US836583A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED' NOV. 20, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1906.

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HARRY O. KEITHLER, OF GLEN OLDEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed March 20, 1906, Serial No. 306,960.

To 0,64 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. KEITHLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Olden, county of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device which may be applied to any ordinary bottle and when so applied will make it impossible to pour liquid into the bottle, which will permit the free outflow of the liquid.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, which is a vertical section of a bottle, showing my improvement applied thereto.

In carrying out my invention as here embodiedfA represents the bottle, of ordinary design, in the neck of which is fitted a cork or stopper B, having a hole C therethrough. T o the stopper before it is forced into the neck is secured the valve F by the hinge D,

and this valve may be of cork or other suitable material.

When the stopper is in place within the neck of the bottle, liquid cannot flow into the bottle on account of the valve being normally in a closed position, but can easily flow therefrom when the bottle is tipped, as its contents will force the valve outward.

H represents a keeper consisting of the two bell-shaped sections a and I), connected together by the stem (1, and in practice this keeper is inserted Within the neck of the bottle so as to rest upon the stopper and may serve the purpose of holding the stopper in place. The keeper may be secured within the neck of the bottle in any convenient manner, such as applying glass-cement to the outer circumference of the bell a prior to inserting the keeper within the neck, and as this bell a fits the neck of the bottle snugly such application of cement will securely seal the keeper within the neck of the bottle.

e is a hole formed in the lower portion of the bell a, and f is a similar hole formed in the bell b. The object of these holes is to permit the liquid to flow through the neck of the bottle after passing the valve F.

I represents a ball which is adapted to fit within the bell b and when the bottle is in any position above the horizontal to press upon the valve F, thus more securely holding the valve upon its seat; but When the bottle is tipped sufl iciently below the horizontal the ball will roll into the upper portion of the bell b, as shown in dotted lines, thus permitting the valve to be forced open by the outflowing liquid It is to be noted that the bell a is of such shape as to readily receive a cork in order that the bottle may be closed and sealed in the usual manner for shipment and alsofor receiving the cork after being opened to prevent dust passing into the mouth thereof.

While the keeper may be made of any suitable material, I prefer to make the same of glass on account of the same being cleanly and exceedingly cheap and for a further reason that, glass being fragile, any attempt to remove the keeper will result in the breaking of the same, thus giving notice to the public or persons desiring to draw liquid from the bottle that the same had been tampered with.

The holes eand f are set out of alinement. so that wire or other implements may not be passed down the neck of the bottle and tamper with the valve.

In the original filling of the bottle the liquid is poured. within the same and the stopper B then forced into place, after which the keeper containing the ball is sealed within the neck, and, as before described, this will permit the withdrawal of the contents of the bottle as occasion mayrequire but when the entire contents has been withdrawn the bottle must be destroyed, as it will be of no further use, since it cannot be refilled.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new and useful is 1. In combination with a bottle, a stopper adapted to be forced into the neck of said bottle, a valve located upon the upper side of the stopper, a keeper consisting of two bellshaped sections, one adapted to bear upon the stopper and the other adapted to receive a having a hole therein set out of alinement cork, both of said sections having a hole In testimony whereof I have hereunto therein and a ball located Within the lower aifixed my signature in the presence of two 10 bell-section, as and for the purposle set forth. subscribing witnesses.

2. In combination with a bott e,a keeper consisting of two bell-shaped sections each HARRY KEITHLER' I Witnesses: and a stern connecting the two sections, as H. BOYLAN, specified. i WALTER PYLE.

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