Mouths of Bottles and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Mouths of Bottles and the like.
I GREGORY WRIGHT, of Wadhurst Brewery, Wadhurst in the county of Sussex,
Brewer and Aërated Water Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LABELS TO THE CORKS OR STOPPERS
AND MOUTHS OF BOTTLES AND THE LIKE" to be as follows:-
Hitherto it has been the practice to fix labels over the corks or stoppers and
mouths of bottles and the like by hand.
My invention consists in attaching the said labels by means of an apparatus
constructed as hereinafter described whereby the operation is performed in a better
and more expeditious manner than by means of ordinary hand labor.
My apparatus for this purpose consists of a rod or mandrel working telescope-
wise in a suitable handle and kept in its extended or outward position by means
of a spring. The outer end of the said rod carries a plate somewhat shorter in
length than the length of the labels; the said plate slides over suitable guide rods;
the ends of the guide rods are fixed to a ring or hoop between which and the said
plate the labels are held; the plate is provided with inclined projections or their
equivalents for receiving the cork or stopper and mouth of the bottle; to the said
rod or mandrel is hinged a pair of arms projecting downwards over the ends of the
labels where they are provided with fingers lined with india rubber or other
suitable soft or flexible material; the said arms are jointed to links or levers
hinged to a collar sliding on the rod and normally situated at a distance from the
handle the fingers are kept in their open or raised position by means of a suitable
spring.
To make use of the apparatus a number of labels are placed with their plain
sides downwards between the plate and the hoop or ring, the mouths of the corked
or stoppered bottles to be labelled are dipped or otherwise covered with a suitable
adhesive substance and the apparatus is pressed over the mouth of the bottle
whereby the sliding rod will be forced within the handle and the hoop or ring will
be carried down over the neck of the bottle the plate travelling upon the guide
rods; the handle will then come in contact with the sliding collar on the rod and
the fingers will turn down the ends of the labels and the lowermost of the labels
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page_text: will be caused to adhere to the bottle; pressure being now removed from the
apparatus the parts will resume their normal positions the ring or hoop in rising
catching under the ends of the remainder of the labels and pressing them into
their former position that is to say flat against the plate with their ends projecting
ready for the next operation and so on.
mouths 01 DOttes and KU.
I GREGORY WRIGHT, The Brewery, Wadhurst, Sussex, Brewer & Aerated Water
Manufacturer 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 relates to an apparatus for attaching labels to the corks or
stoppers and mouths of bottles and the like in a better and more expeditious
manner than by hand labor.
The apparatus consists of a rod or mandrel marked A in the accompanying
drawing, working telescope-wise in a suitable handle B. and kept in its extended
or outward position by means of a suitable spring C. The outer end of the said
rod carries a plate D. somewhat shorter in length than the length of the labels E
the said plate slides over suitable guide rods F. F. the ends of the said guide rods
being fixed to a ring or hoop G. between which and the said plate D. the labels E
are held.
The plate is provided with inclined projections or their equivalents K. K. for
receiving the cork or stopper and mouth of the bottle. To the said rod or
mandrel A. is hinged a pair of arms L. L. projecting downwards over the ends of
the labels where they are provided with fingers M. M. lined with india-rubber or
other suitable or flexible material N N the said arms are jointed to links or
levers O. O. hinged to a collar P sliding on a rod A and normally situated at a
distance from the handle. The fingers are kept in their open or raised position by
means of a suitable spring R. A number of labels are placed with their plain
sides downwards in the apparatus between the plate and the hoop or ring: the
mouths of the corked or stoppered bottles are dipped or otherwise covered with
a suitable adhesive substance and the apparatus is pressed over the mouth of the

page_text: bottle whereby the sliding rod will be forced within the handle and the hoop or
ring will be carried down over the neck of the bottle the plate D travelling upon
the guide rods F. F. the handle will then come in contact with the sliding collar P
on the rod A and the fingers M. M. will turn down the ends of the labels and the
lowermost of the labels will be caused to adhere to the bottle. On removing the
pressure from the apparatus the parts will resume their normal position the ring or
hoop in rising catching under the remainder of the labels and pressing them back
flat against the plate with their ends projecting ready for the next operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what
I claim is
Firstly. The improved apparatus for applying labels to the corks or stoppers and
mouths of bottles and the like as herein before described and represented in the
accompanying drawing.
Secondly. In apparatus for applying labels to the corks or stoppers and mouths
of bottles and the like the employment of the jointed arms and fingers for turning
the ends of the labels in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and represented in the accompanying drawing.
ODDOODY WDIANA