A New or improved Sealing Device, and Means for Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or improved Sealing Device, and Means for Manufacturing
the same.
I, CHARLES MELIN, of 37 Crutched Friars, in the City of London, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Heretofore it has been customary to secure the contents of bottles, baskets, and
other vessels or packages, by passing loops of tape, string or cord through a staple or
other convenient part of the fastening device or of the package itself and securing the
ends of the string in a disc or plug of lead or other convenient material capable of
receiving the impression of a special seal or mark, thus rendering it impossible to
open the bottle, basket or package or tamper with the contents thereof without
.cutting the tape, string, or cord or obliterating more or less the impression on the
seal or mark.
This invention relates to improvements in such sealing devices and has for its object
the simplification thereof both in manufacture and use.
I cast or otherwise form a disc or plug of lead or other suitable material somewhat
in the usual form but with a tang or tail projecting therefrom, and with a hole, groove
or recess in the body of the disc or plug itself. In applying this sealing device to any
object the tang or tail above referred to is threaded through the staple or other part of
the object it is desired to seal and is bent round so as to enable its end to be passed
through or into the beforementioned hole, groove, or recess in the body of the disc or
plug. The special seal or mark is then impressed upon the lead or other disc or plug
in the usual manner, the pressure necessary for imparting such impression also serving
to secure the end of the tang or tail in the hole, groove or recess in the disc or plug
so that the sealing device cannot be removed from the object without breaking the
tang or tail or obliterating the impression of the special seal or mark.
In manufacturing the seals the hole or recess may be formed by passing a pin into
or through the body of the disc or plug immediately after the casting operation, or
the mould may be provided with a suitable core.
Dated this 8th day of July 1806
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Sealing Device, and Means for Manufacturing
the same.
I, CHARLES MELIN, of 37 Crutched Friars, in the City of London, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Heretofore it has been customary to secure the contents of bottles, baskets, and

page_text: other vessels or packages, by passing loops of tape, string, or cord through a staple
or other convenient part of the fastening device, or of the package itself, and securing
the ends of the string in a disc or plug of lead, or other convenient material capable
of receiving the impression of a special seal or mark, thus rendering it impossible
to open the bottle, basket, or package, or tamper with the contents thereof, without
cutting the tape, string, or cord, or obliterating more or less the impression on the
seal or mark.
This invention relates to improvements in such sealing devices, and has for its object
the simplification thereof both in manufacture and use.
I cast or otherwise form a disc or plug of lead, or other suitable material, some-
what in the usual form, but with a tang or tail projecting therefrom, and with a
hole, groove, or recess in the body of the disc or plug itself. In applying this
-sealing device to any object, the tang or tail above referred to is threaded through
the staple or other part of the object it is desired to seal, and is bent round so
-as to enable its end to be passed through or into the beforementioned hole, groove,
or recess in the body of the disc or plug. The special seal or mark is then impressed
upon the lead or other disc or plug in the usual manner, the pressure necessary for
imparting such impression also serving to secure the end of the tang or tail in the
hole, groove, or recess in the disc or plug, so that the sealing device cannot be removed
from the object without breaking the tang or tail or obliterating the impression of the
special seal or mark.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a sealing device ready for use,
and. Figure 2 represents the same sealing device after the impression has been
imparted thereto as herein before described.
A is the disc or plug, B the tang or tail, C the hole in the disc or plug A for the
reception of the free end of the tang or tail B.
In manufacturing the seals, the seals, the hole or recess C may be formed by passing
a pin into or through the body of the disc or plug A, immediately after the casting
operation or the mould may be provided with a suitable core for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is :-
. First. A sealing device which consists of a disc or plug of lead or other suitable
material, having a tang or tail, and a hole, groove, or recess adapted to receive
the free end of such tang or tail, substantially as described with reference to the
drawings.
Second. In the manufacture of sealing devices of the kind referred to in the previous
claiming clause hereof, forming the hole, groove, or recess in the disc or plug by
passing a pin or other suitable instrument through such disc or plug immediately after
the casting operation, substantially as herein before described.
Third. A sealing device constructed and applied substantially as described.
Dated this fun day of April 1857.
C. MELIN,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, Agent.