A New or Improved Adhesive Capsule for Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 5th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL STEIFICATIO
A New or Improved Adhesive Capsule for Bottles, Jars, and
similar Vessels.
I, AUSTIN BUCKNALL of 33 Athol Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, Wholesale
Wine and Spirit Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved adhesive capsule for bottles, jars,.
and other similar vessels.
According to this invention I construct the capsule of paper or other similar
material cut or shaped with a more or less straight or curved oblong part to fit
around the neck or upper part of the bottle or other vessel, and with a circular
part attached to one edge of the oblong part to fit upon the mouth of the vessel,
over the cork or other closing device. The capsule is gummed or made adhesive
by similar means, upon one side, and the other side may be printed or ornamented
in any desired manner. The edges of the open capsule also may in the process of
manufacture be scolloped or otherwise ornamented.
To apply the capsule, it is made adhesive by wetting, or by the application of
paste or the like, and the oblong part is placed around the ueck of the vessel with
its upper edge close to the top. The circular part is then turned over the cork or
other closing device so that the edge of this part meets the top edge of the oblong
part all round.
Dated this 2nd day of April A.D. 1895.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Adhesive Capsule for Bottles, Jars, and
similar Vessels.
I, AUSTIN BUCKNALL of 33 Athol Street Douglas, Isle of Man, Wholesale
Wine and Spirit 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 :—
This invention relates to a new or improved adhesive capsule for bottles, jars,
and other similar vessels.
In carrying out my improvements, I construct the capsule of paper, or other
similar material, cut or shaped with a more or less straight or curved oblong part
to fit around the neck or upper part of the bottle or other vessel, and with a
circular part attached to one edge of the oblong part, to fit upon or over the mouth
of the vessel, or over the cork or other closing device. The capsule is gummed or
made adhesive by suitable means, upon one side, and the other side may be printed
or ornamented in any desired manner. The edges of the capsule also, may, in the
course of manufacture, be scolloped or otherwise ornamented.
Capsules constructed and applied according to my invention are illustrated by
the accompanying drawings, to which reference will hereinafter be made.

page_text: Figure 1 illustrates in plan, a capsule which may be applied to a bottle or other
vessel having a parallel neck or part below the mouth or opening.
Figure 2 similarly illustrates a like capsule with a plain lower edge. This
capsule is intended for tins, circular boxes, and other vessels having large mouths
or openings to be covered by the capsule.
Figure 3 shews a capsule similar to Figure 1, but with a plain lower edge.
Figure 4 represents a capsule for ordinary wine and similar bottles and for
vessels having coned necks.
In all cases, the capsule consists of an oblong part O, and a circular part C.
Each of these will have such a shape and such dimensions as may be determined
by the use to which the capsule is to be applied. If the sides of the vessel or of
the neck of the vessel are parallel, the part O will be rectangular; if tapered, the
top and bottom edges of the oblong part will be correspondingly curved as shewn
by Figure 4, and the ends may be normal to the curves. The circular part C, may
be connected with about the centre of the top edge of the oblong part, or with one
end of the top edge as may be preferred, and the circumference may be plain as in
the drawings, or scolloped or otherwise ornamented. The top edge of the oblong
part may be plain, but is preferably serrated as indicated. The lower edge also
may be plain, or it may be scolloped or otherwise ornamented as indicated by
Figure 1.
The material from which I ordinarily construct the capsules is common printing
paper of good quality, but they may be formed of special paper or of any other
suitable material such as a compound fabric consisting of a layer of paper cemented
upon a layer of textile fabric.
To apply the capsule, it is made adhesive by wetting if previously gummed, or
otherwise, by the application of paste or glue to the inner surface. The oblong
part is then wrapped around the neck N, or upper part of the bottle or vessel as
indicated by Figure 5, so that its ends meet or overlap as at A. The serrations on
the upper edge are next turned down, and finally, the circular part C is also turned
down when the upper part of the vessel and its cork or closing device will be
completely enclosed by the capsule adhering thereto.
If the serrations along the top edge of the oblong part be omitted, it is more
difficult to ensure a neat joint all round between the circular part and the oblong
part, and it is for that reason that I employ them.
The capsules are punched out of paper or other material by means of suitably
formed punches or dies in the known manner employed in the manufacture of
labels. They lend themselves with great facility to any process of printing or
ornamentation which it may be desired to apply.
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 :-
An adhesive capsule for bottles jars and similar vessels, constructed of paper or
other similar suitable material and consisting essentially of an oblong part to
surround the neck or upper part of the bottle or vessel and a circular part attached
to the oblong part and adapted to be folded over the cork or closing device,
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of August A.D. 1895.