An Improved Closure for Preventing Unauthorized Refilling of Bottles, Jars, Flagons, or the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Loft
15th Oct
1000
Ancantad
401L
Love
4000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Closure for Preventing Unauthorized Refilling of
Bottles, Jars, Flagons, or the like.
I, LOUIS LÉON JULES GODARD, Glass Manufacturer, of 5, Quai aux Fleurs, Paris,
in the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved safety plug protecting in a simple and
practical manner the liquid which has been previously introduced into a flagon or
bottle, while allowing at the desired moment, its continuous and sufficiently abun-
dant out flow.
This safety plug is constituted by a pressure ring introduced into the neck of
the bottle, a valve seat secured in said ring, a valve and a plug over the valve;
the seat and the plug being connected together by the pressure ring and thus
maintained in the neck. The plug and the seat form between them a hollow in
which there can move a spherical valve or ball.
The plug is preferably of glass, and interiorly hollowed at the under part; this
hollow is connected with several helicoidal or other grooves on the circumference
diminishing concentrically towards the top of the said plug. The head of the
plug wedges against the inner wall of the neck; its base is provided with screw
threads or preferably with projections in the form of diamond points which pene-
trate into the ring which may be of cork or any other plastic material in order to
solidly connect these two pieces; this plastic material secures an energetic press-
ing of the plug against the walls of the neck, which could be formed interiorly,
so that the pressure obtained is progressive and continuous, until complete fixing
is obtained.
The plug reposes on the seat which is of glass, screw threaded or provided
exteriorly with projections and carrying one or more conical orifices, intended to
serve as seats for one or more spherical valves or balls. The balls are of such
substance that their density is equal to that of the liquid contained in the bottle.
A further plug or ordinary cork or stopper may complete the closure of the neck
if desired.
I may vary the dimensions, the materials of the different pieces of this safety
closure and the number of valves or balls, according to the nature of the liquids
to be protected, and the shape of the bottle, jar, flagon or the like to be closed.
Dated this 15th day of January 1898.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Closure for Preventing Unauthorized Refilling of
Bottles, Jars, Flagons, or the like.
I, LOUIS LÉON JULES GODARD, Glass Manufacturer, of 5, Quai aux Fleurs, Paris,
in the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to an improved safety plug protecting in a simple and
practical manner the liquid which has been previously introduced into a flagon
or bottle, while allowing at the desired moment, its continuous and sufficiently
abundant out-flow.
The annexed drawing shows the constructive arrangement of this improved
closure. Figs. 12 and 3 are respectively vertical section, elevation, and plan view
of the closure in the neck of a bottle. In Fig. 3 the cork has been omitted.
Figs. 4 5 6 and 7 are detail views of the safety plug and of the sealing of the
valve forming a part of the closure.
The closure is formed of a fastening ring a introduced into the neck b of the
bottle or flagon, a valve seat c and a plug or mushroom shaped cover piece d; the
seat c and the plug d being connected together by the fastening ring a and thus
maintained in the neck. The plug and the seat c form between them a hollow
chamber wherein the spherical valve or balls is movable. The plug d is prefer-
ably of glass and hollowed at the under part this hollow communicates with
several helicoidal or other grooves ending concentrically on the top of the plug.
The head of the plug coincides with the inner wall of the neck b; its base is pro-
vided with screw threads or preferably with flanges, in the form of diamond points e
penetrating into the ring a which may be of cork or any other plastic material in
order to solidly connect these two pieces, this plastic material secures a firm pressure
of the plug against the walls of the neck which could be so formed interiorly that
the obtained pressure is progressive and continuous until complete fixing is
obtained.
The plug drests also upon the seat c which is of glass, provided with screw
threads, flanges, or projections e¹ on its outside and having one or more conical
orifices o intended to serve as seats for one or more spherical valves or balls s.
The balls s are of such substance that their density is equal to that of the liquid
contained in the flagon or bottle. A further plug or ordinary cork or stopper h
may complete the closing of the neck if desired. The safety closure is driven into
the neck of the bottle after filling so as to obtain simultaneously the desired
coincidence of the glass plug d and the pressure of the cork ring a against the
neck b. To pour out the liquid the bottle is inclined till the balls quits its seat o
and enters the hollow f of the plug so, that the liquid finds sufficient passage
through the helicoidal grooves d. The plurality of grooves d enables the pour-
ing out to take place always in a regular and continuous manner, in whichever
direction the bottle may be inclined. If one wants on the contrary to fill the
bottle this is absolutely impossible because the liquid would have to enter through
the helicoidal grooves and arriving upon the ball would only press this latter more
firmly on its seat, moreover, the density of the liquid fradulently introduced, if
inferior to that of the liquid contained in the bottle, is not sufficient to lift this ball,
the density of which is the same as the density of the liquid, previously in the
bottle.
The form, material, measurements, and number of the balls of this improved

page_text: closure may vary according to the nature of the liquid to be protected and the
shape of the bottle, flagons, and receivers to be closed may also be varied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
1. A safety closure for bottles, flagons, or the like the different parts of which
are arranged so as to allow of a continuous and regular pouring out of the liquid
by inclining the bottle or flagon more or less and comprising one or more spherical
valves so arranged that a fraudulent total or partial re-filling of the bottle or flagon
is prevented.
2. A safety closure as above claimed and, shown in the annexed drawing with
a support or fastening ring wherein a seat for a spherical valve is arranged and
above this seat a plug of mushroom form the head of which touches the interior
wall of the neck, the base of this plug being hollowed inside in accordance with
the seat of the valve thus allowing of the movement of the valve and the pouring
out of the liquid through the curvilinear or helicoidal grooves on the circum-
ference of the plug, the whole combined as described to allow an easy pouring out
of the liquid but preventing any fraudulent re-filling.
3. Bottles, Hagons, or receivers with this safety closure claimed under 1 and 2
constituted substantially as herein before described and shown in the annexed
drawing.
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1541 1. of October 1908
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.