of the bottle in view of the barrier interposed by the lower valve. If the bottle is turned so as to rest on its side, the valves are so weighted and uided as to still remain closed when-the bott e is in this position. It follows, therefore, that it is impossible to re fill the bottle either in an upright position or when resting on one of its sides. By the provision of the recess 8 in the top closure or cover 6, with the passages 9 diverging downwardly therefrom, the engagement of a tool inserted through the top closure or cover with the upper valve is rendered impossible.

The vent-tube 22 need not necessarily be employed in connection with my invention, as it would be possible without said tube to empty the contents in quantities by tilting and retiltin the bottle. However, the venttube is pre'erred, inasmuch as by the employment thereof a continuous flow of the liquid can be obtained when the bottle is held in a tilted position, by reason of the fact that the air entering the bottle through the vent-tube counteracts the pressure of the external air through the ports or passages 9.

While I prefer to employ within the stop per a plurality of valves, (preferably two,) inasmuch as in practice a plurality of said valves is found to act as more effectual preventives against the refilling of the bottle, yet I- do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the use of a plurality of valves, inasmuch as only one valve located to control the opening through thelow'er' end of the stopper or located to control the opening of the internal partition may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as my invention is- 1 1. Abottle-stopper, comprising a main tubular body portion having an open lower end and provided exteriorly, at or near its lower end with a shoulder, and interiorly with a valve-seat, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passa es, and an internal valve mechanism, sai valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the valve-seat and thereby close the passage through the main body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the valve-seat and thereby open the passage through the main body portion.

2. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper inserted in the neck of the bottle and of less transverse area than the said neck, the said stopper comprising a main tubular body portion having an open lower end, and provided exteriorly, at or near its lower end, with a shoulder, and interiorly with a valveseat, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, an internal valve mechanism, said valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the valve-seat and thereby close the passage through the main body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the valve-seat, and open the passage through the main body portion, and an adhesive filling between the bottle-neck and the stopper and extending to the external shoulder at or near the lower end of the main body portion, the said shoulder forming a seat for the lower end of the adhesive filling.

3. A bottle-stopper, comprising a main tubular body portion having a bottom piece with an opening therethrough, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, and a valve within the body portion for regulating the opening through the bottom piece, said valve adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on top of the bottom piece, and thereby close the opening through said bottom piece, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the bottom piece and uncover the opening thereof, the said valve having a stem depending from its under side and entering the opening in the bottom piece, and also having guidingwings extending upwardly from its upper side and freely but closely fitting the interior of the body portion.

4. A bottle-stopper, connprising a main tubular body portion having an open lower end and an internal partition having an opening therethrough, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, and also provided on its under side with a recess, and a valve within the body portion and adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the upper side of the internal partition and thereby close the opening through said partition, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the partition and uncover the opening thereof, the said valve having wings depending from its under side and freely but closely fitting the wall of the opening of the partition, and also having wings extending upwardly from its upper side to and into therecess on the under side of the top piece.

5. A bottle-stopper, comprising a main tu- 'bular body portion having an open lower end and an interior valve-seat, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided in its top with a recess having a passage or passages extending downwardly therefrom in a divergent line, or in divergent lines, and through the bottom of the top closure or cover, and an internal downwardly-closing valve mechanism, said valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to

' seat itself on" the valve-seat and thereby close the passage through the body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the Valve-seat and open the passage through the body portion.

7 6. The combination of a bottle, a stopper inserted in the neck of the bottle and of less transverse area than said neck, the said stopper comprising a main tubular body portion having an open lower end and provided interiorly with avalve-seat, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, and internal downwardly-closing valve mechanism said valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the valve-seat and thereby close the passage through the main body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the valve-seat and thereby open the passage through the main body portion, and an adhesive filling between the bottle-neck and the stopper.

7. The combination of a bottle, a stopper inserted in the neck of the bottle and of less transverse area than said neck, the said stopper comprising a main tubular body portion aving an open lower end and provided interiorly withavalve-seat, atop closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, and internal downwardlyclosing valve mechanism said valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the valveseat and thereby close the passage through the main body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move' awa from the valve-seat and thereby open t e passage vthrough the main body portion, an adhesive filling between the bottle-neck and the stopper, and a vent-tube open at opposite ends and secured to and extending downwardly from the stopper to extend into the bottle for a desired distance, the upper portion of said tube being surrounded by the adhesive filling, and its upper open end communicating with the external air.

8. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper inserted and secured in the neck thereof, said stopper comprising a main tubular body portion having an open lower end and provided interiorly with a valve-seat, a top closure or cover, said closure or cover provided with an outlet passage or passages, internal downwardly-closing valve mechanism said valve mechanism adapted, when the bottle is in a normal upright position, to seat itself on the valve-seat and thereby close the passage through the main body portion, but, when the bottle is tilted, adapted to move away from the valve-seat, and thereby open the passage through the main body portion, and a vent-tube open at its opposite ends and secured to the exterior of the stopper, the upper open end thereof communicating with the external air, and the lower end thereof being cut off diagonally, and extending such a distance below the stopper as to rest on the bottom of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY B. JONES.

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