An Improved Bottle that Cannot be Kenlled.
Year: 1896

page_text: An Improved Bottle that Cannot be Kenlled.
I, ARTHUR. EDWARD BRINDLE of 34 Alfred Place W.C. Horologist do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A bottle that may be filled emptied but not refilled, which in design & operation
is novel & effective, whilst being simple and inexpensive; the latter two qualities.
being necessary to commercial utility.
By an alteration in the form of the neck of a bottle & the use of some com-
pressible material which has the quality of being elastic the operation is completed.
I make the bottle neck at its lowest part not parallel but taper so as to form
a seat for ball or cone valve.
For some part of the neck the tube is elliptical in form, the minor axis of this
ellipoe to be smaller than the ball or cone which is thus prevented from rising
too high so as to stop the flow of liquid; when being emptied. The highest part
of neck of bottle is circular thus allowing ordinary corks to be used. & also
preventing the insertion of any tool to force ball out which would be possible if
the elliptical part of tube was near the top of neck of bottle..
My bottle is filled in the usual way; when full the valve (either spherical or
conical.) of compressible material is pushed' through the neck until it has freedom.
When inverted the valve.rises from its seat & allows the liquid to flow owing
to the elliptical shape of neck of bottle. Any attempt to force liquid into bottle
by filling whilst inverted forces the ball to its seat & closes the entrance to bottle,
because of the ball always being in the centre of tube owing to its elliptical form.
Dated this 29th day of December 1896.
An Improved Bottle that Cannot be Refilled.
1. ARTHUR. EDWARD BRINDLE of 34 Alfred Place. Bedford Square (W.C.)
London. in the county of Middlesex Horologist: 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 peculiarity of my invention is comprised in the application of a valve
to bottles, with the object of allowing the bottles to be filled in the ordinary
manner, to be emptied in the ordinary manner. but not to permit of the bottles
being filled a second time.

page_text: The neck of the bottle is shown in the drawing; the body of the bottle may
be made of any desired form.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the neck of the bottle showing the valve
slightly raised from its seat. The valve may be made of any substance possessing
the property of elasticity such as cork, india-rubber, caoutchouc, and the like.
The valve shown in drawing is composed of cork having through its center a
fluted piece of glass. The glass part of valve is of such a size as to pass freely
through the neck of the bottle: The cork is of larger diameter than neck of the
bottle, so that before the valve can be placed in the extended part of the neck
of the bottle the ring of cork must be compressed in passing through the neck of
the bottle. On reaching the extended part of the neck of the bottle the cork
regains its original size of greater diameter than the neck of the bottle.
The ring of cork should be made taper that it may fit correctly the entrance
to the body of the bottle which forms the seat for the valve.
The oval or elliptical shape of the extensions of the neck of the bottle as shown
in Figure 1 is necessary to allow the liquid in the bottle to pass freely round
the valve when it is forced from its seat by the liquid being poured out of the
bottle.
Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation 'at right angles to Figure 1.
The extensions
of the sides of the neck are here only required to be of such a size as to allow
of a free action or movement in a plane parallel to the neck of the bottle. As
shown in the drawing the extensions of the sides are not required to be so high
or wide as in Figure 2. The height should be less. so that the valve in the
process of pouring liquid out of the bottle is prevented from closing the neck of
the bottle that there may be a free flow round the valve through the side exten-
sions (as shown in Figure 1) into the neck of the bottle.
Figure 3. is a sectional plan through lines A B and C D shown in Figure 1
and Figure 2 respectively. The glass part of valve which is fluted up to the
circular disc in Fig 4 (named F) is here represented with the ring of cork almost
filling the valve-box as shown in Figure 2, and also showing the extensions of
Figure by which the liquid flows outwards.
Figure 4 is a sketch of valve. that part named E being the upper
part of the valve of fluted glass; that part marked F is a circular
disc or ring of glass; that part named G is the taper circle of cork
which is the valve proper; that part named H is a continuation
of and F and is of fluted glass. E, F, H are all of one piece of glass the ring
of cork H being held tightly in its place. because its being forced over H.
E and H are fluted that a more free flow of liquid outwards may be produced.
E and H also act as pivots or guides and make more sure the action of the valve.
The action is simple and will be clearly understood from the following:-
The bottle is first filled in the ordinary way, but before corking, the valve is
first compressed through the neck of the bottle until it reaches the extended
parts of the neck where it has a free movement in a plane parallel to the neck
of the bottle. Therefore any force entering the neck will press the valve to its
seat and close the entrance, to the body of the bottle.
In pouring liquid from the bottle the liquid will press the valve from its seat
and readily flow outwards. past the valve and through the neck.
Any attempt to force liquid into the bottle after the valve has been inserted
will press the valve to its seat with a force proportionate to the force used Any
attempt to insert wires for the purpose of extracting or raising valve would force
the valve to its seat by pressing on the circular disc F.
Having now paricularly 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. A bottle that cannot be re-filled.

page_text: 3. The application of a valve seat and box that will allow the valve a movement
only in a plane parallel to the neck of the bottle in such a manner as to prevent
re-filling but to allow of a free flow of liquid outwards.
4. A valve that cannot be extracted.
Dated this 30th day of September 1897.