IMPROVEMENTS IN COLORING CAPSULES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Betts, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Capsule Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COLORING CAPSULES."
Sealed the 3rd October 1866, and dated the 4th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Betts at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th April 1866.
I, WILLIAM BETTS, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Capsule Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLORING CAPSULES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of coloring capsules for bottles and
other receptacles, and consists in coloring only a portion of a large number
of capsules at one operation in the following manner:-I take a series of
capsules of the same or nearly the same size and made as is usual of a
slightly conical shape, and mount them one above another so that a small
portion of the rim of each of the series of capsules will only be visible;
this series of capsules is placed on a mandril of a lathe or any other convenient
contrivance, and coloring matter of the usual kind applied by a brush or other con-
venient means; that part of the rim which is exposed will alone receive the color,

page_text: and thus a very large number of capsules are colored at one operation. The
top capsule of the series will of course have its body exposed to the coloring
matter, and it may be taken off from the top of the series and used again
from time to time as required with successive series of capsules. The breadth
of the band of color upon each capsule may be increased when desired by
placing wadding, cork, or other material inside the top of each so as to expose
to the coloring matter a broader rim.
It will be found desirable to separate the series one from the other as
soon as the separation can be conveniently accomplished after the coloring, in
order that they may not be allowed to stick to one another.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Betts in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BETTS, of Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Capsule
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Betts, Her special license that I, the said William
Betts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Betts, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN COLOURING CAPSULES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said William Betts, my executors or administrators; by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 William Betts, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to a novel mode of coloring capsules for bottles
and other receptacles, and consists in applying the color to a part of each of a
series or large number of capsules at one operation in the following manner:
-I take a series of capsules of the same or nearly the same size and made
as is usual of a slightly conical shape, and mount a number of them one inside
another, so that only a small portion of the rim or lowest part of each of the
series will be exposed; this series of capsules is placed on the mandril of a
lathe or on any other convenient contrivance or holder capable of receiving a
rotatory motion. Any coloring matter mixed in a suitable médium is then
to be applied by the aid of a brush or other convenient means, whilst the
capsules are made to rotate. The result will be that only that part of the
rim of each capsule which is exposed will receive the colour, and thus a very
large number of capsules are colored at one operation. The top or last outer
capsule of the series will of course have its body exposed to the coloring
matter, and it may be removed from the series and used again from time to
time as required with successive series of capsules. The breadth of the band
of color upon each capsule may be increased when desired by placing wadding,
cork, or other material inside the top of each, so as to expose to the coloring
matter a broder rim.
It will be found desirable to separate the several capsules of the series one
from another as soon as the separation can be conveniently accomplished after
the coloring matter has been applied, in order that they may not be allowed to
adhere to one another.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Betts, have to this my Specification
hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of October, One thousand