Jars, or the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Jars, or the like.
I HUGO GRAEPEL of Budapest in the Empire of Austria Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
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My Invention has for its object to provide means whereby the closure or sealing,
of bottles jars or the like can be readily effected so that their contents cannot be
tampered with without such tampering being readily discovered.
According to my Invention I fasten down the closure of the bottle by means
of a piece or strip which may be arranged as a strip hinged to a wire encircling the
neck of the bottle or the like and having an eye at its outer end so that this strip,
on being passed over the stopper of the bottle jar or the like can have its eye
passed over a staple which may be carried by the said wire at the opposite side of
the bottle or the like to that at which the hinge of the strip is situated. I secure
this strip by passing a piece of soft metal or other compressible material through
the staple after the eye in the strip has been passed the reover the said piece of
compressible material having a head at one end which prevents its passing
completely through the staple. This head has a suitable Trade or other mark
thereon. I then compress the smaller end by a pair of pincers or otherwise and
impress it also with any desired mark so that the piece of compressible material
has two enlarged ends between which the staple is situated and as the closure of
the bottle or the like cannot be opened until the stamped or marked piece of
compressible material is removed and as this cannot be done without injuring the
mark unauthorized tampering with the contents of the bottle or the like can be
readily detected. It will be evident that the enlarged part at both ends of the
piece of compressible material can be formed after the piece is passed through the
staple if desired and that it is not essential to use the hinged strip passing over.
the closure exactly as described.
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page_text: Improvements in Means for Securing the Contents of Bottles,
Jars; or the like.
I HUGO GRAEPEL of Budapest in the Empire of Austria Engineer 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:—
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My invention has for its object to provide means whereby the closure or sealing
of bottles jars or the like can be readily effected so that their contents cannot be
tampered with without such tampering being readily discovered.
According to my Invention I fasten down the closure of the bottle by means of
a piece or strip which may be arranged as a strip hinged to a wire encircling the
neck of the bottle or the like and having an eye at its outer end so that this strip
on being passed over the stopper of the bottle jar or the like can have its eye
passed over a staple which may be carried by the said wire at the opposite side of
the bottle or the like to that at which the hinge of the strip is situated I secure
this strip by passing a piece of soft metal or other compressible material through
the staple after the eye in the strip has been passed thereover the said piece of
compressible material having a head at one end which prevents its passing com-
pletely through the staple.-This heat has a suitable Trade or other mark thereon.
I then compress the smaller end by a pair of pincers or otherwise and impress it
also with any desired mark so that the piece of compressible material has two
enlarged ends between which the staple is situated and as the closure of the bottle
or the like cannot be opened until the stamped or marked piece of compressible
material is removed and as this cannot be done without injuring the mark un-
authorized tampering with the contents of the bottle or the like can be readily
detected. It will be evident that the enlarged part at both ends of the piece of
compressible material can be formed after the piece is passed through the staple if
desired and that it is not essential to use the hinged strip passing over the closure
exactly as described.
And in order that my Invention may be properly understood I will describe
with reference to the accompanying drawing what I consider the best manner of
carrying it into effect.
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of a bottle or jar provided with means according
to 'my Invention for securing its interior against unauthorized access. Figure 1
shewing the aforesaid strip of compressible material with a head at one end placed
in position ready for sealing and Figure 2 shewing the same after it has been
operated upon to seal the closure. Figure 3 is a sectional elevation the view being
at right angles to that of Figures 1 and 2 and Figure 4 is a plan shewing pincers
in the act of forming the sealing head at one end of the said strip.
a is.a wiré preferably of tinned iron passed around a groove in the neck of the
bottle and having two eyes in it one at baud the other at the opposite side at c.
A strip dis hinged to the, eye band has a slot in its other end which when the
said strip d is passed over the stopper of the bottle passes over the eye c—g is the

page_text: aforesaid strip of lead or other compressible metal or material which is shewn
as already having a head at one end with the necessary Trade mark or Seal marked
on or impressed in it-The small end of the strip is passed through the eye c
outside the strip d as shewn in Figure 1 and then the protruding small end is
enlarged and marked as required which may be most conveniently effected by a
pair of pincers as shewn in Figure 4 which whilst they splay out the material at
the same time mark or impress the necessary Trade mark or seal on or in the
Baid end.
Instead of enlarging the two ends of the compressible strip at two operations the
two ends after the strip is in place may be bent so that they come together and
they can then both be enlarged and marked by one operation being previously
twisted together if desired.
Instead of the metal strip d passing over the stopper, the stopper itself may be
formed or provided with a tail piece d as shewn in Figure 5 having an eye formed
therein corresponding to the eye c in the wire or band a surrounding the neck of
the bottle through which eyes the compressible metal strip g is passed and secured
as hereinbefore described.
The stopper may be hinged to the band a at the diametrically opposite side or
if desired a like arrangement to that last described may be provided at that part
for attaching the stopper to the band.
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
For securing the closure of bottles jars or the like the use of a strip of a material
which after being put in position to secure the fastening is compressed at one
or both ends and marked so that it cannot be withdrawn to release the closure
without injuring the mark or marks substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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