Improvements in and relating to Means for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 10th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Means for Preventing the Refilling
of Bottles.
I, FREDERICK LUDWIG SIEGEL, residing at No. 186 Peach-tree Street in the
City of Atlanta, County of Fulton, State of Georgia, United States of America,
Inventor, 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 contemplates certain new and useful improvements in bottle-
stoppers, having reference to that class designed to prevent the re-use or refilling
of a bottle after once emptied of its original contents, and to prohibit the dilution
of the contents of the bottle by the surreptitious introduction of another or
different liquid.
It
The invention relates, primarily, to the casing enclosing the valve, the same
being firmly secured in the bottle-neck by simple and inexpensive means.
has a central bulged portion and reduced ends whereon are cork-rings by which
the casing is held in place. A solid ball in the bottle insures the unseating
of the valve, and a hood over the end of the casing protects the valve from
surreptitious control.
In the accompanying drawing :-
Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle, provided with my
improved stopper. Figure 2 is a similar view with the bottle inverted. Figure
is likewise a sectional view, showing the valve and float lowered into their guide
or receptacle. Figures 4 and 5 show a slight modification.
Referring to the drawing, A is the bottle, in the neck a of which are apper and
lower shoulders a¹.
B is a casing within the neck. It is composed of two bulged or cylindrical
sections b, b', having reduced end-portions 62, 63, on which are cork-rings C.
These rings abut against shoulders a¹, holding the casing firmly in position.
As shown in Fig. 4 the bulged portion of the casing B fits snug against the wall
of the neck and serves to strengthen the latter.
The end-portion 63 at its lower flanged end forms a valve-seat d. The casing is
provided with upper and lower ribs having shoulders d².
D is the valve, preferably hollow so that it will float on the liquid, and even
when the bottle is inverted as shown in Fig. 2 will remain in close juxtaposition
to its seat d.
A correspondingly-shaped solid ball E acts as a weight to hold the valve firm
against its seat.
F is a guide or receptacle for the weight when the bottle is tilted and forming
also a receptacle and stop for the valve when the bottle is emptied. It consists
of an open-ended cylinder f held fast concentrically within casing B by shouldered
ribs d', the closed end f¹ facing the outer end of the bottle neck, while the open
end is in line with end-portion b. When the bottle is inverted the liquid displaces
the float-valve and passes in the annular space around guide F and out through
the casing. In the event of attempting to refill the bottle the float-valve will
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page_text: rise and bear against its seat, preventing inflow to the bottle, either under pressure
or suction. Over the outer end of casing B is a disk G, held by lugs g, the same
forming a hood which prevents the parts being controlled by a wire.
E is a solid glass ball placed in the bottle before the stopper is positioned in
neck, the same serving to unseat the hollow-valve, should the latter be held
against its seat by a vacuum, as oftens occurs.
In Figures 4 and 5, I have shown a slight modification. The casing is divided
into two parts united by a screw-thread h, and a cross-plate limits the movement
of the ball valve 2, the liquid being free to flow out around the plate when the
bottle is tilted, and the valve unseated.
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-stopper comprising a casing formed in two parts, each part having
a cylindrical portion and a bulged portion formed therewith, rings on said
cylindrical portions, a ball-valve in said lower cylindrical portion, and a stop
for limiting the movement thereof, as set forth.
2. A bottle having a stopper in its neck, said stopper comprising a casing, a
valve in said casing, and a solid ball in said bottle designed to unseat said valve,
as set forth.
3: A bottle having a valve in its neck, a cylindrical casing in said neck having
a seat for said valve, and a receptacle located within and concentric to said casing,
said receptacle having a bore of uniform diameter open at one end in line with
said valve-seat, substantially as set forth.
4. A bottle having a valve in its neck, a casing located in said neck having a
contracted portion forming a valve-seat and interior shouldered ribs, a receptacle
within said casing held by said ribs, said receptacle having an open end in line
with said valve-seat, and a weight for said valve, said receptacle being designed
to receive guide and stop the said valve and weight, substantially as set forth.
5. A bottle having a hollow spherical valve in its neck, a casing for said valve
having a central cylindrical portion and reduced ends, one of which is flanged to
form a seat for said valve, a weight designed to hold said valve against its seat,
and a hollow cylindrical receptacle open at one end in line with said valve-seat,
said receptacle being concentrically located within said casing and designed to
receive said weight and valve, as set forth, an annular space between said receptacle
and casing forming a passage-way for the liquid when the bottle is inverted, as
stated.
6. The herein-described improved bottle having its neck provided with interior
shoulders, a two-part casing in said neck having reduced end-portions and interior
shouldered ribs, one of said end-portions forming a valve-seat, rings surrounding
said end-portions and engaging said shoulders, an inverted open-ended receptacle
held in said casing by said shouldered ribs, a hollow spherical float valve, and a
spherical weight therefor, said receptacle being in line with said valve-seat and
designed to receive said weight and valve, substantially as set forth.
7. A bottle-stopper comprising a casing having contracted end-portions, a valve
and a weight in said casing, rings on said contracted portions, and a hood extending
ever the exposed end of said casing and protecting the valve and weight from
surreptitious control, as set forth.
Doted this 97th dor of Annil 1907
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents..