Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895

page_text: at the lower end, its lower portion being designed to form a valve, which, when
seated upon the valve-seat 5 at the lower end of the neck of the bottle, will com-
pletely close this opening. This valve, preferably made of glass, is hollow, in
order to reduce its gravity to such an extent that it will float easily in any liquid
for which the bottle may be used. In Fig. 1, it is shown in its highest position,
which it will only occupy when the bottle is in a more or less inverted position.
In all other positions of the bottle the position of the valve will be that shown
in Fig. 12.
The valve 4, is guided in its movement in the neck of the bottle, or held in a
vertical position, by means of the ribs or longitudinal projections 12, formed on the
inner surface of the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. If, for
any reason, however, it might be found difficult to construct the bottle as
here shown, the form of construction shown in Fig. 13 may be substituted,
the ribs or guides in this case being formed by simply fluting or corrugating
the walls of the neck itself, as herein-before stated. In the position of the valve
here described its longitudinal center line is always the same or very close to the
longitudinal center line of the neck of the bottle. The ribs or guides 12, are su
formed as to permit of the free movement of the valve between them, or in
the position shown in Figures 3, and 12. They are also rounded off on their edges,
so as to prevent the least possible surface of contact between them and the valve;
the surface of contact between each rib and the valve being in fact one straight
line. The mouth of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 1, is preferably conical in form,
with the wide part upward, and is supplied with the aunular groove 10', which is
wide enough to admit the ring 14, and also to permit said ring to be slipped over
the stopper when inserted. This ring may be made of steel, iron, rubber, or any
elastic material hard enough to stand the strain required. It will be observed that
the annular groove 10 in the stopper coincides. with the groove in the neck of the
bottle, and when the stopper is pressed into position the form and construction of
the ring 14 is such as to occupy or fill at least partially, both of these chambers or
grooves, and said stopper cannot be removed without destroying the bottle. It is
evident that other forms of a lock may be used in place of this ring, as a firm and
hard cement, for instance, or another device that may be found suitable. The
stopper 9 has also, as shown, a central conical opening designed to receive the usual
cork, the bottom of said opening being closed and the side walls of the stopper
provided with a series of radial ports or openings 11, through which the liquid
passes in the process of emptying the bottle.
When the bottle is to be filled the liquid is poured in until it reaches almost to
the flange or inner annular rim 8, when the valve 4 is inserted, as shown in Fig. 1.
The ball 6, which is also preferably of glass or other similar material, is then
inserted, when the valve 4 will assume the position natural to it when the bottle
is filled.
After this the ring 14 is slipped into the mouth of the bottle and pressed down
until it enters the annular chamber or groove 10', in which position a portion of
said ring will be in said groove and a portion thereof will extend inward toward
the center of the mouth of the bottle. The stopper, which is also of glass or similar
preferred material, is then placed in position and pressed downward into the mouth
of the bottle, in which operation it will separate further the parts of the ring, as
shown by dotted lines in Fig. 9. As soou, however, as the stopper reaches the
position shown in Fig. 1, the groove 10 formed therein is adjacent to the corre-
aponding groove formed in the neck of the bottle, the separate ends of the ring
will again contract, in which positiou said ring will occupy at least partially both
of said annular grooves or chambers, whereby the removal of the stopper is
rendered impossible. The central conical opening of the stopper may then be
closed in the usual manner, or in any other desired way.
If it is desired to empty the bottle the cork is simply removed in the usual
manner, the bottle held in the usual position, when the liquid will flow out;
during which process the ball valve will roll forward close to or against the lower

page_text: end of the stopper, and the valve will be pressed against it by the current of the
liquid until the bottle has been emptied.
If, now, an attempt should be made to refill the bottle, it is evident that if
held in a vertical position, or any position in which the head or mouth of the bottle
is higher than the body thereof, the valve 4 would, by its own gravity and the
weight of the ball 6, be immediately seated on the valve-seat 5, at the lower
extremity of the neck of the bottle, and no fluid could find ingress thereto. In
this position the valve will not float, as its own weight, together with that of the
ball, is sufficient to keep it seated on the valve-seat 5. If the bottle were held in
a horizontal position and an attempt made to fill it, the valve would rest on one
or more of the ribs 12. The ball valve 16 would roll down into the cut-away
portions 18, of said ribs or guides, and by so doing shift the valve again, and
cause it to again seat itself as hereinbefore described, the out-away portions 13 of
the ribs or guides being especially designed to admit of this operation of the ball,
while the inner annular flange or rim 8, is designed to prevent the introduction of
any foreign substance, such as a wire or other similar device, by which the valve
might be operated or raised from its seat. This operation of the ball in holding
the valve seated when the bottle is in a horizontal position is aided by the fact
that the lowest portion of the cut-out 13 is nearer the seat of the valve than is
the upper end of the valve itself.
In any position, with the head of the bottle lower than the body, the ball of
the valve will move as far toward the stopper as possible. Should an effort be
made to introduce any liquid in this position, the valve will float on the liquid,
and before the latter could reach the body of the bottle the valve would be seated
and the entrance to the body of the bottle closed by the pressure of the liquid
itself. The operation would be exactly the same should the air he pumped out
of the bottle, because with air in the bottle it could not be filled in an inverted
position.
It is evident that many changes might be made in the construction herein
described without departing from the scope of my invention, and I do not,
therefore, limit myself to the exact form of construction shown, but, having fully
described my invention, its construction and operation, what I claim and desire to
secure by Letters Patent is:
1. A bottle provided with a valve seat in its neck, a valve adapted to be inserted
after the bottle is filled, the construction and arrangement being snch that when
once filled and the valve inserted, the bottle may be emptied but cannot be
refilled, substantially as shown and described.
2. A bottle having a valve adapted to be inserted into the neck after the bottle
is filled, the construction and arrangement being such that the bottle may be
emptied but not refilled, substantially as shown and described.
3. A. bottle provided with a valve and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper,
the construction being such that when filled and emptied of its contents the bottle
cannot be refilled, substantially as shown and described.
4. A bottle provided with a valve, a ball or weight operating in connection
therewith, and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper, all of which parts are
adapted to be inserted after the bottle is filled, substantially as shown and
described.
5. A bottle, the neck of which is provided with a valve-seat at the bottom
thereof, a valve, a ball or weight operating in connection therewith, and a non-
removable hollow plug or stopper having ports or openings, substantially as shown
and described.
6. A bottle having an enlarged neck, a valve-seat in the bottom thereof, a valve
adapted to be seated on said seat, guides for said valve, consisting of ribs or
corrugations on the inner side of the neck, and a ball operating in connection with
said valve, said valve and ball being adapted to be inserted after the bottle is
filled, substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 7. A bottle provided with a valve located in the neck thereof, a ball or weight
in connection with said valve, and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper, said
valve, ball and stopper being adapted to be inserted after the bottle is filled,
substantially as shown and described.
8. The combination, with a bottle having an enlarged neck and a valve-seat,
as 5, of a valve located in said neck, and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper
having ports or openings communicating with the interior of the bottle, said valve
and plug being adapted to be inserted after the bottle is filled, substantially as
shown and described.
9. The combination; with a bottle having an enlarged neck, a valve-seat, and an
annular flange or rim, as 8, of a valve located in said neck, and a non-removable
hollow plug or stopper having ports or openings communicating with the interior
of the bottle, substantially as shown and described.
10. The combination, with a bottle having an enlarged neck, ribs or guides,
as 12, and a valve seat at the bottom of the neck, of a valve located in said neck,
and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper having ports communicating with the
interior of the bottle, said valve and stopper being adapted to be inserted after the
bottle is filled, substantially as shown and described.
11. The combination, with a bottle having an enlarged neck provided with
guides or ribs, as 12, of a valve, a ball or weight operating in connection therewith,
and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper having ports or openings communicating
with the interior of said bottle, said valve, ball and plug or stopper being adapted
to be inserted after the bottle is filled, substantially as shown and described.
12. The combination, with a bottle having an enlarged neck and ribs or guides,
as 12, of a valve located therein, a ball or weight as 6, and a non-removable hollow
plug or stopper having ports communicating with the interior of the bottle,
substantially as shown and described.
13. The combination, with a bottle having an enlarged neck and ribs or guides,
as 12, cut away near the upper portion thereof, as at 13, of a valve, as 4, a ball or
weight as 6, and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper having ports or openings
in the sides thereof communicating with the interior of the bottle, said valve, ball
and plug or stopper adapted to be inserted after the bottle is filled, substantially
as slown and described.
14. The combination, with a bottle provided with an enlarged neck having a
valve-seat, as ŏ, guides or ribs, as 12, on the interior surface of the neck, an
annular internal flange or rim, as 8, and a non-removable hollow plug or stopper
provided with ports communicating with the interior of the valve, said bottle, ball
and plug or stopper being adapted to be inserted after the bottle is filled,
substantially as shown and described.
.
15. The combination, with a bottle having a valve-seat, as 5, an enlarged neck,
guides or ribs on the inner surface of said neck, cut away as at 13, and an annular
flange or rim, as 8, of a valve, a ball or weight operating in connection with said
valve, and a hollow non-removable plug or stopper having ports or openings
communicating with the interior of the bottle, substantially as shown and
described.
Doted this 4th day of V 100z
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.