Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1900
Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
I, JEAN BAPTISTE TAUVERON, of 435, West 24th Street, New York, United
States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows;-
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This invention relates to a safety bottle, for the protection of manufacturers
and consumers against the form of fraud which consists in filling with inferior
products empty bottles which have contained liquids of known brands which
are in demand.
The object which I have sought is to produce a bottle which shall be practical
in every respect whilst presenting the following advantages;
That of being absolutely efficacious for the purpose in view, that is to say
that no liquid, even under pressure, can be introduced into the bottle after it
has once been sealed with its mechanism.
The mechanism should be simple, and adapted to be readily and rapidly
applied; it should not change the form of the bottle to any great extent; it
should be protected from attack by means of any instrument capable of neutral-
ising its effect, and finally it should be attached to the bottle in such a manner
that it cannot be removed from this latter without breaking it.
In order to obtain the advantages above enumerated, the mechanism is com-
posed of a very small number of parts which do not necessitate any assemblage
before being placed in position, this operation being effected at the time of
sealing, almost as rapidly as is the case with sealing in the ordinary manner.
The arrangement which I have adopted affords an orifice which is sufficiently
large to permit of the admission of air as the liquid is poured out, thereby
enabling a continuous flow to be obtained without its being necessary to agitate
the bottle.
In order to obtain these results, and so that the invention may be applied
to bottles of all kinds without sensibly altering the form of the neck, I have
adopted the arrangements which I will now describe.
In applying my invention to a very common form of bottle neck, the reduced
portion which exists at the commencement of the neck serves as a seat for a
spherical floating valve. Immediately above this reduced portion start four or
more grooves projecting internally and serving to maintain the valve constantly
in line with its seat. In order to maintain the valve upon its seat and enable
the introduction of the liquid, I employ a second and heavy sphere, preferably
of glass, which maintains the valve closed until the bottle is inclined to an
angle of 300 below the horizontal.
In this position, and until the bottle is completely inverted with its neck
underneath, the heavy sphere ceases to exert pressure upon the valve; as, how-
ever this latter is a floating valve, it closes the passage, itself if any attempt is
made to introduce liquid into the bottle, and this action is so much the more
energetic in proportion as the pressure is greater.
In proximity to the orifice at the neck of the bottle is provided an internal
annular groove for the reception of the cement, as is hereinafter explained, and
beneath this groove is formed a shoulder which serves to retain the glass
stopper.

page_text: The glass stopper presents the following characteristic features.
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The head or top of the stopper is provided with an annular groove corre-
sponding with the groove formed in the bottle and of the same width as this
latter. The lateral apertures for the passage of the liquid are inclined and
separated by chevroned or zig-zag edges forming between them small passages
which do not permit of the introduction of any instrument capable of neutralis-
ing the action of the valve.
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In order to stopper the bottle, the glass stopper, which is first of all provided
with a cork is surrounded with a layer of plastic cement, then below the cement
is slid a washer of cork or other suitable material. After having introduced
the valve and the sphere, the stopper thus, prepared, is introduced into the
bottle, the cement presses against the shoulder which forces the surplus cement
upwards, thus filling the cavity formed by the grooves and also any other
vacant spaces, escaping through the notches formed upon the periphery of the
lower edge of the groove. The cement thus forms a compact ring offering suffi-
cient resistance to defy all attempts at extracting the stopper.
The pressure sphere, in descending along the wall of the chamber reserved
between the stopper and the valve, releases this latter, which, acted upon. by
the liquid, will become displaced by one half a diameter, leaving the spaces
free for the escape of the liquid.
I will now describe other modifications of the device which whilst based upon
the same principle, the arrangements are slightly different in order to enable
the safety mechanism to be employed with bottles having necks of a known
form which it is desired to retain.
In these arrangements I employ a glass cage or valve holder independent
of the bottle, and which is provided with a seat for the valve and with four
or more projections to serve as guides for the valve. In the base of the glass
stopper is formed a chamber having inclined walls for the reception of the
sphere whilst the bottle is being held neck downwards.
In one form the neck is straight as in the case of the ordinary litre bottle,
in this case the valve holder rests upon a shoulder formed in the bottle at a
suitable height.
In another form where the straight portion of the neck is shorter than the
valve holder, or in any other case where the form of the neck does not lend
itself to the arrangement which has been described, the valve holder is pro-
vided at its upper portion with a flange which rests upon a shoulder formed
in the bottle below the groove. The stopper is the same as that above described,
but the head terminates in this flange which completely covers the bottle.
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Stoppering is effected in the same manner as that already described by the
introduction of the valve holder, of the valve, of the sphere and finally of the
glass stopper.
The forms of the collars may be varied to any extent.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
I, JEAN BAPTISTE TAUVERON, Gentleman, formerly of 435, West 24th Street,
New York, and now of Bath Beach, Borough of Brooklyn, in the County of
Kings and State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare

page_text: 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;
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This invention relates to improvements in bottles of the non-refillable class
and it has for its object to provide a bottle of this class that shall be compara-
tively cheap to manufacture and so arranged that refilling will be practically
impossible. thus preventing fraudulent use of the bottle.
I will describe a bottle embodying my invention, and then point out the
novel features in the appended claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of
this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing a bottle embodying my invention;
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a side view of a mouth piece employed;
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation showing a modification;
Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5:
Figure 7 is a side view of a mouth piece used in this modification; and
Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.
Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings, 1 designates the neck portion of a
bottle, the lower portion of which has; an interior annular shoulder 2 forming
a seat for the float valve 3. Above the valve seat, portions of the neck are
pressed inward to form guide ribs 4 for the valve, the spaces between these
ribs serving as ports for the passage of liquid when the bottle is tilted and. the
valve moved slightly out of its seat. Arranged in the neck of the bottle.and
serving as a weight to keep the valve normally in its seat, is a ball 5 of glass
or other suitable material.
Arranged in the upper portion of the bottle neck is a mouth piece 6 of suit-
able material, such for instance as glass. The upper portion of, this mouth
piece is tubular and the lower end is in the form of a block 7. Between the
block and the tubular portion of the mouth piece longitudinally inclined
ports S are formed. The lower ends of these ports 8 register with channels 9
on the periphery of the block 7; these channels being inclined reversely to
the incline of the ports. By this construction it will be rendered impossible
to insert a wire or similar instrument to engage with the valve to raise it from
its seat.
The upper portion of the mouth piece 6 is provided at its outer side with an
annular channel 10 designed to register with an annular channel 11 formed in
the interior of the bottle neck and below the channel 10 of the mouth piece
an annular shoulder 12 is formed. The flange connecting the shoulder 12 with
the channel 10 is provided with a series of openings or notches 13 through
which cement may pass.
In use, after filling the bottle, the valve and weight are to be placed in the
neck thereof, then after placing a cement in a semi-liquid or soft state around
the upper portion of the mouth piece and then a washer 14 of cork or similar
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material, the mouth piece is to be forced into the bottle neck.
forcing the mouth piece into the bottle neck, the cement will be forced upward
through the notches 18, filling the channels 10 and 11 and also filling the
space between the shoulder 12 and the washer 14, while said washer is resting
on an annular shoulder 15 formed in the bottle neck. Surplus cement passing
upward above the end of the bottle neck may be scraped off, and when the
cement becomes hardened the mouth piece cannot be removed.
To discharge liquid from the bottle, it is to be tilted so that the weight 5
will roll against the lower end of the block 7, permitting the valve 3 to escape
from its seat: the liquid will then pass through the ports between the ribs 4
through the channels 9, ports 8 and the tubular portion of the mouth piece.

page_text: Before or after placing the mouth piece in the bottle neck, a cork
placed in the mouth piece, as indicated in Figure 1.
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In Figure 5 I have shown the improvement as adapted to a bottle having
a straight or ordinary neck 16. In this device I employ a valve casing 17
having an opening through its bottom, and a valve seat 18 for the float valve 3,
which is engaged by the weight 5 as before described. Above the valve seat
the casing is provided with guide ribs 18* serving the purpose of the ribs 4
as before described. At its upper end the valve casing has an outwardly
extended flange 19 which engages above an interior annular shoulder 20 formed
in the bottle neck. The mouth piece 6 has the ports 8 and the channels 9
arranged in a similar manner to the example first described, but in this instance,
the lower end or block 21 is made in the form of an inverted cup to receive
the weight 5, as plainly shown in the drawings. The mouth piece 6 is pro-
vided with the annular channel 10 registering with the channel 12 in the
bottle neck to receive cement, and the operation of inserting this modification
of the device is the same as first described.
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;
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1. A device for preventing the refilling of bottles, consisting of a bottle neck
having a valve seat and guide ribs for the valve, a ball for keeping the valve
on its seat, and a mouth piece secured to the bottle neck and having at its
inner end a block with inclined peripheral channels registering with oppositely
inclined upper ports located between said block and the tubular upper portion
of the mouth piece, the latter having on its outside an annular cement channel
registering with a like channel in the interior of the bottle neck, substantially
as shown in Figures 1 to 4 and described with reference thereto.
2. The modification of the device claimed under head 1, according to which
there is employed a valve casing with an open bottom, a valve seat for the float
valve, and an outwardly extending flange at its upper end, the mouth piece
having a lower end of a cup shape to receive the weight which rests on the
valve, substantially as shown in Figures 5 to 8 and described with reference
thereto.
Dated this 15th love of L 1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.