US887320A - Bottle. - Google Patents

Description

No. 887,320. PATENTED MAY 1.2, 1908. F. N. FISHER.

BOTTLE.

FREDERICK N. FISHER, OF COLUMBUS, KANSAS.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed May 6, 1907. Serial No. 371,995.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIoK N. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbus, in the county of Cherokee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the followm is a specification.

his invention relates to bottles, and more particularly to a bottle of that type having a stop er which can be taken out for emptying the l fottle only by breaking the neck that is especially designed for this purpose, thus rendering it incapable of being dishonestly refilled for use in trade, without the purchaser or dealer being aware that the contents of the bottle is not the original of the manufacturer or bottler who first used the bottle.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of bottles of this character so as to be compara tively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and thoroughly effective and satisfactory in accomplishing the ends in view.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bottle having a neck composed of two sections or parts connected by a breakable ortion or portions, and a stopper fitted into oth sections and anchored therein by a suitable retaining means.

Another object is to employ a glass or other suitable stopper adapted to be fitted and anchored in the bottle neck and arranged to act on an inner stopper or gasket of cork, rubber, or other like, that may be attached to, or employed separate from, the outer stopper, whereby t e gasket is held under com ression in the inner unbreakable ortion .o' the neck for providing'a perfect sea and preventing leakage.

With these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of arts which will be more fully described ereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figures 1 and 2 are central vertical sections of the neck portion of the bottle taken in planes at right angles to each other. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views with the stopper in position. Fig. 5 is a side elevation. Fig. 6 is another elevation showing the breakable por-' tion of the neck severed and ready to be removed, together with the stopper. Fig. 7 is a side view of the inner and outer members of the stopper detached. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the inner member or gasket in section and the outer member in elevation with the anchoring ring removed. Fig. 9 is a central vertical section of the outer member of the stopper. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the anchoring ring. Fig. 11 is a transverse section on line 11-11, Fig. 3. Fig. 12 is a central vertical section of the bottle neck showing a modified form of stopper.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the body of a bottle or other container, which may be of any desired size and shape, and molded with a neck composed of a bottom section 2 and a top section 3 breakably connected together in any suitable manner, as for instance, by oppositely disposed connecting portions 4. About midway of the upper section is molded an internal annular groove 5 for the reception of a split expansion ring 6 or other suitable stop er retaining means. The internal surface of the top section 3 is cylindrical throughout its length, while the internal surface of the bottom section 2 contracts downwardly toward the body of the bottle.

The stopper comprises an outermember or glass body 7 having an annular groove 8 for receiving the ring 6, whereby the stopper is anchored in the bottle neck. The body 7 is adapted to bear at its inner end against a gasket or inner sto per member 9 of cork, rubber or other suitab le material that can be held under compression so as to snugly fit the conical wall of the section 2 of the bottle neck. The outer stop er member 7 is of such a length as to PIOJGGi] from the outer end of the neck across the space 10 between the neck sections and a short distance into the bottom neck section for the purpose of giving stability to the neck as a whole, and for preventing puncturing of the gasket.

In practice, the bottle 1 is filled in the same manner as an ordinary bottle is filled; then the inner stopper member 9 is thrust into the neck first, after which the outer member 7 is inserted, after the expansion ring 6 has been previously applied thereto. During the act of placing the outer stopper member, it is necessary to contract the spring or ring 6 between the fingers or with a suitable instrument, so that the ring can be entered in the neck. After the outer stopper member 7 is pushed in completely, the spring or ring 6 will expand into the groove 5 of the bottle neck, thereby positively anchoring the stop per in place. The inner conical gasket or sto per member 9 is so proportioned that it will be compressed by the upper member and retained under compression by the anchoring means, as described, thus insuring a perfect seal. Then it is desired to empty the bottle, the upper section 3 of the neck is struck a blow, thereby severing the breakable portions 4, 4, as shown in .Fig. 6. The upper section 3 can then be removed, together with the member 7 of the stopper, after which the inner member can be removed by a cork extractor. It will thus be seen that, to remove the contents of the bottle, it is necessary to partly demolish the latter, so that the bottle cannot be re-filled and ofl'ered for sale as a commercial product under the name of the original bottler without clear evidence that the bottle has been re-filled.

' In the modification shown in Fig. 12, the inner and outer members 11 and 12 of the stopper are permanently attached in any suitable manner, as for instance by a threaded stud 13, on the member 11, that screws into the inner member or gasket 12. Obviously, any other suitable means may be employed for connectingthe members of the stopper, and when the parts are attached in this manner, the stopper can be removed as a unit, after the outer section of the bottle neck has been severed. IVith some classes of material for'the inner section 12 it is preferable to use the form shown in the modification since less material is required to form the gasket or inner member of the stopper.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains; and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that ing means for holding the latter member in the breakable section of the neck and in such a position as to hold the inner member under compression.

2. In a bottle of the class described, the combination of a neck composed of two sections breakably connected the top section having an internal annular groove, a stopper member fitting in both sections and having an annular groove, an expansion spring engaging in the grooves of the said member and neck for locking the member in position, and an inner stopper member of compressible material held under compression in the bottom neck section by the first-mentioned stopper member.

3. In a bottle of the class described, the combination of a neck composed of two sec tions spaced apart and integrally connected by breakable portions, the upper section having an annular groove and the lower section provided with an inwardly tapering wall, a cylindrical stopper member fitting tightly in both sections and having an annular groove and of such length as to extend partly into the bottom neck section, an expansion ring engaging in the groove of the said member and neck for locking the parts in position, and a conical gasket or inner member held in the bottom section of the neck by the firstmentioned member.

4. In a bottle of the class described, the combination of a neck having a cylindrical upper portion and a conical lower portion, said portions being integrally connected at diametrically opposite points and breakable at such points, a stopper composed of an incompressible part which snugly fits the upper section of the neck and is of greater length than the latter to extend into the upper portion of the lower section, a compressible part shaped to fit the lower section, and means for anchoring the cylindrical part to the stopper in the bottle neck.

5. In a bottle of the class described, the combination of a neck composed of breakably connected s ections, a stopper composed of an outer member of incompressible material and an inner member of compressible material, means for connecting the members together, and an anchoring device for holding the stopper in the neck, the outer memher being of such length as to extend inwardly past the point of breakage of the sections and engaging in the lower section of the neck.

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

FREDERICK N. FISHER.

Witnesses N. T. ALLIsoN, J. It. GAITHER.

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