Improved Machine for Capsuling Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Machine for Capsuling Bottles.
I, JAMES KNIGHT, of 4 Bothwell Terrace, Broughty Ferry, in the County of
Forfar, N.B. Ship's Store Merchant, 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 improved apparatus.
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 recess,
formed to receive a circular ring of india-rubber, the section of the ring being also
circular. The annular recess is of such a size, that when the india-rubber ring is
contained therein, it is held but not compressed. The cylinder is tapered—that is
to say is a frustumn of a cone-its greater diameter being somewhat smaller than
the external diameter of the india-rubber ring. The function of the taper is to
allow of various sizes of bottles being operated upon.
The cylinder is provided with a flange placed at right angles to its axis, which
may also be used as a handle when required, said flange or handle being so shaped
as to fit into a bracket, the whole cylinder at the same time being readily
detachable. The cylinder may also if required be fixed by means of the said
flange to the wall, without the intervention of the bracket. The bracket for
carrying the cylinder may be fixed in any suitable position, although preferably I
may fix it on a vertical wall, and is so designed as to hold the cylinder with its
axis normal to the surface to which the bracket is attached. If desired the bracket
may be so arranged as to admit of the axis of the cylinder assuming a vertical
position when not in use.
By having a number of such brackets fixed in suitable positions, the one
cylinder may only be required, and the operation of capsuling the bottles may be
performed by either using the cylinder alone, or by attaching it to a bracket, and
then using it.
According to another modification I may operate the cylinder by a suitable
machine, said machine preferably having a hand or foot lever and spring or
counterweight; in this manner fixing the capsules on the bottles in an easy and
expeditious manner. The bottles while being operated upon in the machine are
held suitably.
Dated this 6th day of November 1891.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Machine for Capsuling. Bottles.
1, JAMES KNIGHT, of 4 Bothwell Terrace, Broughty Ferry, in the County of
Forfar, N.B. Ship's Store Merchant, 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 improved apparatus.
The accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings illustrate the method of
carrying out my invention according to several modifications.
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page_text: Figures 1. 2. and 3. (Sheet No. 1.) represent a sectional elevation, at A. A. a
plan, and a front view respectively of one modification; Figures 4. and 5. a plan
and a front view respectively of a second modification; Figures 6. and 7. (Sheet
No. 2.) side and front elevations respectively of a third modification and
Figures 8. 9. and 10. respectively represent a side, a front, and a sectional plan
at B. B. of a fourth modification of my apparatus.
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 according to the modification as illustrated by
Figures 1. 2. and 3. (Sheet No. 1.) I employ a metal or vulcauite cylinder 11. closed
at the one end and open at the other. Near to the open end of the cylinder is an
annular recess 12, formed to receive a circular ring 13. of india-rubber; the section
of the ring being also circular. The annular recess is of such a size, that when the
india-rubber ring is contained therein, it is held but not compressed. The
cylinder 1. is tapered, that is to say it is a frustum of a cone-its greater diameter
being somewhat smaller than the external diameter of the india-rubber ring. The
function of the taper is to allow of various sizes of bottles being operated upon.
The cylinder is provided with a flange 14. placed at right angles to its axis,
which may also be used as a handle when required, said flang or handle being so
shaped as to fit into a bracket 15. permanently fixed to the wall 16. by means of
the screws 17, the whole cylinder at the same time being readily detachable. The
cylinder as illustrated by Figures 4. and 5. may also, if required, be fixed by means
of the said flange to the wall 16. without the intervention of the bracket, by means
of the screws 17. The bracket 15. for carrying the cylinder may be fixed in any
suitable position, although preferably I may fix it on a vertical wall, and is so
designed as to hold the cylinder with its axis normal to the surface to which the
bracket is attached by means of the part 18.
If desired the bracket may be so arranged as to admit of the axis of the cylinder
assuming a vertical position when not in use, by withdrawing the pin 19. from its
place as illustrated by Figures 6. and 7. (Sheet No. 2.)
By having a number of such brackets fixed in suitable positions, the one cylinder
may only be required, and the operation of capsuling the bottles may be performed
by either using the cylinder alone, that is to say operating it by hand, or by
attaching it to a bracket, and then using it.
According to another modification as illustrated by Figures 8. 9. and 10. (Sheet
No. 2.) I may operate the cylinder 11. by a suitable machine 25. said machine
preferably having a hand or foot lever I have shown in my drawing a hand
lever 20. and spring 21. or counterweight 22. in this manner fixing the capsules
on the bottles 23. in an easy and expeditious manner. The bottles while being
operated upon in the machine are held suitably by the prongs 24.
When using the machine as illustrated by Figures 1. to 7. the bottle is first
corked in the usual manner, and the capsule placed in position after which the neck
of said bottle is pushed into the cylinder, as shown in Figure 1, and then withdrawn,
and the operation is completed.
When the machine is of the form illustrated by Figures 8. to 10. the bottle
remains stationary and the cylinder is forced on its neck by means of the lever 20.
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:
In machines for capsuling bottles :-
(1) The construction and arrangements of parts, as described and illustrated by
Figures 1. 2. and 3.
(2) The construction and arrangement of parts, as described and illustrated by
Figures 4. and 5.
(3) The construction and arrangement of parts, as described and illustrated by
Figures 6. and 7.

page_text: (4) The construction and arrangement of parts, as described and illustrated by
Figures 8. 9. and 10.
(5) The use of the tapered cylinder of metal or vulcanite, as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1801
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.