IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPSULES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Betts, of No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road,
in the County of Middlesex, Capsule Manufacturer, for the In-
vention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPSULES."
Sealed the 31st August 1869, and dated the 11th March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Betts at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th March 1869.
I, WILLIAM BETTS, of No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Capsule Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPSULES,'
to be as follows:-
"
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of a capsule which
will not be entirely air-tight.
It is found that metallic capsules so much now used for the pro-
tection of liquids, and which are made as nearly air-tight as possible,

page_text: are not in that form suited for the protection of substances such as
marmalade and jams. In order to obviate this difficulty capsules
made according to this Invention are perforated in any ornamental
or other pattern so that the contents are not hermetically sealed,
whilst they are at the same time protected from being tampered with,
This perforation can be effected in any convenient manner, but I
have found stamping to be most readily effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Betts in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 11th September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BETTS, of No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Capsule Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said William Betts, Her special license that I, the
said William Betts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Betts, my executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
CAPSULES," upon. the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Betts, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
My hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after 'the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Betts, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 'Invention, and in what manner 'the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say:-
My said Invention has for its object the manufacture of a capsule
which will not be entirely air-tight.
It is found in practice that metallic capsules so much now used for
the protection of liquids, and which are made as nearly air-tight as
possible, are not in that form suited for the protection of substances
such as marmalade and jams. In order to obviate this difficulty capsules
made according to my Invention are perforated in any ornamental or
other pattern or device so that the contents are not hermetically sealed,
whilst they are nevertheless at the same time protected from being
tampered with. This perforation of the capsule can be effected in any
convenient manner, but I have found that stamping is the most ready
mode of accomplishing it.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of
my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be
used or carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what
I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The manufacture of perforated metallic capsules intended to
be applied to receptacles containing marmalade, jams, and such like
preserved substances.
Second. The application of perforated metallic capsules to receptacles
containing marmalade, jams, and similar preserved substances.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Betts, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of September
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.