US564826A - Bottle-closure - Google Patents

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W. LAUDAHN. BOTTLE CLOSURE Patented July 28, 1896'.

A TTORNE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LAUDAHN, OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,826, dated July 28, 1896.

Application filed December 23, 1895. Serial No. 573,031 (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM LAUDAHN, of Port Angeles, in the county of 'Clallam and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Closure, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved bottle-closure which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to securely seal the bottle and prevent refilling of the same by unauthorized persons.

The invention consists principally of a bottle provided with an auxiliary neck having a frangible lower end for readily breaking the auxiliary neck ofi the main neck, a stopper in said auxiliary neck, and a locking device for holding the stopper securely in place.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2isasectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the same on the line 4 4: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The bottle A is provided with a neck A, having an elongated and contracted inletopening A as plainly shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. From the main neck A extends an auxiliary neck A integral with the neck A and connected with the same by the thin frangible end A adapted to be broken off by a suitable tool, or by knocking the auxiliary neck against a table or other fixed article.

The upper end of the neck A is provided with an annular flange A for conveniently attaching an ordinary cap after the auxiliary neck A is broken off. In the auxiliary neck A is held a cork or like stopper B, pressed down the neck A along a series of verticallydisposed ribs A, so as to securely hold the stopper in place. On the top of this stopper B is held a metallic plate 0 by means of prongs 0, extending down into the stopper, and on the top of this metallic plate are secured a number of lugs C extending upwardly and rigidly connected with a second plate 0 fitted with the plate 0 into a recess A formed in the auxiliary neck A near the upper end thereof by cutting out portions of the vertical ribs A Thetwo plates 0 and O are provided in their peripheries with notches C fitting onto the ribs A upon letting said plates 0 and C down into the recess A The top of the plate 0 is adapted to be engaged by a'locking-disk D, likewise formed in. its periphery with notches D, engaging the upper ends of the ribs A to permit of letting this locking-disk D down upon the plate C and into the upper end of the recess A In this disk D is formed an opening D adapted to be engaged by a pin E, fitted to slide vertically in the plate C and pressed on at its lower end by a spring F, attached to the under side of the plate 0 so that the free end of the spring extends between the plates 0 and C When the disk D is placed in position in the recess A, then it is free to turn, as the ribs A are cut out at the recess A and in turning said disk D its aperture D finally registers with the spring-pressed pin E, so that the latter flies up into the opening D to prevent the locking-disk from being turned in either direction. It will be seen that when the disk D is inserted and turned and automatically locked in place then the cork 13, plates 0 and C and the disk D cannot be removed, whereby the bottle is securely closed and a refilling thereof is entirely prevented.

When it is desired to empty the bottle of its contents, then the auxiliary neck A must be broken ofi at the frangible end A to permit of pouring the contents of the bottle through the opening A in the neck A. It is distinctly understood that the opening D and the locking-disk D are not in register with the pin E when the disk D is let down on the ribs A, but only comes in register with said pin when the disk D is turned after it has reached the recess A It will be seen that the device is very simple in construction, can be readily applied, and positively prevents refilling of the bottle unless the auxiliary neck A is broken off,

whereby the object is accomplished, that is, destroying the original bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bottle-closure comprising an auxiliary neck, a stopper adapted to be pressed in said neck, a plate held on the top of said stopper and supporting a second plate, a locking-disk adapted to rest on the uppermost plate, and a spring-pressed pin held on said uppermost plate and adapted to engage an opening in said locking-disk, substantially as shown and I the neck, the locking-disk being also capable described.

2. A bottle-closure comprising an auxiliary neck having vertical ribs on the inner face of its wall, and an annular recess formed by cutting outportions of said ribs, a stopper held in said neck, a plate resting on said stopper, a .second plate supported above the firstnamed plate, a locking-disk having notches adapted to engage said ribs, .and a springpressed pin held on the uppermost plate and engaging an aperture in said disk, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bottle having an auxiliary neckconnected to the main neckby a frangible web, a stopper held in the auxiliary neck, a plate supported on the stopper and within the neck, a spring-pressed pin carried by the plate, and a locking-disk capable of being locked with the neck and having a recess receiving the spring-pressed pin ,substantially as described.

4. A bottle having a neck, a stopper held in the neck, a plate supported on the stopper, a spring-pressed pin carried by the plate, and a locking-disk capable of being locked with the neck of the bottle and having a recess receiving the spring-pressed pin, substantially as described.

- 5. A bottle, the neck of which is formed with an interior vertical rib, a stopper within the neck, a plate sustained on the stopper and also Within the neck, a spring-pressed pin carried by the plate, and a locking-disk formed with a notch capable of receiving the rib on of movement to engage the rib whereby the disk is locked and the locking-disk having a V recess receiving the spring-pressed pin, substantially as described. 7

6. A bottle, the neck of which is formed with an interior and vertically-extending rib,

a stopper within the neck, a plate rested on the stopper, pins secured to the plate and rising from the same, a second plate sustained on the pins, a movable spring-pressed pin carried by the second plate, and a locking-disk having a notch capable of receiving the rib on the neck of the bottle and also having a recess capable of engaging the spring-pressed pin, substantially as described.

WVILLIAM LAUDAHN. Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. lVIALLETTE, HARRY E. LUTZ.

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