Improvements in Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
I, FRANK PIERCE DERR, of 114 North Charles Street, Baltimore, in the
County of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, United States of America,
Gentleman, 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 certain new and useful improvements in bottles, and it
has for its object the provision of a bottle of this character which having been once
used cannot again be filled, it being necessary to destroy the neck of the bottle in
order to remove its contents.
To this end aud to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in
peculiarities of construction of the bottle, all as more fully hereinafter described,
shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended
claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with
the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in
which drawings:
Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a bottle embodying my invention,
the bottle being shown as empty and in position for filling.
Fig. 2 is a like view in which the bottle is shown as filled and the cork or stopper
drawn into place.
Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter A designates
the bottle proper which may be of any preferred size or shape being provided with
the usual neck portion B, which however differs from the ordinary bottle neck in
that instead of having the usual opening through which the contents of the bottle
is discharged the upper end of the said neck is of solid glass, as shown at C.
Extending upward from the bottom of the bottle is an open tube D, the open
lower end of which is preferably flaring or funnel shaped as shown, the object of
which being to facilitate in filling the bottle, as will presently appear.
This filling tube D extends upward through the interior of the bottle, to a point
within or adjacent to the neck of the bottle, and its upper end is enlarged or funnel
shaped as shown being provided at its extreme end with an inwardly-extending
bead or flange E.
F is a stopper or cork of rubber or other suitable material. This stopper is of
a size and shape corresponding with the funnel shape of the upper end of the filling
tube, and at a point adjacent to its upper or larger end the stopper is provided with
an outwardly-extending annular bead G, while at its lower or smaller end it has
attached thereto a cord H said cord being passed downward through the filling
tube and having its opposite end provided with a suitable loop or other convenient
handle H.
The operation of the device will from the foregoing description, in connection
with the accompanying drawings be at once apparent.
When it is proposed to fill the bottle, it is first necessary to invert the bottle, as
shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, when the liquid is poured into the funnel shaped
end of the filling tube D. When the bottle has been filled the cork is seated in the
upper end of the filling tube by pulling upon the cord H. It will be seen that
when the cork is pulled into the filling tube entrance the bead or lug G upon the

page_text: cork will engage with the under side of the inner flange E of the tube, and the cork
will thus be locked against accidental displacement, and it will also be seen that it
will be impossible to remove the cork from its seat by any means whatever, while
the bottle is unbroken.
To remove the contents of the bottle it is simply required that the neck of the
bottle be broken off when access is had to the contents. To facilitate the breaking
of the bottle neck at the proper point an annular groove J in the outer face of the
bottle neck is provided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A. bottle of the character described having an inclosed filling tube open at its
ends and extending from the bottom of the bottle to a point within the neck of the
same, substantially as described.
2. A bottle having an imperforate neck and having a filling tube extending from
the bottom of the bottle to a point within the neck of the same, and means for
closing the upper end of the filling tube, substantially as described.
3. A bottle having an imperforate neck, a tube leading from the bottom of the
bottle into the interior of the same, said tube having open and flaring or funnel
shaped ends, the end of the tube within the bottle being provided with an inwardly-
extending annular flange or bead, a stopper or cork within the bottle, said cork
being provided with a bead or lug to engage the flange in the tube, and a cord or
its equivalent attached to the cork and passed through the tube, substantially as
described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 27th day of October 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.