Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, FREDERICK HENRY PERRY, Shipping Clerk, of 29 River Street, Pawtucket,
in the County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, 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 improvements in bottles; the object thereof being
to supply an article of this character which is capable of being closed in such a
manner as to prevent the refilling thereof after it is emptied of its original con-
tents, whereby certain frauds new practiced upon the public and the manufacturers
of proprietary compounds can be prevented. The device is simple in construction
and inexpensive and outflow of liquid from the bottle is not retarded during the
process of emptying the same.
The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the
annexed claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:-
Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of my improved bottle.
Fig. 2 is a similar view, taken on the line
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stopper or plug forming part of my bottle.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the valve seat; and
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the valve adapted to be used in combination with the
said seat in the construction of my bottle.
In the practice of my invention, I provide an ordinary bottle neck, A, with a
series of projections, a, extended inwardly from the lower portion thereof and an
annular groove, a', in the upper portion thereof.
Within the neck and resting upon the projections a is placed a disc B of glass
or any other suitable material. This said disc has an opening 6 leading there-
through adapted for the discharge of fluid from the bottle and a cylindrical pro-
jection, b', is extended downwardly from this said opening adapted to guide a valve,
(, which valve comprises a circular plate c and a ring c
The ring e engages snugly with the cylindrical projection, b, and the plate c is
seated over the opening 6 of the disc B for closing said opening. These two parts
are connected to each other by means of rods, 2.
Resting upon the plate or disc B is a circular plug, D, and said plug is securely
locked within the neck of the bottle by means of a split ring or spring E which
is mounted within an annular groove, e, of the plug D said ring also engaging
with the annular groove a¹ of the bottle neck.
Leading through the plug is a zig-zag channel, D¹, which channel com-
municates with a conical recess d² in the lower end of the plug. Within this recess
is a sphere F which rests upon the valve C and keeps the same ir. a normally closed
position.
To prevent tampering with this said valve, a segmental projection 62 is projected
upwardly from the plate B, and the zig-zag shape of the channel D₁ leading
through the plug D also tends to prevent tampering with the valve,

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As a means for emptying the bottle, whereby the outflow of fluid is accelerated,
a tube, G, is extended through the plate B downwardly to the bottom of the bottle
body and notches g are put therein to prevent closure of the lower cud of the tube.
This said tube communicates at its upper end with a groove of the plug D,
whereby a supply of air can readily enter the bottle during the process of emptying
the same.
In the operation and use of the device, the bottle is first filled and then the plug D)
and its other connected parts are inserted therein and locked by means of the
spring, E, whereby the same cannot be removed without breaking the bottle.
To empty the bottle, it is simply necessary to invert it when the valve C and the
sphere will assume the positions illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby
a free outlet is provided for the fluid.
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 bottle, the combination of a plug secured within the neck thereof and a
channel leading through said plug and a valve for normally closing the said
channel substantially as shown and described.
2. In a bottle, the combination of a plug located within the neck thereof, said
plug having a ziz-zag channel leading therethrough and a plate at the lower end
of said plug, which plate has a seat formed therein which communicates with a
recess of the said plug, said recess leading into the zig-zag channel through the
ping, and a weighted valve, substantially as shown and descril ed.
3. In a bottle, the combination of a plate having an aperture therethrough and
a valve seated thereon and a plug resting upon the said plate, said plug having a
recess in the lower end thereof and a ball therein which rests upon the said valve
for maintaining it in a closed position, the plug having a zig-zag channel leading
vertically therethrough which communicates with the said recess, and a split ring
for locking the said plate within the neck of the bottle; and a tubular vent leading
through the body of the bottle to a groove extended vertically upon the side of the
plug, whereby the bottle is filled or emptied, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 27th day of May, 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE) bien
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.; Agents.