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

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles to Prevent them being Refilled.
We, FRANCIS LUCIEN COOK, of 205 Quincy Street, in Springfield Massachusetts,
United States of America, Mechanical Engineer, and SYLVESTER ALBERT KYAN
of 183 Main Street in said City of Springfield, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, 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 nou-refillable bottles, the object being
to provide a device of the class named which shall be simple, practical, inexpensive
and efficient; and the invention consists in constructions and combinations of
parts all substantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be set forth in the
claiins.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification, wherein―
Figure 1 is a central sectional view vertically through the neck portion of a
bottle showing the improved appliances as in position when the bottle is
upright.
Figure 2 is a similar sectional view, the parts being inverted as permitting the
outflow of liquid from the bottle.
Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on line e-x, Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on line y-y, Figure 1.
The neck A of the bottle has therewithin a partition B, preferably produced
by a separately formed, insertible plug; the internal wall in the neck of the
bottle may be slightly downwardly tapering so that the plug will seat itself
sufficiently far below the mouth to allow the insertion of the usual cork or
stopper.
The said plug or partition has an axial perforation a and at its upper end an
upwardly flaring seat b; and it also has leading from said flaring seat, downwardly
through it, one or more as shown, three,-passages d. C represents a conical
valve adapted to rest within and close upon said sent, it having the depending
stem which projects below the partition and has on its lower end the
enlargement, h, which is normally but a slight distance below the bottom of the
partition, whereby the conical valve is permitted to have only a slight axial
movement as necessary to uncover the upper ends of the passages d.
In practice I prefer to have the said passages opening radially from the central
perforation a as seen in Figure 4, and the conical valve is of such size that when
seated, it closes the upper orifices of said passages. I also prefer that when seated,
the conical valve will be somewhat below the top of the flaring opening b in which
it rests.
Below the plug or partition B is a second partition G having a central opening &
which is normally closed by the enlarged hemispherical end portion h of the
valve-stem.
The conical valve C and the bottom enlargement à constitute double closures
for the neck of the bottle, and may for some uses render the provision of a cork or
stopper unnecessary. The lower partition also serves to prevent the plug, which
constitutes partition B, from being driven downwardly through the neck of the
bottle:

page_text: In carrying out the invention I prefer to have the radial or wing-like passages d'
downwardly widened as shown in Figure 1, whereby, while their upper orifices are
so inwardly disposed as to be efficiently overlaid by the cone C, their lower orifices
will extend well outside of the area which, when the bottle is inverted, would be
covered by the enlargement on the end of the valve-stem.
I also prefer to further provide a guard to fit in the neck of the bottle above the
valve and its seat, for preventing the insertion of a wire or small pointed instrument
for holding the valve up from its seat, whereby under certain conditions liquor
might possibly be introduced into the bottle after the improved appliances had been
provided therein; and this guard advantageously consists of a glass or porcelain
washer, m, crowded or cemented in the neck of the bottle, having its position near,
but slightly separated from, the upper end of the partition.
I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the use of' any particular
material in the production of my improved appliances, but I prefer to construct the
same of porcelain or glass, and while I do not consider it necessary to cement the
plug-partition in its position shown, I may readily do so by the use of any of
the well known glass or porcelain cements.
The plug-partition B with its valve, valve-stem, and lower end enlargement may
be made of porcelain or glass by molding or otherwise, separately, and by being
rendered plastic, united and combined in their relations shown, and the guard m
may be united to the plug-partition B previous to introduction into the bottle.
In this device no metallic parts or springs or any material of a nature subject to
corrosion are necessary, and the device is. constructed with especial dependence on
the effect of gravity for ensuring its operativeness. The neck of the bottle may
terminate at about the level of the upper end of the improved appliance shown.
when it is not required that a cork or stopper be used...
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a non-refillable bottle the combination with the neck proper having. the
centrally apertured partition G, and thereabove, and separated therefrom the
partition plug B having the central perforation with the upwardly flaring seat, b
and also having the passages d-leading from the seat down through said plug, of
the cone-valve C, fitted in said seat, and, when seated, closing the upper ends of
said passages d and having the stem playing through said perforation and
depending below the plug and the valve normally adapted to seat itself in the
central aperture of said partition G and means to limit the upward opening
movement of tlie valve C by abutment substantially as described.
2. The combination with the neck of a bottle having the plug partition B with
central perforation, a, upwardly flaring seat b, and the vertically leading passages dd,
of the conical valve, having a valve stem guided in said central perforation, a stop
for limiting the axial movement of the valve, and the guard, m, over the valve seat,
substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1896.
FRANCIS LUCIEN COOK.
SYLVESTER ALBERT RYAN.