US873155A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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No. 873,155. PATENTED DEC. 10. 1907.

H. MINDERMANN.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

' 4 TTOHNEYS HENRY MINDERMANN, or B-nooKrYN, NEW ORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented 3m. 10,1907.

Application filed September 16. 1907. spriallio. 392,960;

To all whom it may concern:

is Be it known that I, HENRY MI DERMANN, a citizen of the United States, and residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NomRefilL ableBottles, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottles, jars, jugs and similar vessels, and the object thereof is to rovide a vessel of this class having a neck, and a neck attachment, the construction of which is such that when the vessel has been filled and the neck attachment applied, the vessel may be emptied of its contents without breakin the neck or neck attachment, but cannot e re-filled or re-used.

The invention is full disclosed in the following specification, 0 which the accompanyingdrawing forms .a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in the to portion or the enlarged bottom part b of t e cap I) is provided with a thread 6 the to each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the top part of a bottle provided with my imp povement, taken on line 1, 1, of Fig. 2;

'g. 2 a transverse section on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a side view of a part of the neck attachment detached, and shown also in section in Fig. 1, and Fig, 4 a plan view of the neck attachment with the part shown in Fig. 3. removed.

Inythe practice of my invention as shown in the drawingI provide a bottle 0, having a neck a the top portion of which is-provided with a'thread a? below which are vertically and annularly arranged ratchet teeth a at the-bottom of'which is an annular shoulder a and the top portion of the neck a" is also preferably provided with an interior annular 'roove a.

portion 1) of which is larger t an ortion andadapted to closely fit with t e ottom art a of the neck a, and

which corresponds with the thread afin the neck a and the interior of the bottom portion of the enlarged bottom part b of thecap b is enlarged 'so' gthat the inner diameter thereof is slightly greater than 'the diameter ofthat part of the neck:"a, fonwhich the ratchet teeth a, are formed, and secured in the said bottom portion of the cap 5 is a s ring a which operates in gzom'iection with; I, the ratchet teeth a and permits, thecap' lrto be screwed fully down upon the necks the bottle but revents, the unscretving said cap. In t e construction showinth threads a and b are leftthreads, and the ca? 12 must be turned to the left inorder to screw it on to the neck (1?, butsaid threadsmaybe made right threads if desired: '65 The cap b is provided atfoneside andq' about centrally. thereof with a discharge spout b, and the topof said 'cap is closed and provided with a central aperture b","'a1id.)i1lthe top ofsaid cap at one side of thee e i' tii-le 70.

. ing member at of the arm d, and said spring.

may be connected with the said 'dependiiig' 1 member at of the arm b fby means of ,the' apertures d, at different points, so as to regu late the tension of said spring. It will, be understood, of course,-that the artnular valve seat d, in assemblingthe parts of the neck attachment, is laced in positionbe -z 1 fore the cap 5 is screwed on to'thc neckof'the bottle, and I also \provide a sprin depressed cage or device 9 which isailapte. to rest 0 the valve e, and whip}: is provided with stem or rod 9 whidlrpassesup; through apertures b in the topof thecap '5 and 18 to: v ded at. its upper end with a handle kno 95, the bottom'of which is provided atone-sill with a transverse recess 9 which corresponds with a shoulder g which'alsq corresponds; with the shoulder b, and within the top' por tion of the ca 5 is placed a spiral s ring it, through whic 1 therodg passesan which bears on the cage or 'case g and normally holds it in adepressedposition as shown in' 1. J 195- %he operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing? and the, following statement therefofz When thebottle has been filledwiththedesired contents, it is sealed in thefollowingmanner. The valve seat 12 with'the valve 12 imposition;

thereon is pieced on or in the top of the neck bottle or it part thereof, the knob handle 9 is raised ondturned artly around until the shoulder g rests on d re shoulder b, and the cage g is raised into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig; 1. The bottle may now be tilted andv the contents thereof will press on the valve e, and said valve will moved from its seat, and the contents of the bottle will flow out through the spout (Z and this operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is entirely empty. 'Al'ter the bottle has been emptied the springf will seat the valve e no matter in what position the bottle may be held, and no liquids fean be poured or forced into the bottle. It

will be observed that the spout con'ununb gates with the cap b, above the valve seat I and that the larger portion of the valve c is below this point of communication and by reason of this construction and the fact that the spout b is curved downwardly as shown in Fig. 1, it would be practically impossible to introduce a Wire or other instrument throiighthe spout b and interfere with the operation of is re valve 0 as herein described, or raise said valve from its seat so that lirauids could be introduced-by pressure or 0t erwise into the bottle, and by raising the oint ofconnnunication between the spout f and the cap I) still higher, or by ,ating the valve 6 still lower than shown i i the drove ing iii-Fig. i, any interference witlwor the raising of the valve 6, in an attempt to re-fill the bottle would be still more impossible. It will. be seen that the top portion of the valve c is made flat in the form of-construction shown, but this is not absolutely necessary, and. this form may or may not be employed, and, I also preferably place between the cage good the valve 6' a Washer i prei erebly composed of soft rubber, or fibrous material treated to render impervious to liquids and gases, and said washer is preferably connected with said cage. it will also be apparent that my improvement may be erases applied. to any vessel of the class described and having a neck, and after the bottle or other vessel, has been. emptied the neck may be broken off and removed, or detached from the cap Z1 and the latter may be re-used.

Having fully described invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettors Patent is A bottle or similar vessel provided with a neck, the top portion of which is provided with an exterior thread. and the bottom portion of which is provided with ennulorly and vertically arranged ratchet teeth, an annular valve seat placed in the to tportion of paid neck and provided with a c mending time, a ball valve seated on said annular valve seat and connected with said arm by. c spiral spring, a cap adapted to be screwci'l on to said neck and provided in the bottom por tion thereto Will-l1 u. spring Which'operates in connection with. said ratchet teeth to prevent the unscrewing oi. the cap, said cap be ing provided at one side thereof end above the neck with discharge spout, and a spring depressed device adopted to rest on t ie valve within. said cc; said device being provided with a rod which passes out through the neck of said cap, and means for raising said rod and cage and holding themin a raised position.

2. A bottle or similarvessel. provided with a neck, a cap adapted to inclose said neck and to be perinzu'ieutlv secured thereto, said cap being provided above said neck with a discharge spout, and a detachable annular valve sect at the top of said neck, and held in position by said cap, a tensioncl device connected with said valve seat, and said valve for holding said valve seated, and a spring depressed device resting on said valve, and provided with a rod which passes out through. the top of said ca. seid rod and said ca being provided wit 1 means for lifting sai device and holding it in a raised position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 14th day of September W07,

I HENRY MINDERMANN.

Witnesses:

MULREANY, M. E. Doonr.

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