Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Jars, or other Vessels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Jars, or other Vessels.
I, JAMES BOYD, of Hampden House, Phoenix Street, London, N.W. Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to bottles, jars or other vessels and has for its object to
construct a bottle or the like which when once emptied of the liquid it contains
cannot be refilled without considerable trouble. My improved bottles and the like
are moreover easily and cheaply constructed.
Bottles and the like constructed in the ordinary manner are open to the objection
that after having been emptied of their original contents they can be readily and
easily refilled with a liquid or article similar in appearance thereto but of inferior
quality.
According to one method of carrying out my invention I surround the neck of
the bottle or a portion thereof by a closed receptacle with one, two or more orifices
in the side or sides thereof. The open end of the neck is preferably close to the
top of the said receptacle.
When the bottle is tilted the liquid will flow down the neck into the receptacle
and then out through one of the orifices in the same.
Liquid cannot however be introduced through the receptacle and neck into the
bottle without considerable difficulty as the opening of the neck is not opposite the
orifice or orifices in the side of said receptacle.
I sometimes provide the neck with one, two or more tubes projecting within
the aforesaid receptacle which tubes may be turned or twisted if desired. The
orifices in the receptacle may be provided with internal necks to assist in preventing
access to the internal tube of the receptacle.
I may also provide suitable means whereby in the act of pouring out liquid the
opening or openings for air pressure may be fully opened or partially or wholly
closed at will so as to regulate or control the flow of liquid. One object of said
arrangement is to lessen or prevent any drip of liquor outside the bottle. The
opening for the flow of liquor outwards may be fashioned in any convenient manner
for pouring out and preventing drip.
I sometimes divide the neck of the bottle into two parts in which case the
aforesaid receptacle surrounding the upper part of the neck is preferably manu-
factured separately and after the bottle has been filled is cemented or fastened
thereto in any convenient manner that it cannot be removed without breakage such
breakage preferably involving the destruction of the bottle. I may also provide
suitable means whereby the fastening of the receptacle may be accomplished by
sealing, for instance with the seal of the producers of the liquid. Said receptacle
may be manufactured as a portion of the bottle that is not detachable in which case
I provide suitable means for filiing the bottle for instance by an opening or
openings in any portion of the bottle which openings are after filling, closed in such
a manner that re-opening of the same causes breakage of the bottle.
My improved bottle may be used where small quantities of liquid are required
to be poured out at one time such as medicine, perfume or the like or for sprinkling
or spraying purposes or the like. I then provide suitable means for assisting these
operations.
When my invention is to be applied to decanters or the like I provide covers or
stoppers for one or more of the orifices in the receptacle and I provide suitable

page_text: means whereby said covers or stoppers may form a portion of a spring or locking
device or the like to prevent the entry of air and also to prevent access to the
contents by unauthorized persons. In this modification I sometimes make the
receptacle easily detachable from the bottle.
The aforesaid receptacle surrounding the neck of the bottle may be situated at
any part of the bottle that is to say the bottle may be arranged to discharge the
liquid from the side thereof instead of at the top.
My improved bottles, jars or other vessels may be used for containing any liquid
or dry powder or in general any substance which is adapted to be poured out.
Dated this 12th day of June 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, Loudon, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Jars, or other Vessels.
I, JAMES BOYD, of Hampden House, Phoenix Street, London, N.W., Merchant,
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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Bottles and the like constructed in the ordinary manner can be refilled as often
as desired without much trouble, and consequently when they are used for containing
wines, spirits, scents or other liquids or substances of well known brands that it is
desirable should not be substituted by or diluted or mixed with, other liquids or
substances this facility in refilling becomes a disadvantage to the producer of the
original contents of the bottle.
The object of my invention is to construct a bottle or the like which once
emptied of the liquid it contains cannot be refilled or can only be refilled with
considerable trouble. My improved bottles and the like are easily and cheaply
constructed.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate in central section two methods of
carrying my invention into practice, A is the bottle neck and B is a cap or receptacle
which surrounds the neck A and is secured thereto at C by cement or otherwise.
The said receptacle B is closed at its upper end, and has an orifice or two orifices
such as B B at the side. b, b are short internal tubes leading to the orifices B¹ B².
They are preferably inclined as shown and may be provided with gratings or sieves
to assist in preventing access to the neck of the bottle. The said tubes are in some
instances arranged to project outside the receptacle B, or both inside and outside.
The orifices and tubes may be both placed on the same side of the receptacle or
not. The inner ends of said projecting tubes approach near to the sides of the
neck.
Recesses may be provided in the neck of the bottle opposite the inner ends of
the said tubes to allow of the free passage of liquid past the end of the tube when
pouring out and to aid in preventing access to the top of the neck of the bottle.
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The orifice B' for the escape of the liquid is preferably provided with a lip B' to
prevent drip.
When the bottle is tilted the liquid will flow down the neck into the receptacle B
and then out through the orifice or orifices in the same.
I sometimes divide the bottle-neck into two parts in order to facilitate the
entrance of air into the bottle when liquid is being poured therefrom.
In this case
that part of the neck which serves as the air tube may be conveniently prolonged
so as to extend some distance into the bottle and preferably to one side thereof so
that when the bottle is tilted the air tube will be unobstructed by the liquid.

page_text: A continuation of the air tube may if desired be moulded or formed in the wall or
the bottle itself.
The opening or mouth of the bottle neck may be provided with a grating or
sieve or bars or wires or the like to prevent the introduction of a tube for filling
the bottle; or the top of the bottle neck may be closed altogether and small holes
or slits may be provided in the neck, on one or both sides thereof. The bottle neck
may also be furnished with such holes or slits in addition to the usual opening at
the top or mouth thereof.
I sometimes arrange a hinged lid or valve opening outwards in the mouth of the
bottle neck. The said valve or lid is preferably countersunk to prevent the
possibility of the same being held open by means of a wire or the like passed into
the receptacle for that purpose in order to allow of fraudulent refilling of the bottle.
In lieu of the aforesaid valve, or in addition thereto, a similar valve may be
provided within the lower part of the bottle neck.
When the neck is divided into two tubes each of such tubes may be furnished
with a separate hinged lid or lids or valve or valves or the one lid at top may serve
to cover both tubes. Instead of a hinged lid or valve as above described a ball
valve of smaller diameter than the neck may be employed. For this purpose a
suitable seating is provided for the valve in the lower portion of the bottle neck.
The said seating is preferably provided with an orifice of such size as to be closed
by the ball which rolls into said orifice when the bottle is placed upright or is tilted
into position for receiving liquor. I provide stops to prevent the valve lifting too
high and thereby obstructing the flow of liquor.
The ball is preferably of glass but may be so constructed or made of such
material as to be of only slightly greater specific gravity than the liquid in the
bottle. This tends to prevent filling by the aid of an exhaust air pump.
To aid in preventing access to the bottle neck I may arrange shields of glass or
other suitable material placed within the receptacle between the orifices for the air
and liquid and the sides of the neck. Such shields may be made in one piece with
the receptacle or with the bottle neck, an opening being provided at the top or
bottom or sides of the shield.
I sometimes form the neck of the bottle with a bent extremity as shown in
Figure 2 or I make it T-shaped. The mouth of the said extremity is preferably
so arranged as to be at a higher level than the corresponding orifice or orifices in
the side of the receptacle when the bottle is lying on its side or is tilted for receiving
liquor. This construction tends to assist in preventing the bottle being filled by
immersion in the liquid, or by gravitation or pressure.
Sometimes to enable the different parts to be easily put together I construct the
T-shaped portion of the neck as a separate bent tube or tubes which can be inserted
in the neck of the bottle and attached thereto by means of cement, or by a cork'
ring or otherwise.
With this form of bottle neck the receptacle is preferably made open at the top
& is provided with a separate cap or lid D secured thereto in any of the hereinafter
described methods. The said cap is placed on the receptacle after the latter is
secured in position on the bottle neck.
The receptacle is ordinarily secured to the bottle, after the latter is filled, and is
so secured that it cannot easily be removed without breakage, such breakage
preferably involving the destruction of the bottle or of the band label capsule, seal'
or the like, of the producer or vendor of the contents of the bottle. For example
a convenient way of securing the receptacle to the bottle is to provide either around
the bottle neck or within the receptacle a circumferential groove for the reception
of soft yarn or cord which has previously been dipped in cement.
The cord or
yarn is held tightly between the bottle neck and the receptacle and the cement
retains the whole in position. This method of securing the receptacle is advantageous
in that it reduces the quantity of cement that would otherwise be required and
prevents the contact of the liquid with the cement.
The surfaces to be cemented together may be ground or roughened to afford a

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greater hold on the cement. The cement may sometimes be omitted altogether and
the fastening be effected by sealing. The receptacle may be conveniently arranged
to screw on to the bottle neck or a pin or pins may be secured to the receptacle
which would in practice engage with a slot in the bottle neck or vise versa. Cement
or the like can be used to aid in fastening either of these arrangements.
times provide small holes near, the bottom of the receptacle to receive plugs E E
or screws of wood, glass, or other material which have been previously dipped in
cement, the said plugs or screws being arranged to enter corresponding holes or
indentations provided in the bottle neck. The said plugs may be countersunk and
may be conveniently sealed by the producers of the contents after the bottle is
filled. The said plugs or screws may in some nodes of manufacturing the receptacle
be inserted from the inside of the neck in which case I may form a head upon the
plug or screw thus rendering its withdrawal more difficult. The receptacle may be
manufactured as a portion of the bottle that is not detachable in which case
I provide suitable means for filling the bottle for instance by an opening or openings
in the bottle which openings are after filling, closed in such a manner that reopening
of the same preferably causes breakage of the bottle, or of the seal of the producer
or the like.
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I wish it understood that in any of the forms of my invention I may arrange to
have the exit for liquor and the entrance for air either upon the same side of the
receptacle or in any other position which may be found convenient and that one
tube may serve for the double purposes of exit of liquor and entrance of air.
My improved bottle may be used where small quantities of liquid such as medicine,
perfume or the like are required to be poured out at one time; it can also be used
for sprinkling or spraying purposes or the like.
When my invention is to be applied to decanters or the like I provide covers or
stoppers for one or more of the orifices in the receptacle and I provide suitable
means whereby said covers or stoppers may form a portion of a spring or locking
dévice or the like to prevent the entry of air and also to prevent access to the
contents by unauthorized persons. In this modification I sometimes make the
receptacle easily detachable from the bottle.
The neck of the bottle and the receptacle surrounding it may be situated at any
part of the bottle, that is to say, the bottle may be arranged to discharge the liquid
from the side thereof instead of at the top.
My improved bottles, or other vessels inay be used for containing any liquid or
dry powder or in general any substance which is adapted to be poured out.
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:
The combination with a bottle or the like of a receptacle which surrounds and is
secured to the bottle neck, and which is closed at the top and provided with one
two or more apertures in the side or sides thereof with or without internal.tubes
surrounding the said apertures, and with or without a tube or tubes (as a portion
of the neck) specially for conducting air into the bottle when emptying the contents,
substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 12th day of March 1805
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
JAMES BOYD.
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.