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

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct.. 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
I, FERDINAND COIRIN of Putnam and River Streets, in the City of Paterson,
County of Passaic and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a bottle with such means, that the
opening of the bottle (after being filled and closed by the manufacturer or dealer)
is easily detected, and that said bottle cannot be closed again without showing that
it has once been opened.
The invention consists in the improved bottle and its closing means, and in the
combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be
hereinafter more fully described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. is a front elevation of a bottle provided with my improvement, certain
portions being shown in section and others broken away;
Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective view of the cork used in connection with the
bottle, and
Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a modification.
In said drawings, (Figs. 1 and 2), a represents a bottle of ordinary construction
and provided on its inside and below the neck & with a tube or channel c, integral
with the bottle or secured thereto in any desired manner and provided at its lower
end with an enlargement c¹, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.
In the tube c is inserted and secured in its enlargement c¹ by a knot or ball e¹-
the lower end of a cord or string e preferably made out of asbestos, the upper end
of which is passed through a series of loops n, n', n² formed in and by a wire, which
latter is secured to the cork f in any desired manner.
In the drawings the wire is illustrated as passing through the cork-substantially
horizontally-as at n³-and then twice around the cork-as at n' and no, when the
ends are twisted together as at no.
In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the cord or string e is inserted in the tube c,
which may be straight or bent, and is secured to its lower end by means of a
sealing substance d or in any desired manner. The cord e is extended into and
through the cork f, which for that purpose is provided with a substantial central
and vertical opening g.
The top portion of the cork f is provided with a central recess h, in which
is arranged a metallic cap i, having in its lower end an opening, through which the
cord e is adapted to pass, and which cap is adapted to receive and be filled with a
sealing substance k.
Said sealing substance is preferably of a material similar to the material of
which the cap i is made.
After the bottle has been filled, the cord e (which is secured with its lower end
in the tube c) is passed either through the loops n, n', n² (as in Figs. 1 and 2) or
through the cork into the cap i (Fig. 3).
In both cases, after the cork is inserted into the bottle, the cord e is pulled
tight, and in the latter case is either knotted as at m or merely laid flat into the
cap when the melted sealing substance is poured onto it. In the former case, the
cord is cut off at the top of the cork.

page_text: Should the bottle be opened, or the cork be tampered with, the cord e is bound
to break, and this breakage could not easily be fixed without being detected.
Dated this 12th day of May 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
I, FERDINAND COIRIN, of 75 Putnam Street, in the City of Paterson, County
of Passaic and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Dyer, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a bottle with such means, that the
opening of the bottle (after being filled and closed by the manufacturer or dealer)
is easily detected, and that said bottle cannot be closed again without, showing that
it has once been opened.
The invention consists in the improved bottle and its closing means, and in the
combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will
be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the
claims.
In the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a bottle provided with my improvement, certain
portions being shown in section and others broken away;
Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective view of the cork used in connection with the
bottle, and
Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a modification.
In said drawings, (Fig. 1 and 2), a represents a bottle of ordinary construction
and provided on its inside and below the neck 6 with a tube or channel c, integral
with the bottle or secured thereto in any desired manner and provided at its lower
end with an enlargement c 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.
In the tube c is inserted and secured in its enlargement cl by a knot or ball el-
the lower end of a cord or string e preferably made out of asbestoes, the upper end
of which is passed through a series of loops n, n 1, n 2 formed in and by a wire,
which latter is secured to the cork f in any desired manner.
In the drawings the wire is illustrated as passing through the cork-substantially
horizontally as at n 3-and then twice around the cork-as at n4 and n 5, when
the ends are twisted together as at n 6.
In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the cord or string e is inserted in the tube c,
which may be straight or bent, and is secured to its lower end by means of a
sealing substance d or in any desired manner. The cord e is extended into and
through the cork f, which for that purpose is provided with a substantial central
and vertical opening g
The top portion of the cork is provided with a central recess h, in which is
arranged a metallic cap i, having in its lower end an opening, through which the
cord e is adapted to pass, and which cap is adapted to receive and be filled with a
sealing substance k.
Said sealing substance is preferably of a material similar to the material of
which the cap i is made.
After the bottle has been filled, the cord e (which is secured with its lower end
in the tube c) is passed either through the loops n, n1, n 2 (as in Figs. 1 and 2) or
through the cork into the cap i (Fig. 3).
In both cases, after the cork is inserted into the bottle, the cord e is pulled tight,
and in the latter case is either knotted as at m or merely laid flat into the cap-

page_text: when the melted sealing substance is poured onto it. In the former case, the cord
is cut off at the top of the cork.
Should the bottle be opened, or the cork be tampered with, the cord e is bound
to break, and this breakage could not easily fixed without being detected.
I do not intend to limit myself to the precise construction shown and described,
as various alterations can be made, without changing the scope of my invention.
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. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a string or cord secured with
one end to the inside of said bottle and with its other end to the cork, and means
for permanently securing said cord or string to said cork, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
2. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a tube or channel on the
inside of said bottle, a cord or string permanently secured with one end in said
tube or channel and with its other end to the cork, and means for permanently
securing said cord or string to the cork, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
3. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a tube or channel on the inside
of said bottle, a cord or string in said tube, means for securing the cord to the
tube or channel, and means for securing said cord to the cork, substantially as
described.
4. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a series of wire loops secured
to and depending from said cork, and a cord or string passing through said loops
and secured with one end to the inside of the bottle and with its other end between
the bottle and cork, substantially as described.
5. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a series of wire loops secured
to and depending from said cork, a tube or channel on the inside of said bottle,
and a cord or string passing through said loops and secured with one end in the
said tube and with its other end between the bottle and cork, substantially as
described.
6. The combination with a bottle and its cork, of a wire secured to said cork, a
series of loops depending from said wire, a tube or channel on the inside of said
bottle, and a cord or string passing through said loops and secured with one end
in the tube and with its other end between the cork and bottle, substantially as
described.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.