Iм- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Michaelis, of No. 1, Great Winchester
Street Buildings, in the City of London, for the Invention of “Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES." -A communica-
tion from abroad by Jules Becker, of Paris, in the Republic of
France.
:
Sealed the 4th March 1873, and dated the 11th September 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Michaelis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th September 1872.
I, PHILIP MICHAELIS, of No. 1, Great Winchester Street Buildings,
in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES," a communi
cation to me from abroad by Jules Becker, of Paris, in the Republic of
France, to be as follows:-
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My Invention relates especially to machines employed in the appli-
cation to bottles of the capsules for which Letters Patent were granted
to: Jules Becker, bearing date the 21st October 1869, Number. 3065,-

page_text: and to me, Philip. Michaelis, bearing date the 22nd May, 1872,
Number 1566..
The improvements consist, firstly, in certain means of applying the
necessary pressure to and maintaining it on the cork while the capsule
is being applied. This I effect by means of a lever operating a crank,
lever arm, cam, or toggle joint which gives motion to a sliding plunger
arranged to press upon the cork to the required extent, the various parts
being so arranged that when the necessary pressure has been given it is
maintained as long as required by the position assumed by the crank,
lever arm, cam, or toggle joint without the use of the ratchets and clicks
heretofore employed.
Secondly. A certain means of applying the retaining ring to secure
the patented capsules above referred to. For this purpose I employ a
spring holder upon which the ring is placed before. the pressure is
imparted to the cork. A sliding presser working on the said spring
holder serves to force the ring off it on to or around the capsule
which has been placed on the bottle, thus completing the operation of
capsuling.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Philip Michaelis, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 11th March 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PHILIP
MICHAELIS, of No. 1, Great Winchester Street Buildings, in the City
of London, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria,. by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in
the thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Philip Michaelis, Her special
licence, that I, 'the said Philip Michaelis, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Philip Michaelis, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend; within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES," a communication to me from
abroad by Jules Becker, of Paris, in the Republic of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Philip Michaelis, my exe:
cutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent. ·
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Philip Michaelis, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say :-
The Invention relates especially to machines employed in the appli-
cation to bottles of the capsules for which Letters Patent were granted
to Jules Becker bearing date the 21st of October, 1869, Number 3065,
and to me, Philip Michaelis, bearing date the 22nd of May 1872, Number
1566, but it may also be found applicable wholly or in part to the
capsuling of bottles by other methods.
The improvements consist, firstly, in certain means of applying the
necessary pressure to and maintaining it on the cork while the capsule
is being applied. This I effect by means of a lever operating a crank,
lever arm, cam, or toggle joint which gives motion to a sliding plunger
arranged to press upon the cork to the required extent, the various parts.
being so arranged that when the necessary pressure has been given it is
maintained as long as required by the position assumed by the crank,
lever arm, cam, or toggle joint without the use of the ratchets and
clicks heretofore employed.
Secondly. A certain means of applying the retaining ring to secure
the patented capsules above referred to. For this purpose I employ a
spring holder upon which the ring is placed before the pressure is
imparted to the cork. A sliding presser working on the said spring
holder serves to force the ring off it on to or around the capsule
which has been placed on the bottle, thus completing the operation of
capsuling.

page_text: Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawing represent respectively a front and a
side elevation of a capsuling machine constructed in accordance with the
said Invention; Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged sections taken respectively
on lines A, B, of Fig. 1 and C, D, of Fig. 2.
A lever a operates a crank or lever arm 6 which gives motion to the
sliding plunger c, on the top of which is an arm d so arranged that the
boss e fixed therein by the screw f descends on the top of the cork of
the bottle when actuated by the lever a, crank b, and connecting
rod b¹; h is a socket or presser sliding on the boss e by means of
the lever handle i.
The operation of capsuling a bottle in accordance with the system
described in the Specification of the Patent granted to Jules Becker
herein-before referred to, and of corking and capsuling the said bottle in
accordance with the system described in the Specification of the Patent
granted to me, also herein-before referred to, is as follows:-
The bottle is placed in position as shown, the cork j having been
placed therein in the usual way if of the ordinary kind, or placed over
the mouth of the bottle if of the kind described in the Specification of
my said former Patent, the capsule retaining ring k is placed around the
boss e (below the sliding socket or presser h), being retained thereon by
the spring 7, the top capsule m having been placed over the cork the lever
handle a is pulled forward, the plunger c descends by the action of the
Érank and connecting rod 6', and the boss e is brought down on to the
capsule and cork, compressing the latter to the required extent, the
pressure thereon being maintained without the aid of any other
locking apparatus by reason of the crank 6 being then nearly or quite
in a right line with the plunger c, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.
The grips or gripping portions n, n, Fig. 5 of the capsule, are next
applied in the manner now well known, and pressure is then applied to
the lever handle i, thereby depressing the sliding socket or presser h
which forces the retaining ring k off the spring holder formed by the
boss e and spring 7 on to and around the gripping portions n, n, of the
capsule, retaining them in position. The lever a is then raised, elevating
the plunger c, and the bottle is free to be removed.
The boss e may be removed from the machine by releasing the screw f
and the socket is withdrawn by passing it from the narrow part of the
lever i, see Fig. 6, to the wider part, and other bosses or sockets adapted
to suit larger or smaller sizes of rings and capsules substituted therefor.

page_text: In order that the lever and crank may assume their rigid position at
the finish of the act of compression, whatever the height of the bottle
may be, it is placed on a block o of such height as to bring the mouth
of the bottle under operation to a suitable position in relation to the
boss e.
It is obvious that instead of the crank 6 a cam, eccentric, or toggle
joint may be employed to operate the plunger c so as to obtain a similar
effect.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to or may be performed, I would have it
understood that what I claim is,―
Firstly. The capsuling machine constructed, arranged, and combined,
substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.
Secondly. The use of a crank, cam, eccentric, or toggle joint so
adapted and applied that the pressure on the cork and capsule may be
maintained thereby as long as required without the assistance of
ratchets, clicks, or other holding means, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Thirdly. The means of applying the retaining ring over the gripping
portions of the capsule, constructed and arranged substantially as
described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Michaelis, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
illustrated.
Thirdly. The means of applying the retaining ring over the gripping
portions of the capsule, constructed and arranged substantially as
described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Michaelis, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
W. H. BECK,
Consulting Engineer,
139, Cannon Street,
London.
PH. MICHAELIS. (L.S.)