US964858A - Antirefillable bottle. - Google Patents

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P. PUZY. ANTIBEFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION IILED 11120.13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

PAUL FUZY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTIEEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910. Serial No. 532,892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL FUZY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antirefillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anti-refillable bottles, and the invention has for its object to provide a bottle with positive and reliable means for preventing a bottle that has been emptied from being refilled.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a bottle of the above character with a novel closure or stopper for positively sealing the opening of the bottle, thus maintaining the contents thereof in perfect condition.

My invention aims to eliminate the nefarious practice of unscrupulous merchants in refilling bottles that once contained a popular brand of liquid with an inferior article and disposing of same as the original brand. It is in this connection that my bottle can be advantageously used by distillers for liquors and by pharmacists for medical compounds.

My invention will be hereinafter considered in detail and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing forming part of this specification, wherein there is illustrated what I believe to be a practical embodiment of the invention, nevertheless, I desire it to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line m-% of Fig. 2, and Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a detached flap valve adapted to form part of the bottle.

In the drawing 1 denotes a portion of a bottle having a neck 2 provided at the upper end with parallel peripheral collars 3 and 4, said collars forming an annular groove 5.

6 denotes a cylindrical cap or hood mounted over the neck 2, said cap having the lower end thereof flared or bell shaped, as at 7 to rest upon the breast 8 of the bottle. The upper end of the cap'is provided with a central interiorly threaded opening 9 and the side thereof with a curved depending spout 10, which communicates with the interior of the cap 6. The inner side walls of the cap at the inner end of the spout 10 are provided with stop-shoulders 11 .adapted to be engaged by a cup-shaped flap valve 12. This valve is provided with oppositely projecting lugs 13 which are trunnioned in the side walls of the spout 10. The valve is also provided with an arm 14: adapted to en gage the roof of the spout and limit the outward swinging movement of the valve, while the shoulder 11 limits the inward movement.

15 denotes a resilient gasket or ring adapted to engage in the groove 5 and engage the inner side walls of the cap and form a nonleakable connection between the cap and the bottle.

16 denotes spring or resilient arms riveted or otherwise secured to the inner side walls of the flared end 7 of the cap and these arms are oppositely disposed and are adapted to have the upper ends thereof engage under the collar 4: and retain the cap upon the bottle.

17 denotes a screw thread stem adjustably mounted in the opening 9 of the cap. The upper end of the stem is rectangular, as at 18 for a wrench or other instrument (not shown) that can be employed for rotating the stem, while the lower end thereof is provided with a peripheral flange 19 and a circular head 20.

21 denotes a resilient cap, preferably made of rubber, said cap fitting over the head 20 and having a flange 22 adapted to rest upon the collar 3 of the bottle neck.

23 denotes a resilient washer interposed between the cap 21 and the flange 19 and adapted to engage the inner side walls of the cap 6.

With the stem 17 in a lowered position the upper end or neck of the bottle is securely closed, and to remove the contents of the bottle, the stem is raised until the cap 21 is above the inner end of the spout 10. By tilting or holding the bottle in an inclined position, the contents can be poured through the spout 10; the flap valve 12 swinging to an open position. Even with the cap '21 raisedit is practically impossible to fill the bottle through the spout 10 since the flap valve will immediately close.

It is thought that the utility and operation of the bottle will be fully understood without further description and that the device can be made of metal, or glass it being preferable to use a malleable metal whereby the flap valve can be correctly positioned and then the spout 1O shaped to pivotally held the valve.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Ihe combination of a bottle, a cylindrical cap fitted over the neck of the bottle, the said cap havin a threaded opening in the top thereof and being provided at one side with a spout, an outwardly opening flap valve arranged in the spout, means for holding the cappermanently in position on the neck of the bottle, a threaded stem mounted within the before mentioned threaded opening in the top of the cap and formed toward its lower end with a flange, a cap applied to the lower extremity of the stem and adapted to close the mouth of the bottle when forced inwardly against the same, and a washer member interposed between the cap and the before mentioned flange on the stem, the said washer member closely engaging the interior of the cap and being moved out wardly beyond the spout by suitably turnmg the threaded stem when it is desired to the before mentioned shoulder when in a closed position, an arm projecting outwardly from the flap valve to engage the interior of the spout to limit the opening of the said flap valve, a threaded stem mounted within the before mentioned opening in thc top of the cap and formed toward its lower end with a flange, means carried by the inner end of the stem for closing the mouth of the bottle when the stem is moved in wardly, and a washer member also carried by the inner end of the stem and closely engaging the interior of the cylindrical cap, the said washer member being moved outwardly beyond the before mentioned spout by suitably turning the stem when it is desired to turn liquid from the interior of the bottle through the spout.

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

PAUL FUZY. Witnesses JNo. G. Perms, M. BAYAN.

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