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Patented May 31, 1904.
UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL M. CARRIKER, OF COOPER, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
LAWRENCE M. MILLER, OF COOPER, TEXAS.
NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.
$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,060, dated May 31, 1904.
Application filed November 10, 1903. Serial No. 180,582. (No model,)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. CARRIKER, a
citizen of the United States, residing atCooper,
in the county of Delta and State of Texas, have
5 invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bot-
tle, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to bottles so construct-
ed that the contents may ,be readily removed,
but which cannot be surreptitiously refilled,
io and has for its object to improve the con-
struction of devices of this class.
The invention consists in certain novel fea-
tures of construction, as hereinafter shown and
described, and specified in the claims.
15 In the drawings illustrative of the inven-
tion, in which corresponding parts are desig-
nated by like denoting characters, Figure 1 is
a vertical sectional elevation of the neck por-
tion of the bottle of the improved construc-
20 tion. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the
line 2 2 ofFig. 1 looking outwardly; and Fig.
3 is a similar view-looking inwardly, with the
valve removed. Fig. 4 is a view similar to
Fig. 1, showing a modified form. Fig. 5 is a
25 view of the stop plate or disk detached.
The improvement may be applied to any of
the various sizes and forms of bottles and
will be arranged within the. neck 10 of the
same. The neck is formed with an interme-
30 diate chamber 11, having a contracted outlet
12 and a valve-seat 13 between the chamber
and the interior of the bottle. The valve-seat
is formed with an upwardly-extending central
portion surrounding the neck-aperture 14,
35 whereby a shoulder 15 is formed, and above
the shoulder the extended portion is provided
with a plurality of radiating channels 16, as
shown.
The valve is represented at 17 in the form
40 of an inverted cup, with the lower edge 18
adapted to engage the shoulder 15 and adja-
cent valve-seat and form an air and liquid
tight joint.
Disposed upon the valve 17 is a plate or
45 disk 19, filling the chamber 11 relatively close
and provided in its periphery with a plurality
of spaced cavities 20 to provide for the pas-
sage of the liquid to and from the bottle.
Attached to the valve 17 is a small pull-wire21, leading from thence through one of the 50
cavities 20 of the disk 19 and out through the
outlet 12, as represented. The wire is fas-
tened into the valve with some suitable break-
able means, which will permit the wire to be
detached by a relatively strong pull. The 55
fastening means will be sufficiently strong to
enable the valve to be elevated by the wire
when the bottle is to be filled to uncover the
valve-seat, and then when the filling is com-
pleted a sharp pull upon the wire will tear it 6o
loose from the valve, leaving the latter free
to seat itself and effectually prevent the in-
troduction of any liquid, while at the same
time permitting the liquid to freely flow there-
from when the bottle is inverted. By this*65
means the bottle when once filled cannot be
refilled or used the second time, thus effectu-
ally protecting the contents and preventing
the surreptitious second use of the bottle.
The disk 19 offers an effectual barrier 70
against the introduction of implements de-
signed to open the valve after the lifting-wire
has been detached and is therefore an impor-
tant feature of the invention.
The outward movement of the cup-shaped 75
valve will not be sufficient to permit it to en-
tirely clear the projection containing the ap-
ertures 16, hence will never become unseated,
while the apertures provide ample escape for
the liquid around the valve. To provide for 8o
the free flow of the liquid when being dis-
charged, the inner face of the partially-closed
top of the bottle-neck will be formed with ra-
diating grooves 22, as shown.
After the bottle is filled and the wire de- 85
tached a cork can be inserted into the aper-
ture 12 in the ordinary manner.
In Fig. 4 a modified form of the valve-seat
and valve is shown, consisting in an inclined
cavity 14', with the valve correspondingly in- 90
lined, and forming a shoulder conforming to
the shoulder 15 on the valve, as at 23; but the
results produced will be the same, and the
means employed in accomplishing the desired
results are substantially the same as in the 95
construction.shown in the other figures and
would not, therefore, be a departure from the
principle of the invention or sacrifice any of itsNo. 761, 060.
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Carriker, Samuel M. & Miller, Lawrence M. Non Refillable Bottle, patent, May 31, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513909/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.