Improvements in Bottles,
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Bottles,
We, PHILIP J. FRIEDRICH, of Coytesville, in the County of Bergen and State
of New Jersey, United States of America, and MICHAEL J. SHANLEY, Restaurant
Proprietor, of 1476, Broadway, New York City, in the County and State of New
York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to bottles of the non-refillable class and it has for its
object to provide a bottle of this character that shall be simple and comparatively
inexpensive to manufacture, and further to provide a simple means to prevent
the outflow of liquid should the bottle be inverted as sometimes happens durin
the transportation of liquors or the like. This means is also designed to act as
a stopper or valve to relieve the main valve of the pressure of any small amount
of liquid that might be in the bottle during an attempt to refill by inverting the
bottle in liquid, and a still further object is to provide a tube to permit the
entrance of air while pouring liquid from the bottle, the said tube being pro-
vided with a valve to prevent the refilling of the bottle through the tube.
The body portion of the bottle is formed with an interior annular channel
designed to receive a ball valve as hereafter described. Secured within the neck
of the bottle is a tube having its bottom portion inclined upward toward the
centre and provided with a central opening surrounded by a wall having a
valve seat at its top. The lower end of the tube is supported on an annular
flange at the inner side of the neck and near its upper end the tube is provided
with an opening or slot which extends about three-fourths of its circumference
and through which may be inserted a holding device in the form of a spider
having a segmental rim portion and a central disc joined thereto by arms, the
openings between the arms forming ports for the outflow of the liquid. A
similar spider is arranged in the lower portion of the tube, inserted through a
slot, similarly to the first mentioned. The tube is held in the neck of the bottle
by spring-pressed plugs. These spring-pressed plugs are movable in a cross
tube and engage when the tube is inserted in an annular channel formed in the
neck of the bottle. Arranged between the spiders is a guide tube having a conical
bottom provided with an opening through which passes the stem of a valve
seated in the bottom of the neck tube. The valve stem passes through an
opening in the lower spider and to the stem above this spider is secured a washer
and between the washer and the bottom of the guide tube is a spring designed
to hold the valve yieldingly against its seat but sufficiently light to allow the
valve to be moved from its seat by the pressure of the liquid when the bottle is
tilted. In the guide tube is a ball weight which bears upon the upper end of
the valve stem and provides an extra pressure to hold the valve in its seat when
the bottle is in its upright position and thus prevent the raising of the valve by
the engagement therewith of a wire or other similar device that might be inserted
through the ports. When the bottle is tilted for pouring out the liquid the

page_text: weight will roll away from the stem of the valve so that the pressure of the
liquid will move the said valve from its seat and allow the liquid to flow out
through the ports. When the bottle is inverted the ball contained within the
bottle will roll into the seat at the lower end of the opening in the hottom
of the neck tube thus forming a stopper to prevent the liquid from reaching
and opening the valve. When the bottle is tilted however, for the discharge of
the liquid the ball will roll into the annular channel in said bottle and remain
there. An air tube extends through the neck tube and nearly to the bottom of
the bottle to permit of the entrance of air so as to allow liquid to flow freely from
the bottle. The tube is enlarged for a portion of its length to form a. casing
for a tubular plug having a seat at its upper end to receive a valve which has a
downwardly extended stem provided with a collar at its lower end between which
and the wall of the plug is confined a spring which holds the valve yieldingly
against a seat. Arranged between the plug and the bottom of the valve casing
is a ball of sufficient weight to overcome the resistance of the spring when the
said ball engages with the stem to open the valve and permit the entrance of
air when the bottle is tilted. Obviously the valve will prevent the filling of
the bottle with the tube when the bottle is in an upright or tilted position.
Should the bottle be wholly inverted the ball will open the valve but will roll
into the opening at the lower end of the plug, thus forming a valve to prevent
the entrance of liquid when the bottle is so inverted.
Dated this 28th Nor of Tahunan 1800.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London,
Improvements in Bottles.
We, PHILIP J. FRIEDRICH, of Cortesville, in the County of Bergen and State
of New Jersey, United States of America, and MICHAEL J. SHANLEY, Restaurant
Proprietor, of 1476, Broadway, New York City, in the County and State of New
York, United States of America, 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 of the non-refillable class and it has for its
object to provide a bottle of this character that shall be simple and comparatively
inexpensive to manufacture, and further to provide a simple means to prevent
the outflow of liquid should the bottle be inverted as sometimes happens during
the transportation of liquors or the like. This means is also designed to act as
a stopper or valve to relieve the main valve of the pressure of any small amount
of liquid that might be in the bottle during an attempt to refill by inverting the
bottle in liquid; and a still further object is to provide a tube to permit the
entrance of air while pouring liquid from the bottle, the said tube being pro-
vided with a valve to prevent the refilling of the bottle through the tube.
We will describe a bottle embodying our invention and then point out the
novel features in the appended claims.
Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle embodying our invention: Figure 2
is a partial elevation and partial section on the line 2–2 of Figure 1; Figure 3

page_text: is a section of the valved air inlet tube inverted; Figure 4 is a section on the
line 44 of Figure 1; and Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.
Referring to the drawings 1 designates the body portion of the bottle and
2 the neck thereof. The body portion of the bottle has an interior annular
channel 3 designed to receive a ball valve 4, as will be hereinafter described.
Secured within the neck of the bottle is a tube 5, having its bottom portion G
inclined upward towards the centre and the centre portion of the bottom is pro-
vided with an opening 7 surrounded by a wall 8 having a valve seat 9, at its top.
The lower end of the tube 5 is supported on an annular flange 10 at the inner
side of the neck.
The tube 5 near its upper end is provided with an opening or slot 11 which
extends about three-fourths of its circumference. This slot is provided so that
a holding device in the form of a spider 12 may be inserted. The holding spider
has a segmental rim portion and a central disc 13 joined to the rim portion by
arms 14. The openings between the arms 14 provide ports for the outflow of
the liquid. A spider 15 similar to the spider 12 is arranged in the lower portion
of the tube 5. This spider 15 is inserted through a slot like the slot 11.
As a means for holding the tube 5 in the neck of the bottle, spring-pressed
plugs 16 are employed. These spring-pressed plugs are movable in a tube 17
extended across the tube 5 and engage, when the tube 5 is inserted, an annular
channel formed in the neck of the bottle, as shown at 18.
Arranged between the spiders 12 and 15 is a guide tube 19, here shewn as
having a conical bottom 20 provided with an opening through which the stem 21
of the valve 22 may more. The valve 22 is designed to close on the seat 9. The
valve stem passes through an opening in the spider 15 and above this spider a
washer 23 is secured to the stem 21, and between the washer 23 and the bottom 20
of the guide tube is a spring 24. This spring is designed to hold the valve 22
yieldingly against its seat, but is sufficiently light to allow the valve to be moved
from its seat by the pressure of the liquid when the bottle is tilted. In the guide
tube 19 is a weight 25, here shown in the form of a ball. This weight is designed
to engage with the upper end of the valve stem 21 and provides an extra pressure
to hold the valve 22 in its seat when the bottle is in its upright position, and thus
prevent the raising of the valve by the engagement therewith of a wire or other
similar device that might be inserted through the ports. When the bottle is
tilted for the pouring out of the liquid, the weight 25 will roll away from the
stem of the valve so that the pressure of the liquid will move the said valve from
its seat against the pressure of the spring and then the liquid may flow out through
the opening and the ports through the spiders.
When the bottle is wholly inverted the ball 4 will roll into the seat 26 at the
lower end of the opening 7, thus forming a stopper to prevent the liquid from
reaching and opening the valve 22. When the bottle is tilted, however, for
the discharge of the liquid, the ball 4 will roll into the channel 3 and remain
there. To permit the entrance of air so as to allow liquid to flow freely from
the bottle when desired, an air tube 27 is provided. This air tube extends through
the tube 5 and nearly to the bottom of the bottle.
In a portion of its length the tube 27 is enlarged as at 28, to form a valve
casing. Arranged in this valve casing is a tubular plug 29, having a valve
seat 30 at its upper end to receive a valve 31 which has a downwardly extended
stem 32 provided with a collar 33 at its lower end and between this collar and
the wall at the upper end of the plug 29, is a spring 34 which holds the valve 31
yieldingly against its seat. Arranged between the plug 29 and the bottom of the
valve casing 28 is a ball 35, of sufficient weight to overcome the resistance of
the spring 34 when the said ball engages with the stem 32 to open the valve
and permit the entrance of air when the bottle is tilted. Obviously the valve 31
will prevent the filling of the bottle with the tube 27 when the bottle is in an
upright or tilted position. Should the bottle he wholly inverted the ball 35
will open the valve 31, but will roll into the opening at the lower end of the

page_text: plug 29, thus forming a valve to prevent the entrance of liquid when the bottle
is so inverted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The combination, with a bottle, of a tube or sleeve fitting and secured within
the neck of the bottle and closed at its lower end by an apertured diaphragm
provided with valve seats at the upper and lower sides respectively, a spring
pressed valve normally closing the valve seat at the upper side of the diaphragm,
a loose weight normally reinforcing the pressure of the spring on the valve and
adapted when the bottle is tilted to disengage itself from the valve so as to permit
the latter to be opened by the pressure of the liquid acting against the pressure
of the spring alone, a ball loose in the interior of the bottle and adapted to close
the valve seat at the lower side of the diaphragm when the bottle is completely
inverted, spiders or apertured diaphragms secured within the sleeve above the
valves and adapted to give passage to the liquid from within but to prevent
tampering with the valve from without, and a device for admitting air to the
bottle, substantially as specified.
2. A non-refillable bottle constructed as described in Claim 1 and provided with
an annular groove-or-pocket-adapted; when-the-bottle is tilted for decanting the
liquid, to retain the ball which closes the bottle-when-the-bottle_is_wholly
inverted, substantially as specified.
3. In a non-refillable bottle constructed as described, an air admission device
consisting of a-tube-reaching-from-the mouth of the bottle substantially to the
bottom thereof and provided with a chamber containing a tubular-plug-having
valve seats at its upper and lower ends respectively and a spring pressed valve
and a gravity valve, the former of which valves normally closes the tube to
prevent the introduction-of-liquid_and_the latter of which valves is adapted when
the bottle is tilted to open the valve and permit entrance-of-air-to-the-bottle
and, when the bottle is completely inverted, to close the tube and prevent intro-
duction of liquid, substantially as specified.
Dated this Star of Deconition 1800.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.