Improvements in Bottles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and the like.
I, JOHANNES MEYER, residing at 110 Pennsylvania Avenue, in the City of
Brooklyn, County of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America,
Physician, 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 specification :-
This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars and similar vessels, and the object
thereof, is to provide a vessel of this class with a neck attachment which is so
constructed and arranged that when the vessel has been once filled and the neck
attachment applied, the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be
refilled or reused.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of the upper part of a bottle or other vessel
provided with my improvement:
Fig. 2 a transverse section thereof, on the line 2, 2:
Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of construction: and
Fig. 4, a similar view showing another modified form of construction.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a bottle or other vessel A, having a
screw threaded neck B, and a neck attachment D, provided with an enlarged
annular base d, which is screw threaded in its inner surface and adapted to be
secured to the neck B.
Immediately above the base d, the neck attachment is abruptly contracted, as
shown at d, so as to form a valve seat d', above which the attachment is enlarged
as shown at d, and above the enlarged portion d', the attachment is again
contracted as shown at d, so as to form a supplemental valve seat do, and above
the valve seat de, the attachment is tubular in form, as shown at d, and the upper.
end thereof, is closed, and perforated as shown at d, and said perforated end is
closed by a cap or cover G, which is hollow and preferably spherical in form, and
secured to the tubular portion d', at 9 and in one side thereof, is a port or
opening g
The valve seat de is provided with vertical slots or recesses H formed in the
sides thereof, and within the enlarged portion d' on the chamber K formed thereby
is placed a valve L, which is adapted to be seated on the valve seat d when the
bottle or vessel is in an upright position, and to be seated on the valve seat de
when the bottle or vessel is inverted or tilted.
In this class of device, the bottle must first be filled before the neck attachment
is applied, and the bottle A having been filled with the required contents, the
neck attachment is secured in position thereon, in any desired manner, by means of
cement or otherwise, the only object to this connection being that the said
attachment must be secured in such manner that it cannot be removed without
breaking off the neck or being itself broken.
After the bottle has been filled, and the neck attachment secured thereon, the
port or opening is closed or sealed in any desired manner, and whenever it is
desired to empty the bottle or discharge a portion of its contents, the seal of said
5 port or opening is broken, and the bottle inverted or tilted, when the valve L, will
leave its seat under the action of gravity and the pressure of liquids within the
bottle, and said liquids will flow out around said valve and through the slots or

page_text: recesses H in the valve seat do and out through the perforations d and the port
or opening g', and this operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is
entirely empty.
If an attempt be made to refill the bottle or vessel, the valve L, will at once be
reseated on the valve seat d and no liquids can enter therein.
The object of closing and perforating the upper end of the tubular extension d'
of the neck attachment and providing a cap or cover therefor, with a side port or
opening, is to prevent the insertion of a tool, wire, or other instrument, in attempt
to interfere with the operation of the valve L, and said valve L, may also be
constructed so as to serve as a float valve, in which event, liquids cannot be forced
into the bottle.
In the construction shown in Fig. 3 the neck attachment is provided with the
based and the contracted portion d, but the upper portion thereof, is tubular in
form, throughout, and secured therein, is a spider or frame M which serves to
retain the valve Ĺ in proper position, and to prevent the same from dropping into
the upper end of the neck attachment when the bottle is inverted or tilted, and
the operation of this form of construction will be the same as hereinbefore
described.
In Fig. 4, I have shown a construction in which the neck B, is elongated and
provided with an enlarged cup shaped portion 6 and at the top thereof is formed a
cup shaped receptacle 6, the base d of the attachment being also secured to this
portion.
I also provide a valve L which is hollow and provided with a depending
projection L, and in this form of construction, the enlarged base portion d, is
continued upwardly so as to form the chamber K in which is placed a transverse
plate or projection P which is perforated at its sides as shown at P' and in the
central portion of which is secured a tube which extends downwardly into an
aperture or opening in the upper part of the hollow valve L.
In this form of construction, the base d of the attachment is provided with a
neck S to which is secured a tube F which is curved as shown at U, the object of
this being to provide means whereby a tube or other instrument cannot be inserted
in an attempt to interfere with the operation of the valve, and said tube may be
straight if desired, and other meaus for preventing an interference with the valve
may be provided.
In this form of construction, the tube F constitutes the discharge nozzle of the
bottle, and may be closed by a cork or stopper in the usual manner.
The operation will be substantially the same as that hereinbefore desired. The
bottle or vessel A, must first be filled before the neck attachment is applied, and
whenever it is desired to empty the same or discharge a portion of its contents,
the stopper is removed from the tube F and the bottle or vessel inverted when
the valve will leave its seat and the contents of the bottle or vessel will flow out
around the valve through the perforation in the plate or partition P, and out
through the nozzle as will be readily understood.
In this movement of the valve, it is guided by the tube R, and always held in
proper position for operation, by said tube and by the downwardly directed
projection L and if an attempt be made to fill the bottle or vessel by pouring
liquids thereinto or by forcing the same thereinto, the valve will at once be
reseated the liquids passing through the tube R into the valve and thus causing.
the immediate seating thercou, and this operation of the valve will be the same
in any position in which the bottle or vessel can be held in an attempt to fill the
same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck attachment having an automatic
valve and which is so constructed and arranged that when the bottle or vessel has

page_text: been filled, and the neck attachment applied, the bottle or vesser may
of its contents, but cannot be refilled, said attachment and said valve being
constructed, combined and operating as herein described and as shown in Fig. 1.
2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck attachment having an automatic
valve and which is so constructed and arranged, that when the bottle or vessel has
been filled, and the neck attachment applied, the bottle or vessel may be emptied..
of its contents but cannot be refilled, said valve being hollow, and said attachment
being provided with a plate or partition having a tube which projects thereinto,.
and said attachment being constructed as. herein described, and as shown in
Fig. 4.
3. A neck attachment for bottles or other vessels, consisting of a base portion,.
which is adapted to be secured to the neck of the bottle, and which is provided
with a valve seat immediately above said base portion, and means for limiting the
movement of said valve, and said valve being also provided with a perforated
cover, and with a cap cover or tube secured thereover, through which the contents
of the vessel may be discharged, substantially as shown and described.
4. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck having a cup shaped enlarge-
ment at the upper end thereof, an attachment secured thereto, a hollow valve.
placed in said cup shaped enlargement, a perforated plate or partition placed in
said attachment, and provided centrally with an open tube which extends down-
wardly into said valve, said valve being also provided with a depending portion.
which extends downwardly into the neck, and said attachment being provided with.
a nozzle or tube substantially as shown and described.
this 96th day of March 1806
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.