IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edouard Belmer, of Cambridge Terrace, Islington, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE
RECEPTACLES."
Sealed the 23rd May 1879, and dated the 18th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edouard Belmer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th March 1879.
"
EDOUARD BELMER, of Cambridge Terrace, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer. IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING
BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES."
My Invention relates to the provision of a ready and efficient means of effacing
or laying the plaits or creases which are produced on capsules during the operation
of applying them to the bottles or other like receptacles, and at the same time of
polishing the said capsules.
In carrying out my Invention I form on or attach to any suitable capsuling
machine or otherwise arrange in connection with or in relation to such machine two.
arms mounted the one opposite the other on pivots or centres so as to be capable of
turning thereon towards each other and of being drawn back by means of springs
or otherwise. The arms are provided at their inner opposite extremities with dogs
or projections which are of a concave shape approximating to the shape of the neck
of the bottle and are jointed or otherwise arranged so as to be capable of motion in
various directions in order to enable them to adjust themselves to the requirements
of the peculiar.configuration of the bottles to which the capsules are applied.
In operating with this apparatus the operator takes the bottle with the capsule
thereon as it leaves the capsuling machine and places the neck between the two
dogs, at the same time pressing thereon. The dogs with the arms are thereby
caused to converge and grip the capsule on the bottle, and on the operator then
giving a slight turn to the latter the plaits or creases on the capsule are effectually
laid and a degree of polish is imparted to the capsule. The operator then releases
the pressure for the release of the bottle and the arms are drawn back under the
action of the springs or their equivalents.
The arms are made adjustable to suit various sizes of bottles and the dogs are
made removable so as to admit of others being exchanged for them for a like
purpose.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edouard Belmer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
August 1879.
'
EDOUARD BELMER, of Cambridge Terrace, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING
BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES."
My said Invention relates to the provision of a ready and efficient means of
laying the plaits or creases which are produced on capsules during the operation of
applying them to the bottles or other like receptacles, and at the same time of
polishing the said capsules.
In carrying out my said Invention I form on or attach to any suitable capsuling
machine or otherwise arrange in connection with or in relation to such machine two
arms mounted the one opposite the other on pivots or centres so as to be capable of
turning thereon towards each other and of being drawn back by means of springs
or otherwise.
The arms are provided at their inner opposite extremities with dogs or projections
which are of a concave shape approximating to the shape of the neck of the bottle,
and are jointed or otherwise arranged so as to be capable of motion in various
directions in order to enable them to adjust themselves to the requirements of the
peculiar configuration of the bottles to which the capsules are applied.
In operating with this apparatus the attendant takes the bottle with the capsule
thereon as it leaves the capsuling machine and places the neck between the two
dogs, at the same time pressing thereon. The dogs with the arms are thereby
caused to converge and grip the capsule in the bottle and on the operator then
giving a slight turn to the latter the plaits or creases on the capsule are effectually
laid and a degree of polish is imparted to the capsule. The operator then relaxes
the pressure for the release of the bottle and the arms are drawn back under the
action of the springs or their equivalents.
The arms are made adjustable to suit various sizes of bottles and the dogs are
nade removable so as to admit of others being exchanged for them for a like
purpose.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the
several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents a front elevation of an appa-
ratus constructed according to my said Invention for laying the plaits or creases on
capsules, the said apparatus being represented in its open position; Figure 2 is a
similar view to Figure 1, but with the parts shewn in their closed position; and
Figure 3 is a plan of the apparatus corresponding to Figure 2.
A is the cylinder of an ordinary capsuling machine having formed thereon pro-
jections a to which I attach lugs b by means of bolts c passing through elongated
holes d which admit of the adjustment of the lugs to suit the sizes of the bottles to
which the capsules are to be applied. To the lugs b are respectively pivotted arms
B by means of pins on centres d' on which the said arms are capable of turning
towards each other when operated as hereinafter mentioned, and moving back to
their normal position under the action of springs e.
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The arms are provided at their inner opposite extremities with dogs or projections
C which are of a concave shape as shewn approximating to the shape of the necks of
bottles to which the capsules are to be applied, the said dogs being attached to the
arms by pins and being so fitted as to be capable of lateral play (as indicated by
dotted lines in Figure 3) in order to admit of their adjusting themselves to the
particular shapes of the said bottles. The arms may be further provided as shewn
PROGES

page_text: with pendent projections 9 carrying stops h for limiting the extent of the outward
movement of the arms under the action of their retracting springs e.
In operating with this apparatus the attendant takes the bottle with the capsule
thereon as it leaves the cylinder A (for example) of a capsuling machine and places
the neck D. between the two dogs C when they are in the position indicated in
Figure 1, at the same time pressing thereon. The dogs C carried by the arms B
are thereby caused to converge (overcoming the force of the springs e), and grip the
capsule on the bottle as shewn in Figures 2 and 3. The operator then gives a slight
turn to the bottle in opposite directions whereby the plaits or creases are effectually
laid by friction against the concave surface of the dogs C, and a degree of polish is
at the same time imparted to the capsule, after which the operator relaxes the
pressure and the arms are drawn back under the action of the springs e into the
position shewn in Figure 1, when the bottle is released.
In addition to the adjustment provided by means of the elongated holes d for
enabling the position of the pins or centres c to be varied to suit different sizes of
bottles, the dogs C themselves are made removable so as to admit of others of a
different size being exchanged for them for a like purpose.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of iny said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or inay be used or carried into effect, I
would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein before in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
The employment for laying the plaits or creases produced in capsules during the
operation of capsuling of converging and diverging arms having surfaces of a suit-
able shape, the said arms being constructed and arranged so as to operate
substantially in the manner herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edouard Belmer, have to this my Specification
set my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of August, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
EDOUARD BELMER. (L.S.)