US903398A

US903398A - Non-refillable bottle.

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Publication number: US903398A
Application number: US43427508A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herman Nater
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-05-22
Filing date: 1908-05-22
Publication date: 1908-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1925-11-10

Description

H. NATER.

NON-REFILLABLEBOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10,1908.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application filed. May 22, 1908. Serial N 0. 234,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN NATER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles, and is specially designed for use by manufacturers of or dealers in certain special brands of liquors, bitters and the like, so as to enable them to guard against the refilling of a bottle with 7 an imitation of their particular brand of liquor, etc. after the genuine article has been removed.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improved device of this class, which will effectually close and seal the bottle for shipment and for actual use, so as to prevent the unlicensed picking or opening of the stopper or closure for the purpose of refilling the bottle with a spurious article.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a sheet metal device of this class, which may be readily attached and secured to any bottle now in use, and which will be exceedingly simple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and efiicient in use.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a side elevation of the preferred form of stopper applied to an ordinary bottle neck. Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of same. Fig. 4, a top plan view of the preferred form of stopper shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, a cross sectional view taken through line 55, of Fig. 2. Fig. 6, a cross-sectional view taken through'line 6-6, of Fig. 2. Fig. 7, a side elevation, partly in section, of the removably-mounted cup-valve used in connection with the preferred form of stopper. Fig. 8, a side elevation of the improved detachable operating nozzle-head. Fig. 9, a cross sectional view taken through line 99, of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The main cap, or body portion 1, is cylindrical in form and is adapted to be mounted entirely within the bottle neck 2, as shown in Fig. 1, or resting upon the tip of the same as shown in Fig. 3, in which case it is secured thereto by means of a second cap or hood portion 3, of sheet metal adapted to fit down over the tip of the bottle and be secured, clamped or sealed about the same, the lower portion forming a circumferentially-extending rib at for taking over the circumferential rib 5, of the bottle neck, and, in the present instance, an inwardly-extending circumferential rib 6, takes into the annular recess 5 of the bottle neck. Thev upper end of the hood 3, is provided with an inwardly-extending securing flange 7, which is bent inwardly and takes over a circumferential flange or rib 8, at the lower end of the sheet metal cap 1. When the main body portion 1, is formed for insertion within the mouth of the bottle neck as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings, it is preferably provided with an annular shoulder or flange 1*, adapted to rest upon the tip of the bottle neck.

The main cap or body portion 1, comprises an upper or cup-valve receiving portion 9, and a lower or valve-inlet portion 10, adapted to extend into the neck of the bottle.

The upper or cup valve receiving portion is provided about its inner periphery with spiral grooves or threads 11, and the lower or valve-inlet portion is provided with an annular shoulder or valve-seat 12, terminating in a reduced depending portion 13. The upper or cup receiving portion 9, is adapted to receive and contain a cup-valve comprising an upper cylindrical portion 1 1,

.having its outer periphery provided with oppositely-disposed studs 15, adapted to take into and fill the spiral grooves or threads 11, and a reduced depending or valve-head portion 16, provided with a plurality of circumferentially-extending radial inlet-openings 17. The beveled or conical shaped valve-head 16, is adapted to impinge or be seated upon the annular shoulder or valveseat 12, when the cup valve is raised or lowered by the means hereinafter described.

The radial inlet-openings 17, are normally closed to prevent the refilling of the bottle, by the pouring in of liquids from without, by means of vertically movable valves which may either take the form of a shell portion having a truncated cone-shaped head 18., as shown most clearly in Figs. 2, and 7 of the drawings, or the form of a horizontal diskvalve 19, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3

and 9, of the drawings.

movable valves, a disk 20, is mounted in the cupevalve portion above the vertically movable valves and said disk may either take the torm shown in .Figs. 2 and 6, of the drawings in which it is provided with series of openings :21, or the form shown in Figs. 3, .and 9, in which it is provided with a single central opening ;22.

It will be seen that the base of the truncated cone-shaped head 18, is provided with .a central opening 23, having its periphery intersected by a series'of radial openings 23*, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5, of the drawings, while-the disk-valve 19, is provided with a plurality of radially-extending arms 24-, which abut against the cup valve bod-y and provide intermediate inlet-openings 24?.

As (a means for providing .a suitable liquid discharge-head or nozzle and also for providing means for raisingand lowering the cup valve carrying the valvehead portion 16, a nozzle-head is provided, comprising a discharge-nozzle or dome-portion 25, having the main discharge-opening 26, and a depending cylindrical portion 27., adapted to frictional-Ly -1it within the upper cylindrical portion or rim 14:, and when in its normal position, to revolve said cup-valve by means of oppositely-disposed notched recesses 28,

receiving and taking over oppositely-disposed inward lytxtending stud-pins 29, on the rim :27 ,of theicupwalve portion. An intermediate flange or milled rim portion 30, is for-med on the discharge head by means of which the latter may be manipulated.

When the cup-valve is raised by meansof the milled head of the discharge nozzle the liquid --from within the bottle will be per mittedto how out through the depending- ,portion 13, and thence through the radial inlet-openings l7, and into theannular-space 1 3 ,.the valves being in-their open position by reason of the position of the bottle in pouring (see for example the position of the truncatedcone-shaped head 18, of the valve i-nFig. 7), and the liquid thence flows out through the body of the cup-valve and out through the main discharge opening 26, of the discharge nozzle. A stopper annulus 31, preferably formed of a paper composition, is formed about the main body portion 1, within the bottle neck, forming :a packing to prevent leakage. It will also be understood that the form of cap or body-portion shown Figs. 1 and 2, is driven so firmly home and is so firmly secured that'it will be impossible to remove the-same through the mouth of the bottle without so mutilating' or otherwise injuring the parts as to cause a detection of the unauthorized meddling or tampering with the parts.

In order to prevent the removal of the cup-valve, after the parts are assembled and In order to prevent any tampering with,' or unauthorized raising of, the vertically-- placed in the mouth of the bottle, the spiral :g-roo-ves or threads 11, are formed so as not to extend entirely to the top of the upper portion 9, of the valve-cap and the cup? valve 14, is first inserted in the valve receiving portion 9, -of1the cap body, after which f the oppositely-disposed studs 15, are pressed outwardly by nieansof a suitable instrument and into the spiral :grooves or threads 11.

In view of this construction it is obvious that the cup-valve cannot be entirely unsorewed or removed from the cap-body by reason of the tact-that one of the studs 15., will form a stop to engage the upper xterm-inal end of the spiral groove 11, thus :pre-

venting the entire'removal of the cup-valve.

said cup-valve and normally closing said valve-inlet portion.

21 A non-refillablebottle,;.comprising a cap body having :a cup-valve receiving portion and a valve-inlet portion, a communicating cup-valve mounted in said valve receiving portion and provided with a valve-head adapted to closesaid valve-inlet portion, and a valve mounted in said-cu p-valve and nore ma'lly closing the communication between said cup-valve and said valve-inlet portion.

3. A non-refillable bottle, comprisinga cap body provided with an annular valve-seat terminating in a valve-inlet portion, a cupvalve provided with a valve-head sand iit'Pl'Llrali-ty =of inlet-openings, and a vertically movable valve normally closing said inletopenings except when m its elevated or open pos tion.

4. A nona'efillablebottle,comprising 2' body provided with an annular valve-seat and a depending valve-inlet portion acup i7 valve threaded in said cap body :and having a reduced portion provided with inlet-open 7 ing-s and terminating in a valve -head, ;a valve mounted in said-reduced portion and normally closing said inlet-openings, :anda f perforated disk carried n1-sa1d oup-yalvd above said valve normally closing said :inletopenings. 7 5. A non-refillable bottle, icornpgrisirigacap body provided with a valve-seat terminating in a reduced valve-inlet portion, a cup-valve having a reduced portion terminating in a valve-head and provided with radial inletopenings above said valve-head, and a perforated diskvalve mounted in said. cupvalve and provided with a hollow truncated cone-shaped head normally closing said inlet-openings.

, 6. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a cap body provided with a valve-seat and a depending valve inlet portion, a cup valve threaded in said cap-body and provided with a conical portion having inlet-openings and terminating in a valve-head, a diskvalve mounted in said cup-valve and provided with a hollow truncated cone-shaped head normally closing said inlet-openings, and a perforated disk mounted in said cupvalve above said disk-valve.

7. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a cap provided with a valve-seat and a valve-inlet portion, a cup-valve threaded in said capbody and provided with a conical portion having inlet-openings and terminating in a valve-head. a disk-valve mounted in said cup-valve and provided with a hollow truncated coneshaped head normally closing said inlet-openings, a perforated disk mounted in said cup-valve above said disk-valve and a communicating nozzle-head removably-mounted in said cup-valve and normally engaging with said cup-Valve when revolved.

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

HERMAN NATER.

Witnesses:

' O. C. BILLMAN,

H. A. BEOKELMAN.