Improvements in Means for Closing Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: he new drawing accompanying this Print is in accordance with the Original
as it stands after Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act,
1883) as allowed by the decision of the Comptroller General, of the 18th
dar of Wahman1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Closing Bottles, Jars, and the like.
We, BETTS AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the
County of London, and WILLIAM NIMMY, of 4, Oakley Road, Southgate Road,
Islington, in the said County, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows;
Accord-
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby bottles, jars and
the like, containing aerated waters, wines, spirits, pickles, preserves, or other
matter, can be hermetically closed without the use of corks, or of wires.
ing to this invention the closure of the bottle, jar, or the like, is effected by
means of a capsule having a crown, or upper part, sufficiently strong and thick
to withstand pressure either from the exterior, or the interior, and with sides
of a character such that they can be closed around the neck, or mouth, of the
bottle, jar or the like, by means of a capsuling machine. The interior of the
capsule thus formed is coated interiorily with a cement which will cause the
capsule to firmly adhere to the bottle, jar, or the like, and also protect the metal
of the crown, or top, of the capsule from contact with the contents of the bottle,
jar, or the like. We do not limit ourselves to the use of any particular cement
and protective material, but a cement made of gum arabic. Scotch glue, common
soda, and quick lime, with distilled water, as described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 21217 of 1896 granted to us, is suitable for the purpose. The
capsule itself may be made of the material employed in the manufacture of what
are known as Betts's capsules.
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JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.
Improvements in Means for Closing Bottles, Jars, and the like.
We, BETTS AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the
County of London, and William NIммy, of 4, Oakley Road, Southgate Road,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: Islington, in the said County, Engineer, 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 has for its object to provide means whereby bottles, jars, and
the like, containing aerated waters, wines, spirits, pickles, preserves, or other
matter, can be hermetically closed without the use of corks, or of wires. Accord-
ing to this invention the closure of the bottle, jar, or the like, is effected by
means of a capsule having a crown, or upper part, sufficiently strong and thick
to withstand such pressure as would occur in use either from the exterior, or the
interior, and with sides of a character such that they can be closed around the neck,
or mouth, of the bottle, jar, or the like, by means of a capsuling machine. The
interior of the capsule thus formed is coated interiorily with a cement which will
cause the capsule to firmly adhere to the bottle, jar or the like, and also protect the
metal of the crown, or top, of the capsule from contact with the contents of the
bottle, jar, or the like. We do not limit ourselves to the use of any particular cement
and protective material, but a cement made of gum arabic, Scotch glue, common
soda and quick-lime, with distilled water, as described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 21217 of 1896 granted to us, is suitable for the purpose. The
capsule itself may be made of the material employed in the manufacture of what
are known as Betts's capsules and it may be pressed or spun into shape as may be
most convenient for instance from a disc which is originally of the thickness
which the crown or upper part is to have, the successive pressures or the spinning
being performed so that the sides are gradually reduced in thickness but the
crown or upper part is left of, or nearly of, the original thickness.
The accompanying drawing represents a capsule made according to this inven-
tion. a is the thick and strong crown or upper part and bare the thinner sides.
The cement is applied to the inner surfaces c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
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For the purposes described a capsule having a crown or upper part sufficiently
thick to be capable of withstanding the pressure in both directions to which
it is subjected in use and with sides sufficiently thin to be closable by a capsuling
machine around the neck or mouth of the bottle, jar or the like, the interior
of the said capsule being coated with a cement which will cause it to adhere
firmly to the bottle jar or the like.
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