improvements in DUGULONS
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1896--Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
improvements in DUGULONS
A communication from HENRY SYLVESTER WILHELM, of Paris, State of
Kentucky, United States of America, Brakeman.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111 Hatton Garden, London, in the County of
Middlesex, England, Chartered Patent Agent, 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 which, when opened to
withdraw the contents therefrom, are practically destroyed, so that they cannot be
again used.
As is well known it is a common practice with unscrupulous and dishonest persons
to refill bottles having a trade-mark, label, or other character thereon with an
imitation liquid and pass the same off upon unsuspecting parties as the genuine
article. The object of this invention is to provide a bottle in which the cork
cannot be bored into, so that in order to withdraw the contents it will be necessary
to break off the neck of the bottle which is weakened for such purpose.
The present invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts,
hereinafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a bottle constructed in accordance with
this invention and showing the metal cap for the cork.
and
Fig. 2 is a view of the cork removed showing the metal cap in place thereon,
Fig. 3 is a view of the cap before being clamped to the cork.
In the said drawing, the reference numeral i designates the bottle, and 2 the
neck thereof. The neck is made thinner than the body of the bottle so that it
can be readily broken off by a blow from a knife or other object, and is provided
with a lower interior annular shoulder a, and an upper interior annular shoulder b.
The numeral 3 designates the cork which is driven into the neck, and the
numeral 4 designates the cap, consisting of two approximately semi-circular sheet
metal plates connected together by a strip 5 integral therewith.
When the bottle has been filled, the band of the cap is bent around the outer
side of the cork, and the plates bent down upon the top of the cork. The cork
with the cap is now driven into the neck of the bottle until the lower end of the
cork abuts against the annular shoulder a, which prevents the cork being driven
too far into the bottle. When the cork strikes the said shoulder its upper end and
the cap carried thereby will have just passed the upper shoulder b, and the band
of the cork will immediately swell and fill the neck of the bottle. The swelling
of the cork will spread the plates 4, under the shoulder b, so that it will be
impossible for a person to insert an implement such as a pair of pinchers or nippers
between the interior wall of the neck and the cork for the purpose of withdrawing
the latter. Neither can a tool, such as a cork screw be inserted into the cork
inasmuch as the plates 4-4 entirely cover the cork.
The only way to remove the contents of the bottle is to break the neck which is
weakened for that purpose, and by so doing the bottle is rendered useless for
refilling without detection of fraud.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. A bottle having a weakened neck provided with an internal shoulder, in
combination with a stopper, and a metallic cap consisting of two plates which lie
upon the top of the stopper and is connected by a band which embraces the side
of the stopper, whereby when the stopper and cap are driven into the bottle neck
under the said shoulder, the expansion of the stopper will cause the plates to spread
and engage the interior wall of the neck, substantially as described.
2. A non-refillable bottle having a weakened neck which is provided with
internal upper and lower annular shoulders in combination with a stopper and a
metallic cap, said cap consisting of two overlapping plates connected by a band or
loop which embraces the stopper, said stopper and cap adapted to be driven into
the bottle neck with the lower end of the stopper contacting with the lower
shoulder and the cap contacting with the upper shoulder, substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of September 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.