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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFIC
RICHARD L. SANDERS, OF MOBEETIE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE 0.
MATHEWS AND ONE-FOURTH TO J. J. LONG, BOTH OF MOBEETIE, TEXAS.
BOTTLE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented April 6, 1909.
Application filed August 18, 1908. Serial No. 449,161.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, RICHARD L. SANDEnS,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Mobeetie, in the county of Wheeler and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Bottles, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to bottles and analo-
gous containers, its object being to provide i
10 a means inoperative while the bottle is filled
and sealed and rendered operative when the
seal is broken and the contents discharged to
liberate a coloring agent whereby the bottle
will be stained, thus indicating that it has
15 been once used and preventing its further
use without detection, by which means the
practice of fraudulent refilling a bottle after
use with a spurious or inferior grade of liq-
uid will be deterred and the successful sale
20 of the imitation for the genuine liquid frus-
trated.
The invention consists of the features of
construction, combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described and
25 claimed, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a central vertical section
through a sealed bottle embodying our in-
vention. Fig. 2 is a section through the
30 base of the bottle taken at right angles to
the plane of section shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3
is a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.
Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the
body of the bottle or receptacle, which may
35 be of any preferred form, and which is shown
as provided with the usual neck 2 adapted
to be closed by a stopper 3 of any suitable
material. The bottle is designed to be filled
through one or more openings 4 preferably
40 located at or near the top of the bottle,
which openings are then permanently closed
by stoppers or seals 5, immovably secured in
place in any desired manner.
Upon the bottom of the bottle are dis--I
45 posed inclined or concaved surfaces 6, form-1
ing guides or runways leading from diamet-
rically opposite sides of the bottle to the cen-
tral portion of the bottom of the bottle.
These guideways may be formed by elevat-
50 ing the bottom in the form of ribs having the
curved or inclined surfaces, or independent
blocks or pieces of material may be formed
and secured by indissoluble cement or othermeans to the bottom so that they will not be
affected by the contents of the bottle. 55
Disposed at the center of the bottom of the
bottle between the lower ends of the inclined
runways 6 is a recess 7 containing a charge
S of some suitable harmless coloring sub-
stance, preferably stored in powder form. 60
The upper portion of this recess is beveled to
form a seat for a valve 9 by which the recess
is normally closed, said valve being mounted
upon the lower end of a stem 10 extending
vertically through the body and neck and 65
united in any suitable manner to the stopper
3, so that when said stopper is withdrawn
for the purpose of discharging the contents
of the bottle the valve will be opened to ex-
pose the charge S. 70
A cage, casing or shield 11 is provided to
inclose the runways 6 and to exclude coin-
munication between the body of the bottle
and the recess 7. This shield or casing com-
prises a top wall 12, depending side walls 13 75
and end walls 14, and provides an oblong
J rectangular chamber in which the runways
are inclosed and from which the liquid con-
tents of the bottle are excluded. The side
walls of this cage bear against the sides of the 80
runway ribs and rest on the bottom of the
bottle, while the end walls thereof bear
against the side walls of the bottle and rest
at their lower ends upon the outer ends of the
ribs. The stem 10 extends through an open- 85
ing in the top wall of said casing and has se-
cured thereto a follower block 15 movable
therewith within the casing, in which opening
the stem is slidably m ounted. Preferably,
the casing and follower are made of glass or 90
some other suitable transparent water-proof
material, and the ends of the casing are
formed with pockets or chambers 16, each
containing a charge 17 of an innocuous color-
ing substance, either in powder or liquid 95
form. The lower ends of the inner walls of
these pockets or chambers are cut away to
form seats and exits for controlling valves 17
preferably of the ball type and which close
the pockets against the escape of the charges 100
17 under normal conditions. The balls rest
upon the upper portions of the inclined run-
way 6 and are retained in position by the fol-
lower 15 which closes said cut away spaces or
exits. 105
It will be understood in practice that theNo. 917,665.
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Sanders, Richard L. Bottle, patent, April 6, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514324/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.