US773294A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

0.. MEDLEY. NON-'REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1904;

H0 MODEL.

Inventor.

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UNIT D STATE Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFIcE.

CLARENCE MEDLEY, OF CALGARY, CANADA, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO REGINALD ERSKINE McARTHUR, OF CALGARY, CANADA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,294, dated October 25, 1904;. Application filed March 25, 1904. Serial No. 200,005. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CLARENCE MEDLEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Calgary, in the district of Alberta, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles; and the object of the invention is to provide a device in the neck of a bottle whereby it will be impossible for any one to refill the bottle after it has been once emptied of all or a portion of its contents and whereby simplicity and cheapness will be attained both in the cost of the parts and the manner of inserting them into the neck of a bottle; and itconsists, essentially,of a ring of glass orother suitable material supported near the lower end of the neck of the bottle and having its central opening converging toward its upper side, a loose stopper in said opening, a weight over said stopper, and a plug surrounding said weight and suitably secured to the neck of the bottle and having passages therethrough, the various parts being constructed in detail as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the neck of a bottle having my device arranged therein. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the ring at the lower end of the neck of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a detail of the stopper. Fig. 4 is a detail of the weight to be placed over the stopper. Fig. 5 is a detail of the plug surrounding the weightlooking from above. Fig. 6 is adetail of the plug surrounding the weight looking from below.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

a is the neck of the bottle, formed much like the ordinary bottle,with the exception that the shoulder or inward projection Z) is provided at the lower end thereof and the annular groove a slightly above said shoulder.

(Z is a ring, preferably of glass and resting on the shoulder b and having its central opening a diverging from the beveled ledge f to the lower side of the ring.

g is a stopper, preferably of glass, fitting 5 into the openinge and hollowed from its under side. The top side when in position in the opening a is flush with the top side of the ring CZ.

h is a glass weight having the base 7 projecting therearound; The base and the body portion of the weight are preferably formed of one piece. The weight it normally rests on the top of the stopper g, the projecting portion of the base 2' extending beyond the opening 6 onto the top side of the ring (Z.

j is a plug having the annular groove in around its outer periphery. The plug 7' has a central recess or hollow Z from the under side, which will permit the lower edges of the wall of the plug to rest on the ring cl and completely surround theweight it, and in this position the annular groove is will register with the annular groove 0 in the neck of the bottle.

m is a passage from the top side of the plug 1' into the annular grooves 0 and is, through which liquid cement may be inserted.

n represents tortuous passages through the top and walls of the plug and opening out at 0 into the central recess or hollow Z.

In operation the bottle is first filled before my device is inserted in the neck. Then the ring is suitably placed in to rest on the shoulder toward the bottom of the neck. The stopper is then dropped into the opening in the 8 ring, the weight placed on top of said stopper, and the plug placed over the weight. Liquid cement is preferably then inserted through the passage m into the annular grooves 0 and In and by a quick movement of the bottle 5 made to flow therearound before it hardens. The parts are now locked securely in the neck, and it will be found impossible to remove them Without destroying the bottle. The liquid in the bottle when canted will through pressure force the stopper from the opening in the ring and will then flow out through the passages n in the stopper; but nothing can be returned to the bottle because of the particular formation and arrangement of the parts.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the neck portion having a suitable shoulder toward its lower end, a ring supported on said shoulder having a tapered opening, a stopper closing the said opening, a weight above said stopper, and a plug surrounding the said weight having tortuous passages therethrough, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the neck portion having an annular groove intermediate of its length and a shoulder toward its lower end, a ring supported by said shoulder and having a circular opening therethrough diverging toward the lower side, a tapered stopper hollowed from its under side and fitting into the said opening, a weight having its lower portion extending outwardly therefrom, and resting on the ring and the aforesaid stopper, a plug having an annular groove registering with the aforesaid annular groove, and having a passage from the top thereof into the said annular grooves, and having a recess or hollow from the under side forming walls having tortuous passages leading from the said '1 opening through the top of the plug, and an adhesive substance in said annular grooves, as and for the purpose speei lied.

3. In anon-refillable bottle, in combination, the neck portion having a suitable shoulder at its lower end, a ring supported by the shoulder, a stopper designed to close the opening of the ring and lie flush with the top thereof, a weight 'irovided with a flange at the bottom, forming a flat bottom side designed to lie on the ring, and a protecting device suitably held in the bottle and designed to limit the movement of and to prevent the above-mentioned parts being tampered with, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Calgary, in the district of Alberta, in the Dominion of Canada, this 29th day of February, 1904.

CLARENCE MEDLEY.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY A. ALLIsoN, RICHARD TRIBE.

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