US829775A - Non-refillable bottle. - Google Patents

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PLTENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

A. D. & A. B. GEORGE. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1906.

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ADELBERT D. GEORGE AND AUSTIN B. GEORGE, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS.

NON-REFILLABLE. BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 12, 1906. Serial NO. 360,769.

To all whmn it .may concern:

Be it known that we, ADELBERT D. GEORGE and AUSTIN B. GEORGE, citizens of the United States, residing at Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and we 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 which it a pertains to make and use the same.

is invention relates to improvementsin non-refillable bottles.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle of tliisiaracter having a closure constructed in such manner that the refilling of thebottle in any position will be prevented.

A further object is to provide means to pre vent the interference or tampering with said closing device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain no'vel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the neck and upper end of the bottle, showing the application of the invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view, on a larger scale, of the valvecasing, the valve and the protecting-cap removed from the bottle. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve-casing and retaming-cap, showing the same separated; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the valve and its seat removed from the casing.

Referringmore particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the bottle,having a neck 2, at the lower end of which is formed a globular enlargement 3. Arranged in the enlargement 3 is a valve-casing 4, having a lower cylindrical portion 5 and an upper frusto-conical portion 6. In the upper frusto-conical portion of the valvecasing is formed a series of discharge-apertures 7, between which are arranged radially-disposed slots or apertures tion 13, WhlCh is adapted to enter the passage 10 in the valve-seat when said valve is closed. The valve 12 is preferably hinged to the upper end of the valve-seat, as shown, and on the upper side of said valve is arranged a disk '14, formed 'of cork .or other buoyant mate- Patented Aug. 28, 1906-. M

rial, the object of which will be hereinafter/ described. The disk 14 is preferably held in place on the valve 12 by means of cli s 15, which are preferably formed integra withand bent upwardly from the valve. Ar: ranged in the casing above the valve 12 is a ball or other shaped weight 16, adapted to close the valve 12 when the bottle is in an inclined position, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Adapted to be placed upon the upper end of the valve-casing 4 is a protecting-cap 17, said cap being frusto-conical or cup-shaped, so that the sides of the same extend downwardly over the apertured upper end of the valve-casing, the sides of said cap being such that a space is provided between the inner walls of the cap and the outer walls ofthe valve-casing, thus permitting liquid to flow out of the apertures in the casing when the bottle is in an inclined position. Arranged on the cap is a series of radially-disposed upwardly and outwardly inclined spring-tongues 18, said tongues being referably cut from and formed integral with the material forming the cap. The same, however, if desired, may be formed separate therefrom and riveted or otherwise secured thereto. The valvecasing is provided with inwardly-projecting lugs 20, arranged near the lower end thereof, to hold the valve-seat 9 in position in the lower end of the casing, as shown.

In operation the bottle is first filled, after which the valve-casing 4, containing the valve-seat 9 and valve 12, together with the ca 17 are inserted throughthe neck into the en argement 3, so that the lower end of the valve-seat 9 will engage the shoulders formed by the lower end of the enlargement 3. When the parts have thus been forced into position in the enlargement 3, the spring-tongues 18 on the casing17 will sprin outwardly and engage the shoulder formed y the upper end of the enlargement 3, thus securing the valve and'the protecting-cap in place. If desired, an ordinary stopper may be placed in the u per end of the bottle-neck. When is d sired to discharge liquid from the bottle, the

-filling of the bottle irrespective of same is tilted to a proper inclination which f will cause the valve 12 to swing open, thus permitting the liquid to flow through the passage 10 in the valveseat S) and through the apertures 7 and 8 in the valve-casing,from which, it enters the ei'ilargeinent 3 and passes out through the neck of tee bottle. Should an attempt be made to refill the bottle by holding the same in either a vertical or inclined position, the hall or weight 17 will roll down the inclined siiles of the valvecasing and close said valve, thus preventing the en trance of liquid while the bottle is in an inelined or vertical position. Should an attempt be made to relill the bottle whei'i in an inverted position, the liquid. .being forced therein will as soon as the same enters the valve-easing lent the valve 12 by reason of the cork disk 14, attached thereto, thus caus-- ing the valve to closeflvhich w'll prevent liquid 'from entering the hottle wluzn in this position. The cap 17 when arranged in place on the upper end of the valve-easing will prevent the valve from being tampered with or injured. It will thus he seen that a valve constructed and arranged in a manner described herein will effectively prevent the re the position. in which. the same may he held.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accornpanying drawings, the construction and operation. oi the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ol construction may he resorted to without departing 'lron v the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as del'ii'red by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what weclaiin as new, and desire to secure by Lettrrs Patent, is-

i. in a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of the bottle having a globular enlai enient, of an apertured valveeasingarran 'ed therein, said casing having a trusto-eonicei upper end, a protectingeap arranged on. the upper end of said casing, spring lockirig-tongues arranged on. said cap to engage the shoulder formed by the upper end of the enlargement in said bottle-neck, a valve seat arranged in the lower end of said casing to engage the shoulders at the lower end of said enlnrgmnent, a valve hingedly connected to said seat, and means to close said valve, siihstantialh sdeserihed.

in a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of the loottle having a :nient, of an apertured valvenzrein, said casing having a d upper end, a protecting-cap argmd on. the upper end of said casing, spring locking-tongues arranged on said cap to en.- griigg e he shoulder formed by the upper end of tne enlargement in said bottle-neck, a valveseat arranged in the iower end of said casing to engage the shoulders at the lower end. of snide ent, a valve hingedly connected to said sea a disk of buoyant material se cured to L: upper side of said valve, and a hall or Weight loosely arranged in said easing ahove said valve, suhstai'itially as described.

in test-i inenv whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two suhscril'iing witnesses.

ADELBERT D. GEGRGE. AUSTIN B. GEORGE.

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