Improvements in Bottles, Jugs, Jars and similar Vessels.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles, Jugs, Jars and similar Vessels.
I, FRANCIS JOSEPH CULLUM, residing at No. 150 East 125th Street, New York, in
the County of New York, and State of New York, United States of America,
Restauranter, 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, jugs, jars and similar vessels, and the object
thereof is to provide an improved vessel of this class which having been once filled
and sealed may be emptied of its contents but cannot be refilled or reused.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which:
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Fig. 1, is a central vertical section of a bottle or similar vessel constructed
according to my invention: and,
Fig. 2, a plan view thereof.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views, and in the practice of my invention, I provide a bottle or similar vessel 5
which is provided with a neck 6, which is closed at the bottom as shown at 7,
whereby the lower end of the neck does not communicate with the interior of the
vessel.
Adjacent to each side of the neck of the bottle is an upright tubular extension 8
cach of which is provided near its upper end with a branch tube 9, which com-
municates therewith, and the branch tubes 9 communicate with the neck 6,
preferably near the top thereof.
The tubular upwardly directed extensions 8 communicate with the vessel 5 by
means of ports or passages 10, and placed in said tubular extensions 8 are ball
valves 11 which are designed to close said ports or passages when the vessel is held
in an upright or tilted position.
My improved bottle or vessel is designed to be filled through the bottom, and in
practice, I form the bottom as shown in Fig. 1, said bottom being designated by
the reference numeral 12, and being conical in form or convex on the inner side
and concave on the outer side or inwardly and upwardly curved as clearly shown
in said figure, and centrally of the upwardly curved portion thereof is formed an
opening 13 which is adapted to be closed by a plug 14.
The plug 14 may be of any desired size and is preferably provided with a screw
thread, and the opening 13 is similarly provided, and in practice, the neck 6 is
first closed by a cork or stopper 15 which extends downwardly below the point
where the branch tubes 9 communicate therewith, and the bottle is then inverted
and filled through the opening 13. The plug 12 is then screwed into position, and
is broken off so that it cannot be removed, and said plug is preferably coated with
cement before being screwed into position.
In order to empty the vessel, the cork or stopper 15 is removed, and the bottle
inverted or tilted in the usual manner, and in this operation, the valves 11 leave
their seats and fall into the spaces 16 above the points where the branch tubes 9

page_text: communicate with the tubular extensions 8, and the contents of the bottle or
vessel will be free to flow out as will be readily understood.
This operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle or vessel is entirely
empty, and if an attempt be made to refill the vessel by pouring liquids thereinto,
the valves 11 will drop into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the neck of the bottle
or vessel and the tubular extensions 8 and branch tubes 9 may be filled but the
bottle or vessel itself cannot be.
The valves 11 if desired may be made to act or serve as float valves, and in this
event it will be apparent that the bottle or vessel cannot be filled by forcing liquids
thereinto.
It will be understood that the plug 14 when once screwed into position or secured
in place in any desired manner cannot be removed, and instead of employing two
of the tubular extensions 8, a single one may be employed on only one side of the
neck 6 and the operation will be substantially the same as herein described.
My improvement is simple in construction and operation, and is perfectly
adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck which is closed at the bottom
thereof, and at one side of said neck with an upwardly directed tubular extension
which communicates with said neck by a branch tube, said tubular extension being
in communication with the bottle or vessel at its lower end, and a valve which is
placed in said tubular extension, and adapted to close said communication, and
means for filling said bottle or vessel, substantially as shown and described.
2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck which is closed at its lower end,
said bottle or vessel being provided at one side of said neck with an upwardly
directed extension which communicates with said neck by a branch tube, a port or
passage which forms a communication between the bottom of said upwardly
directed extension, and the bottle or vessel, and a valve which is placed in said
upwardly directed extension and adapted to close said port or passage and means
for filling said bottle or vessel, substantially as shown and described.
3. A bottle or vessel provided with a neck which is closed at the lower end and
said bottle or vessel being also provided with upwardly directed extensions which
communicate with the neck by means of branch tubes said extensions being also
in communication with the bottle or vessel by means of ports or passages in the
lower ends thereof, ball valves placed in said extensions and adapted to close said
ports or passages and means for filling said bottle or vessel through the lower end
thereof, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 5th day of November 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.