IMPROVEMENTS ADDADAMI HAD CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS."
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Paterson, of Leytonstone, in the County
IN MACHINERY OR
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of Essex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
ADDADAMI HAD CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS."
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Sealed the 14th August 1874, and dated the 6th March 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Paterson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th March 1874.
I, JAMES PATERSON, of Leytonstone, in the County of Essex, do
5 hereby declare the nature of my said. Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS," to be
as follows:
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This Invention relates to the mode of fixing capsules on bottles or
other vessels, and consists in the application for that purpose of an.
externally conical tube or chamber carried by a fixed bracket, and
slotted longitudinally so as to form strips or arms extending from the

page_text: mouth of the tube or chamber along the same to any suitable distanco
towards the fixed bracket. Over the slotted tube or chamber a bush or
sleeve is caused to slide by means of a series of levers between and
attached to the bush or sleeve and the fixed bracket.
As the bush or sleeve is forced over the external conical surface of
the slotted tube or chamber in the direction of the mouth of the latter
the strips or arms formed by the slots of the tube or chamber are forced
closely together, the effect being to compress or squeeze up an india-
rubber or similar elastic cap placed between the slotted tube or chamber
and a capsule placed on the bottle, the capsule being thereby thoroughly
pressed or fixed on the bottle.
If preferable instead of a slotted tube or chamber separate strips or
arms fixed in a circular disc or block carried by the fixed bracket may
be used, such separate strips or arms being arranged in the form of a
circle similar to the strips or arms of the slotted tube before mentioned.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Paterson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th September 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
PATERSON, of Leytonstone, in the County of Essex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent.bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Paterson, Her special license that
I, the said James Paterson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said James Paterson, my executors, administrators,
or 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 Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY

page_text: OR APPARATUS FOR CAPSULING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS,
upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said James Paterson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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
ATTARATUS FOR CAPSULING DOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS,
upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said James Paterson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 James Paterson, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the mode of fixing capsules on bottles or,
other vessels, and consists in the application for that purpose of an..
externally conical tube or chamber carried by a fixed bracket, and.
slotted longitudinally so as to form strips or arms extending from the
mouth of the metal tube or chamber along the same to any suitable
distance towards the fixed bracket. Over the slotted tube or chamber a.
bush or sleeve is caused to slide by means of a series of levers between,
and attached to the bush or sleeve and the fixed bracket.
As the bush or sleeve is forced over the external conical surface of
the slotted tube or chamber in the direction of the mouth of the latter
the strips or arms formed by the slots of the tube or chamber are forced
closely together, the effect being to compress or squeeze up an india-
rubber or similar clastic cup placed between the slotted tube or chamber
and a capsule placed on the bottle, the capsule being thereby thoroughly
pressed or fixed on the bottle.
If preferable instead of a slotted tube or chamber separate strips or
arms fixed in a circular disc or block carried by the fixed bracket may
be used, such separate strips or arms being arranged in the form of a
circle similar to the strips or arms of the slotted tube before mentioned.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose.

page_text: shall refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings,
the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
Figure 1 represents a side clevation of my improved capsuling machine,
and Figure 2 a front clevation of the same.
A represents a cylindrical tube or chamber of iron, brass, or other
suitable material projecting from a bracket or standard B formed with a
foot or base, by which it is bolted or otherwise fixed to a table or bench.
The hinder end of the tube or chamber A, which is turned down so as
to leave a shoulder thereat, is formed with a screw, and passes through
an eye or bearing a formed at the upper end of the bracket or
standard B, wherein it is secured by a nut 6 working over the said screw,
and tightening up the shoulder of the tube or chamber A against the
front face of the eye or bearing a, as shown; or the tube or chamber A
may be secured to the bracket or standard B in any other suitable
manner. The portion of the tube or chamber A which projects from
the bracket or standard B is of a conical form, externally to any desired
distance from its front or largest end where it finishes parallel back to
the shoulder before mentioned, and is slotted or otherwise cut through
longitudinally into strips or arms x, x, of any desired number, and to
any desired distance from the front or mouth of the said tube or chamber
towards the bracket or standard B. C is a bush or sleeve of iron, brass,
or other suitable material, which is bored parallel throughout, and is
caused to slide over the external surface of the tube or chamber A by
the action of a forked or other suitable lever D arranged vertically or
inclined to the tube or chamber A in such a manner that the centre of
vibration of the ends of its shorter or forked arms d, d, between which
the said bush or sleeve slides, are in line with the centre of the said tube
or chamber and sleeve. The bush or sleeve C is connected at diametrically
opposite points with the shorter or forked arms d, d, of the lever D by
links E, E, as shewn, or by any other suitable contrivance. G, G, are
pins secured to the shorter or forked arms d, d, of the lever D, and
forming the fulcrum or points of suspension to the latter. They are
carried in suitable bearings formed on the outer ends of the brackets or
standards H, H, which are secured to and project from thic front side of
the bracket or standard B, one on each side of the tube or chamber A

page_text: and sleeve B, as shewn. The longer arm'd of the lever D is curved;
and extends down towards the table or bench before mentioned, where
it is furnished with a handle or footstep I adjustable on the said arm by
à set screw, as shewn or otherwise, so that the range of the hand or foot
acting on the handle or footstep I may be regulated at pleasure. K is a
guage, stud, or pin inserted from the hinder end of the tube or
chamber A, and adjustable. longitudinally therein; its inner end or that
end nearest the front end or mouth of the said tube or chamber forming
a stop as hereafter described. The guage, stud, or pin K is retained in
any position within the tube or chamber A by a set screw L or otherwise?
M is a tube or cup of india-rubber or other elastic material formed withi
a flange at its outer cnd, and inserted in the front end or mouth of the
tube or chamber A for the purpose hereafter described.
The manner in which the apparatus hero described operates for
capsuling bottles or other vessels is as follows:--As shown on the Draw-
ing the apparatus is in its normal position, videlicet, the lever D thrown
out to its fullest extent and the bush or sleeve C connected therewith
at the extent of its travel towards the eye or bearing a of the bracket or
standard B. The india-rubber or other elastic tube or cup M is also in
its place within the mouth of the tube or chamber A. The gauge, stud,
or pin K being first adjusted and confined within the tube or cliamber A
to suit the length of the neck of the bottle or other vessel to be capsuled
as before mentioned; the latter with a capsule placed loosely over its
mouth and neck is now inserted in the front end or mouth of the tube
or chamber A, until it meets with and is stopped by the inner end of the
gauge stud or pin K. The hand or foot is then applied to the handle
or footstep I so as to force back the longer arm d' of the lever D, thereby
bringing forward the shorter arms d, d, of the latter, and with them the
bush or sleeve C, which now slides over the parallel portion of the tube
or chamber A towards the front end or mouth of the latter, wlien
mecting with the conical surface thereat it forces or closes together tho
strips or arms a, a, which thereby compress or squeeze up the india-
rubber or other elastic tube or cup M; and with it the capsule on the
bottle, so that the capsule is thoroughly secured and pressed to the
shape of the neck and mouth of the latter. The hand or foot being then
released from the lever D the clasticity of the closed strips or arms x, x,
forces or springs back the bush.or sleeve C, and with it. the lever D into

page_text: their original or normal position, when the capsuled bottle or other vessel
is withdrawn from the machine and a fresh one inserted.
In case the clasticity of the closed strips or arms x, x, is insufficient
to force back the bush or sleeve C an auxiliary spring of india-rubber or
other suitable material may be attached to and between the latter and
the bearing a of the bracket or standard B for this purpose.
If preferable, instead of forming the strips or arms x, x, of the metal
composing the cylindrical tube or chamber A they may be formed and
attached separately to a suitable disc or block carried by the bracket or
standard B, in which case the said separate strips or arms may be
arranged in the form of a cylindrical tube or chamber, conical externally
at its front end or mouth, as in the case of the strips or arms x, x,
previously described, the remainder of the apparatus. being the same in
both cases.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider
to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured
to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The application and use of a conical and parallel cylindrical
tube or chamber carried by a fixed bracket or standard, and slotted or
otherwise formed with longitudinal strips or arms in combination with a
sliding bush or sleeve, and with an india-rubber or other elastic tube or
cup, and in combination or not with an auxiliary spring, substantially
as and for the purpose herein-before described and illustrated by my
Drawings.
Second. The application and use of separate strips or arms to a disc or
block carried by a fixed bracket or standard in combination with a
sliding bush or sleeve, and with an india-rubber or other clastic tube or
cup, and in combination or not with an auxiliary spring, substantially as
and for the purpose herein-before described.,
Third. The combination of an adjustable gauge, stud, or pin with the
cylindrical tube. or. chamber, or with the separate strips or arms and they

page_text: and illustrated by my Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Paterson, have to this
my Specification set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day¨
of August, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.