Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1893-Accepted; 11th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, ALEXANDER LEVI STRAUS of 1615 Madison Avenue, in the City of
Baltimore, State of Maryland, United States of America, Brewer, 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:-
My invention relates to bottles and more especially to that class of bottles which
are adapted to be closed by caps which fit upon and around the head of the bottle
without entering the neck."
This
In many branches of trade material put up in bottles is sold independently of the
bottle, the latter being at all times the property of the bottler. A source of great
expense and annoyance to brewers and others arises from the loss of bottles which
have been distributed to dealers to be returned when the contents are sold.
loss arises mainly from the appropriation of bottles to other purposes by the retail
dealers and consumers, such bottles usually being readily convertible to domestic
uses, such as putting up ketchup, pickles, etc. When the bottles are used for
such purposes it is customary to close them with corks or other stoppers of circular
section.
The object of my invention is to provide bottles of such shape that they cannot
be closed by ordinary circular stoppers of cork or other material, thus preventing
the loss of bottles by rendering them useless to persons not supplied with proper
capping machinery. I accomplish this object by making the sectional outline of
the throat or interior of the neck of the bottles irregular or other than circular in
outline so that it will be impossible to close the bottle with an ordinary cork or
stopper although the bottle may be used over and over again by the proper owner
who is provided with the necessary mechanism for applying the caps or outside
seals.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows a side view of the upper part of a bottle made according to my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the head of such a bottle with a sealing
device applied thereto.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the head of the bottle shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are views similar to Fig. 3 showing different forms of
throat sections, and
Fig. 9 shows a cylindrical throat formed with inward projections.
In the drawing A represents the neck of a bottle, and a an annular lip which
surrounds the mouth of the bottle. B is a cap of any suitable material which as
shown is provided with a depending flange b adapted to be pressed into an annular
groove a¹ beneath the lip to retain it firmly upon the bottle.
To accomplish the object of my invention I form the throat or inside surface of the
neck of the bottle near the mouth with either projections or depressions, thus departing
from the usual cylindrical throat. I preferably form the throat with one or more
angular grooves running longitudinally inward from the mouth and which it would
be impossible to close completely with an ordinary cork or stopper. As shown in
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the inner surface of the neck is fluted, having rounded inwardly
projecting shoulders c and angular grooves extending from the mouth some
distance inward. In Figures 4 to 8 inclusive other forms of throats are shown, and
such forms might be multiplied to any extent without departing from the spirit of
my invention, the main feature of which is to prevent the closing of bottles of the
class described by the ordinary means such as corks or stoppers of rubber or other

page_text: material which are adapted to close bottle of the usual construction. Instead of
longitudinal grooves and ridges I may use one or more isolated projections upon
the surface of the throat, which may be otherwise cylindrical if desired, as shown
in Fig. 9.
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I am aware that the necks of bottles have been formed with internal projections
and depressions for the purpose of retaining corks: or stoppers, and also to prevent
corks from being pushed into the body of the bottle. But my invention is to a
certain extent for an opposite purpose, that is, it is to prevent bottles from being
closed by ordinary corks or stoppers; and it applies only to "seal bottles"
bottles which are closed by pressing upon them an outside cap or seal.
or
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 having the interior of its neck near the mouth other than circular
in sectional outline, and its head constructed to receive and retain a cap or seal,
substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. A bottle having one or more projections or depressious in its throat near the
mouth and its head constructed to receive and retain a cap or seal, substantially as
described and for the purpose set forth.
3. A bottle having a lip and an annular groove on its head to receive and retain
a cap and projections or depressions in its throat near the mouth, substantially as
described and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 7th day of February 1893.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent.