Improvements in and relating to Bottles and other Vessels to Prevent the Fraudulent Re-filling of the same with Liquids.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles and other Vessels to Prevent
the Fraudulent Re-filling of the same with Liquids.
I, GEORGE ASHTON BROOKES of "West View" Higher Poynton, Cheshire,
Gentleman, 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 and other vessels and has for
its object to provide means for preventing the fraudulent re-filling of the same
after they have been once emptied of their contents.
In one arrangement I construct a bottle with a thin glass disc or partition at
the bottom of the neck thus separating the latter from the body or interior of the
bottle. At the bottom of the bottle is an opening for filling the same and which
is fitted with a screw or other stopper cemented in place when the bottle is filled.
In order to empty the bottle the glass disc or partition at the bottom of the neck
must be broken and this serves as an indicator for showing whether the bottle has
been in use or not.
In another arrangement the vessel containing the liquid may be in the form of
a jar provided with a lip or spout. The top of the said vessel is formed or provided
with a thin glass plate forming an air-tight cover and the bottom with an opening
for filling the vessel with the liquid and closed by a cemented stopper.
When required to empty the vessel the glass top is broken, by means of a tin-
opener or otherwise thus preventing further use of such vessel. In some cases I
may place the vessel containing the liquid in another vessel such as a tin case or
box which is sealed and opened in a similar manner to a meat tin.
In another arrangement I may form the neck of the bottle of thin glass tapering
upwards to a point at the top where it is closed. The bottle is filled by an opening
in the bottom closed by a cemented stopper as before described and when it is
required to empty the contents the neck is broken off by the fingers thus rendering
the bottle unfit for further use.
And in order to fully understand my said invention reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a bottle according to the first arrangement,
Fig. 2 is a section of a vessel according to the second arrangement,
Fig. 3 is a section of a vessel held in an air-tight outer case, and
Fig. 4 is a section of a bottle with a closed tapering neck.
In Fig. 1a is the neck of the bottle, the body thereof and c is the thin glass
disc or partition at the bottom of the neck. The bottle is filled through the
opening d in the bottom, which is closed by a stopper or plug e which may be
screwed or otherwise fitted therein and is afterwards cemented thereto thus
rendering it necessary to break the disc c in order to empty the bottle.
In Fig. 2 the vessel f is in the form of a jar having a spout or lip f¹ and formed
with a thin glass top g which it is necessary to break in order to empty the

page_text: contents the said vessel being filled through the opening d closed by the cemented
plug e as before described.
Fig. 3 shows the liquid-containing vessel h carried in an outer tin case or box i
which is sealed and opened in a similar manner to an ordinary meat tin, the
vessel being fitted with a screw or other stopper h¹ which is easily removed for
emptying the same.
The bottle shown in Fig. 4 is formed with the tapering thin glass neck ¹
which is closed at the top and opens at the bottom into the interior of the body of
the bottle. The bottle is filled through the opening d at the bottom which is then
closed by the stopper or plug e cemented in position to prevent removal. In order
to empty the bottle of its contents the neck k is crushed or broken off by the fingers
so that the bottle cannot be again made use of for holding the liquid.
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 bottles for containing liquids dividing the body of the bottle from the
neck by a thin glass disc or partition and forming the bottom with a filling
aperture closed by a cemented stopper or plug, substantially as described and for
the purposes specified.
2. In vessels for containing liquids forming the top with a spout and a thin
glass plate or cover, and the bottom with a filling aperture closed by a cemented
stopper or plug, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
3. In vessels for containing liquids placing the same in a sealed or air-tight
tin or case substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
4. In bottles for containing liquids forming the same with a thin glass tapering
neck, closed at the top, and with a filling aperture at the bottom closed by a
cemented stopper or plug, substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
5. The improvements in bottles or other vessels containing liquids in order to
prevent the fraudulent re-filling of the same substantially as described and shown
in the drawings.
Tinted hi
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.