A Bottle, which, when Once Emptied, Cannot be Refilled.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1896
A Bottle, which, when Once Emptied, Cannot be Refilled.
FREDERICK WATSON ELLIOTT 22 William Street Seaham Harbour Durham
Ship Steward do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A bottle niped in all round the middle of the neck. And when the bottle is
filled, I force in the neck of the bottle a metal valve, which is locked in the neck,
which will allow the liquid to flow from the bottle but cannot be refilled.
. Dated this 22nd day of September 1896.
FREDERICK WATSON ELLIOTT.
I FREDERICK WATSON ELLIOTT, of 22, William Street, Seaham Harbour,
Durham, Ship's Steward, 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 a bottle the construction and arrangement of which
render the fraudulent refilling of same impossible.
In order to effect the object in view, I reduce the internal diameter of the
bottle neck for a portion of its length and provide a valve which is immovably
fixed within the said neck after tlie bottle has been filled with liquid such valve
allowing any of the latter to be poured out of the bottle but effectually preventing
any being poured or otherwise allowed to gain an entry therein afterwards.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into effect, reference is made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative
drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the valve shewn separate from the bottle, and
Fig. 2 a section of the upper part of a bottle constructed in accordance with
this invention, with the valve fixed in position in the neck.
Referring to the drawing, a is a bottle, a portion of the neck b of which is
diminished in diameter as shewn by bl.
The said neck may be diminished externally as well as internally as shown, or
may only be reduced in diameter upon the interior, according as found desirable
or convenient.
After the bottle is filled the valve is secured in the neck, such valve consisting
of a perforated disc c formed of glass, vulcanite, metal, wood or other suitable
material fixed to the top of a locking arrangement which consists of a shank d,
diminished at the upper part d' and two prongs or legs d' having enlarged ends d³
formed with shoulders d'. It is necessary that the said prongs or legs d² (which

page_text: may be formed integral with the shank d) be made of wood, metal, or any other
suitable resilient material.
Fitting around the reduced part d' of the shank d beneath the perforated
disc c, is a washer e formed of india-rubber, gutta-percha, leather, cork or other
suitable flexible material.
The operation of the valve is as follows:-
When the bottle is filled with liquid the valve is forced into the neck, the
resilient prongs or legs d² being downward.
The enlarged ends d being approximately wedge-shaped and curved on the
outside, are capable of being readily passed down into the bottle; but as will be
understood from the drawing, the resiliency of the prongs or legs d³ and the
resistance offered by the shoulders d' against the shoulder of the reduced internal
diameter of the bottle neck B₁ effectually prevent the withdrawal of the valve
when once the same has been forced into the bottle neck.
The liquid contained in the bottle can be readily poured out, as the action of
such liquid pressing against the under. side of the washer e, forces the latter away
from the sides of the bottle neck and thereby allows the said liquid to pass out
through the perforations c in the disc c.
When it is attempted to refill the bottle, the action of the entering liquid at
once closes the valve, by pressing the flexible washer e upon the shouldér or
valve seat b².
The bottle is closed in the ordinary way after the valve is inserted, by means of
a cork for its equivalent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The means for preventing the fraudulent refilling of a bottle, substantially
as described and illustrated.
2. In means for preventing the fraudulent refilling of a bottle, the perforated
inflexible disc, flexible washer, and resilient prongs having enlarged and shouldered
extremities, in combination with a bottle neck having a portion of its length
reduced in diameter, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 24th day of November 1896.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.