Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 25th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1896-Accepted, 27th Fen.. 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them being
Refilled.
I, LEMUEL CORCELOUS KENDALL, Inventor, a citizen of Boston State of Massa-
chusetts U.S.A. Engineer, address 191 Webster Street East Boston Massachusetts
U.S.A. 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 certain now and useful improvements in bottles of that
class which are designed not to be refilled; and it has for its objects, among others,
to provide a simple and cheap construction of bottle which can be easily filled and
corked and sealed and which cannot be opened without breaking off a portion of the
neck of the bottle, after which the cork can be withdrawn in the ordinary way.
The bottle is formed with an extension or elongation of its neck, which extension
is provided with interior shoulders or projections, under which is adapted to be
sprung a metallic cap, which effectually prevents access to the cork without breaking
off the extension, which latter may be rendered more easily broken by making it
thinner at its junction with the body portion of the bottle.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the
novel features thereof will be specially defined by the appended claim.
The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar construction of the bottle
and the novel means for sealing the same, all as more fully hereinafter described
shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claim.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the
letters of reference marked thereon form a part of the specification and in which
Figure 1 is a substantially central vertical section through a bottle provided with
my improvements.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cap removed.
Figure 3 is a view of the bottle after the extension has been broken off.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the bottle,
which is provided with an annular enlargement (a) and above the same
extension B, which is made thinner at its junction with the neck at the said
enlargement, so that it may be easily broken therefrom by a sharp blow when it
is desired to get at the contents of the bottle. The extension is formed with an
interior shoulder C, as seen best in Fig. 1 and with the interior shoulder or
projections D.

page_text: E is a metallic cap having the legs or arms F, which are of spring material and
which project from the cap at diametrically opposite points, although there may be
three or more of these arms or legs, if found necessary.
In practice the bottle is filled in the usual manner and the cork G inserted in
the neck portion thereof as shown. Then the cap is applied, and as it is pushed in
the arms will spring out with a snap under the shoulder or projector C, and the
body portion of the cap will spring or snap under the projections D and when once
in place it will be impossible to remove the cap, and the only way that the contents
of the bottle can gotten at will be to break off the extension at the weakened point,
and then the cork can he withdrawn with a corkscrew or other means.
Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of
the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. The cap may be of any suitable
material, not necessarily metal.
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:
A bottle formed with a neck with an enlargement and an extension beyond the
enlargement formed with two sets of projections upon its inner wall, combined with
a metallic cap having spring-arms and a spring body portion adapted to be sprung
under said projections, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 11th day of July 1896.
LEMUEL CORCELOUS KENDALL.