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

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels.
I, NAPOLÉON GUILLAUME PIERRE FORTIN, residing at Temple Street, West
Medway, in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, United States of
America, Boot Maker, 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 device of this class with means for sealing the
same which is so constructed that when the vessel has been filled and sealed it
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 the separato parts of my improvement
are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in
which-
Fig. 1, is a central, vertical section of the upper part of a bottle provided with
my improvement:
Fig. 2, a transverse section of the neck of the bottle on the line 2, 2, of Fig.
and,
Fig. 3, a plan view of a detail of the construction.
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In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at 5, a bottle
which is provided with a neck 6, and in the inner walls of which and near the
bottom thereof, are formed inwardly directed lugs or projections 7, and formed
near the top of the neck in the inner walls thereof, is a triangular cavity or recess 8,
the base or larger portion of which is directed upwardly.
The means which I employ for sealing the bottle or vessel consists of a disk or
plate 9, which may be composed of any desired material, and which is provided at
its opposite sides with notches or recesses 10, into which the lugs or projections 7,
are adapted to enter, and formed in one side thereof, is a port or passage 11, which
extends therethrough.
I also provide a revoluble cylindrical plug 12, which is composed of glass or any
suitable material and which is provided with an irregular passage 13, which
extends therethrough from one end to the other, and above this plug 12, is placed
a supplemental disk or plate 14, which may also be composed of any desired
material, and the upper side of which is provided centrally with an upwardly
directed shoulder or projection 15, which is angular in cross section, and formed
centrally in said disk or plate 14, and through the shoulder or projection 15, is a
bore 16, and said disk or plate is also provided near one side thereof, with a port
or passage 17.
I also employ a supplemental plug 18, which is adapted to closely fit the upper
end of the neck of the bottle and which is provided in the bottom thereof, with a
cavity or recess 19, which corresponds with the shoulder or projection 15, on the
disk or plate 14, and in one side of said plug 18, is placed a spring 20, which is
adapted to expand into the cavity or recess 8, in the neck of the bottle when said
plug is forced thereinto, and formed in the opposite side of the plug 18, is a port or
massage 21.

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When the bottle or vessel has been filled, the disk or plate 9, is forced into
position and closely fits into the neck of the bottle and seals the same.
revoluble plug-12, is then inserted after which the supplemental disk or plate 14,
is forced into position, and the position of the disks or plates 9, and 14, is such that
the ports or passages 11, and 17, formed therein, will come in the same vertical
line, and the port or passage 21, in the plug 18, will be in line with the port or
passage 17, in the disk or plate 14.
I also provide a key, which consists of a rod 22, which is provided at its upper end
with a handle or head 23, and which is passed through the central bore formed
in the plug 18, and centrally through the disk or plate 14, and screwed into the 1
plug 12, or secured therein, in any desired manner, and whenever it is desired to
empty the bottle or vessel or discharge a portion of its contents, the key is turned
so as to adjust the plug 12, as shown in Fig. 1, in order that the ports or passages
in the disk or plate 9, the plug 12, the disk or plate 14, and the plug 18, will
register and when this has been done, the contents of the bottle may be discharged 1
through said ports or passages.
It will be understood that the adjustment of the plugs 12, can only be made by
one acquainted with the construction of the bottle, and it will be understood that
the bottle cannot be filled after having been once emptied or partially emptied
for the reason that the water or other liquids cannot be poured through the ports:
or passages formed in the disk or plate 9, the plug 12, the disk or plate 14, and the
plug 18, as said ports or passages are quite small and the air will be confined
within the bottle and could not pass out at the same time that the liquids were
passing in through said ports or passages.
When the supplemental disk or plate 14, and the supplemental plug 18, are
secured in the neck of the bottle and connected as described, it will be apparent
that neither of them can be turned therein, while the plug 12, may be turned by
manipulating the key as described.
My improvement is simple in construction and oporation, and is preferably
adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent
that changes in, and modifications of the construction herein described may be
made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its
advantages.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manuer the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, and means for sealing or closing
the same, consisting of a disk or plate as 9, which is provided at one side with a
port or passage, a revoluble plug which is adapted to be inserted into the neck
above said disk or plate, a supplemental disk or plate which is adapted to be forced
into the neck above said plug, said plug and said disk or plate being provided with
ports or passages which are adapted to register and the port or passage in the plug
being adapted to register with the port or passage in the disk or plate 9, and a
supplemental plug which is adapted to be secured into the neck of the bottle above
said supplemental disk or plate, and which is provided with a port or passage which
is adapted to register with the port or passage in said disk or plate, substantially
as shown and described.
2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck and means for sealing or
closing the same, consisting of a disk or plate us 9, which is provided at one side
with a port or passage, a revoluble plug which is adapted to be inserted into the
neck above said disk or plate, a supplemental disk or plate which is adapted to bo
forced into the neck above said plug, said plug and said disk or plate being
provided with ports or passages which are adapted to register, and the port or
passage in the plug being adapted to register with the port or passage in the disk
or plate 9, and a supplemental plug which is adapted to be secured into the neck
of the bottle above said supplemental disk or plate, and which is provided with a

page_text: port or passage which is adapted to register with the port or passage in said disk
or plate, said supplemental plug and said supplemental disk or plate being
adapted to be secured together so neither can turn in the neck, substantially as
shown and described.
3. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, and means for sealing or
closing the same, consisting of a disk or plate as 9, which is provided at one side
with a port or passage, a revoluble plug which is adapted to be inserted into the
neck above said disk or plate; a supplemental disk or plate which is adapted to be
forced into the neck above said plug, said plug and said disk or plate being
provided with ports or passages which are adapted to register, and the port or
passage in the plug being adapted to register with the port or passage in the disk
or plate 9, and a supplemental plug which is adapted to be secured into the neck
of the bottle above said supplemental disk or plate and which is provided with a
port or passage which is adapted to register with the port or passage in said disk
or plate, said supplemental plug and said supplemental disk or plate being
adapted to be secured together so that neither can turn in the ueck, and a key for
turning the revoluble plug which is passed through the supplemental plug and
supplemental plate, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 31st day of May 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE.
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE.
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.