Improvements Applicable to Vessels, such as Bottles Containing Liqueurs or other Substances, for Preventing Fraud.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 18th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Mar., 1887.
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Communicated from abroad by LÉON LÉONARD MEYNIEU, of 24, Cours St. Médard,
Bordeaux (Gironde), France, Manufacturer of Metallic Capsules.]
Improvements Applicable to Vessels, such as Bottles Containing
Liqueurs or other Substances, for Preventing Fraud.
1, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex consulting engineer and patent agent do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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According to this invention for the purpose of preventing fraudulent use of labelled
vessels such as bottles there is combined with the metallic capsule used for covering
the mouth of the vessel a safety band which is secured to the body of the vessel by
means of a label or labels fastened by adhesive substance in such a way that in order
to withdraw the contents of the bottle the safety band or the capsule must be torn, so
that the capsule cannot be re-used, if once removed to change the contents of the
bottle. The invention may be carried out in different forms. In order to enable the
nature of it to be clearly understood, I append an illustration of an example in which
A is a bottle, a is a capsule, and is a safety band, this combination of a capsule and
a band (or there may be more than one) constituting the characteristic feature of the
invention. The band b can be made of any suitable material. Advantageously it can
be of the same metal (lead and tin combined) as used for making capsules, as such
material can be readily colored and stamped with marks and names which may with
advantage he applied thereon.
In the example illustrated the capsule is made with a perforation at the side or
lower part and the upper end of the safety band is likewise perforated, and through
the two holes thus formed there is introduced an eyelet c, a rivet, a clasp, or other
means of attachment, the whole being fastened in any suitable apparatus, such as a
press. The capsule having been placed on the bottle by suitable apparatus, the safety
band is made to follow the form of the bottle, and is secured by any suitable adhesive
labels such as e and fastened over the band and glass of the bottle.

page_text: Liqueurs or other Substances, for Preventing Fraud.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention (a communication to me from abroad by Léon Léonard Meynieu of 24
Cours St. Médard à Bordeaux (Gironde) France, Manufacturer of metallic capsules)
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
According to this invention for the purpose of preventing fraudulent use of labelled
vessels such as bottles, there is combined with the metallic capsule used for covering
the mouth of the vessel, a safety band which is secured to the body of the vessel by
means of a label or labels fastened by adhesive substance in such a way that in order
to withdraw the contents of the bottle the safety band or the capsule must be torn so
that the capsule cannot be re-used if once removed to change the contents of the
bottle. The invention may be carried out in different forms. In order to enable the
nature of it to be clearly understood I append an illustration of an example in which
A is a bottle, a is a capsule, and 6 is a safety band, this combination of a capsule and
a band (or there may be more than one) constituting the characteristic feature of the
invention. The band b can be made of any suitable material.
Advantageously it can be of the same alloy (such as lead and tin combined) as used
for making capsules, as such material can be readily colored and stamped with marks
and names which may with advantage be applied thereon.
In the example illustrated the capsule is made with a perforation at the side or
lower part, and the upper end of the safety band is likewise perforated, and through
the two holes thus formed there is introduced an eyelet c, a rivet, a clasp, or other
means of attachment; the whole being fastened in any suitable apparatus such as a
press. The capsule having been placed on the bottle by suitable apparatus, the safety
band is made to follow the form of the bottle, and is secured by any suitable adhesive
labels, such as e and fastened over the band and glass of the bottle.
In lieu of making the capsule and the band or bands as separate parts and after-
wards uniting them as hereinabove described, the band or bands may be formed in a
piece with the capsule itself, by suitably cutting the metallic sheet from which it is made.
The band or bands may be cut or formed to any desired shape for ornamentation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what is claimed is :-
In combination with a capsule for a bottle a band or bands such as b attached to or
formed with the capsule and secured to the bottle by an adhesive label or labels
substantially in the manner described and for the purpose specified.
W. LLOYD WISE.