An Improved Closure for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles, Flagons, Jars, and similar Receivers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1898
TRUVIONAL DIEUITIVATION.
An Improved Closure for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles,
Flagons, Jars, and similar Receivers.
I, LOUIS LUCET, Manufacturer, of 34, Rue Ferrandiere, Lyons, in the Republic
of France, do hereby declare.the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved closure for bottles, flagons, jars and similar
receivers which is composed (1) of a hollow valve, of a density about equal to that
of the liquid contained in the receiver in order to be carried in the one direction
or another by the least displacement. (2) Of a plug letting the liquid pass, but
opposing the introduction of an instrument able to displace the valve. (3) Of a
ball interposed between the plug and the valve in order to prevent the rising of
the latter except in the overturned position given to the bottle in order to pour
from it.
The hollow valve rests on a seat arranged at the under end of the neck or formed
by narrowing the neck itself.
When
It is guided by small projections which maintain it in the axis of the neck.
Its upper surface is slightly convex or has in its centre a small projection, so that
the smooth ball placed on this surface, cannot maintain itself in the centre.
the bottle is upright, the weight of the ball is sufficient to maintain, the valve
closed; but as soon as one inclines the bottle, it is wedged between the border of
the plug and the valve, and prevents any movement of the latter until the moment
when the bottle being nearly completely overturned, it runs into a central hollow
of the plug, and lets the valve open under the weight of the interior liquid.
However even in this position, if one should try to introduce liquid, this latter
would bring the valve towards its seat and would close it, before any part of this
liquid could enter.
The protecting plug is a hollow cylinder divided horizontally into two parts by
a partition. The under part has an opening of triangular form or provided with
flutes in order not to be completely obstructed by the ball.
The liquid passing through this opening leaves through lateral orifices turns
round the parts of flanges and returns through the orifices above the partition into
the central part of the plug whence it flows out. The bottle can receive an
ordinary cork stopper, either in the protecting plug itself, or in the neck. The
protecting plug is fixed by means of two grooves, the one provided in the plug
and the other in the neck, coinciding with one another in order to form an annular
space, into which a ring shaped spring or small beads or an appropriate cement
can be placed.
The plug can have other forms and be fixed by other means provided that it
protects the valve, and that its under border is arranged so as to fulfil its essential
function the wedging up of the valve by the ball.

page_text: The three pieces which constitute the closure could also be placed in a glass
tube, fixed in the interior of the neck; this tube would carry the seat of the valve
and could be provided with grooves for guiding the valve, the body of which
would be smooth.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1897.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.
An Improved Closure for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles,
Flagons, Jars, and similar Receivers.
I, LOUIS LUCET, Manufacturer, of 34, Rue Ferrandiere, Lyons, in the Republic
of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved closure for bottles, jars and similar
receivers which are composed (1) of a hollow valve, of a density about equal to that
of the liquid contained in the receiver in order to be carried in the one direction
or another by the least displacement. (2) Of a plug letting the liquid pass, but
opposing the introduction of an instrument able to displace the valve. (3) Of a
ball interposed between the plug and the valve in order to prevent the rising of
the latter, except in the overturned position given to the bottle in order to pour
from it.
In the annexed drawing:-Fig. 1 shows a bottle provided with this closing
system, with central flow through the protecting plug, which is shown in detail
in Figs. 2 & 3. Fig. 4 shows a bottle provided with the same system with lateral
flow, the protecting plug is seen in detail in Figs. 5 and 6.
The hollow valve A rests on a seat C arranged at the under end of the neck
(Fig. 1) or formed by narrowing the neck itself (Fig. 4).
It is guided by small projections aa which maintain it in the axis of the neck.
Its upper surface is slightly convex or has in its centre a small projection, so that
the smooth ball B placed on its surface, cannot maintain itself in the centre.
When the bottle is upright, the weight of the ball B is sufficient to maintain the
valve closed; but as soon as one inclines the bottle, it is wedged between the
border of the plug D and the valve, and prevents any movement of the latter until
the moment when the bottle being nearly completely overturned, it runs into a
central hollow of the plug D, and lets the valve open under the weight of the
interior liquid. However even in this position, if one should try to introduce
liquid, this latter would bring the valve towards its seat and would close it, before
any part of this liquid could enter.
The protecting plug D is a hollow cylinder divided horizontally into two parts by
a partition, b. The under part has an opening d of triangular form (Fig. 3) or
provided with fluites (Fig. 4) in order not to be completely obstructed by the
ball B.
The liquid passing through this opening leaves through lateral orifices e, turns
round the part flanges f and g and returns through the orifices h above the parti-
tion b into the central part of the plug whence it flows out.
The bottle can, receive
an ordinary cork stopper E, either in the protecting plug itself (Fig. 1) or in the
neck Fig. 4. The protecting plug is fixed by means of two grooves i, the one

page_text: provided in the plug and the other in the neck, coinciding with one another in
order to form an annular space, into which a ring shaped spring or small beads
or an appropriate cement can be placed.
The plug D can have other forms and be fixed by other means provided that it
protects the valve, and that its under border is arranged so as to fulfil its essential
function namely the weighing up of the valve by the ball B.
The three pieces which constitute the closure could also be placed in a glass tube,
fixed in the interior of the neck; this tube would carry the seat of the valve and
could be provided with grooves for guilding the valve, the body of which would
be smooth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
A closure for preventing the refilling of bottles jars flagons or other similar
receivers, comprising a valve conveniently guided and of a density about equal to
that of the liquid and of which the upper face is provided with a central boss or
elevation a protecting plug of any kind having a central orifice on its lower face
for outlet of the liquid, and a ball interposed between the plug and valve and
adapted to close the latter when lying between it and the edge of the plug, sub-
stantially as herein described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1898.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.