IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING OR APPLYING. CAPSULES TO THE NECKS OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Farrow, of the Firm of Farrow and Jackson,.
of 18, Great Tower Street, in the City of London, Machinists, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING OR APPLYING.
CAPSULES TO THE NECKS OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 31st December 1861, and dated the 6th July 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Farrow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th July 1861.
I, CHARLES FARROW, of the Firm of Farrow and Jackson, of 18, Great.
Tower Street, in the City of London, Machinists, do hereby declare the
nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING OR.
APPLYING CAPSULES TO THE NECKS OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS," to be as.
follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for affixing or
applying capsules to the necks of bottles and other vessels. For these purposes.
a number of small wheels are employed, and the bearings of the axles of the
wheels are arranged so as to be capable of being moved to and from a common
centre line, towards which they are constantly pressed by springs. The neck
or mouth of the bottle or other vessel on which a capsule is to be fixed is, with:
the capsule upon it, placed between the wheels; the frame carrying the
wheels and their bearings is rotated so as to cause the wheels to run round.
on the capsule whilst they are pressed against it, and thus the capsule: is
secured.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Farrow in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th January 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
FARROW, of the Firm of Farrow and Jackson, of 18, Great Tower Street, in
the City of London, Machinists, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Farrow, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
Farrow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Charlos Farrow, my executors, administrators, and 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 Bri-
tain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING OR APPLYING CAPSULES TO THE
NECKS OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Farrow, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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 mouths next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Farrow, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for affixing or
applying capsules to the necks of bottles and other vessels. For these pur-
poses a number of small wheels are employed, and the bearings of the axles of
the wheels are arranged so as to be capable of being moved to and from a
common centre line, towards which they are constantly pressed by springs. The
neck or month of the bottle or other vessel on which a capsule is to be fixed is,
with the capsule upon it, placed between the wheels; the frame carrying the
wheels and their bearings is rotated so as to cause the wheels to run round

page_text: And in order that my said Invention may be most runy understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view, and Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, of
apparatus arranged in the manner I prefer in carrying out my Invention.
.
The frame of the apparatus is constructed in three principal parts a, b, and c;
these fit the one to the other, and are held together by the rod d, one end of
which is screwed into the piece c, and the other end passes through the piece a,
and is secured by a nut beyond. The piece a has two small standards a¹, a¹,
formed upon it to carry the centres of the treddle e, which by a connecting
rod f, communicates motion to the fly wheel g, mounted on a stud fixed into
the upright b. On the side of the fly wheel a pulley g' is formed, and a driving
line is passed round this pulley, and also round the pulley h above; this pulley
is mounted on the axis i, which is thus driven from the treddle; the axis i
is, as is shewn, carried in bearings in the piece c, and to it is fixed the hoop j,
by means of the connecting arms. In the hoop j four holes are bored; into
these the spindles k, k, are fitted; they are forked at their inner ends, and
carry the small wheels 1, 1, which are capable of turning freely. m, m, are
springs, through which the spindles k, k, pass, and these springs tend con-
stantly to press the spindles inwards; P, P, are pins which prevent the springs
m drawing the spindles k out of the holes in the hoop j; these pins / rest on
inclines m¹, carried by the hoop m², which fits over the hoop j, and is carried
by arms m³, connecting it with a boss m', which turns with the axis, but is
capable of sliding longitudinally thereon. n is a fork, the prongs of which
is fixed to the axis n', carried in
enter a groove in the boss m; this fork
brackets b, c, fixed respectively on the parts b and c of the frame. n' is a
lever on the axis n¹, by moving it the inclines m¹ can be traversed in the
direction of the axis, so as to draw the wheels 1, 1, outwards. o is a third
hoop; it is carried by the arms o¹, which are so connected with the extremity
of the axis i, that the said axis can rotate independently of the hoop o. o' is a
disc, of stout sheet vulcanized india-rubber tied over the hoop o.
The method of working the machine is as follows:-The bottle or other
vessel to which a capsule is to be affixed has the capsule placed on it loosely;
then, by means of the lever ², the wheels 1, 1, are drawn, outwards, and the
capsule oll the bottle or vessel placed betweeu them, the vulcanized india-

page_text: rubber disc o² forming a stop for the end of the capsule to rest against; the
wheels are then allowed to return till they rest on the capsule, and as they are
carried round by the axis i, they press the capsule firmly into the rings or
irregularities in the neck of the bottle or other vessel. The elastic disc o²,
whilst it forms a stop sufficient to enable the workman to place the capsule
between the wheels with rapidity and accuracy, will yield enough to enable
him to cause these wheels to pass over every part of the circumference of the
capsule. To remove the bottle or other vessel from the apparatus the wheels 1, 1,
are again drawn back.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Farrow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.