Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application; 31st May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1399--Accepted, 25th Mar., 1899
Improvements in Bottles.
I, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Merchant, of Randolph Street, of Huntsville, Alabama,
in the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows;-
This invention relates to improvements in bottles and means for closing them;
the object thereof being to provide a device of this character constructed in such
a manner that a change in its distinctive appearance is brought about by the act
of uncorking or opening it, whereby the bottle cannot be reused or recorked after
it has been emptied of its original contents.
In the practice of my invention, I provide at the upper end of the bottle neck
an enlarged opening having an interior screw thread formed thereon adapted for
engagement with a screw stopper. The lower end of the neck of the bottle is of
a slightly contracted diameter and engages with a cork comprising two semi-
circular sections, these sections being held together to prevent vertical displace-
ment thereof by means of a disc composed preferably of non-corrosive metal or
any other substance of a nature harder than the cork. This said disc is used as
a bearing surface for a plunger adapted for forcing the cork within the bottle body
for the purpose of opening the bottle.
One section of this said cork contains preferably, a plate adapted for containing
a number, or any other suitable matter. This said plate is used in the nature of
a coupon and in use it will have some value attached thereto whereby the user
of the bottle will desire to remove it, so that it may be redeemed by the manu-
facturer.
The stopper is preferably composed of glass and it has an aperture leading there-
through adapted for discharging liquid from the bottle. This said aperture is
normally closed by means of a loosely fitting cork. The glass stopper is further
provided with an annular flange and projections adapted for use in attaching or
screwing the stopper to the neck of the bottle.
The stopper is further provided with a concaved under surface, to admit of
readily discharging all the contents of the bottle.
In the operation and use of the invention, the bottle is first filled to a suitable
height. The sectional portion is then forced within the neck thereof by means
of any suitable instrument, after which the screw stopper is inserted within the
outer end of the neck and to prevent the removal thereof, it is preferably cemented
therein by means of a thin coating of any suitable cement.
In order to remove the contents of the bottle, it is necessary to force the cork
downwardly within the body thereof. Free outlet is then admissible through the
channel of the stopper and the cork fitting in the aperture of the stopper may be
used for temporarily closing the bottle until the same is entirely empty. It is
cbvious that the sections of the cork engaging with the lower end of the neck of
the bottle will separate after they are forced within the body of the bottle, whereby
it will be impossible to recork the bottle, and if the plate is placed at a valuation

page_text: therethrough adapted for discharging liquid from the bottle. This said aperture
is normally closed by means of a loosely fitting cork 4. The glass stopper is further
provided with an annular flange, 5, and projections 6, adapted for use in attaching
or screwing the stopper to the neck of the bottle.
The stopper is further provided with a concaved under surface 7, to admit of
readily discharging all the contents of the bottle.
In the operation and use of the invention, the bottle is first filled to a suitable
height. The sectional portion a is then forced within the neck thereof by means
of any suitable instrument, after which the screw stopper 2 is inserted within the
outer end of the neck, and to prevent the removal thereof, it is preferably cemented
therein by means of a thin coating of any suitable cement.
In order to remove the contents of the bottle, it is necessary to force the cork A
downwardly within the body thereof. Free outlet is then admissible through the
channel 3 of the stopper 2 and the cork 4 may be used for temporarily closing the
bottle until the same is entirely empty. It is obvious that the sections of the
cork A will separate after they are forced within the body of the bottle, whereby
it will be impossible to recork the bottle, and if the plate a is placed at a valuation
sufficiently high to make it an object for the user of the bottle to return same to
the manufacturers, it will be necessary to break the bottle in order to secure the
plate, whereby an incentive is afforded for the destruction of the bottle and the
manufacturer is assured that it will not be used for the purpose of containing
spurious compounds.
As a means for dislodging the cork A, any plunger B, of a size adapted for
insertion through the channel 3 may be used, but we prefer to use a plunger con-
structed after the fashion of the device illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings,
wherein a rod B leads through a cap or head B₁ which can be placed over the
neck of the bottle, as illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :
1. A bottle having a permanently secured tapered stopper threaded within the
outer end of the neck thereof and a sectional cork in the lower end which is of con-
tracted diameter, the said stopper having an aperture leading therethrough for
the discharge of liquid from the bottle, the sectional cork adapted to be forced
downwardly into the body of the bottle, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a bottle, the combination of a threaded stopper having a concave lower
end permanently secured within the outer end of the neck thereof and a removable
sectional cork placed within the lower portion of the neck thereof, the sections
united by a disc, the said stopper having an aperture leading therethrough for
discharge of fluid from the bottle, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a bottle, the combination of a cork comprising two sections united by a
disk, in the lower portion of the neck thereof and a concealed coupon between
said sections, and a threaded stopper having an aperture leading therethrough
and a concave lower end, said stopper permanently secured in the outer end of
the bottle neck, substantially as shown and described.
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0041 l of Wohm 1800
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.