Improvements in or relating to Bottles to prevent them being refilled
Year: 1897

page_text: Comalata Cannit
Date of Application, 3rd May, 1897
1000
.
100a
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles to prevent them being refilled
I, JOHN JAMES MCCOмISH, Electrician, of 251 West 38th Street, in the City
and County of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of safety bottles which are designed to pre-
vent the unauthorized reuse and refilling of the bottle, and has for its object to
provide a simple and improved safety bottle of this character which will possess
advantages in point of inexpensiveness, extreme simplicity, convenience, safety,
ease of operation, and general efficiency.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a bottle of any ordinary or suitable
construction. To the bottle I attach one end of a rod composed of glass or other.
fragile material. The connection between the rod and the bottle may be formed
by simply welding the end of the rod to the neck or body of the bottle, or said end
may be wound spirally around the neck of the bottle or any other suitable means
of fastening may be employed. The free end of the rod is preferably curved out-
wardly from the neck so that it will not interfere with the filling of the bottle and
it has preferably an annular groove or depression formed therein below the upper
surface of the bottle neck. The rod may also have a head secured to the outer or
free end thereof adapted for engagement with a cork or stopper when the bottle
is closed.
The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. In
practice, the bottle is first filled and a cork or stopper of any suitable form.or
material is inserted in the mouth. The free upper portion of the rod is then heated
by means of a blow pipe or other suitable apparatus and bent over so that the outer
end bears upon the top of the stopper, when the safety rod is permitted to become
set in this position. To allow withdrawal of the cork or stopper for the purpose
of removing the contents of the bottle, it is simply necessary to break or destroy
the fragile safety rod, which operation may be effected by a slight blow upon the
reduced portion thereof. The glass safety rod is preferably marked in colors
throughout its substance, or otherwise formed with characteristic or distinguishing
features, so that after it is broken, to permit of emptying the bottle, the repair of
the broken part will be prevented because of the difficulty in matching the design
forming part of the rod. The safety rod may be bent into curved shape at its
upper end before it is attached to the bottle if desirable. In this case the bottle.
is filled and corked before the rod is attached thereto.
Dated this Third day of May 1897.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Bottles to prevent them being refilled.
I, JOHN JAMES MCCOMISII, Electrician, of 251 West 38th Street, New York, in
the County and State of New York, United States of America, 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 that class of safety bottles which are designed to pre-
vent the unauthorized reuse and refilling of the bottle, and has for its object to
provide a simple and improved safety bottlo of this character which will possess
advantages in point of inexpensiveness, extreme simplicity, convenience, safety,
ease of operation, and general efficiency.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bottle, embodying my improvements, the
safety attachment being shown in its initial position.
Figure 2 is a corresponding view, showing the safety attachment in applied
position.
Figure 3 is a corresponding view illustrating a modification.
Figure 4 is a vertical sectional elevation, illustrating a further modification; and
Figure 5 is a sectional plan view, taken on a lino xx of Fig. 4.
Referring to the drawings, A designates a bottle, which may be of any ordinary
or suitable construction.
B designates a rod, which comprises my improved safety attachment and is
formed of glass or other fragile material. The top end of the said rod may carry
a disc or ball b, but it is obvious that said disc may be omitted if desirable. The
lower end, 6', of said rod is preferably permanently connected to the neck portion, a,
of the bottle, as illustrated by Figures 1, 2, 3 of the drawings. This connection
may be formed by simply welding the end of the rod to the neck, as shown in
Figures 1 and 2, or the bottom end of the rod may be wound spirally around the
neck of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be attached as shown by Figures
4 and 5 of the drawings, as will be hereinafter described. Above the secured lower
end 6, the top portion of the rod which carries the disc or ball, b, is free and the
connection between the free portion and the secured lower end is preferably formed
by an outward bend or curve, as shown at c, at which point the diameter of the rod
is preferably reduced as shown.
In the construction illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the lower end b¹
of the rod B has a series of eccentric projections 63 formed thereon, which engage
a groove A in the body of the bottle A, the width of the groove A¹ being con-
tracted at its face to prevent lateral displacement of the rod B, after it is inserted,
which operation is performed in a vertical direction. In this construction, the
rod B is normally curved into operative shape and the bottle is filled and corked
before said rod is attached; then the groove A¹ is filled with a suitable cement C,
which is inserted in a plastic condition, but which must be of a nature to harden
and form practically an integral part of the bottle; so that it cannot be displaced
without destroying the bottle.
The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. In
practice, the bottle is first filled and a cork or stopper, D, of any suitable form
or material is inserted in the mouth. The free top portion of the rod B is then
heated by means of a blow pipe or any other suitable means, and bent over so that
its free or upper end bears upon the top of the stopper D, when the safety rod is
permitted to become set in this position. To enable the withdrawal of the cork
or stopper and the use of the contents of the bottle, it will be necessary to break
the fragile safety rod, which operation may be effected by a slight blow upon the

page_text: reduced portion c or upon any part of the free end thereof when the rod is formed
without such reduced portion, as shown by Fig. 4 of the drawings.
The glass safety rod B may be marked in colors, B¹, throughout its substance,
or otherwise formed with characteristic or distinguishing features, so that after it
is broken, to permit the use of the contents of the bottle, the repair of the broken
part or welding of a new top portion of the rod by unauthorized parties cannot be
performed without detection.
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:
1. In a non-refillable bottle, a fragile rod having one end permanently secured
to the bottle, and provided with a free projecting portion adapted to bear upon the
cork or stopper of the bottle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In an improved safety bottle, a fragile rod adapted to be attached at one end
of the bottle and embodying a free projecting portion adapted to be bent over into
contact with the cork or stopper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an improved safety bottle, a fragile rod having one end permanently
secured to the bottle and embodying a free projecting portion adapted to be bent
over into contact with the cork or stopper, the said rod having a reduced portion
between its secured end and the bent over portion, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
4. In an improved safety bottle, a fragile rod having its lower end secured to
the bottle and embodying a free projecting portion connected with the secured
end by an outward bend or curve of reduced diameter, the projecting portion of
said rod carrying a disc or ball at the free end adapted to bear upon the cork or
stopper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5. As an improved safety device for a bottle, a fragile rod adapted to be attached
to a bottle having its lower end secured to the bottle and embodying a free-pro-
jecting end with a head thereon, said rod embodying a distinctive design, whereby
the said rod cannot be broken without destroying the integrity thereof, substan-
tially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. In a safety device for bottles, a sealing rod of glass or other suitable material,
one end bent down over the cork or stopper, and the other end adapted to enter a
groove or recess in the neck or body of the bottle, the said rod being provided with
buttons or thickened portions at intervals along its length in the manner and for
the purpose herein described.
7. In a safety bottle, the combination, with a bottle, of a groove or recess formed
therein and a sealing rod having one end bent down over the cork or stopper, and
the other end inserted in said groove or recess and fixed therein by means of
cement, in the manner and for the purpose herein described.
S. In a safety bottle, the combination of a vertical groove depressed into the
bottle; with a fragile rod engaging said groove and retained therein by means of
projections formed on the rod and a filling of cement, the said rod being bent at
its upper end to engage the top of the bottle cork, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Doted thin 1
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.