Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them being
Refilled.
MATTHEW CARR 5 Bradley Villas White Hart Lane Wood Green N. Extra-
Outdoor Officer Her Majesty's Customs do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Each bottle is filled through a round somewhat conical shaped hole in the
bottom as shown at A on the annexed drawing of the half section. The cork is
forced into the hole passing the projections until the end of the cork is flush with
the entrance. The circular space below is then to be filled or partly filled and
sealed with some substance which will harden and be held firmly in position by the
projection at B. Should the bottom of the bottle not be too thick and the sealing
substance used be hard it would be impossible to draw the cork without breaking
the bottle. The neck of each bottle is to be blown or cast in one piece with the
rest of the bottle but without the usual orifice for a cork marble or screw stopper
as in the case of ordinary bottles. At a convenie ut distance from the top there
is to be a cut or nick in the glass passing round the outside of the neck so that
by tapping or by giving a blow to the part above the cut or nick the blow would
cause the top or part above the cut to become detached when the bottle could be
emptied in the usual way the liquid passing through the remaining part of the neck.
By having projections or protuberances blown or cast with the glass of the neck
on the inside immediately below the cut or nick it would be impossible to place a
cork in the orifice at C. To prevent the top from flying in case of pressure of gas
from the liquid it would be necessary to secure the top to the lower portion of the
neck by passing a wire tightly round the neck immediately under the projection
at E twisting the ends together then passing them so twisted up one side of the
top, then passing the remainder of the two ends round the top at D and finishing
by twisting the two ends together. The top and a portion of the neck might then
be covered by a capsule which would further tend to prevent any accident from
occurring on opening the bottle.
Dated this 19th day of November 1895.
MATTW. CARK,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them being
Refilled.
1 MATTHEW CARR, of 5 Bradley Villas, White Hart Lane, Wood Green, N.
Extra Outdoor Officer, Her Majesty's Customs, 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 bottles and the object thereof is to prevent them being
refilled.

page_text: My said invention consists in the construction of a bettle so that a portion of it
can conveniently be broken off in order that it may be emptied of its contents, in
the means adopted for the prevention of the cork or stopper from being withdrawn,
and also in the means adopted for preventing a cork or stopper from being inserted
in the hole or orifice formed by the breaking off of a portion of the bottle.
The drawing hereinafter referred to is the one filed with my
Specification, No. 21985, dated 19th November, 1895.
Provisional
The drawing represents a central vertical section of a bottle, but my said
invention is not limited to the exact shape or form therein shown or represented.
The hole through which the bottle is filled is shown at A.
The annular flange or projection at B is to protect, secure, and hold the edges of
the disk of material, cement, or composition to be placed over the external end
of the cork or stopper and adjoining external surface of the bottle.
The hole or orifice formed by the breaking off of the top of the neck is shown at C ;
here also are shown two inner projections for preventing a cork from being inserted
in the neck after the top has been broken off or removed. The inner projections
are not limited to two. They should gradually fall away or become thinner
downwards and laterally. The inner projections may be omitted if considered
advisable.
An outer shoulder, projection, or flange going round the neck is shown at E.
Immediately above the shoulder, projection, or flange at E, is an annular cut,
or nick, or indentation formed for the convenient removal or breaking off of the top
of the neck.
Above the annular cut, or nick, or indentation is the top of the neck. The said
top of the neck which is solid or nearly solid, has not the usual orifice for a cork or
stopper.
At D is shown a shallow annular cut or indentation intended to be used with the
shoulder at E for wiring purposes if considered necessary.
The principles of my said invention are not limited to glass as a material, and
these principles may be applied to a bottle of any shape or size, for instance, to a
flagon.
In filling the bottle, invert and pour the liquid or intended contents through the
hole in the bottom. Insert the cork or stopper. Scratch or cut the external
surface of the part surrounding the hole with a diamond. (The glass at this
part should be rather thin.) Pour into the circular space which is bounded by the
flange B, a material, cement, or composition that will harden. When the material,
cement, or composition is beginning to harden a seal can be applied, or place
melted sealing wax over the material, cement, or composition after it has hardened
and seal.
To facilitate the opening of the bottle, or to make the breaking off of the
top the easier, scratch or cut the deepest part of the cut, or nick, or indentation
with a diamond.
Corks sometimes fly from bottles containing gas from liquid contents chiefly
because they slide in the neck, or are, so to speak, shot from it. But the top of the
bottle under description does not slide, yet it may be necessary for the sake of
perfect safety to prevent the top from flying by passing a wire round the neck
under the shoulder at E, twisting the two ends together, then passing them up one
side of the top, the remainder of the ends being passed round the indentation at D,
and finishing by twisting the two ends together.
The top may be covered by a capsule if considered advisable.
To open the bottle, give a sharp tap or blow to the top with a hammer or other
instrument. The blow will cause the top to break off at the annular cut, or nick,
or indentation. The bottle on being opened becomes a broken bottle.
To empty the bottle, incline it, the contents will then pass through the orifice
at C.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. The means adopted for the prevention of a cork or stopper from being
withdrawn as set forth.
2. The arrangements made for the convenient breaking open of a bottle as set
forth.
3. The closed nature of the top of the neck as set forth.
4. The inner projections of the neck for the purpose set forth.
MATTW. CARR,
Applicant.