Improvements in Fastening Devices for the Stoppers of Bottles and like Receptacles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by BRANCA BROTHERS, of Milan, in the Kingdom
of Italy.]
Improvements in Fastening Devices for the Stoppers of Bottles and
like Receptacles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 invention which forms the subject of the present application consists of a
fastening device for the stoppers of bottles or other receptacles, by which an
adulteration of the contents is rendered impossible without the fact being made
known to the purchaser of the said bottle or receptacle.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a plan of the improved fastening device.
Figure 2 shows the arrangement of the same on a bottle before being used and
Figure 3 shows the device applied to a bottle, after being sealed.
The improved device comprises a metal ring a which forms the essential part
thereof, the said ring is provided with two arms or wings, 6, 6' of unequal length,
which are made of a thin piece of metal in one with the ring. The metal must be
thin enough to permit the bending of the arms, but must not be capable of being
easily melted, and must not be in any way bent or forced out of shape by heat.
The bottle or receptacle is provided with a neck A, that is to say, with a part
which is of smaller diameter than the body B of the bottle the said bottle being
provided at the end or the upper part of the neck with an ordinary rim C.
While the bottle or receptacle is in course of construction, and before the rim C
is formed the ring a is placed over the neck A of the bottle, so that a separation of
the ring from the bottle is impossible.
The device is used in the following manner: -
After the vessel has been filled and corked, the ring a is brought into the position
shown in Figure 3, the arms or wings 6, 61 are bent together, whereby the ends s, t;
s¹, t¹ of the said arms or wings are brought into the same plane, and in this position
are connected together or sealed by placing a piece of lead K on them and pressing
the same with a pair of pliers in a manner similar to that adopted in Customs houses
for securing or sealing packages of goods.
From the foregoing description it will be evident that it is impossible to remove
the contents of the bottle without disturbing the lead seal and the ring a and with-
out the fact that the seal has been tampered with being made evident to the pur-
chaser of the bottle or the like.
The arrangement of the notches p, p¹ on the arms or wings b, 61 is for the
purpose of ensuring an intimate connection of the lead with the strips.

page_text: 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
1. A fastening device for the stoppers of bottles or other similar receptacles, con-
sisting of a ring a, which is inseparably connected with the bottle or the like,
characterised by two arms or wings b, b made in one piece with the said ring,
which are bent together and sealed, for the purpose of rendering access to the con-
tents of the vessel impossible.
2. In the fastening device referred to in the First Claim the arrangement in
the arms or wings, of notches p, p¹ for the purpose of ensuring an intimate con-
nection of the lead seal with the said strips, substantially as described.
1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.