Improvements in Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels to Prevent
them being Refilled.
I, JOSEPH SPINNEY L'HOMMEDIEU, residing at Great Neck, in the County of
Queens, Long Island, and State of New York, United States of America,
Draughtsman, 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 bottles, jugs, jars and similar vessels: and the object
thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which having been once filled, may be
emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or re-used; and with this and other
objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and
arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1, is a central section of the upper part of a bottle and the neck thereof
provided with my improvement.
Fig. 2, a section of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of construction; and
Fig. 4, a section of the neck of the bottle on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, the interior
construction of the neck being shown in full lines.
In the drawing forming a part of this specification I have shown my improvement
applied to a bottle, and in the practice of my invention I provide a bottle or other
vessel A, having a neck B, which is preferably enlarged at the middle thereof, as
shown at C, so as to form an enlarged central chamber D, at the bottom of which
is a short tube E, which extends upwardly into said chamber, and the bottom of
which is contracted to form a valve seat F, and a ball valve G, is adapted to be
seated on said valve seat, and to close the port or opening g, at the lower end of
the neck of the bottle. Above the enlargement C, of the neck the latter is
again contracted so as to form a tubular extension H, and formed within the
enlargement C, or the chamber D, are vertical side ribs K, which extend from the
upper end of the tube E, upwardly as shown to the base of the upper tubular
portion H, and said ribs K, and the tube E, are adapted to serve as a cage for the
valve G.
The valve G, is designed to be placed in position after the bottle has been filled,
and any desired means for this purpose may be provided; and if necessary, the
neck of the bottle may be formed in separate parts or sections, and the separate
parts or sections united after the bottle has been filled and the valve G, placed in
position, by means of transparent cement commonly used for such purposes.
It will be seen that the upper ends of the ribs K, are inwardly contracted, and
that the tubular extension H of the neck is smaller than the valve, and the
operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when taken
in connection with the accompanying drawings. The bottle or vessel A, is first
filled with the desired contents, after which the valve is placed in position, and the
nozzle comprising the upper extension H, may then he closed by the cork or
stopper in the usual manner.
When it is desired to empty the bottle or discharge a portion of its contents, it is
only necessary to remove said cork or stopper and invert or tilt the bottle, when
the valve G, will leave its seat under the action of gravity and the pressure of the

page_text: liquids within the bottle, and the latter will flow. put and around said valve, and
out at the nozzle H, the ribs K, serving to form side passages around the valve;
and this operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is entirely emptied.
If an attempt be made to re-fill the bottle by pouring liquids 'therein, the valve G,
will at once be re-seated and no liquids can enter the bottle.
In the construction shown in Fig. 3, 1 have shown the neck B, as formed in two
parts, said neck being divided at B and the tube E, is carried up farther within
the chamber D, and is provided with a conical cap M, in the opposite sides of
which are formed slots or openings m, and above the cap M, is a similar cap N, in
the opposite sides of which are formed vertical slots or openings n, and it will be
observed that the slots er openings m, and. the slots or openings n, are at right
angles to each other, and the object of this arrangement is to provide means to
prevent the insertion of a tool, wire or other instrument in an attempt to interfere
with the operation of the valve G, and the cap M, also serves to retain the valve
in place, and in proper operative position.
The operation of this form of construction will be substantially the same as that
hereinbefore described, the liquid within the bottle flowing out around the valve
and through the slots or openings M, and n, and as will be understood the upper
portion of the neck will be secured in place after the bottle has been filled.
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 or other vessel provided with a neck, having an enlargement at the
central portion thereof, by means of which an enlarged central chamber is formed
therein said neck being also provided with a tube which projects upwardly into said
chamber, and the lower end of which is contracted to form a valve seat, a valve
adapted to be seated thereon, and to close the port or opening into the bottle, said
enlarged portion of the neck being provided with side ribs which extend upwardly
from said tube and are contracted at their upper ends to form a cage for said
valve, substantially as shown and described.
2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, having an enlargement at the
central portion thereof, by means of which an enlarged central chamber is formed
therein, said neck being also provided with a tube which projects upwardly into
said chamber, and the lower end of which is contracted to form a valve seat a
valve adapted to be seated thereon, and to close the port or opening into the bottle,
said tube being provided with two caps or covers one of which is arranged above
the other, and said caps or covers being provided with slots or openings which are
formed in the opposite sides thereof, and in such manner that they will not register,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 30th day of January 1896
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.