Improvements in Bottles to Prevent the Fraudulent Refilling; thereof.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1898-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles to Prevent the Fraudulent Refilling;
thereof.
I, JOHN HENRY POOLE, of Randolph, in the County of Norfolk, and State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature
of my 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 has for its object to. provide simple and effective means. for pre-
venting the re-filling of bottles, and it consists in the improvements which I will
now proceed to describe and claim.
Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.
Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a portion of a bottle provided with my
improvements, the bottle being in an upright position.
Figure 2 represents a view similar to Figure 1, showing the bottle in position
for pouring.
Figure 3 represents a similar view, showing the bottle-neck in a horizontal
position.
Figure 4 represents a section on line 44 of Figure 1:
Figure 5 represents a section on line 5-5, Fig. 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures:
In the drawings,―
e represents a collar or casing, which may be of glass or other suitable material,
and is adapted to be inserted in the neck 6 of a bottle, and is perforated centrally
to form a passage c¹ surrounded by a valve-seat c³. The casing c, which projects
a considerable distance above the valve-seat, is internally enlarged to form a valve-
guide 3, and is reduced externally, so that its outer surface and the adjacent
portion of the inner surface of the bottle-neck form an annular pocket d surround-
ing the valve-guide c³, and intended to receive the end of a wire or other device
fradulently inserted in the neck of the bottle, as hereinafter described.
e represents a ball-valve, which is formed to fit the seat and close the passage c¹.
The said valve is adapted to roll in the valve-guide ³, toward and from the seat c³,
the valve being preferably formed to fill the cross-section of the guide c³, so that
liquid cannot flow through said guide excepting when the valve is in the position
shown in Figure 2, and is therefore outside of the outlet-ports formed in the
outer portion of the valve-guide.
gg represent stops or projections on the inner surface of the bottle-neck, above
the valve-guide ³, said stops being preferably parts of a casing g¹ inserted in the
bottle-neck and made of glass or other suitable material.
f represents a loose spherical ball-guard, which is of larger diameter than the
valve-guide c³ and is adapted to play between the inner end of said guide and
the stops gg, the said stops being formed to limit the outward movement of the
guard f. When the bottle is tipped for pouring, as shown in Figure 2, the guard f
rolls outwardly far enough to permit the valve e to partly but not wholly leave the
guide thus permitting liquid to flow from the bottle through said guide and
through the ports c, the liquid escaping around the ball, through the spaces g

page_text: between the stops g. When the bottle is held in a horizontal position, as shown in
Figure 3, the guard f is caused by the inclination of the stops g, at the lower side of
the neck, to roll inwardly far enough to push the valve into the guide c³ far enough
to close the ports e, the valve then occupying such position that it will be moved
along the guide and pressed against its seat by the pressure of liquid forced into the
neck, while the bottle is in this position. When the bottle is upright, the guard f
rests on the upper end of the valve-guide, as shown in Figure 1.
It will be seen that while the guard f is of lesser diameter than the interior of
the bottle-neck between the stops g and the valve-guide, its diameter is such that
a wire or other flexible device fraudulently inserted, with the intention of displacing
the valve e, is deflected by the guard into the annular pocket d, and is thus pre-
vented from gaining access to the valve.
I prefer to make the casings c and g in separate parts, and secure them indepen-
dently by cement or other suitable means to the bottle-neck. If desired, however,
the said casings may be suitably connected, so that they may be applied to the
bottle as a single piece. The casings, as well as the valve e and guard f, may be
made of glass, porcelain; or any other suitable material.
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I show the outer end of the valve-guide provided with an outwardly projecting
flange, which overhangs the ports and prevents a wire from reaching said
ports.
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
1 claim is:
A non-refillable bottle having, first, a casing in the inner portion of its neck, said
casing being formed to present a valve-seat, and a valve-guide above the seat and
of greater diameter than the latter, the casing being reduced externally to form
the inner wall of an annular pocket surrounding the valve-guide; secondly, a ball-
valve formed to move in said guide and fit the valve-seat; thirdly, stops attached
to the bottle-neck above the valve-seat and guide; and fourthly, a loose spherical
valve-guard adapted to play between said stops and the outer end of the valve-
guide, said guard being of greater diameter than the valve-guide and adapted to
deflect a wire inserted in the bottle-neck into said annular pocket, the guard being
proportioned to permit a liquid-releasing movement of the valve and to prevent the
escape of the valve from the valve-guide.
Dated this 8th day of June 1898.
JOHN HENRY POOLE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.