US980300A

US980300A - Non-refillable bottle.

Info

Publication number: US980300A
Application number: US57800810A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clinton E Lincoln
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-08-19
Filing date: 1910-08-19
Publication date: 1911-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1928-01-03

Description

C. E. LINCOLN. `NoN-'REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1910.

980,300. v Patented Jans, 1911.

E l i 1 I-CLINTON E. LINCOLN, OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.`

NON-REFILLAB-LE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 19, 1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 578,008. i

.To all whom it may concern.'

' Be it k`nown-that I, CLINTON E. LINCOLN,

Y citizen of the United States, residing at Greensboro, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lNon- Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is a simple, and efficient construction o'f nonrefillable bottle which will be capable of withstanding all'of the tests which are ordinarily employed in attempts to fill bottles of this character, which will in no wisc interfere with the operation of pouring out the contents of thebottle as desired and which may be easily constructed and the parts assembled and sealed in such a manner that access can not'be had to the valves for the purpose of tampering with the saine.

lVithithis and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain conv structions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of the upper portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, through the mouth of the bottle, the section being taken substantially on the line 2v2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a similar View on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a detail View f a core that may be employed; Fir. 5 is a detail side View ofA one form of spring hereinafter specifically described; Figs. (S, 7 and 8 are detail views of another form of spring; and, Fig. 9 illustrates a modification of the main valve casing.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portiony of a bottle, and 2 the neck thereof, said neck being preferfably cylindrical, as shown at its base and being substantially of ovoid shape in hori- .zontal section above the base portion, as

indicated at 3. In other words, inthe preferred construction of the neck, it is laterally enlarged at one side, as indicated at 4.

In theoperation of assembling the parts, a plug 5 of cork or the like is inserted in the cylindrical base portion of the neck 2, said plug being formed with an opening in which a lower valve tube 6 is fitted. This valve tube preferably extends a slight distance below the plug, as best illustrated in Fig. 1, and is formed with a contracted lower end 7 designed to constitute the seat for a cupshaped valve 8. This valve is referably hollow, as shown, and is dispose with its rounded portion lowermost and with its opening facing upwardly, whereby it will etl'ectually prevent the filling ofthe bottle v by pouring the liquid in through the lower tube 6 and at the same time jerking the valve upward. Manifestly, a ball valve would not possess this advantageous` feature.

An angular upper valve tube 9 has one end fitted down within the upper en'd of the lower tube (i, the lower edge of the tube 9 terminating any predetermined distance above the upper edge of the valve 8 in the normally closed position of the latter and being formed with any desired number of inwardly turned luGs or projections 10 designed to engage tie valve 8 so as to limit the opening movement thereof and prevent the withdrawal of the yalve.

After the plug 5 and lower and upper tubes 6 and 9, together with the valve 8, have been inserted inoplace, the upper laterally elongated mouth portion of the neck 2 is filled with cement or the like, with the exception of parts in which the outlet passages and air inlet and filling passages are formed, and the outlet passage (the-lower end `of which is formed by the tubes and 9) is produced in the cement by a core 11 which is'inserted down into the mouth of the neck and into the outer horizontally disposed and beveled end of the tube 9.l As a part which is preferably'inserted with the core 11 coacts primarily withan air inlet tube, I deem it advisable 'at this time-to describe said air. inlet tubeor passage. This air inlet tube includes a lower section 12 lwhich is inserted in the plug 5, extending both above and below the latter, the lower end of said air inlet tube 12 being curved toward the wall of the body portion of the bottle, as clearly illustrated in 4the drawing. The upper,` end of the tube 12 isdeflected in an opposite direction to itslower end and is designed to have slipped over it a tubular valve casing 13, whereby the upper.. end of the tube 12 will form a valve seat for a relatively small ball valve 14 mounted for a longitudinal movement in the tubular casing The upper end of the'air inlet tube is formed by a tube section 15 which is slipped into the upper end of the tubular valve casing 13 andv which has its outer end downwardly deected, so that a wire can notbe inserted therein for the purpose'of obtaining access to the small valve 14and holding the same ofi' of its seat in an attempt to lill the bottle. This tube section is provided atfits inner end with a lip 16 against which the ball valve 14 is designed to abut when the bottle is inverted to pourvout the contents, this lip pre-venting the ball valve from closing the air; inlet tube in the operation of pouring out .thecontents of the bottle.

Returning now to the core 11, I 4'insert with said core a spring 17 which is designed to close the outer end of the tube section 15 whenr the bottle is corked, and which is desi ed to spring slightly away from said tu e section when thev bottle is uncorked so 'as to permit air to enter the air inlet tube while at the same time preventing the -55 y ottle.

liquid from backing into the tube when the contents are being poured out,v In one form of this spring, illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, the same embodies a clip or band -18 f which is designed to partially encircle the core and be held thereto" by frictional engagement as'the core is inserted into the mouth of the bottle, said spring alsol in-` clu'ding side flanges 19 adapted to extend 40 on opposite sides of the outer end of the tube section 15, `whereby to keep the liquid back from the air inlet end of said tube section when the contents of the bottle are being poured out. After this spring 17, which is preferably composed ofjsteel, has been inserted down into the lmouth of the bottle with thecore 11, the cement is poured around the core and tube 9 as well as the tubes 12 and 15 and their intermediate and connecting valve casing 13, another core (not shown) being used to leave open at this `seal the bottle and render it proof as 'against refilling. After the cement has set, the core 11 is withdrawn, thereby lforming an outlet passage which continues to the mouth edge -of the bottle from the outer end of the up` per tube 9. Manifestly, the spring 17 will be embedded in the cement and its upper end all of the contents of the bottle, the spring 17 will move slightly away from the adjacent end of the tube section 15 so as to ermit air to flow freely in throuefhr the air lnlet tube while, the bottle is inverted, while at the As soon as the cork has been re same time keeping the liquid back from the f air .inlet passage. So long as the. bottle is upright, it is clear that no liquid can be poured in through the air inlet tube, as the same issealed by the ball valve 14. v

For a modification of the spring, reference is to be had to Fig. 6, wherein the spring, designated 17, is illustrated as formed with side lugs 18a designed to enter slots 21 in the core 11a, instead of clasping the core as in that form of the spring illustrated in Fi 5. p

gis a modification of the main valve casing formed by the lower and upper tube before described, reference mayl be had to Fig. 9, which illustrates that if desired these tubes may be made in halves divided longitudinally, each being provided with lugs 10a designed to limit the outer movement of the ball valve. It will be understood that in this modification, the two halves ofthe tubes may be secured together in any desired way and that the lower tube half preferablyl forms an integral part of the upper tube half. In other Words, in this modification of the tubes theyv are made up of two longitudinally divided sections instead of upper and lower sectionsconnected together by a slip joint, as in that form of the invention herein first described.

From the foregoing description in `connection with the accompanying drawing, the operation of forming and using my improved non-refillable bottle will be apparent, as I have described the operating steps along with a recital of the detail construction and arrangement of the parts. It might be added, however, that when the bottle 1s completed and filled and the opening 20 sealed,- a cork is inserted in the upper end of the outlet opening so as to press the upper end of thespring 17 orv17ar back against the adjacent end of the air inlet tube 15, thereby closing the latter and the contents of the bottle being ke t from deterioration, as they are not exposec tothe atmosphere; In order to pour out any orv all of the contents of the bottle, it is only necessary to remove the cork or stopperand by thus inverting or tilting the bottle, with the outlet opening lower-most, the liquid may easily flow out past the valve 8, while at the same time the ball valve y14 at .in the body ofthe bottle and at its other end will drop against the lip 16, permitting air .dispensing mouth, and an outlet opening therein, and an air inlet opening arranged to admit air into the body of the bottle as the contents thereof are poured therefrom,

a valve adapted to close said outlet opening and a spring in the outlet opening arranged to close the air inlet openin upon the insertion of a stopper in the out et opening, said spring being adapted to automatically uncover the air inlet opening upon the retraction of the stopper.

2. A lnon-re1illable bottle, provided with a dispensing mouth, and an outlet opening,

and an air inlet passage opening at one end inthe' outlet opening, a valve adapted to close said outlet opening and a spring mounted in said outlet opening and arranged to cover t-he outer end of the air inlet assage upon the insertion of a stopper in tie outletopening and to uncover the outlet end Vof the air lnlet passage upon the extraction of the stopper.

3. A non-refillable bottle, provlded with a dispensing mout-h. and anv outlet opening therein'and an air inlet passage opening at one end the body ot' the bottle and at its outer end in the outlet opening,` a valve adapted to close said outlet opening and a spring mounted in the outlet opening and arranged to cover and uncover the outer end of the air inlet passage, saidy spring being formed with side flanges designed to extend along opposite sides of the air inlet passage at the outer end of the latter, whereby to keep the liquid back from said end ot the air inlet passage when the bottle is tilted to pour out its contents.

4. A non-reiillable bottle, provided with a dispensing mouth and an outlet opening and an air inlet passage extending there through from and to the mouth rim of the bottle andthe interior of the body portion thereof, a valve adapted to close said outlet opening, cement in the mouth of the bottle and filling the space around the walls of said outlet opening, and a spring having aI attaching portion embedded in the cement in the outlet opening and provided with a plate adapted to close against the outer end of the air inlet passage upon the insertion of a stopper in the outlet opening, the plate being arranged to automatically move away from and uncover the outer end of the air passage upon the extraction of the stopper. In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLINTON E. LINCOLN. [1.. s.] Witnesses: i

J. H. CAMDBN, CLARA E. LINCOLN.