Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Apr., 1887.
[Communicated from abroad by JULIEN NICLOz, of 4, Rue de la Verrerie, Merchant,
and LEONARD MERCKLING, of 13, Rue des Tanneries, Mechanician, both in
Paris, France.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for capsuling bottles.
In the improved machine the capsule which is previously placed upon the neck of a
bottle is inserted between the two end portions of a cord or the like. The cord is then
twisted upon the capsule receiving at the same time a forward motion with relation to
the bottle, which is fixed in the axis of the machine; or the bottle itself is pushed in
the direction of this axis. The invention comprises, moreover, other improvements
which will be hereinafter described.
In order to make the invention understood, I have represented in the accompanying
drawing, by way of example two arrangements of machines which are based upon the
above principle.
In this drawing
Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of a capsuling machine in
which the cord for applying the capsules upon the bottle necks has a forward motion
imparted to it by means of a lever.
Figure 2 is a front view of the same.
Figure 3 is a side view, showing the winding of the cord upon the neck of the
bottle.
Figure is a corresponding front view.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a machine in which the torsion of the cords is obtained
by the forward motion of the bottle.
Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
The machine shown in Figures 1 to 4 is composed principally of a shaft a provided

page_text: with a helicoidal groove b, with which engages a pin or stud e integral with a piece d
sliding upon the shaft a, and to which is imparted a forward motion through the
medium of a lever e.
One extremity of the shaft a carries a disc having a recess g of a form corres-
ponding to that of the necks of the bottles to be capsuled. Upon the shaft a is fixed
à cross bar h, the two arms of which have holes through which pass rods i, i connected
on the one hand to the cross bar m, and on the other to the disc p. The cord is
fixed at its two extremities to the disc p; and carries at its centre a weight r. A
springs placed between the cross bars m and h tends constantly to push the cross
har backwards.
The shaft a is carried in the bearings t, and the cord 4 is guided by arms a carried
by the frame which can be fixed in any desired manner to a bench or any other
suitable support.
The capsule being placed upon the bottle, the latter is inserted as shown in the
drawing, between the two end portions of the cord y; The lever e is then oscillated,
which causes a sliding motion of the piece d, and, by reason of the arrangement of
the groove and pin c, a rotary motion of the shaft a. This rotary motion is
transmitted directly to the cross-bar h, which is fixed upon the shaft a and through
the medium of the rods to the cross-bar m and disc p. The ends of the cord
will thus be wound around the neck of the bottle upon the capsule, as shown in
Figures 3 and 4, by pressing them more or less according to the size of the counter
weight P. When the piece d comes into contact with the cross-bar m the latter
receives a forward motion, the rods i sliding in the holes in the cross-bar h. The
disc p also participates in this motion thereby causing the cord
while turning upon
the neck of the bottle to advance and smooth the capsule causing it to adapt itself
perfectly to the form of the neck. When the lever e is released the spring s moves
the parts back to their original position, and the machine is ready to perform another
operation.
4,
In the arrangement represented in Figure 5, the shaft a makes a to-and-fro motion
under the action of the motion which is imparted to the bottle to be capsuled. By
reason of this motion the shaft a turns upon itself being provided with a helicoidal
groove, with which engages a pin a fixed in one of the brackets. The lever e is in
this case dispensed with, the arrangement of the other parts being similar to that
herein before described.
In this modification the disc p receives simply a rotary motion, the forward motion
being replaced by the movement of the bottle, which produces exactly the same effect.
It is obvious that I can modify the arrangements hereinbefore described without
departing from the nature of this invention.
Dated this 9th day of June 1886
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the samo is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to a machine for capsuling bottles.
In the improved machine the capsule which is previously placed upon the neck of a
bottle is inserted between the two end portions of a cord or the like. The cord is
then twisted upon the capsule receiving at the same time a forward motion with
relation to the bottle, which is fixed in the axis of the machine; or the bottle itself is
pushed in the direction of this axis. The invention comprises, moreover, other
improvements which will be hereinafter described.
In order to make the invention understood, I have represented in the accompanying
drawing, by way of example, two arrangements of machines which are based upon the
above principle.
In this drawing
Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of a capsuling machine in
which the cord for applying the capsules upon the bottle necks has a forward motion
imparted to it by means of a lever.
Figure 2 is a front view of the same.
Figure 3 is a side view showing the winding of the cord upon the neck of the
bottle.
Figure 4 is a corresponding front view.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a machine in which the torsion of the cords is obtained
by the forward motion of the bottle.
Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
The machine shown in Figures 1 to 4 is composed principally of a shaft a provided
with a helicoidal groove b, with which engages a pin or stud c integral with a piece d
sliding upon the shaft a, and to which is imparted a forward motion through the
medium of a lever e.
One extremity of the shaft a carries a disc f having a recess 9 of a form corre-
sponding to that of the necks of the bottles to be capsuled. Upon the shaft a is fixed
a cross-bar h, the two arms of which have poles through which pass rods ii connected
on the one hand to the cross-bar m, and on the other to the disc p.
The cord is
A
fixed at its two extremities to the disc p; and carries at its centre a weight r.
spring placed between the cross bars m and h tends constantly to push the cross
bar m backward.
The shaft a is carried in the bearings t, and the cord q is guided by arms u carried
by the frame e, which can be fixed in any desired manner to a bench on any other
suitable support.

page_text: The capsule being placed upon the bottle, the latter is inserted as shown in the
drawing, between the two end portions of the cord g. The lever e is then oscillated,
which causes a sliding motion of the piece d, and, by reason of the arrangement of
the groove and pin c, a rotary motion of the shaft a. This rotary motion is trans-
mitted directly to the cross-bar h, which is fixed upon the shaft a and through the
medium of the rods i to the cross-bar m and disc p. The ends of the cord will thus
be wound around the neck of the bottle upon the capsule, as shown in Figures 3
and 4, by pressing them more or less according to the size of the counter weight 1.
When the piece comes into contact with the cross-bar m the latter receives a
forward motion, the rods i sliding in the holes in the cross-bar h. The disc p also
participates in this motion, thereby causing the cord 7, while turning upon the neck
of the bottle, to advance and smooth the capsule adapting it perfectly to the form of
the neck. When the lever e is released the spring moves the parts back to their
original position, and the machine is ready to perform another operation.
In the arrangement represented in figure 5, the shaft a makes a to-and-fro motion
under the action of the motion which is imparted to the bottle to be capsuled. By
reason of this motion the shaft a turns upon itself, being provided with a helicoidal
groove, with which engages a pin a fixed in one of the brackets. The lever e is in
this case dispensed with, the arrangement of the other parts being similar to that
hereinbefore described.
In this modification the disc p receives simply a rotary motion, the forward motion
being replaced by the movement of the bottle, which produces exactly the same
effect.
It is obvious that I can modify the arrangements hereinbefore described without
departing from the nature of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my foreign
Correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A machino for capsuling bottles, characterized by the arrangement of a
disc P to which rotary motion is imparted, and which communicates its motion to a
cord stretched by a weight by twisting them one upon the other, the said disc and
the bottle to be capsuled being moved relatively to each other substantially as described
and represented.
Second. In a machine for capsuling bottles as set forth in the preceding claiming
clause the combination with the disc p which carries the cord 7, of a shaft set in rotary
motion by the lever e, through the medium of the helicoidal groove band the pin e,
this rotary motion being transmitted to the disc p by the piece h mounted upon the
shaft, and the rods i, the disc under the action of the lever e making a forward motion,
substantially as described and represented.
Third. In a machine for capsuling bottles as described, the combination with the
disc which carries the cord 4, of a shaft a having a helicoidal groove band to which
is imparted a motion of translation and rotation by pushing it by the bottle to be
capsuled, the disc p then receiving only rotary motion as described, and represented.
Dated this 8th day of March 1887.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.