Improvements in Bottles for the Prevention of Fraudulent Refilling of the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Bottles for the Prevention of Fraudulent
Refilling of the same.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM JONES, 11, Argo Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention provides an improved construction in bottles whereby the refilling
of them for the purpose of fraud is made impossible and manufacturers are protected
in their trade from unscrupulous persons refilling their bottles with a spurious
imitation and vending it as the genuine article. The bottle is made in two parts, the
body and neck. These two parts are made in such a manner that the neck fits on
to the body of the bottle to which it is fastened and made iminovable. A stopper,
which takes the place of the ordinary cork, is made to fit in the neck and is placed
in position before the neck is attached to the body of the bottle. To get the contents
out of the bottle the stopper is pushed down into the bottle and cannot be got up
again to its proper position, thereby showing whether the bottle contains the genuine
article or not.
Dated this First day of March 1897
Improvements in Bottles for the Prevention of Fraudulent
Refilling of the same.
FREDERICK WILLIAM JONES, 11, Argo Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, County of Lancaster,
Master Mariner, 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 bottle is made in two parts which, being put together as I will describe, make
the complete bottle.
In all the views like letters, where used, denote the same parts.
The first part, Fig. 1, is made as shown in the drawing, and very much similar to
the ordinary bottle with the exception that it has a somewhat shorter neck and a
worm or thread moulded round the top part of the neck, externally. And there is
also a flange (B) with a groove in it (A) circling round the neck at a certain distance
from the top. This portion (Fig. 1), I prefer to call the body as it is the standing
part of the bottle.
The other part of the bottle which I will now describe is the neck (Fig. 2) in which
the stopper (Fig. 3) is placed. This neck, or cap as it may be terined, is made
tubular with a thread or worm in the lower part on the inside which is female to the

page_text: one on the body of the bottle, and coinciding with each other in every way and,
together, making a male and female thread. The upper part of this cap on the inside
is made with a smooth or ground surface and narrows gradually towards the top. The
first part of the narrowing for a short distance is made more angular (E) to
accommodate the base of the stopper (Fig. 3). Immediately at the top part of the
worm, in the drawing (C¹), a shoulder is made projecting inwards which fits closely
on (C) in Fig. 1, and which makes the surface on the inside of Fig. 1, coincide with
that in Fig. 2, for a short distance before the narrowing commences.
There is a narrow projection forming a ring at the base of Fig. 2, (A¹) which fits in
the groove (A) Fig. 1.
The outside surface of Fig. 2, is made to coincide with the trend of the inner
surface, if desired. This second part when screwed on to the first part (Fig. 1), forms
the complete full sized bottle, and each part is made of that strength and thickness
where they come together as may seem most desirable according to the circumstances
and the bottle required.
The worm or thread in Figs. 1 & 2, may be as short or as long as desired, the
object being to set the two parts together tightly.
A stopper, Fig. 3, is made with a smooth or ground surface after the manner of
the ordinary glass stopper, and with a base as shown in the drawing, which fits in the
graduated and smooth, or ground, inside surface of Fig. 2. This stopper may be
made of glass or any other material or composition as may be deemed suitable for
the desired purpose.
It may also be made, if preferred, to carry a cork band round
it, (D), similar to other glass stoppers, or the band may be made of any other suitable
material. The stopper may, also, be made with an indentation in the flat base
similar to that in a common screw, or the like, but much deeper if desired, thereby
affording means to give the stopper a turn in order to tighten it when it is in
position, by the use of some suitable implement.
When it is desired to make use of the bottle, the liquid is put into Fig. 1, in the
usual manner and then the worm or thread in Fig. 1, is treated with cement, or
other adhesive substance, suitable for the purpose. The stopper is placed in its
position in Fig. 2, which is then screwed on to Fig. 1. The cement setting renders
Fig. 2 immovable from the body of the bottle, and these two parts cannot again be
separated without breaking the bottle.
To get the liquid out of the bottle, the stopper is pushed inwards and it falls down
into the body of the bottle, and it cannot again be got up into its original position,
with the bottle full of liquid, on account of its shape, thereby rendering the bottle
non-refillable for the purpose of fraud.
Bands of rubber, asbestos, or any other suitable material or composition may be
placed, if desired, between the parts in contact at (C and C¹) Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 represents the complete bottle, and as it would appear when filled with
liquid and closed.
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. The combination of a screw cap fitted on the neck of the bottle with a stopper,
as shown and described, and to be used in the manner and for the purpose herein set
forth.
2. The construction of a bottle on the principles herein shown and described, to be
made in two parts and put together in the manner shown in the specification and
drawings.
Dated this Twante wirth dr
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FREDERICK WILLIAM JONES.