A Improvements in or connected with the Wiring or Closing of Bottles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1896-Accepted, 18th July, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
ba: A
Improvements in or connected with the Wiring or Closing of
Bottles.
I, CHARLES JAMES KEIGHLEY of 47, Aynhoe Road, Brook Green, London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with the closing or wiring
of bottles and refers more particularly to an improved arrangement of the wire,
twine, string or the like employed for holding or securing the cork, the object being
to arrange the said wire, twine, or string in such a manner that it shall be necessary
in order to open a bottle, to destroy, deface or damage the label or labels upon
same. By this means, in the event of the bottle being fraudulently re-filled it is
impossible for the original label to be restored and thus affords a ready and
inexpensive means of indicating to the public that the bottle has not been re-filled
by unauthorized persons, a notice being preferably attached to each bottle warning
them to see that the original label is intact before the said bottle is opened.
In order that my invention may he more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a bottle with the wire or the like arranged in
accordance with my invention,
Figs. 2 and 3 being respectively a plan and underside view of same with the
position of the wire indicated in dotted lines.
According to my invention I furnish the top or neck and also the bottom of the
bottle with a suitable number of notches, indents or the like n within which the
wire w, after passing over the cork and vertically around the bottle, lies and is
secured or fastened in front in any suitable manner as indicated at n¹. The label
which is indicated in dotted lines, is then pasted or secured to the bottle in such a
manner that it completely covers the said fastening. The wire or the like which
may be of any suitable section or area is preferably of such a thickness and strength
that it shall be difficult to cut or break it, and the fastening is further arranged in
such a manner that it can be easily detached by slipping or passing a cork-screw
or the like down the said wire.
I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the number of notches
or indents formed in the neck and bottom of the bottle and in some cases these
parts may merely be serrated all round, as long as it is sufficient to prevent the
wire or the like from slipping off. In a like manner I do not restrict myself to
the particular arrangement or fastening of the wire as long as it necessitates
the destroying of the label when opening the bottle, the arrangement shown in the
drawing merely being given by way of illustration, and as a further example the
wire instead of being simply fastened and arranged as shown in Fig. 1, may, after
passing vertically around the bottle be crossed and passed horizontally around same
and secured at the opposite side. In this case if required two or more labels may
be employed, one being placed over the fastening and the other at the opposite side
of the bottle at that part where the wire crosses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in or connected with the closing or wiring of bottles
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page_text: 2. In the wiring or closing of bottles the special arrangement of the wire or the
like in combination with notches or indents formed in the top and bottom of the
bottle or serrations at these parts, for the purpose of necessitating the destroyal of
the label before the said bottle can be opened, substantially as herein described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
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1006
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.