US2056864A - Bottle - Google Patents

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Oct.'6, 1936. J. J. NAzlMEK BOTTLE Filed Aug, 12, 1935 ATTORNEYl WITNESS Patented Oct. 6, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles,

and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which will require the destruction of a portion of the neck of the b-ottle before the cork may be extracted thereby indicating that the bottle has been opened and renders the bottle unt for further use or relling, and further prevents tampering with the contents of the bottle without detection.

With these an-d other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding `of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating a non-rellable bottle constructe-d in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View showing the neck of the bottle with the cork therein prior to the application of the cap.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the cap.

with the cap removed.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates a body having a neck 2, the inner wall of which adjacent the body I, is provided with a cork seat 3 and a weakened portion 4. The neck upon the interior thereof is provided with oppositely arranged guide grooves 5 and oppositely arranged shoulders E located at the inner ends of the grooves. After the lling of the bottle with liquid, a cork 'I is pressed into the neck against the seat 3 with a portion -of the cork projecting above the weakened portion 4. An internally threaded cap 8 is threaded onto the neck 2, the latter being provided with screw threads to match the screw threads of the cap. A substantially U- shaped anchoring member 9 is pivoted to the inner face of the cap, as shown at IIJ. The substantially U-shaped anchoring member consists of a bight portion I I connecting parallel arms I2 carrying at Figure 4 is a top plan View illustrating the bottlev their free ends offsets I3. The arms I2 are resilient and are slightly compressed when moved inwardly of the neck during the application of the cap to the neck. The inward movement of the arms is by way of the guide grooves 5 so that the offsets I3 may snap under the shoulders 6 of the neck and thereby anchor the cap against removal. The arms I 2 remain in the guide grooves when the offsets I3 engage the shoulders 6, preventing the offsets from moving out of engagement with the shoulders. The cap is free to rotate relative to the anchoring element 9. A rivet or like ldevice is employed between the cap and the anchoring element.

After the application of the cap to the neck 2, the content of the bottle can only be obtained by breaking the neck at the weakened portion 4 so as to expose the cork 'I and thereby permit the cork to be extracted. The breaking of the neck at the weakened portion 4 renders the bottle unt for further use or the refilling of the bottle with some other liquid. The weakened portion 4 being below the upper end of the cork will cause breaking of the neck at a point below the upper end of the cork and thereby permit the cork to prevent glass particles from entering the bottle.

Having describe-d the invention, I claim:

A non-rellable bottle comprising a body, a neck formed on said body and having its inner wall shaped to form a cork seat to be engaged by a cork, said neck having a weakened portion intersecting the cork seat to permit breaking of the neck inwardly of the outer end of the cork, a cap fitting over said neck and threaded thereto, said neck having guide grooves and shoulders upon the interior thereof and outwardly of the weakened portion, and an anchoring element rotatably secured to the cap and including parallel connected resilient arms movable through the guide grooves and having offset ends to snap under the shoulders and cooperate with the threaded connection of the cap to the neck in preventing the removal of said cap from the neck.

JOHN J. NAZIMEK.

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