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UNITED
STATES PATENT
EDWARD I. ALLEN, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,068, dated August 19, 1902,
Application filed January 31, 1902, Serial No. 92,029. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDWARD I. ALLEN, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Beau-
mont, in the county of Jefferson and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Non-
Refillable .Bottle, of which the following is a
specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
non-refillable bottles.
To The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of non-refillable bot-
tles and to provide an exceedingly simple and
inexpensive one capable of effectually pre-
venting a bottle from being refilled or its con-
15 tents adulterated and adapted to permit the
contents of a bottle to be readily decanted.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a simple and inexpensive device adapt-
ed to be applied to an ordinary bottle after
20 the latter has received its original contents-
and capable of preventing a liquid from be-
ing introduced into the bottle.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
25 parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec-.
tional view of a portion of a bottle provided
30 with an attachment. constructed in accord-
ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail
perspective view of the attachment, the outer
casing- or shell being partially broken away.
Like numerals of reference designate cor-
35 responding parts in both figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates a bottle having a neck 2, ar-
ranged within an attachment 3, which is
placed on the bottle after the same has re-
40 ceived its original contents and which is
adapted to prevent the introduction of a liq-
uid into a bottle, whereby the bottle is pre-
vented from being refilled or its contents
adulterated. The attachment 3 consists of
45 inner and outer shells or.casings 4 and 5, con-
nected at the base of the attachment and
forming an annular space around the upper
portion of the inner shell or casing. The
lower portion of the device forms a socket 6.
50 for the reception of the upper portion of the.
neck of a bottle, which may be secured to the
neck in any suitable manner which will effec-
tually prevent the removal of the attachment.
This means for securing the attachment may.consist of cementing the same to the neck of 55
the bottle, or the attachment, which is con-
structed of glass or analogous material, may
be annealed, and the upper portion of the
outer shell or casing is adapted to receive an
ordinary cork or stopper 7. The upper pork 6o
tion of the inner shell or casing is arched
over the bottle to form a chamber 8, and the
said inner casing is provided at the top with
an approximately horizontally disposed spout
9, consisting of-a short tube having its mouth 65
or outer end arranged adjacent to the inner
face of the wall of the outer shell or casing, so
as to effectually prevent the introduction of
an instrument into the inner shell or casing,
The chamber or compartment S is designed 70
to receive a valve 9, which may be in the
form of a ball, as illustrated in Fig. 1, but
which may be of any other desired construc-
tion. The valve closes automatically when
the bottle is in an upright position, and it 75
opens automatically when the bottle or other
receptacle is inverted for decanting its con-
tents, and when open it is offset from the top
of the inner casing by projections 10. The
inner shell or casing forms an effective guard 8o
or shield for preventing the valve from being
tampered with by a wire or tool, and the
outer shell or casing is extended a sufficient
distance beyond the inner shell or casing to
provide ample space for an ordinary cork or 85
stopper to enable the bottle or other recep-
tacle to be sealed in the usual manner. It
will also be apparent that the upper edge of
the neck of an ordinary bottle is adapted to
form a seat for the valve and that the latter 90
is retained in position when the parts are as-
sembled.
What I claim is-
An attachment for bottles provided at its
bottom with a neck-receiving socket and com- 95
posed of inner and outer shells, the outer
shell being extended above the inner shell to
receive a cork, and the inner shell being
closed at the top and provided with a later-
ally-extending spout, substantially as de- ioo
scribed.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed mysignature-in
the presence of two witnesses.
EDWARD I. ALLEN.
Witnesses:
R. G. BOONE,
. 3. RICHARDSON.OFFICE.
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Allen, Edward. Non-Refillable Bottle., patent, August 19, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513210/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.