Year: 1897

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows;-
The object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the bottle,
after having once been filled with liquid and emptied, from being refilled.
The glass bottle is made in one piece with the stopper, which may receive the
most various forms. The bottle is filled from a hole in its bottom, which as soon
as the bottle has been filled, is to be closed by means of a plug of glass polished
with emery which is caused closely to adhere to the contour of the hole by the
use of some appropriate cement, like silicate of potash; when once the plug
sticks to the hole, the bottle cannot be opened anyhow else, but by removing the
stopper, which is done either by striking a hard blow on the head, or by cutting
the bottle neck at a point where the same is made especially thin on purpose;
the bottle may then be emptied, but cannot be thereafter of any use for the
fraudulent sale of spurious liquid.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
The object of the present invention is to provide means for preventing the
bottle after having once been filled with liquid and emptied, from being refilled.
The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing.
According to the arrangement shown by way of example in Figure 1 the glass
bottle is made in one piece with the stopper A, which may be made of various

page_text: forms. The bottle is filled from a hole C in its bottom, which as soon as the
bottle has been filled is closed by means of a plug of glass D preferably polished
with emery.
The plug D is fitted with a semi-circular groove or slot E, a corresponding
semi-circular slot E¹ being provided all round the hole C. When both E and E¹
are filled with some appropriate cement, such as silicate of potash, the plug D
closely adheres to the bottom of the bottle. The lower face of the plug may
be covered with a layer F of sealing-wax having a trade-mark or other particulars
printed thereon.
When once the plug D sticks to the hole C, the bottle cannot be opened but
by removing the stopper A, which is done either by striking a hard blow on the
head, or by cutting the bottle by means of an appropriate diamond pointed tool
at a point B where the same is made especially thin for the purpose; the bottle
may then be emptied but is not thereafter of any use for the fraudulent sale of
spurious: liquida
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A bottle, which after having once been filled cannot be emptied without
removing the upper part of its neck which is provided with indentations that
enable the same to be easily detachable either by a hard blow struck thereon
or by cutting it by means of an appropriate tool.
2. A bottle adapted to be filled through a hole in the bottom thereof the said
hole being afterwards closed substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this 3rd day of Sentember 1898.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant."