A Combined Sprinkler, Stopper, and Capsule for Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left 24th Apr. 1890-Accepted. 24th May, 1840
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
A Combined Sprinkler, Stopper, and Capsule for Bottles.
We, GEORGE PROCTER of Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town in the County of
Middlesex, Manager of Works and FRANCES CATHERINE PEEL of Coombe Lodge,
Bruton in the County of Somerset, Widow, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a combined sprinkler, stopper and capsule for bottles and
one of its objects is to protect the public by preventing the extraction of the liquid
contents, such for example, as perfumes by retail dealers and the substitution of an
inferior article, as is sometimes done with bottles that are closed by stoppers of the
usual kinds.
Our combined sprinkler stopper and capsule which is made of pure tin or other
suitable metal is composed of a capsule of any reasonable length to fit over the neck
and mouth of the bottle such capsule being formed with a Central concentric core
which receives and constitutes the central portion of a stopper formed of cork or
other suitable material. When the combined stopper and capsule is applied to a
bottle the stopper enters and closes the bottle mouth while the capsule passes
over and is secured to the bottle neck its lower part being pressed tightly against the
same. If a label bearing for example the name of the manufacturer of the perfume
or liquid in the bottle be then pasted partly on the lower part of the capsule and
partly on the bottle the contents of the bottle cannot be removed without destroying
the label and capsule because the label secures or gives additional security to the
capsule and the stopper cannot be taken out without the capsule being removed.
The stopper will generally have a central passage to allow when desired of some of
the contents of the bottle being sprinkled over a handkerchief or otherwise and for this
purpose the central core which is formed in one piece with the capsule as above
described is made hollow and communicates with a hollow screw threaded pro-
tuberance on the top of the capsule in which a screw valve with a hollow stem works;
by turning the valve so as to raise it from its seat a way for the liquid is opened from
the hollow core into the protuberance and thence through one or more holes into the
hollow valve stem to an outlet aperture at top of same.
Dated this 24th day of Jul. 1200
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Sprinkler, Stopper, and Capsule for Bottles.
We GEORGE PROCTER of Bartholomew Road, Kenush Town in the County of
Middlesex, Manager of Works and FRANCES CATHERINE PEEL of Coombe Lodge,
Bruton in the County of Somerset, Wulow 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 :-
.
This invention consists of a combined sprinkler stopper and capsule for bottles and
one of its objects is to protect the public by preventing the extraction from bottles of
the liquid contents, such for example as perfumes by retail dealers, and the sub-
stitution of an inferior article, as is sometimes done with bottles that are closed by
stoppers of the usual kinds.
Our combined sprinkler stopper and capsule which is made of pure tin or other
suitable metal is composed of a capsule of any reasonable length to fit over the neck
and mouth of the bottle, such capsule being formed with a central concentric core which
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page_text: receives and constitutes the central portion of a stopper formed of- cork or other
suitable material. When the combined stopper and capsule is applied to a bottle the
stopper enters and closes the bottle mouth while the capsule passes over and is secured
10 tlie bottle neck, its lower part being pr.ssed tightly against the same. If a label
bearing for example the name of the manufacturer of the perfume or liquid in the
-bottlo be then pasted partly on the lower part of tlie capsule and partly on the bottle
the contents of the bottle cannot be removed without destroying the label and-capsule,
because the label secures or gives additional security to the capsule, and the stopper
cannot be taken out without the capsule being removed.
The stopper has a central passage to allow when desired of some of the contents of
the bottle being sprinkled over a handkerchief or otherwise, and for this purpose the
central core which is formed in one piece with the capsule as above described, is made
hollow and communicates with a hollow screw-threaded protuberance on the top of
the capsule in which a screw valve with a hollow stem works; by turning the valve
so as to raiso it from its seat a way for the liquid is opened from the hollow core into
the protuberance, and thence through one or more holes into the hollow valve stem
to an outlet aperture at top of same.
The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate the invention. Figure 1 is an
elevation showing the combined capsule and stopper fitted to a bottle neck. Figure 2
15 a section on the line 1-1 of figure 1, and Figure 3 is a plan. a is the bottle
neck. is the capsule fitting over the neck and mouth of the bottle. C is a central
concentric core formed in one piece with the capsule. is a stopper of cork or other
suitable material fitted on the core c. e is a protuberance on the top of the capsule
and formed in one piece therewith. is a label applied partly on the lower part of
the capsule and partly on the bottle neck. The core c and protuberance e are made
hollow so as to have passages through them as shown and the protuberance is formed
with a female thread to receive a screw valve with a hollow stem.
g
In the side of
this stem are one or more holes h, hand at top is an outlet or aperture i. Whon the
valve is screwed home as seen in Figure 1 it closes the passage through the core c.
When on the other hand the valve is partly unscrewed as seen in Figure 2 it opens
this passage so that there is a way for the liquid through the lower part of the hollow
protuberance e, the holes h, h, the valve stem and the outlet 1. In order to prevent
the valve being entirely unscrewed the upper end of the protuberance e has an
inturned flange k.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A combined sprinkler stopper and capsule for bottles constructed substantially as
herein before described.