AN Ta Mini CANGING
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Betts, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Capsule Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN
Ta Mini CANGING
"
Sealed the 7th February 1860, and dated the 9th December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Betts at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th December 1859.
I, WILLIAM BETTS, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Capsule Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CAPSULES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the manufacture of capsules for bottles and other
vessels of an improved construction. These capsules are manufactured from
metallic sheets in any of the methods now pursued, and such capsules are
distinguished from those hitherto known or used by having engraved or
produced upon them a trade mark or prominent design raised or impressed
in their course of manufacture, such trade mark or design being at the same
time colored so as to give great prominence to it. The capsules manufactured
according to this Invention will afford greater facilities for the detection of
frauds, and will at the same time be of a highly ornamental character.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Betts in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BETTS, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Capsule
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Betts, Her special license that I, the said William
Betts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Betts, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CAPSULES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Betts, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Betts, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
that is to say
My said Invention consists in the manufacture of metallic capsules for
bottles and other vessels of an improved construction whereby a colored trade
mark or other design is produced upon such capsules, so that by means of a
contrast of colors such trade mark or design is made conspicuous and more
readily observable by the public. In manufacturing such capsules I substitute
what is called a spring die for the ordinary die now used in the manufacture.
The spring dies for this purpose are so constructed by having a portion of
the die made separately fitting into a cavity formed in the body of the die,
and a spring being attached to the separate portion, so that when placed in
the cavity and at rest it projects beyond the body of such die. In stamping

page_text: the trade mark or design on the capsule, this projecting portion is first colored
and then by forcing the capsule against the die in the method usually adopted
for stamping capsules, the projecting portion being slightly below the surface
of the body of the die, a portion of the capsule corresponding with the shape
of the projecting portion of the die will be raised and colored by one operation.
Spring dies may also be used in th manner and colored as described in the
Specification of my Patent of the Second of December One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine, as well as in the ordinary stamping press; or the effect
may be produced by stamping with an ordinary sunk die, having the required
design engraved thereon, and afterwards coloring the design so raised, either
by rollers or by hand, but I prefer to do it in one operation..
Capsules may also be manufactured according to my Invention with
portions in the shape of trade marks or other devices cut or punched out
of the top or sides of such capsules; and, when necessary, I place under the
part so cut or punched out colored tin foil or other substance, so as to
present a strong contrast to the surrounding or adjacent portion of such
capsule. For hot countries where the trade mark is cut out it should not
be on the top, as the protection from insects afforded to the cork by the
capsule would thereby be endangered. As one of the great advantages in the
use of the capsule is the assurance to the consumer that the capsuled bottle or
jar is in the same state as it was when it left the manufacturing or bottling
bouse whose name, device, or trade mark the capsule bears, this advantage is
increased by the prominence given to the trade mark of the house, whereby it
is quickly and easily recognized by the public in consequence of the strong
contrast between such trade mark and the surrounding or adjacent portions of
the capsule, and the manufacturer or bottler is also enabled more readily to
detect fraudulent imitations of his goods where the trade mark is on the side,
a greater prominence can be given to the manufacturer or bottler's name on
the top of the capsule."
In witness whereof, I, the said William Betts, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of June, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty.