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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOHN S. CLINTON, OF BONHIAM, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY
L. McCUISTION, OF PARIS, TEXAS.
NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,042, dated cay 4, 1897.
Application filed November 16, 1896. Serial No, 612,329, (No model.)To call zvhom it 7nil/ con cera:
Be it known that I, JOHN S. CLINTON, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Bonham,
in the county of Fannin and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Non-Refill-
able Bottle, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
The invention relates to improvements in
non-refillable bottles.
1o The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of non-refillable bot-
tles, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and
efficient one which in order to obtain access
to its contents will have to be sufficiently mu-
15 tilated or altered in appearance so that it
cannot be again used as an original package
for the fraudulent sale of an imitation liquid.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
zo parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal
sectional view of a non-refillable bottle con-
25 structed in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the
outer casing. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view
of the body portion of the outer casing. Fig.
4 is a sectional view of the bottom of the outer
30 casing.
Like numerals of reference designate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates a non-refillable bottle compris-
35 ing an innerreceptacle 2 or bottle proper and
an outer casing consisting of a body portion
3 and a separate bottom 4. The body portion
3 of the outer casing covers the top and sides
of the receptacle 2, and it conforms gener-
40 ally to the configuration of the same, being
provided with a neck portion 5, having a solid
top 6. The neck portion 5 is provided with a
tapering interior to accommodate necks of
bottles of different sizes, so that a bottle or
45 other receptacle will be held at the top against
accidental movement within the outer casing.
The body portion of the outer casing is shown
as rectangular in horizontal section, but it
may be circular or any other shape, if desired,
50o and a packing 7, preferably consisting of an
elastic disk or ring, is interposed between thebottom 4 of the outer casing and the bottom
of the receptacle to cause the receptacle 2 or
bottom proper to fit tightly within the outer
casing and prevent any movement of the same
independent of the casing. The packing may,
however, be omitted, if desired.
The body of the outer casing is provided at
its lower edge with outwardly-extending hori-
zontal projections or lugs 8, and the bottom
4 is provided with corresponding semisockets
9, projecting outward and receiving the lugs
or projections 8 of the body of the casing.
After the receptacle or bottle proper, 2, which
is designed to be provided with an ordinary
cork, is arranged within the outer casing the
projections are permanently secured to the
sockets by fusing the glass or by any other suit-
able means, whereby the projections and sock-
ets, which are frangible, must be broken off
in order to obtain access to the inner recep-
tacle.
The outer casing is designed to be provided
with the trade-mark and other matter desig-
nating the character of the contents of the
receptacle or bottle 2, and after the outer cas-
ing has been removed the inner receptacle
or bottle entirely loses its identity and can-
not be employed as an ordinary package for
the fraudulent sale of an imitation liquid.
It will also be apparent that the non-refill-
able bottle will effectually prevent its origi-
nal contents from being adulterated.
What I claim is-
1. A non-refillable bottle comprising an in-
ner receptacle designed to receive an ordi-
nary stopper, and an outer frangible casing
entirely surrounding and sealing the inner re-
ceptacle and adapted to be broken to afford
access to the latter, substantially as and for
the purpose described.
2. A non-refillable bottle comprising an in-
ner receptacle, and an outer casing entirely in-
closing the inner vessel, and composed of sec-
tions connected by frangible portions adapt-
ed to be broken off to afford access to the in-
ner receptacle, substantially as described.
3. A non-refillable bottle comprising an in-
ner receptacle or bottle proper, and an outer
casing composed of a body portion conform-
ing generally to the configuration of the in-
ner receptacle and provided with a closed
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Clinton, John S. Non-Refillable Bottle., patent, May 4, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174598/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.