Improvements in Bottles and like Receptacles of Glass.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and like Receptacles of Glass.
We, HENRY ARTHUR HAYDEN, Manufacturer, and BERNARD TERANCE
KEARNS, Dealer in Real Estate, both of 99 Nassau Street, in the City, County
and State of New York, in the 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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Our invention relates to the class of devices designed to prevent the re-filling of
bottles and like receptacles, or to render the re-filling so difficult that it cannot be
profitably practised; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple, inexpensive
and practical device for the purpose.
The invention will be fully described hereinafter and its novel features carefully
defined in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the
invention―
Figure 1 is a vertical, axial section of a bottle provided with my improvements;
Figure 1 is a transverse section of the bottle-neck at line 1 in Figure 1, and
Figure 1 is a plan or end view of the plug-valve.
Fig. 2 shows the bottle inverted and the valve off from its seat.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 illustrate other modes of securing the valve-seat in the
bottle-neck.
The
A represents the body of a bottle and a, its neck. At the base of the neck, near
where it joins the body, is formed an internal ledge, a'. Within the bottle-neck,
and supported on this ledge, is a thimble-like valve-seat, b, which has a marginal
base-flange, b', and an aperture, 2, in its crown or top to receive the valve, .
valve-seat will be secured firmly in place on the ledge a', and this I may effect by
forcing a ring or annulus of cork, d, down upon the base-flange, at the bottom
of the space, y, about the elevated valve-seat. The latter may be secured by
cement, or by cement in addition to the cork d. Or, if the seat be placed at the
time the bottle is made, the bottle-neck may be heated and pressed in about the base-
flange of the seat, as seen in Fig. 3. The bottle-neck may have an internal recess
for the cork d to expand into, as seen in Fig. 4; or this internal recess may be
ommitted, or the valve-seat be inade cylindrical, as seen in Fig. 5. Or where it is
possible to do so, the valve-seat may be formed integrally with the bottle in the
process of manufacture of the latter.
The plug-valve c,-seen detached in Fig. 18, has a long, tapered shank and a
crown, c', formed of several radiating branches. The diameter of this crown will be
such that it will slip down loosely into the neck of the bottle.
Above the valve e, is a stop-plug, e, of cork, provided with a protecting crown, e',
of glass, to prevent tampering with the plug e. The plug e will have a bore in its
axis, and the crown el will have a stem, e, which is forced down into said bore, said
stem being ridged circumferentially to prevent it from being readily withdrawn.
The top of the crown will be rounded as shown, so as to prevent it from being
grasped by nippers.
At the point where the plug e is to be lodged and fixed, there is a slight
enlargement, a², in the neck of the bottle into which the cork expands when
forced down into the neck after which it cannot be withdrawn. About the
plug e we form in the bottle-neck grooves or passages, a³, for the liquid to flow
out at.
The bottle may be first filled, the valve-seat 6 placed, the cork packing & forced
down in place, the valve e inserted, and the plug e forced down to its seat.
The

page_text: usual cork stopper, r, is then placed. When the stopper is removed, the contents
may be poured out by tilting the bottle until the valve e falls away from its
seat. The valve will be of such length that its crown will strike the stop-plug e
before its stem leaves the valve-seat b. Thus it cannot escape entirely from
the seat.
It will not be possible to re-fill the bottle by any means ordinarily at command,
if at all, mainly owing to the fact that the valve-seat b rises in the axis of
the neck a, leaving the clear baffling space around it into which the entering
liquid will flow and form reverberatory currents. The valve also offers an
obstruction when it is off from its seat, as it must be to permit liquid to enter the
bottle.
It will be noted that the construction described requires no difficulty or
expensive work in moulding the bottle, as the only features required are the
ledge a', the recesses a², and passages a³, all of which can be made without
adding appreciably to the cost of the hottle.
The protecting crown e', the valve e, and the seat b, are all easily moulded and
will cost but little. No grinding of the valve and seat will be needed if the parts
be carefully moulded.
The cork may be in one piece or in several pieces.
The valve-seat, valve c, and crown e', may be of porcelain or ceramic material,
if that substance be preferred to glass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :—
1. The improved manufacture of a bottle (or like receptacle) which cannot
be re-filled, or only with great difficulty, the same consisting of a bottle
having a thimble-shaped valve-seat in the lower part of its neck, a beaded or
crowned valve seated in said valve-seat, an expanded stop-plug of cork in the neck
above the valve, said plug having a glass (or the like) crown as described, and a
passage or passages about said stop-plug for the liquid to flow out through, as set
forth.
2. The combination with a bottle (or like receptacle) having a supporting ledge in
its neck to receive a valve-seat, a cork-and-glass (or the like) stop-plug fixed in its
neck above said ledge, and passages for the liquid about said stop-plug, of the
thimble-shaped valve-seat fixed in position on said ledge and having an annular
space y, around it, and the valve, having a tapered stem or shank which occupies
the aperture in the valve-seat, and a branched crown which fits loosely in the bottle-
neck below the stop-plug, as set forth.
3. The combination with the bottle (or like receptacle) having a ledge in its
neck to support the valve-seat, a stop-plug in the neck above said seat, and a
plug-valve as described, of the thimble-shaped valve-seat, provided with a base-
flange to rest on said ledge, and the packing d, which holds said valve-seat in
place, as set forth.
4. The combination with the bottle (or like receptacle), having in its neck
the annular recess a² and passages a³, of the stop-plug, fitted into said annular
recess, the glass (or the like) crown, el, secured to said stop-plug, and a valve
and valve-seat in the bottle-neck below said stop-plug, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 1st day of August 1894.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.