US651774A - Bottle. - Google Patents

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VILLIAM SMITH, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

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srnclrxcarrien forrningpart of Letters Patent No. 651,774, dated June 12, 1900.

f Application iild March 31, 1899. Serial in. 711,211. (No ma To all whom, it mag concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SMITH, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have finvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whicllit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of'this specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its object the provisionof a bottle which can be readily filled initially and partially or. wholly emptied with case, but which Will successfully resist the introduction of fluid after having been filled in the first instance.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a bottle which will be adaptedto freely receive fluid in the first instance, but which will be rendered incapableof refilling by the act of corking or stoppering'the bottle after filling.

Having the foregoing and other not-specifically-mentioned objects in view, the invention consists of a bottle provided with a valve of improved construction, held in open or su's-.

pended position in the bottle-neck.in a novel manner, soas to permit the free intrpduction of the fluid initially, but which is disconnected and made to drop to its seat by the act of stoppering or corking the bottle and thereafter rendered adaptable to permit the discharge of the contents of the bottle as desired, while preventing introduction of any additional fluid.

The invention is set forth in detail hereinafter and the novel features recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional viewof my improved bottle, showing the valve in its "suspended or open position as manufactured; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the stopper inserted in the neck and the valve broken ofi from its suspending connection "and resting in its seat; Fig. 3, a crosssection taken on line a: w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4, a perspective detail of the valve.

The form of the bottle-body may obviously be a matter of choice, as my improvements relate, to the construction of the neck and valve cooperating therewith. The neck 1 has an annularenlargeinentfl, provided with internal vertical ribs 3, which are connected by a horizontal annular guide-ring 4 at a point about midway their height, This construction defines air and fluid channels 5 between the ribs themselves and between the ring 1 and the bottle-neck. The lower ends of the ribsare notched at G andthe'upper ends of said ribs are provided with inwardly-projecting lugs '7, which overhang the guide-ring above the same.

The bottle is providedfwith' a valve-seat 8 at the upper end of the neck portion 9, which is located below the ribs and guide-ring, and theupper portion of the neck .is adapted at lO for the reception of an ordinary cork or stopper 11.

I employ a valve 12 having a cylindrical body 13 of slightly-smaller size than the guidering and fitted therein. The'upper end of this valve is provided with a stem 14, of reduced size, which extends'above the lugs 7 in position for depression by th'ecork or stopper 11' when inserted in the neck, while the lower end 15 of the valve is so shaped as to cor rectly fit the valve-seat 8 when resting there on and has an annular flange 16 of greater diameter than the guide-ring and projecting into the notches 6. This flange and the lugs 7 prevent the valve from dropping out of the neck when moving therein.

When the bottle is manufactured,the valve, which is of glass, is connected to one of the ribs, at the upper end thereof, by a frangible or easily-broken web or teat 17 whereby the valve is held suspended, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position the valve is 05 its seat and the channels 5 are entirely clear and open,

and hence the fluid can be introduced into l a valve located in the neck above the seat and joined to the neck by a frangible connection, said valveand neck being arranged to permit the free introduction of the fluid until j l the frangible connection is broken.

2. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, of a valve in said neck and having a frangible connection therewith, and a stopper adapted to sever or break the frangible connection of the valve when said stopper is inserted in the neck above the valve.

' 3. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, having a valve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck, and a valveiu said neck which is held suspended above the seat by a frangible connection, said ribs pro-,

viding channels for the passage of the fluid around the valve and into the bottle While the valve is suspended by its frangible connection.

4. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, provided with a valve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and de fining channels and terminating above said seat, a guide-ring connecting said ribs above the seat and intermediate their upper and lower ends and a valve movable in said ring I and adapted to rest in said seat.

5. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof provided with a valve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and defining channels, a guide-ring connecting said ribs above the seat, and a valve connected to the neck by a frangible connection and held suspended in the ring above the seat;

6. In a bottle, the combination witha neck thereof, provided with a valve-seat, of ribs projecting in said neck and defining channels, a guide-ring connecting the ribs, a valve in the ring and a lateral flange onthe' valve below the ring.

7. In a bottle, the combination with a neck thereof, )rovided with a valve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and defining channels, said ribs having overhanging lugs at their upper portions, a guide-ring connected to the ribs, and 'a valve in said ring and prevented from dropping out of the bottle by the lugs.

In testimony whereof I al'liX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

THEo. BEILING, -SAML. CRUM AKER.

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