Improvements connected with Bottles and similar Vessels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1893-Accepted, 15th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Bottles and similar Vessels.
I, RICHARD ROBERT HUNT, of 14 Powis Square, Bayswater, County of
London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for object, the manufacture of glass bottles in such manner
that the contents can only be got at by fracturing the bottle, so making it impossible
to tamper with the contents without detection.
For the purpose of my invention, I make a bottle with its filling orifice in a
(kick up) recess, on which the bottle can stand having in the short neck, a space
for a cork, and provided with annular grooves in the inside of the neck above the
cork. The liquid, semi liquid, or dry powder, being filled into the bottle, the cork
is then driven home to below the grooves and a glass or other plug also with grooves
but on the outside, is to be then inserted above the cork but to be forced below the
level of the month having first been painted with Roman or other quick setting
cement as also the inside of the grooves. Thus as soon as the cement sets, the
bottle is sealed and cannot well be opened again without showing signs of being
tampered with.
On the reverse end of the bottle is a bulb of glass blown when the bottle is
made. To open the bottle and to get out the original contents, this bulb has to be
cracked off, and thus when once emptied, the bottle shows by the fracture, and as
the contents cannot be guaranteed thereafter, the same as the original contents it is
claimed that this bottle will prevent frauds on the public and the manufacturer of
liquids, semi liquids, or dry solids.
A cork may or not be inserted in the bulb end to prevent any broken plass going
into the bottle or its contents.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Richard Robert Hunt.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Bottles and similar Vessels.
I, RICHARD ROBERT HUNT, of 14 Powis Square, Bayswater, County of
London, 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 :-
This invention has for object, the manufacture of glass or other bottles and
similar vessels such as flagons, flasks and carboys in such manner that the contents
can only be got at by fracturing the bottle, so making it impossible to tamper with
the contents without detection.
My invention is clearly represented in the annexed drawings. All letters refer
to the same parts.
According to Figure 1, I make a bottle A with its filling orifice B in a (kick up)
recess at its base, and having in the short neck a space for a cork E and provided
with grooves in the inside of the neck C below the cork E. The liquid, semi
liquid, or dry powder being filled into the bottle, the cork E is then driven home to
beyond the grooves, and a glass, or other plug F also with grooves, but on the
outside is to be then inserted into the short neck C but to be forced beyond the

page_text: level of the mouth having first been painted with Portland; or other quick setting
cement, as also the inside of the grooves. Thus as soon as the cement sets, the
bottle is sealed and cannot well be opened again without showing signs of being
tampered with.
On the reverse end of the bottle ista bulb of glass G blown when the bottle is
made, or it may be made separate and inserted into the neck of the bottle and held
by cement, as is the case with the stopper at the base of the bottle, the exterior of
the neck of the bulb and the interior of the neck of the bottle being roughened or
grooved, as shown at Figure 2.
To open the bottle and to get out the original contents, this bulb, which has a
groove or undercut at H, has to be cracked off, and thus when once emptied, the
bottle shows by the fracture, and as the contents cannot be guaranteed thereafter
the same as the original contents, it is claimed that this bottle will prevent frauds
on the public and the manufacturer of liquids, semi-liquids, or dry solids.
A cork may or not be inserted in the mouth or bulb end to prevent any broken
glass going into the bottle, or its contents.
According to Figure 3, which is a similar arrangement to that described with
reference to Figure 1, applied to the neck or mouth of the bottle which is provided
with a grooved portion for containing an exteriorly grooved, or roughened glass,.or
other plug F, which when inserted, after a cork has been pushed in to below the
grooves of the neck, can be permanently fixed in position by a Portland, or other
quick setting cement. The head or enlarged portion of the neck is undercut or
grooved, as at H, so as to make it easy to break off the head or bulb end, the cork
being inserted so that a portion is below the groove, and the other portion above,
thus forming a temporary stopper when the neck is broken off at the undercut or
breaking line H. This breaking line may be cut by a diamond, file, or other glass
cutting tool, thus ensuring a clean break of the glass, or the breaking undercut H
may be dispensed with, and the breaking line formed by the glass cutting tools
alone.
By the use of my invention, the corks required are shorter than those ordinarily
used, consequently a large saving in cost of such is effected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. The improvements connected with' bottles and similar vessels for the prevention
of fraud, as described and substantially as shown in the annexed drawings.
2. The improvements in bottles and similar vessels by constructing the filling
orifice, whether at base or neck,. with a plain portion for the reception of a cork,
and a roughened, or grooved portion, into which a roughened or grooved plug can
be cemented, as and for the purposes described and substantially as shown on the
aunexed drawings.
The 5th day of The 1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said. Richard Robert Hunt.