AACCALE for that Purpose.
Year: 1887

page_text: AACCALE
for that Purpose.
1, RAOUL SAINTE-MARIE DUPRE fils of 24 Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris, France
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the capsuling of bottles in such a manner that a capsule
cannot be removed from a bottle without being torn and then it cannot be used again
for fraudulent purposes by being put on another bottle. For this purpose, before
capsuling, I fix under the projecting lip of the bottle mouth a band or strip of metal
bent round the bottle neck and having its ends secured by a rivet, eyelet or wire tie,
or by inserting the one end as a tongue into a slot near the other end and bending the
tongue over. This band is provided with a projecting lead or soft metal rivet or
eyelet which when the capsule is put on over it passes through a hole in the capsule,
and is then rivetted or burred over, it may be with a special- heading tool giving the
rivet a peculiar trade or other mark. The capsule being thus secured to the band
cannot be removed without such tearing or damage to it that it cannot be used again.
Instead of securing the capsule to the band by a separate rivet or eyelet as above
described, it may be secured in various other ways; thus a protuberance like an eyelet
may be formed on the band, and this after passing through a hole of the capsule may
be burred over or flattened down to form a head extending over the edge of the hole.
Or the band may be of wire fabric presenting ridges or of metal with holes punched
through it or hollows punched inside of it so as to present outside a number of pro-
jecting burrs or protuberances and then the capsule being pressed closely home all
round the band will be held by engagement with the ridges or burrs.
Dated this 20th day of October 1887
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of Capsuling Bottles to Prevent Fraud and Appliances
for that Purpose.
I, RAOUL SAINTE MARIE DUPRÉ fils of 24 Boulevard de Strasbourg Paris France
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 :-
My invention relates to the capsuling of bottles in such a manner that a capsule
cannot be removed from a bottle without being torn and then it cannot be used again
for fraudulent purposes by being put on another bottle. For this purpose before
capsuling, I fix under the projecting lip of the bottle mouth a band or strip of metal
bent round the bottle neck and having its ends secured by a rivet, eyelet or wire tie,
or by inserting the one end as a tongue into a slot near the other end and bending the
tongue over. This band is provided with a projecting lead or soft metal rivet or
eyelet which when the capsule is put on over it passes through a hole in the capsule,
and is then rivetted or burred over, it may be with a special heading tool giving the
rivet a peculiar trade or other mark. The capsule being thus secured to the band
cannot be removed without such tearing or damage to it that it cannot be used again. 1
Instead of securing the capsule to the band by a separate rivet or eyelet as above
described, it may be secured in various other ways; thus a protuberance like an eyelet
may be formed on the band and this after passing through a hole of the capsule may
be burred over or flattened down to form a head extending over the edge of the hole.
Or the band may be of wire fabric presenting ridges or of metal with holes punched 2
through it or hollows punched inside of it so as to present outside a number of pro-
jecting burrs or protuberances and then the capsule being pressed closely home all
round the band will be held by engagement with the ridges or burrs.
On the accompanying drawings are shewn various arrangements for capsuling
bottles according to my above described invention. Fig. 1 shews a front view of the 2
before mentioned band A, extended, and Fig. 2 shews a longitudinal section of the
same. This band which is of soft metal, has a hole at a for effecting the connection
with the capsule, and a slot 6 through which the tongue c is passed when the band is
bent round the neck of the bottle. Into the hole a is inserted the stem of a lead
rivet d having its head on the inner side of the band as shewn at Figs. 3 and 4. The 3
band is then laid round the neck of the bottle G as shewn in elevation at Fig. 5, and
in cross section at Fig. 6, the tongue c being passed through the slot b and bent over
so as to secure the bend in place. The metal capsule B is then placed over the neck
as shewn at Figs. 7 and 8, the stem of the rivet d being made to pass through a hole
in the capsule, and the projecting part is then rivetted down over the hole as at e, the 3
head thus formed being marked with a die if desired, as shewn at Fig. 7.
A similar result may be obtained by placing the collar A and capsule B upon the
bottle without the rivet D and then after inserting the stem of a rivet f through the

page_text: holes as at Fig. 9, applying pressure to the external head, so as to flatten out the inner
end on the inner side of the collar, as at Fig. 10. This will be facilitated by the fact
that the burr left round the hole a in punching as shewn at Fig. 2, will cause a space
to be left between the band and the bottle.
Instead of securing the band and capsule together by a rivet, an eyelet may be used
for this purpose. This may be in one piece with the metal band A as at g Figs. 11
and 12 or it may be separate therefrom as at Fig. 13. When the band and capsule
have been placed on the bottle as at Figs. 14. and 15 the capsule is pierced at the point
where the eyelet is situated so that the eyelet can pass through, and the projecting end
of the latter is then rivetted over.
Instead of forming an open eyelet on the band, a hollow boss may be raised thereon
as at h Fig. 16 or a separate flanged cap, may be inserted, as at Fig. 17, the head of
the boss or cap being flattened down after it has been passed through the hole in the
capsule, as at Fig. 18.
An increased hold of the band upon the capsule may be obtained by forming the
band or collar with projections or burrs which penetrate into the metal of the capsule;
Fig. 19 shews a collar A formed of wire gauze, the ends of the band being secured
together by the projecting end of wire which is engaged with the meshes of the
opposite end.
The cap B being placed over the collar it is tightened over the latter in the ordinary
manner, whereupon the projections of the collar will be made to penetrate into the
metal of the capsule, as shewn and thus prevent this from being removed without
determination. Instead of wire gauze may be used a metal band on which burrs are
formed by punching in a similar manner to a rasp, as at Fig. 20, or simply projections
may be produced, without perforation, as at Fig. 21. The collar may also be formed
with designs in relief, which may constitute a trade mark, and which will appear on
the capsule as at Fig. 22, on pressing this over it, such marks serving also to increase
the hold of the collar on the capsule.
Having now parcicularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The herein described improved method of capsuling bottles whereby a metal
collar is first secured round the neck of the bottle, over which collar the capsule is then
placed and secured thereto by rivets or projections.
2. The use for capsuling bottles in the manner referred to in the first claim, of a
metal band having a slot at one end through which a tongue at the other end is
inserted and a hole through which a rivet is passed substantially as herein
described.
3. In capsuling bottles in the manner referred to in the first claim, the use of a
lead rivet whose shank passes through the collar and capsule and has its end rivetted
over and if required marked with a design substantially as herein described.
4. In capsuling bottles in the manner referred to in the first claim, the use of an
eyelet or boss formed on the collar and rivetted over the hole in the capsule through
which it is passed substantially as herein described.
5. The use in combination with a capsule, of a collar of wire gauze or of sheet metal
formed with bulges ar burrs, which are pressed into the metal of the capsule, so as to
prevent its removal without deterioration.
Dated this 12th day of July 1888