Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
I, ERNEST JOHN SCHINDEHUTTE, of McKees Rocks, County of Allegheny and
State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Merchant, 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:-
The object of my invention consists in constructing a bottle in which the liquid
may be readily extracted therefrom, but which is so arranged as to prevent any
liquid being inserted into the bottle after the stoppers have been secured in
position.
The principal features of my invention consist of a stopper secured in the
neck of the bottle and provided with a tube secured in the central aperture
thereof, the said tube extending above and below the same, and a valve loosely
arranged in said tube. A hollow stopper is arranged above the lower stopper,
having an aperture therein for the escape of the liquid.
With the above and other objects in view, my invention finally consists in the
novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings, Fig. 1. is a side view of the neck of the bottle with a part of
the seal broken away showing apertures formed in the upper end of the neck of
the bottle and the hollow stopper.
Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view of the same.
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Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the hollow stopper, showing the aperture therein
for the escape of the liquid.
Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the lower stopner and valve tube.
Fig. 5. is a perspective view of the valve and valve stem.
Like figures of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views, in which I indicates the neck of the bottle, having formed on its inner
face a continuous groove 2, to receive the lower stopper 3 which is formed of
rubber. and has a central aperture within which is secured the tube 4. The tube 4
has formed on its periphery flanges 5 which abut against the upper edge of the
lower stopper and are suitably secured thereto. thereby keeping the tube in a
vertical position. Arranged in the top of the tube 4, is a valve seat 6, to receive
the valve 7. The valve 7 is secured to the valve stem 8, which operates in the
tube 4.
Suitably arranged in the neck of the bottle above the lower stopper 3 is a hollow
stopper 11. having a head 10. and the whole heing preferably formed of glass
the lower edges of the said bollow stonner abut against the upper edges of the
lover stopner as at 9. Formed in one side of the hollow stopper at its upper edge
is an aperture 12 used for the escane of the liquid. Coinciding with the aperture 12
and formed in the upper edge of the neck of the bottle is an aperture 13.
A hollow stopper may be secured to the neck of the bottle by cement or other-
wise. but as shown, it is secured by a can of tinfoil 14, or other material, which
projects below the groove 151 formed on the outer neck of the bottle, and is
secured therein by a wire 15, encircling the same.

page_text: The operation of my improved non-refillable bottle is as follows:-
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After the bottle is filled, the lower stopper 3, which is formed of rubber and
having a tube secured thereto is inserted into the neck of the bottle and forced
into the groove 2, and securely holds the same in position: the valve and valve
stem is then placed within the tube, the valve seating itself against the valve seat
formed in the upper end of the tube. The hollow stopper is then inserted in
the neck of the bottle and suitably secured thereto as herein before described.
When the use of the liquid contained in the bottle is desired, the same is tilted,
which causes the valve to leave the valve seat and abut against the inner ends of
the hood on the hollow stopper. The liquid passes through the tube and out
thereof, and then escapes through the aperture 12 in the hollow stopper and
aperture 13 in the neck of the bottle.
It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construc-
tion without departing from the general spirit of my invention.
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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. The combination with a bottle neck, of a lower and an upper hollow, stopper
suitably secured therein, said hollow stopper arranged above said lower stopper
and a tube secured to said lower, stopper having a valve operating therein, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
2. In combination, the bottle neck, a lower stopper. secured therein, a tube
secured in said lower stopper extending above and below the same, a valve operating
in the upper part of said tube, and a hollow stopper arranged above said lower
stopper, substantially, as shown and described.
3. The combination with a bottle neck, of a lower stopper secured therein, a
tube secured in said lower stopper extending above and below the same, a valve
seat formed on the upper end of said tube, a valve, a valve stem secured. to said
valve and adapted to operate in said tube, a, hollow stopper arranged in said neck
and above the lower stopper and having an aperture therein for the escape of the
liquid, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 4th dors of Antohas
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the. Applicant.