Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Improvements in Bottles.
We, HENRY AUGUST BIERLEY, and CHARLES EDWARD ARMSTRONG, of
Lexington, in the County of Fayette, and State of Kentucky, United States of
America, Gentlemen 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 invention relates to improvements in bottles.
The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bottles and
to provide one adapted for holding fine whiskies, and other valuable liquids, and
capable of absolutely preventing refilling to avoid any liability of an imitation
being sold in original bottles.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and
pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings:
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Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an upper portion of a bottle constructed
in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the cap.
Fig. 3 is a similar view of the valve support.
Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in section, of the cap.
Like uumerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
1 designates a cylindrical cap, having an open bottom or lower end, and a closed
top 2, and receiving within it a valve support 3, which holds a weighted ball
valve 4, adapted to open automatically when a bottle 5 is tilted below a horizontal
position for pouring out its contents. The cap is provided intermediate of its ends
with an annular groove 6, receiving an elastic ring 7 of cork, rubber or similar
material, which projects from the cap, and engages a corresponding annular groove 8
of the neck 9 of the bottle 5, whereby the cap is securely held in the bottle, and is
prevented from. being withdrawn. The upper end of the cap is provided with an
annular series of discharge openings 10, which incline inward and upward to prevent
the introduction of a wire or the like into the cap for the purpose of withdrawing
the same or interfering with the operation of the valve.
The valve support 3, consists of a cylindrical plug provided at opposite sides
with lugs 11 to engage opposite grooves 12 of the cap, which grooves are located
on the inner face of the same and have a screw-pitch; the valve support is provided
with a vertical bore or opening 13, which terminates at the top in a substantially
semispherical concavity or valve seat 14 and which has its lower terminus flared
at 15 to form a downwardly inclined mouth for a conical weight 16.
The conical weight 16 is inverted and is provided with a rounded base, which is
connected by a silk thread with the ball valve, and is adapted to draw on the thread
and hold the ball valve in its seat until the bottle is inverted below a horizontal
position to prevent any attempt at refilling the bottle. The lower end of the valve
Eupport is provided with a series of openings or notches 18 which communicate
with the longitudinal opening or bore to provide passages for the discharge of the
contents of the bottle when the latter is inverted, and the weight is supported by
the plug or support 3.
It will be readily seen that the bottle is simple and comparatively inexpensive
in construction, and is capable of absolutely preventing refilling.

page_text: The parts are constructed of any suitable material, preferably glass, which will
not affect the contents of a bottle.
Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages
of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
1. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a cylindrical cap having a
closed top and provided at its sides below the top with upwardly and inwardly
inclined discharge openings, and a valve seat arranged within the lower end of the
cap and closing the same and interlocked therewith and provided with a valve,
substantially as described.
2. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a cylindrical cap having a
closed top and provided at its sides below the top with upwardly and inwardly
inclined discharge openings, a valve support arranged within the lower end of the
cap and closing the same and interlocked therewith and provided at its upper end
with an approximately semispherical valve seat and having a vertical opening and
provided at its lower end with a flaring month presenting a downwardly inclined
face, said support being provided at its lower end with notches 18, communicating
with the vertical opening, a valve arranged on the valve seat, a weight located
below the valve support, and a silk thread suspending the weight from the valve,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with an annular groove,
of a cap arranged within the neck of the bottle and provided with a corresponding
auuular groove and having upwardly and inwardly inclined discharge openings, an
elastic ring arranged within the groove of the cap and engaging that of the neck
of the bottle, a valve support secured within the cap and having a longitudinal
opening and provided at its top with a valve seat and having at its bottom a flaring
month forming inclined sides and provided with recesses forming passages, a valve
arranged in the valve sent and a weight arranged below the valve support and
connected with the valve, substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of July 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicants.