Improvements in and relating to Bottles and like Receptacles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles and like Receptacles.
We, LEWIS KICE LARRISON, Baker, of Schooley's Mountain, in the County of
Morris, and AUGUSTUS METLER LARRISON, Carpenter, of 63, West Blackwell Street;
Dover, both in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of our invention is to combine with a bottle or like receptacle a
vial or smaller vessel capable of receiving desired quantities of material from the
larger receptacle without admitting air to, or exposing the contents of, either
receptacle. Another object of the invention is to provide a gauged vessel connected
with a bottle in such manner that, without uncorking either receptacle, a dose of
medicine for example may be poured from the larger into the smaller re-
ceptacle and then communication between the two receptacles be cut off, enabling
the dose in the smaller receptacle to be taken directly therefrom. Another object
of the invention is to convert the cork or stopper for the larger receptacle into a
valve for controlling the passage-way between the two receptacles.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth.
According to this invention at the neck portion of the bottle or receptacle is
located a vial or other small vessel having preferably at its lower portion a solid
connection with the bottle neck while near the upper end of the neck tubular
connections are provided between the neck and the said vial one of said tubular
connections being adapted to supply liquid and the other to supply air to said vial.
The vial is provided with a cork or stopper and a stopper of cork or other material
is likewise provided for the mouth of the bottle the said stopper being of such
length that when fully introduced into the neck of the bottle it will close the end
of the passage-way leading into the neck and thus prevent any of the contents of
the bottle from passing into the vial should the bottle be upturned. The bottle
stopper is virtually a valve and to this end a recess is made in one
side
that when
turned as
the stopper is so
to bring the
opposite the passage-way between the neck of the bottle and the vial, if the bottle
be upturned or tilted sufficiently, the contents of the bottle will be free to pass
in any desired quantity from the bottle into the vial. When a sufficient amount
of material has been emptied into the vial, the valve stopper is turned until a
plain side thereof is again brought opposite the passage-way closing the same
whereupon the cork may be removed from the vial and the contents poured off
without any danger of the contents of the bottle spilling, and a dose of medicine for
example in the vial may be drunk directly therefrom. The vial is preferably
graduated in ounces, drams, or any fractions of an ounce.
SO
1000
recess
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Bottles and like Receptacles.
We, LEWIS KICE LARRISON, Baker, of Schooley's Mountain, in the County of
Morris, and AUGUSTUS METLER LARRISON, Carpenter, of 63, West Blackwell Street,
Dover, both in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, 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:-
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The object of our invention is to combine with a bottle or like receptacle a
vial or smaller vessel, capable of receiving desired quantities of material from the
larger receptacle, without admitting air to or exposing the contents of either
receptacle. Another object of the invention is to provide a gauged vessel connected
with a bottle in such manner that without uncorking either receptacle, a dose of
medicine, for example, may be poured from the larger into the smaller re-
ceptacle, and then communication between the two receptacles be cut off, enabling
the dose in the smaller receptacle to be taken directly therefrom. Another object
of the invention is to convert the cork or stopper for the larger receptacle into a
valve for controlling the passage-way between the two receptacles.
The invention consists in the novel construction and, combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica-
tion, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a bottle having the auxiliary
receptacle applied thereto; and
Figure 2 is a vertical section through the bottle and auxiliary receptacle and the
stoppers for both receptacles.
A represents a bottle or like receptacle of any desired character. At the neck
portion 10 of the bottle or receptacle A, a vial B or other small vessel is located,
the lower portion of the smaller vessel or vial B having preferably a solid connection
at 11 with neck of the bottle, while near the upper end of the neck tubular con-
nections 12 and 12" are provided between the said neck and said vial, as is
particularly shown in Figure 2, one of said tubular connections being adapted to
supply liquid and the other to supply air to the vial. Under this
construction two passage-ways 13 and 13ª are formed between the neck
of the bottle A and the vial B.
The vial B is provided with a cork or stopper 14 of any approved construction,
or of any desired material; and a stopper 15 of cork or other material is likewise
provided for the mouth of the bottle A, the said stopper 15 being of such length
that when fully introduced into the neck of the bottle, the stopper will close the end
of the passage-way 13 leading into the neck, and thus prevent any of the contents
of the bottle passing into the vial B should the bottle be upturned. The stopper 15,
however, for the bottle, is virtually a valve, and to that end a recess 16 is made in
one side of the stopper, as is also shown in Figure 2. When the stopper is so
turned as to bring the recess 16 opposite the passage way 13 between the neck. of
the bottle and the vial, if the bottle be upturned or tilted sufficiently, the contents of
the bottle will be free to pass in any desired quantity from the bottle through the
passage-way 13 into the vial B. When a sufficient amount of material has been
emptied into the vial B, the valve stopper 15 is turned until a plain side thereof is
again brought opposite the passage-way 13, closing the same, whereupon the cork 14
may be removed from the vial and the contents of the vial poured off without any

page_text: danger of the contents of the bottle spilling, and a dose of medicine, for example,
in the vial may be drank directly therefrom. Preferably the vial B is provided
with graduations 17, and the said graduations may be in ounces, drams, or any
fraction of an ounce.
It is evident that a bottle constructed as above set forth will be found exceedingly
useful and convenient, especially in the administration of medicine, since there is
no necessity for the use of a spoon. A dose may be accurately measured in the
vial, and the medicine may be poured from the bottle into the vial without expos-
ing said medicine to the air, since there will always be sufficient air in the neck of
the bottle to permit the liquid to readily flow from said bottle into the annexed vial.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The combination, with a bottle or like receptacle, of a smaller receptacle
connected therewith, and means for cutting off and establishing communication
between the two receptacles, substantially as described.
2. The combination, with a bottle or a like receptacle, of a smaller receptacle
connected therewith, and a valve stopper for the larger receptacle, capable of
opening or closing a communication between the two receptacles, substantially
as described.
3. The combination, with a bottle or like receptacle, of a smaller receptacle
connected with the larger one at its neck portion, and a stopper for the larger
receptacle, capable of extending downward over the point of communication
between the two receptacles, the said stopper having a recess in one of its faces,
which recessed portion of the stopper is capable of being brought opposite the point
of communication between the two receptacles, to admit of the flow of the contents
of one vessel into the other, for the purpose set forth.
4. The combination, with a bottle or a like receptacle, of a vial secured to the
neck portion of the said bottle, a tubular connection between the neck portion of
the bottle and the vial, a stopper for the vial and a stopper for the bottle, the
stopper of the bottle being of sufficient length to extend across the passage-way
establishing communication between the two vessels, one side of the stopper for
the bottle being recessed at its lower end, the recessed portion of the bottle stopper
being of such dimensions that when the said recess is brought opposite the passage-
way between the neck of the bottle and the vial, liquid may flow from the bottle
into the said vial, as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 10th day of October 1898
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.