Improvements in or relating to Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels, to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1895-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels,
to Prevent them being Refilled.
I, WILLIAM ALOYSIUS HUBENER, of 306 Palisade Avenue in the City of
Hoboken, County of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, United States of America,
Clerk, 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, cannot be
emptied of its contents, without leaving evidence of the fact; and this object I
accomplish by means of a neck attachment, which is adapted to be secured in place
after the bottle has been filled, and by certain other features of construction,
hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1, is a central vertical section of my improved bottle, having the neck
attachment in place; and,
Fig. 2, a transverse section on the line 2-2, and on a reduced scale.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a bottle A, which may be of any
desired form, and said bottle is provided with a neck B, which is preferably tubular
in form, and the bottom of which is preferably made removable and placed above
the bottom is a perforated partition C, provided with a central downwardly
directed conical portion D, by means of which a cavity is formed in the upper
side thereof, which is also conical in form, and the apex of which is directed
downward.
The interior walls of the neck B, are screw-threaded and said-neck is adapted to
receive a corresponding screw-threaded glass plug or stopper E, provided with a top
flange E, which over-laps the neck of the bottle. Said plug or stopper E, is provided
with a central bore G, on the side walls of which are preferably formed teeth or
projections g, and said central bore G, is adapted to be filled with cement H, which
is placed therein, while in a plastic condition or if preferred, metal may be employed,
in the place of cement, or combinations of metal, as will be readily understood, the
object thereof being hereinafter described.
I also form in the body of the bottle, or secure therein, in any desired manner, a
partition K, between which and the walls of the bottle are formed ports or
openings k, as shown in Fig. 2, and said partition K is irregular in form and
provided with a downwardly directed conical portion k¹, the lower end of which is
open, and below the partition K, is placed a similar partition L, at the sides of
which are also formed ports or openings k, and said partition L, is of the same
general form as the partition K, and provided with a downwardly directed conical
extension k¹, which is arranged on the side of the bottle opposite to the conical and
downwardly directed extension k¹, of the partition K, and the bottom of the bottle
is preferably provided with an inwardly directed conical portion M, which projects
upwardly and inwardly at the side of the extension k¹, of the partition L, and
between the same and the side of the bottle adjacent thereto, it being understood
that the bottom of the bottle is removable and that the ball and the partitions K K
are inserted before the bottom is placed in position.

page_text: Secured to one end of a wire or cord N, is a ball or spherical body O, and this
ball or spherical body O is preferably composed of a plurality of separate plates or
disks and the wire or cord N, is secured to the bottom plate or disk and passed
through the others as shown in Fig. 1 and said ball or spherical body is adapted
to be suspended from the plug or stopper E, and through a central perforation or
openings in the partition D, and as will be observed, the lower end of the plug or
stopper E, is conical in form, and projects downwardly into the conical depression
or cavity formed in said partition, and the wire or cord N, is also preferably
provided with a number of knots or small bodies formed therein or connected
therewith, as shown at P.
It will be understood that the bottom M of the bottle is not formed integral
with the bottle but is adapted to be attached after the parts have been secured in
position within the bottle, and said bottom M is attached by means of cement, or
other suitable means usually employed for like purposes.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when
taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. In this class of devices, the
bottle must first be filled, before the neck attachment is applied, and the bottle A,
having been filled with the required contents, the wire or cord N, connected with
the ball or spherical body O, is passed through the opening at the lower end of the
conical extension, of the plug or stopper E, and carried outwardly through the
central bore G, thereof, and the said plug or stopper is then serewed into position
as shown in Fig. 1, and the wire or cord N, is held centrally of the central bore G,
thereof, and said bore is filled with cement as hereinbefore described, or with metal
in a molten condition, and after said cement is set, or said metal had time to cool,
it will be impossible to draw the cold or wire H, from the stopper.
Whenever it is desired to empty the bottle or discharge its contents or a portion
thereof, the plug or stopper E, is removed and in this operation, as will be readily
understood, the ball or spherical body O, is broken off, and the separate parts
thereof, will fall through the partition K, and the partition L, into the bottom of
the bottle, and the construction and arrangement of these partitions together with
the form of the bottom of the bottle is such, that said ball or body or the separate
parts thereof, cannot be removed from the bottle, and as will be understood, it
would be impossible to collect the separate parts of the ball, and pass a wire or
cord through them and through the partition G, so as to again render the bottle
operative and the presence of the ball or the separate parts thereof, within the
bottle will be evidence of the fact, that the bottle has once been used, and it will
thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device
which is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to produce the
résult for which it is intended.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A bottle provided with a neck, at the base of which is formed a partition,
said neck being adapted to be closed by a plug or stopper, having a central bore
formed therein, and a ball suspended below the perforated partition, by means of a
cord or wire, which is carried upwardly through said central bore, substantially as
shown and described.
2. A bottle provided with a neck, at the base of which is formed a perforated
partition, said neck being adapted to be closed by a plug or stopper, having a
central bore formed therein, and a ball suspended below the perforated partition,
by means of a cord or wire, which is carried upwardly through said central
bore, said bore being adapted to be closed by means of cement or other material,
substantially as described.
3. A bottle provided with a neck, at the base of which is formed a perforated
partition, said neck being adapted to be closed by a plug or stopper having a
central bore formed therein, and a ball suspended below the perforated partition,

page_text: by means of a cord or wire, which is carried upwardly through said central bore,
said bore being adapted to be closed by means of cement or other material, and
said partition being provided in the upper surface with a conical depression, and
the lower end of the plug or stopper, being also conical in form, and the apex
thereof directed downwardly into said conical depression, substantially as shown and
described.
4. The combination with a bottle, provided with a plurality of partitions, in the
body thereof, which are irregular in form and provided with downwardly directed
extensions at opposite sides, in each of which is formed an opening or passage, and
a perforated partition at the bottom of the neck of the bottle, or a plug or stopper
adapted to close said neck and provided with a central bore or passage there-
through, and a ball or spherical body in the bottle with which is connected a
cord or wire which passes through said perforated partition, and through said
central bore in the plug or stopper, substantially as shown and described.
5. The combination with a bottle, provided with a plurality of partitions, in the
body thereof, which are irregular in form and provided with downwardly directed
extensions at opposite sides, in each of which is formed an opening or passage, and
a perforated partition at the bottom of the neck of the bottle, of a plug or stopper
adapted to close said neck and provided with a central bore or passage therethrough,
and a ball or spherical body in the bottle with which is connected a cord or wire
which passes through said perforated partitions, and central bore being adapted to
be filled with cement, or other material, and the bottom of the bottle being
provided with an upwardly directed extension, substantially as shown and
described.
6. A bottle provided with a neck at the base of which is formed a perforated
partition, said neck being adapted to be closed by a plug or stopper having a
central bore formed therein, and a ball composed of separate parts and suspended
by a cord or wire, which is passed therethrough, and through said perforated
partition, and through the central bore of the plug or stopper, substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 17th day of November 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.