Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left. 19th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1900
JAMES ROBERT BROWNE, Civil Engineer, of 282, Clapham Road, London, S.W.,
and MAURICE FITZMAURICE HUTTON, retired Lieut. Colonel, of 2, Cologne Road,
St. Johns Hill, London, S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
A bottle which having been once filled with any liquor and corked and when
emptied cannot be refilled.
Having a bottle made in the ordinary manner and shaped to the required mould
and having been filled with liquor we place a conical cup made of light wood
or light metal, such as aluminium having a serrated edge, in the neck which will
rest on the shoulders of the bottle. We then insert a glass plug having holes con-
verging to a point on the lower side. This plug rests on a shoulder in the neck
above but not touching the cup. The plug is shaped to the size of the neck and
has an indented ring which helps to hold the cement with which it is to be held
when placed in position.
The neck of the bottle may be constructed so as to admit of two plugs being
inserted. This is done by having two shoulders instead of one.
There must be a space between the plugs to allow the liquor to flow from the
holes in the lower plug to the holes in the upper plug when the bottle is tilted.
The holes in the upper plug should not be directly over the holes in the lower
plug. This is to prevent any instrument being inserted to interfere with the cup
when the holes have to be large to prevent clogging when liquors such as cordials
which may contain sugar or such like are to be contained in the bottle.
The neck may be moulded with upright, horizontal or screw like flutings and
the plugs must be constructed to correspond.
The cement is placed in these flutings or convolutions and holds the plugs in
position.
The cup is movable and falls over when the bottle is tilted to pour the liquor out.
The liquor flows out and passes under the serrated edge of the cup to the holes
in the glass plug and out of the bottle.
When the bottle is placed upright the cup falls back to its position in the neck
and blocks the passage of any liquor which may be attempted to refill the bottle.
The lighter the material the cup is made of the better hence why light wood
or aluminium is preferable to most other materials. Should the bottle be turned
upside down and the air be exhausted and liquor forced in, the direction of the
holes in the plugs to a centre aiming straight to the centre of the cup will shoot
with such force that the cup will be pushed into its place in the neck and prevent
any liquor from entering the bottle in that way.
We claim a novelty in the construction and combination with arrangement of
the light cup and specially shaped glass plugs in the neck of the bottle which will
prevent its being refilled.
Dated this 8th day of September 1899.

page_text: We, JAMES ROBERT BROWNE, Civil Engineer, of 282, Clapham Road, in the
administrative County of London, and MAURICE FITZMAURICE HUTTON, retired
Lieut. Colonel, now also of 282, Clapham Road, aforesaid, late of 2, Cologne Road,
St. Johns Hill, London, S.W., 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:-
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This invention relates to a bottle which having been once filled with any liquid
and corked in the ordinary manner and when emptied cannot be refilled.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a bottle fitted with
our means to prevent refilling and corked; Figs. 2 and 3 are detached perspective.
views of the closing plug B and conical piece A shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view
similar to Fig. 1 showing a modification of the invention, and Fig. 5 is a detached
perspective view of a modified form of closing plug. Like parts are lettered to
correspond in all the figs. of the drawings.
In carrying out our invention we mould or otherwise form the interior of the
neck of the bottle C with an inwardly tapering throat c and with a shoulder or
shoulders . In the tapering throat we place a conical piece A which fits loosely
This conical
in the tapering seat c and is furnished with an upper serrated edge a.
piece A is made of wood or of a light metal such as aluminium, and is dished or
recessed at its upper surface so as to receive and hold the liquid passing down from
above. On the shoulder c¹ we place a closing plug B preferably made of glass,
and having holes b therein converging towards the centre, so as to direct the liquid
passing therethrough from above into the dish or recess in the upper part of the
conical piece A.
When the bottle is to be first filled the plug B and conical piece A are both
removed. The required quantity of liquid is then poured in and the conical piece A
dropped into the neck of the bottle when it gravitates to the position shown in
Fig. 1 after which the plug B is placed on the shoulder c¹ and secured in position
by a suitable cement or other adhesive material all round the outer edge and in
the horizontal groove b¹ of the plug; the bottle is then corked as shown in Fig. 1.
The plug may have more than one horizontal groove b¹ if found desirable..
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To pour off the contents the cork is removed and the bottle tilted, the conical
piece A will then be displaced from its tapering seat c and the liquid will pass
between the conical piece A and the tapering seat cover the serrated upper edge a
of said piece A to the plug B and find an outlet through the holes b therein, thence
to the neck in the ordinary way. Any attempt to refill the bottle while the plug B
is cemented in position will result in filling the dish or recess in the upper part
of the conical piece A and cause the latter to seat itself in the tapering seat c'thus
closing the neck of the bottle.
The form shown in Fig. 4 differs only from that described with reference to
Fig. 1 in having two plugs superposed and resting on independent shoulders c
the lower plug having vertical peripheral flutings 62 in place of the horizontal
grooves b¹ and the upper plug having screw shaped flutings 6. Both these plugs
may fit corresponding flutings and screw threads formed on the interior of the
bottle neck if so desired and be secured therein by cement or other adhesive-as in
the first described example. When two or more superposed plugs are used it is
advantageous to secure them in positions so that their converging holes b do not
coincide.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertar
nvention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
ve claim is
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(1) A bottle having an inwardly tapering seat at the throat, a conical recessed
gravity piece fitting said tapering seat, a shoulder on the interior of the neck, and
a plug having converging holes therethrough and adapted to be secured on said
shoulder by cement or the like substantially as described and shown.
(2) A bottle having an inwardly tapering seat at the throat, a conical recessed
gravity piece fitting said tapering seat, superposed shoulders on the interior of the
neck, and plugs having converging holes therethrough and adapted to be secured
one on each of said shoulders by cement or the like, substantially as described
and shown.
(3) A bottle having an inwardly tapering seat at the throat, a conical recessed
gravity piece fitting said tapering seat, a shoulder and flutings or grooves on the
interior of the neck, and a fluted plug having converging holes therethrough and
adapted to be secured in the flutings or grooves in the neck and on the said
shoulder by cement or the like, substantially as described and shown.
(4) A bottle having an inwardly tapering seat at the throat, a conical recessed
gravity piece fitting said tapering seat, superposed shoulders and flutings or grooves
20 on the interior of the neck; and fluted plugs having converging holes therethrough
and adapted to be secured in the flutings or grooves and one on each of said
shoulders by cement or the like, substantially as described and shown:
10th day of September 1800
TIT
GOLBY
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GOLBY,
Agent 36, Chancery Lane, London, WC