IMPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING WINE AND OTHER CASES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Girling Capon and Thomas Oxley Boughtwood,
both of No. 550, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING WINE AND OTHER CASES."
aled the 16th June 1876, and dated the 5th January 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Girling Capon and
Thomas Oxley Boughtwood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents-
on the 5th January 1876.
GEORGE GIRLING CAPON and THOMAS OXLEY BOUGHTWOOD, both of No. 550,
Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING
WINE AND OTHER CASES."
Our Invention has for its object to provide a ready means for securing cases,
more particularly those used for enclosing wine, by means of a seal, label, or brand
in order to prevent them from being opened for fraudulent purposes. For this
purpose we fix in the lid of the box an eye or staple, which when the lid is closed
fits into a recess or groove formed in the thickness of the front part of the box, and
in the latter we make a hole passing transversely through such grooved part in
such a position that the hole will be in line with the eye of the staple when the lid
is closed. The case having been filled with bottles or other objects we drive a cork
or other plug into the said hole so that it passes through the eye of the staple, and
we then affix a seal on the outer end of the cork. From this arrangement it will
be seen that the case cannot be opened without withdrawing the cork, and this
cannot be done without breaking the seal.
When the cork is sealed with sealing wax or with a label we prefer to form a
recess round the hole at the outer end so that the seal or label may be contained
therein and thus protected from being injured.
In some cases instead of sealing the cork as described it may merely be branded
on the end or ends or at the side with a name or trade mark, which will afford
nearly equal security, as the cork cannot be withdrawn without shewing that it
has been tampered with, and consequently any one opening the case with a
fraudulent intention would have to replace the cork by another bearing the same
brand in order to avoid detection.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of tho conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by
the said George Girling Capon and Thomas Oxley Boughtwood in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 22nd June 1876.
GEORGE GIRLING CAPON and THOMAS OXLEY BOUGHTWOOD, both of No. 550
Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING
WINE AND OTHER CASES."
Our Invention has for its object to provide a ready means for securing cases,
more particularly those used for enclosing wine, by means of a seal, label, or brand
in order to prevent them from being opened for fraudulent purposes. For this
purpose we fix in the lid of the box an eye or staple, which when the lid is closed
fits into a recess or groove formed in the thickness of the front part of the box, and
in the latter we make a hole passing transversely through such grooved part in
such a position that the hole will be in line with the eye of the staple when the lid
is closed. The case having been filled with bottles or other objects we drive a cork
or other plug into the said hole so that it passes through the eye of the staple, and
we then affix a seal on the outer end of the cork. From this arrangement it will
be seen that the case cannot be opened without withdrawing the cork, and this
cannot be done without breaking the seal.
When the cork is sealed with sealing wax or with a label we prefer to form a
recess round the hole at the outer end, so that the seal or label may be contained
therein and thus be protected from being injured.
In some cases instead of sealing the cork as described it may merely be branded
on the end or ends or at the side with a name or trade mark, which will afford
nearly equal security, as the cork cannot be withdrawn without shewing that it
has been tampered with, and consequently any one opening the case with a
fraudulent intention would have to replace the cork by another bearing the same
brand in order to avoid detection.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 of the Drawings shows a perspective view of a case provided with a
fastening according to our Invention.
Fig. 2 shews an enlarged front view of the fastening; and Fig. 3 shews & cross
section of the same.
To the lid A of the box is fixed an eye or staple B, which when the lid is closed
fits into a recess or mortice C formed in the thickness of the front part D of the
box; in the latter is cut a hole E on each side of the mortice C in line with the
eye of the staple B when the lid is closed down, and when the lid is to be secured
a cork or plug F is driven through the hole and eye of the staple, as shewn at
Fig. 3, and a seal or label G is affixed on the outer end of the cork, the front of the
box being recessed slightly, as shewn, for the protection of the seal. For opening
the box when thus secured the cork may either be withdrawn by a corkscrew or
driven through into the case.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we make no general
claim to the mode of securing cases by means of a cork or plug passing through the
eye of a staple in the lid, but we claim, constructing cases with a recess or mortice
in the front side of the box for the reception of a staple attached to the lid, and
having a transverse hole for the insertion of a cork or plug passing through the
staple, substantially as and for the purposes herein described,
In witness whereof, we, the said George Girling Capon and Thomas Oxley
Boughtwood, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth day of
June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.