Improved Appliance for Capsuling Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Capsuling Bottles.
I, JAMES WALLS, of 27, Victoria Street, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, N.B.,
Patternmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of my invention is to fix capsules on bottles in an improved manner
and by means of an improved appliance.
In carrying out my invention, I employ a metal cylinder closed at the one end,
and open at the other. Near to the open end of the cylinder is an annular space,
formed to receive a circular ring of india-rubber, the section of the ring being also
circular. The annular space is of such a size that when the india-rubber ring is
contained therein, it is held but not compressed. The cylinder is bored parallel
and somewhat smaller in diameter than the external diameter of the india-rubber
ring, and has at its closed end a pad or cushion of suitable material. The appliance
may be fixed in any suitable manner or it may be provided with foot plates, to
steady it by the operator standing on them, while it is being used.
The method of operating the appliance is as follows:-The cylinder is placed on
the floor with its axis vertical, the india-rubber ring being in its recess.
When the
ring is in that position its internal diameter is about equal to the diameter of the
neck of the bottle. The bottle being corked and the capsule being placed in
position, the neck is thrust through the india-rubber ring and into the cylinder
with considerable force until it touches the pan, at the same time rolling the ring
out of its recess and into the cylinder, thus more tightly grasping the neck of the
bottle and the capsule. The air in the cylinder is at the same time compressed,
and helps to push back the bottle, when the operation is completed.
Dated this 4th day of February 1891.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Capsuling Bottles.
I, JAMES WALLS, of 27, Victoria Street, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, N.B.,
Patternmaker, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to fix capsules on bottles in an improved manner
and by means of an improved appliance.
The accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings illustrates the method of
carrying out my invention.
Figure 1. represents a sectional elevation at A. A. and
Figure 2. a plan of my appliance.
In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts, wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out my invention, I employ a metal cylinder 3. closed at the one end
and open at the other.
Near to the open end of the cylinder is an annular space 4. formed to receive a
circular ring of india-rubber 5. the section of the ring being also circular. The
annular space is of such a size that when the india-rubber ring is contained therein,
it is held but not compressed. The cylinder 3. is bored parallel and somewhat
smaller in diameter than the external diameter of the india-rubber ring, and has at
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page_text: its closed end a pad or cushion 6: of suitable material, preferably india-rubber. The
appliance may be fixed in any suitable manner, or it may be provided with foot
plates, to steady it by the operator standing on them, while it is being used. The
holes 7 are for screws or bolts 8. by means of which the appliance. may be secured,
to the floor as shown, or otherwise."
The method of operating the appliance is as follows:-The cylinder is placed on
the floor with its axis vertical, the india-rubber ring 5. being in its recess.
When
the ring is in that position its internal diameter is about equal to the diameter of
the neck of the bottle. The bottle being corked and the capsule being placed in
position, the neck is thrust through the india-rubber ring and into the cylinder with
considerable force until it touches the pad 6, at the same time rolling the ring 5.
out of its recess and into the cylinder as shown by the dotted lines thus more
tightly grasping the neck of the bottle 9. and the capsule. The air in the cylinder
is at the same time compressed, and helps to push back the bottle, when the
operation is completed.
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) In an appliance for capsuling bottles, the general construction, combination
and arrangement of parts, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
(2) In an appliance for capsuling bottles the combination of the ring 5. and the
cushion 6. substantially as described.
(3) In an appliance for capsuling bottles the combination of the ring 5. the
cushion 6. and the cylinder 3. as described.
(4) In an appliance for capsuling bottles the construction of the cylinder 3.
of metal.
Dated this 24th day of February 1891.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.