US1127497A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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G. V. OMALLEY. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1913. 1, 1 Q7 49? Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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trrrn CONRAD V. OMALLEY, OF HOME, NEW YORK.

NON-IREFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed November 29, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CONRAD V. OMALLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented new .and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bottles of the nonrefillable type, and has for an object to provide a bottle which, when the original contents have once been withdrawn therefrom, cannot be conveniently refilled with a spurious fluid and sold upon the market as the genuine article.

The invention comprehends, among other features, the provision of a bottle which, when the original contents are withdrawn therefrom, must be partially destroyed and which, when partially destroyed as mentioned, cannot be conveniently filled with a spurious fluid and rebuilt to have the appearance of the original bottle, thus preventing spurious dealers from using the bottle for selling spurious fluids under the name of the original manufacturer and as the original contents of the bottle.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the neck of the bottle; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the bottle, showing the frangible portion removed; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the baffle member.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a bottle body 10 including a main integral neck 11 adapted to receive therein a stopper 12, and a frangible neck 13 hai ing its lower end materially reduced at its point of connection or formation with the main and integral neck 11, this point being indicated by the numeral 14. On both sides of the reduced portion of the neck there are provided circular ribs 15 and 16, the rib 15 being formed with the neck 11 and the rib 16 being formed at the lower end of the neck 13 and adjacent to the reduced portion thereof. An auxiliary stopper 17 is adapted to lie within the frangible neck 13 and above the auxiliary stopper the remainder of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 803,802.

frangible neck is filled with a sealing substance 18 preferably in the nature of concrete or the like, an elliptical baffle 19 in the nature of a flat plate being arranged to be embedded in the sealing substance 18 and extending at an angle to the vertical plane of the neck, as shown, so as to prevent the insertion of an instrument into the lower portion of the neck 13 in the event that the concrete or sealing substance 18 is removed from the neck.

The stoppers 12 and 17 are preferably connected by a thin thread or other connecting member 20, as shown, with the said ribs extending transversely to the point of breaking of the frangible neck 13 with respect to the neck 11. After the bottle has been filled with the desired fluid the stopper 12 is arranged in position as shown, the inner face of the neck 11 being preferably tapered to acommodate the stopper and which is also tapered, it being readily understood that the stopper can be sulficiently compressed to be forced through the neck 13 and into the neck 11. The auxiliary stopper 17 is now arranged in the neck 13 and the said stoppers 12 and 17 are connected by the thread 20 previously carried by the stopper 12 and adapted to pass through the stopper 17 when the same is inserted in the neck. The space above the stopper 13 is now filled with the sealing substance 18 and the baffle 19 is embedded in the sealing substance as shown. In order to hold the sealing substance rigidly within the neck 13 a circular recess 21 is formed in the inner face of the upper portion of the neck 13 and adapted to be filled with the sealing substance, thus holding the 7 same securely within the frangible neck.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the structure described is of a simple and durable construction and will readily perform the object for which it is desired. When the structure has been arranged in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is desired to remove some of the contents of the bottle body it is only necessary to tap the frangible neck a slight blow, thus severing it at the point 14. The stopper 12 is now removed and it will be apparent that the contents of the bottle body can then be readily poured therefrom. It will be seen that owing to, the frangible neck 13 having been broken away from the body of the hottle, the bottle cannot be conveniently refilledfiyith a spurious fluid and the frangible neck replaced Without detection.

Having thus described myinvention, I

claim 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combina-.

tion With a bottle body including a neck, of a stopper therein, a frangible neck on the neck of the bottle body," an auxiliary stopper in the frangible neck, asealing substance arranged above the auxiliary stopper, and a baffle enibeddediin the sealingsubstance and extending atan angle to the plane of the's'aid bottle body and the; said auxiliary 'neck.

, 2. Inanonsrefillabl'e bottle, the combinationwith a-bottle body? including'a neck, of y a stopper carried in the neck, a frangible neck carried by the'neck of the bottle body, an auxiliary stopper in the said frangible neck, a connecting member connecting the stopper inthe neck of the bottle body and the auxiliary stopper in the said frangible neck, means for hermetically sealing the said Copies of this patient may be, obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents.

Washington, D. C.

frangible neck, and an elliptical baflle car-

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