The Washington times., 1905-09-03
NON-REF|LLAbLE
BOTTLE INVENTED.
Washington Man the Lucky
Genius.
CLAIMS IT IS PRACTICAL
Many People Have Lost Their Reason
in Attempting to Discovsr
the Device.
CLAIMS IT is PRACTICAL

Has the impossible been accomplishea,
Has the result which thousands OF In.
ventors have been striving for with nm.
ceasing effort for many years. non
reniiable bottle-at last been perfecsed2
Both of these questions are answered
al the Affirmative by Washington man.
oh April 16, 1904, Ameen G. Abizard fled
an application for a patent with rela-
.ion 10 improvements on non-refliabSo
poeties- June Is, 1904. the patent was
sranted. and, although the officials AZ
me Fatent Office have given the inven-
.,ou no special consideration. and up to
the present day it has never been NUT
70 practical use, Mr.. Abizaid now claim.
tnat every detail has been perfected and
tnat IL VIII soon be one Of the strongest
assets OF a large liquor manufacturer.
concern
For years the possibility of the in
venuon mas iured geniuses to spend their
hVes IN unsuccessful effort TO aecorn-
plsh thing which officials at the PAT
ent OInce have contended was an iunpos.-
sioility, and on par with perpetual
Inyiio1
Some years ago 1t was reported tnat
a large whisky firm offered a rerxar,s <r
$4,000 TO anyone who could invent q
bottle which could not be refiIled- o,oa
1t was empted- THIS was the frnpetr,.
which started the great army OF in
yentors at work on the scheme i. ha.
been an understood fact at the Patent
office for many years that to the person
who could achieve this end the reward
xcuid be much more than the stated
amount
Reward Offered.
Some reports even had tie offer AZ
high as s5oo,ooo. but. whatever the
amount, the successful man could easily
secure cash bonus and a royalty that
would put him on easy street
IL would be the one means by which
manufacturers of standard quality
liquors would be protected from IN
scTupulous imitators and dealers.
Whisky manufacturers especially are
the losers Places where several cases
OF brand are sold every month i,.,y
only one case from the manuf l..turers
and refill the bottle with their own in
ferior stock.
Abizaid's invention is termed by him
an Improvement on other attempts. but
In reality IT IS unique idea differing
"loeiy from plans followed by most or
ms predecessors Heretofore the idea
has been 10 construct plugs OF different
IN the neck Of the bottle and allow the
liquid to run out of the bottle. but ts
close up tight when anything was pour.
ed into them.
Cause of Failure
Many Of these would have been suc-
cessful had any plan been devised TO get
the original fluid in This has proven a
sticking point at every turn Expense
nas been another item OF Importance,
ana had some Of them been practicable,
II would have almost doubled the cost
of the goods
Abizaid's bottle consists primarily of
zigzag interior passage in the neck,
with a vertical center post extending
the entire length of the bottle. having
its bearing in the neck and the lower
end seated in the bottom of the vessel
provided with a series of spring notches
at regular intervals.
A disc, provided with a series of sprina
arms for engaging the notches. and fit
ting snugly to the sides OF the bottle.
is slipped over the post
Before filling. the disc is slipped down
to within short space OF the bottom,
A projection from the center post pre-
vents 1t from slipping far down An air
chamber is left and in this manner a
vacuum Is avoided When the liquid is
poured from the vessel the disc moves
toward the mouth. the spring arms lock-
ing on the upright post and preventing
the disc from sliding back with the
downward movement of the liquid.
Practical Invention.
That the bottle is practical in every
respect, and that the cost or manufac-
ture Will be nominal. Mr. Abizaid as
serts. has been demonstrated beyond a
doubt.
IL Is estimated by patent experts that
more than 5000 people have tried long
and diligently to invent the non-refllabls
bottle Some time ago news was re-
ceived at the Patent Office of the death
of S. y. Sparks. a Western inventor.
who, after breaking down mentally, died
as direct result of his efforts to per-
feet the coveted invention
1t was further stated at the Patent
Office that this was the fifth or sixth
tragedy OF the sort brought to the no.
tice OF the Office as a result of the
efforts of inventors to produce a nom
Reliable bottle. Fortunes have been in
vested and lost in the enterprise Com
panies have been formed to manufac-
ture the article only to find that they
were engaged in the manufacture Of an
unprotected article
1t is marvellous how the invention at
tracted interest among inventors and
there was a time when more people were
at work on this effort than any other.
The matter finally became so serious
that the Patent Office. unofficially, took
steps to warn inventors against it.