Improvements in or relating to Bottles or other Receptacles to Prevent them being Refilled.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bottles or other Receptacles to
Prevent them being Refilled.
I, JOHN STERLING CLINTON, of Bonham, in the County of Fannin, and State of
Texas, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles. The object of the
present invention is to improve the construction of non-refillable bottles, and to provide
a simple, inexpensive and efficient one which in order to obtain access to its contents
will have to be sufficiently mutilated or altered in appearance so that it cannot be
again used as an original package for the fraudulent sale of an imitation
liquid.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and
pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a non-refillable bottle constructed in
accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the outer
casing. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the body portion of the outer casing. Fig. 4
is a sectional view of the bottom of the outer casing.
Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
1 designates a non-refillable bottle comprising an inner receptacle 2 or bottle
proper and an outer casing consisting of a body portion 3 and a separate bottom 4.
The body portion 3 of the outer casing covers the top and sides of the receptacle 2,
and it conforms generally to the configuration of the same, being provided with a
neck portion 5 having a solid top 6. The neck portion 5 is provided with a
tapering interior to accommodate necks of bottles of different sizes, so that a bottle
or other receptacle will be held at the top against accidental movement within the
outer casing. The body portion of the outer casing is shown as rectangular in
horizontal section, but it may be circular or any other shape, if desired, and a
packing 7, preferably consisting of an elastic disk or ring, is interposed between
the bottom 4 of the outer casing and the bottom of the receptacle to cause the
receptacle 2 or bottom proper to fit tightly within the outer casing and prevent any
movement of the same independent of the casing. The packing may, however, be
omitted if desired.
The body of the outer casing is provided at its lower edge with outwardly-extending
horizontal projections or lugs 8, and the bottom 4 is provided with corresponding
semi-sockets 9, projecting outward and receiving the lugs or projections 8 of the body
of the casing. After the receptacle or bottle proper 2, which is designed to be provided
with an ordinary cork, is arranged within the outer casing the projections are
permanently secured to the sockets by fusing the glass or by any other suitable
means, whereby the projections and sockets, which are frangible must be broken off in
order to obtain access to the inner receptacle.

page_text: The outer casing is designed to be provided with the trade-mark and other matter
designating the character of the contents of the receptacle or bottle 2, and after the
outer casing has been removed the inner receptacle or bottle entirely loses its identity
and cannot be employed as an ordinary package for the fraudulent sale of an imitation
liquid. It will also be apparent that the non-refillable bottle will effectually preven
its original contents from being adulterated.
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 :-
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1. A non-refillable bottle comprising an inner receptacle designed to receive an
ordinary stopper, and an outer frangible casing entirely surrounding and sealing the
inner receptacle and adapted to be broken to afford access to the latter, substantially
as and for the purpose described.
2. A non-refillable bottle comprising an inner receptacle, and an outer casing
entirely inclosing the inner vessel, and composed of sections connected by frangible
portions adapted to be broken off to afford access to the inner receptacle, substantially
as described.
3. A non-refillable bottle comprising an inner receptable or bottle proper, and an
outer casing composed of a body portion conforming generally to the configuration of
the inner receptacle and provided with a closed neck having a tapering interior to
engage the neck of the receptacle, said body portion being provided at its lower edges
with projections, and a botton having sockets receiving the said projections and
forming frangible connections between the body of the casing and the bottom thereof,
substantially as described.
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