IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SECURING OR PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Betjemann, of the Firm of George Betjemann and
Sons, of 36 and 38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SECURING OR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Betjemann at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th January 1881.
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and
38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS
OR APPARATUS FOR SECURING OR LOCKING UP THE CONTENTS OF BOTTLES AND
OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus for
securing or locking up the contents of bottles and other hollow articles.
For this purpose I employ a cap or cover to pass over the neck or top of the
bottle or other article with the cork or stopper therein, or, if desired, the interior.
or underside of the cap or cover may be provided with a suitable spring or other
stopper or packing to enable it to act as a stopper. I pass a clip around the neck
of the article and under a flange or in a groove formed thereon.
In some cases portions of the cap or cover or projections thereon, when the parts
are in position on the article to be secured, pass over the clip to prevent the latter
being forciby opened out and removed from the article to which it is applied. A
lock connected either to the clip or to the cap or cover, or to both, acts by means
of suitable catches to lock the whole of the parts together:
When the lock and other parts are permanently connected together, I prefer to
fix the lock rigidly to one part and to hinge it to the other.
If desired, the lock may be entirely removeable from the other parts, and be
capable of locking the two parts together when required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Betjemann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th July 1881:
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and
38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex.. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR SECURING OR LOCKING UP THE CONTENTS OF BOTTLES AND
OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus for securing
or locking up the contents of bottles and other hollow articles.
For this purpose I employ a cap or cover to pass over the neck or top of the
bottle or other article with the cork or stopper therein, or, if desired, the interior or
underside of the cap or cover may be provided with a suitable spring or other
stopper or packing to enable it to act as a stopper. I pass a clip around the neck
of the article and under a flange or in a groove formed thereon. In some cases
portions of the cap or cover or projections thereon, when the parts are in position
on the article 'to be secured, pass over the clip to prevent the latter being forcibly
opened out and removed from the article to which it is applied. A lock connected
either to the clip or to the cap or cover, or to both, acts by means of suitable
catches to lock the whole of the parts, together. When the lock and other parts
are permanently connected together, I prefer to fix the lock rigidly to one part and
to hinge it to the other.
If desired, the lock may be entirely removeable from the other parts, and be
capable of locking the two parts together when required.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings,
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section showing my improved apparatus
applied to the neck of a bottle, with the cap or cover locked in position over the
cork; Figure 2 is a similar view to the above, but showing the cap or cover
turned back, thereby affording facility for removing the cork from the bottle neck;
Figure 3 is a top or plan view of the same; Figure 4 is an elevation showing the
front of the lock, and Figure 5 is a plan of parts; Figure 6 represents the form of
apparatus shown in the previous Figures provided with a spring stopper or packing
in the interior of the cap or cover thereof; Figure 7 represents a modification of the
apparatus with the cap or cover entirely removeable from the lock and clip, but
with the latter parts rigidly connected together; Figure 8 represents a modification
of the apparatus with the clip entirely removeable from the lock and cap or cover,
but with the latter parts rigidly connected together; and Figures 9, 10, and 11
represent respectively a sectional elevation, a front elevation, and a plan of a
modification in which the cap or cover, the lock, and the clip are all removeable
from each other.
a represents a bottle neck, a¹ a flange thereon, and b a cork; c is à cap or cover,
which is hinged at c to a lock d, and e is a clip fixed rigidly to the lock. The
clipe is passed around the neck of the bottle or other article, and under the
flange a¹ thereon, or in a groove formed in the bottle neck. The part c² connected
to the cap or cover c has fixed thereto or formed thereon a hasp or catch c³, which,
when the cap or cover c is in the position shown in Figures 1, 3, and 4, is securely
locked in such position by the bolt of the lock d. By the aid of a key d the bolt
of the lock d can, when desired, be withdrawn from the hasp or catch c³, when a

page_text: spring in the lock (see Figures 1 and 5) will raise the cap or cover c a short
distance, after which the locking means or the cork can be removed from the
bottle.
If desired, the cap or cover c may, as shown at Figure 6, be provided with a
spring stopper or packing g in the interior thereof, in which case the necessity for
using a separate cork or stopper is avoided.
Although in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 I have represented the lock d to be
rigidly fixed to the clip e, and the cap or cover c to be hinged to the lock, only
two of such parts may be fixed together, as shown at Figure 7, in which case the
hinge c¹ connecting the cap or cover c to the other parts would be dispensed with,
but the part c² and hasp c³, or other means, would be retained to enable it, when
desired, to be locked to the lock d. Or according to another modification, shown
at Figure 8, the clip e would be separate from the other parts, and be provided
with a hasp c³ or other means to enable it to be locked to the other parts when
desired, whilst the cap or cover c and the lock d would be rigidly connected
together.
In these two last described modifications the cap or cover c may be made to
extend more completely around the clip e.
In the arrangement represented at Figures 9, 10, and 11, the cap or cover is
provided with a hasp or projection. c³ capable of passing through an eye e' fixed to
the clip e, and a lock d'in the form of a padlock is used for locking the cap or
cover c and the clip e together.
I would here remark that the lock employed may be of any desired and suitable
construction.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim, is the
combination of the cap or cover c, clip e, and lock d, substantially according to the
various modifications herein shown and described, and for the purpose stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Betjemann, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of July, in 'the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
JOHN BETJEMANN. (L.S.)