Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 31st Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
I, GEORGE YOUNG SIMON at Bernon Castle Epernay (Eure), France, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the capsuling of bottles for champagne, wine, spirit, beer
and other materials and possesses numerous advantages.
A bottle when capsuled in the improved manner has the appearance of having a
capsule made of thin sheets of metal, while having a solidity that is much greater.
Moreover, the cork and the strings and wires which retain the cork are not concealed
so that one can always make sure of the good condition of the cork.
The improved form of capsule absolutely protects the cork and its strings and wires
against the humidity of the cellar.
To apply this capsule, metal dust such as gold, silver or bronze dust of any shade of
colour, is diluted with a drying substance to form a kind of paint, and this paint is
spread with a brush upon the cork, strings and wires and the neck of the bottle. This
siccative metallic paint can however, if desired be spread over the whole bottle.
The drying is almost instantaneous and the bottle can be put in the cellar or
packed up to be sent away.
Dated this 31st day of March 1887
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements relating to the Capsuling of Bottles.
I, GEORGE YOUNG SIMON, at Bernon Castle, Epernay (Eure), France, Manu-
facturer, 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 for champagne, wine, spirit, beer,
and other materials and possesses numerous advantages.
A bottle when capsuled in the improved manner has the appearance of being made
of thin sheets of metal while having a solidity that is much greater. Moreover, the
cork and the strings and wires which retain the cork are not concealed so that one can
always make sure of the good condition of the cork. The improved form of capsule
absolutely protects the cork and its strings and wires against the humidity of
the cellar.
To apply this capsule, metal dust, such as gold, silver or bronze dust of any shade
of colour, is diluted with a drying substance to form a kind of paint, and this paint is
spread with a brush upon the cork, strings and wires and the neck of the bottle.
This siccative metallic paint can however, if desired, be spread over the whole bottle.
The drying is almost instantaneous, and the bottle can be put in the cellar or packed
up to be sent away.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a Champagne bottle neck capsuled according to my present invention
in which the cork and its various strings and wires are seen, they are covered like
the neck of the bottle with siccative paint and gold dust.
Figure 2 shows a Bordeaux bottle neck capsuled in the same manner, in this case
there are no strings and wires upon the cork.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The improved bottle capsule obtained by the application, upon the bottle neck and
upon the cork, of a layer of paint composed of gold or other metal dust and a siccative
that dries with extreme rapidity as above described.
Dated this 31st day of December 1987
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.