Year: 1885

page_text: lined with thick rubber as shown in plan, and compressed by the action of the
foot lever; the capsule is thus firmly & closely pressed to the top & neck of the
bottle, and appears as shown in sketch (under N° 4).
ADVANTAGES, &c.
1st The metallic capsules so extensively used at present for protection against
fraud, are very expensive and are not a protector as they can, without in the least
injuring them, be removed from the bottles without difficulty, and be re-used, and
as often as desired, after re-filling the bottles with a spurious liquid.
2nd The paper capsules can be produced at from a tenth to a twentieth part of
the cost of the metallic capsules.
3rd They are also an infallible protection against fraud by re-filling bottles
with spurious material, as, once fixed, they adhere so tenaciously, that they
are irremovable, and must perforce be destroyed before the bottles can be opened
and the contents used.

page_text: I, WILLIAM LAWSON, of 35 Rathgar Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin, Manager for
Edward and John Burke, Foreign export bottlers and merchants, 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 adhesive paper capsules to be employed for capsuling
bottles, and to a method of affixing the same.
It is designed to supersede the metallic capsules at present so extensively used
for protection against fraud, but which are open to the objection that they may be
easily removed without injury, and used over again, their purpose being thus
frustrated. Now my capsules are of necessity destroyed when the bottle is opened,
and, being adhesive, they cannot be removed. Further, my capsules are much
cheaper and of a material permitting more effective coloring and printing.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed, in
which:-
Figures 1 and 3 show separated parts of my capsule.
Figures 2 and 4 show the same partially and wholly in place respectively on
the bottle.
Figure 5 shows a plan of a capsule stool and machine for affixing the
capsules and,
Figure 6 a sectional elevation of same.
Paper or similar material is stamped printed or embossed, with any desired
device in the sheet, and is then cut out and supplied in two pieces. One piece
(figure 1) is circular with a serrated edge. A second piece is formed as a strap or
long piece to embrace the neck or collar of the bottle, as shown in figure 3.
The first piece (figure 1) is, in the first place, affixed to the top of the cork by a
strong adhesive, and the serrated edge bent over and fastened to the neck of the
bottle, as shown in figure 2.
The strap piece (figure 3) is then wrapped round the collar and neck of the
bottle, covering or overlapping the serrated edge of the top piece, as shown in
figure 4, when the capsule is complete.
My capsule may be affixed in any suitable manner, either manually or
mechanically, and I now proceed to instance a machine which might be employed
for this purpose.
Upon a suitable table A with partitions B for the reception of the various parts
of my capsule and provided with a seat for the operator, I mount a cylinder D of
a size suitable to receive the bottle neck. This cylinder is lined with india-rubber E,
and in it works a plunger F faced with india-rubber E¹. The plunger is connected
to a pedal G handy to the foot of the operator.
The operation is as follows:-
In front of the operator is a pad saturated with adhesive. He takes the top
port (11 f the annula

page_text: the cork of the bottle, which is placed on a suitable ledge or shelf C provided for
the purpose. He then presses it evenly on the cork and the edges of the bottle
neck, into the position shown in Figure 2.
The operator then takes the strap piece, figure 3, passes it over the pad, and
wraps it round the bottle neck so as to cover the tongues of the top piece in the
position shown in figure 4. The bottle neck is then inserted in the cylinder D,
and, the plunger being operated by means of the pedal or foot lever, the india-
rubber lining is compressed on to the capsule, and the latter is closely and firmly
prossed into intimate contact with the bottle neck and cork.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The capsuling of bottles by an adhesive capsule of paper or other similar
material, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2nd The construction of an adhesive capsule for bottles in a circular piece with
sorrated edges and a strap piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
3rd The combination with the capsules of a capsuling machine. constructed
substantially as specified for the application of the capsules to the bottle.
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