Non-refillable closure devices for bottles

Claim 1

IN A BOTTLE HAVING A MOUTH AND NECK, DEVICE FOR RENDERING SAID BOTTLE NON-REFILLABLE AND ADULTERATION PROOF AS TO ITS ORIGINAL LIQUID CONTENT COMPRISING A TUBULAR INSERT OF FLEXIBLE SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MATERIAL MOUNTABLE INTO THE BOTTLE VIA ITS MOUTH AFTER ITS ORIGINAL FILLING, SAID INSERT HAVING A FLANGE ADJACENT ONE END ADAPTED TO REST ON THE RIM OF THE BOTTLE MOUTH, A SECOND FLANGE AT ITS OTHER END PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE INSERT AND ENGAGEABLE IN SEALING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTLE NECK TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF SAID INSERT AFTER IT HAS BEEN MOUNTED IN SAID BOTTLE, SAID INSERT HAVING AN INTERNALLY PROJECTING ANNULAR SHOULDER AND ALSO HAVING A TAPERED VALVE SEAT BELOW SAID SHOULDER AND LONGITUDINAL RIBS BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER AND SAID SEAT, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL VALVE BODY WITH LONGITUDINAL FLUTES AND AN ANNULAR VALVE LIP MOVABLE WITHIN SAID BODY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID VALVE SEAT, SAID LIP HAVING A DIFFERENT TAPER THAN THAT OF SAID VALVE SEAT TO PREVENT BINDING, SAID VALVE BODY BEING OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS SAID TUBULAR INSERT, A BALL-LIKE WEIGHT LOCATED WITHIN SAID INSERT TO BEAR AGAINST A SURFACE OF SAID VALVE BODY AND BIAS SAID LIP BY GRAVITY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID VALVE SEAT TO PROVIDE A SEAL THAT PRECLUDES REFILLING OF THE BOTTLE OR ADULTERATION OF ITS ORIGINAL CONTENT, AND KEEPER MEANS INCLUDING A DISC WITH RADIAL LUGS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ANNULAR SHOULDER TO RETAIN THE VALVE BODY AND BALLLIKE WEIGHT PERMANENTLY WITHIN SAID TUBULAR INSERT, SAID KEEPER MEANS INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL STOP MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID DISC FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID VALVE BODY WITHIN SAID INSERT AND ALSO INCLUDING A RING SEATED ON SAID RIBS AND INTEGRAL SPACERS BETWEEN SAID RING AND SAID DISC, SAID STOP MEMBER PROJECTING THROUGH THE HOLE IN SAID RING TOWARD SAID VALVE BODY SO THAT ITS FREE END IS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE VALVE BODY TO LIMIT MOVEMENT THEREOF AWAY FROM SAID VALVE SEAT WHEN THE BOTTLE IS TILTED FOR POURING, AND SAID STOP MEMBER BEING DIMENSIONED RELATIVE TO THE HOLE IN SAID RING TO PRECLUDE THE PASSAGE THROUGH SAID HOLE OF SAID BALL-LIKE WEIGHT, AND THE HOLE IN SAID RING BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE PERIPHERAL DIAMETER OF SAID DISC, AND SAID PERIPHERAL DIAMETER BEING LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE PORTION OF THE TUBULAR INSERT WITHIN WHICH THE DISC LIES, SAID RING AND SAID DISC THEREBY SERVING AS BAFFING ELEMENTS TO PRECLUDE TAMPERING MANIPULATION OF SAID VALVE BODY OR BALL WEIGHT BY ANY INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCED VIA SAID BOTTLE MOUTH WHILE PERMITTING POURING OF LIQUID CONTENT FROM SAID BOTTLE.