Improvements in Means for Covering and Sealing the Taps, Valves, or Fittings of Syphon Bottles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Covering and Sealing the Taps, Valves, or
Fittings of Syphon Bottles.
I, STEPHEN BRIGGS BATELY, of 682, High Road, Lower Tottenham, in the
County of Middlesex, Dispensing Chemist and Mineral Water Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements in means for covering and sealing the
taps, valves or fittings of syphon bottles.
The contents of syphon bottles unless some protective means are adopted are
liable to be tampered with and the metal fittings if exposed to the air speedily
become tarnished.
It has before been proposed to prevent tampering with the contents by the
employment of a strip of paper wound around the parts and folded in, but this is
not only troublesome but has a slovenly appearance and does not efficiently
protect the fittings against the action of the atmosphere.
Now the object of the present invention is to obtain a simple and inexpensive
device which may be instantaneously applied and will entirely cover the metal
fittings and thereby protect them against atmospheric influence and prevent
dust or other objectionable matter finding its way into the spout and which at
the same time may be sealed in order to prevent tampering with the valve or
tap.
In carrying the invention into effect a cap or bonnet of paper or other suitable
material is employed which is closed except at the bottom and the back of this
cap is formed at an angle of about 45° to its base line.
The line of the top of the cap takes direction at about right angles to the
back of the cap, and the line of the front of the cap forms an angle with the top
and bottom.
This cap is adapted to be placed over the tap or valve and encircle the metal
fittings below the same, and in order to close it around these parts the angle
connecting the bottom line with the back which is provided with a gummed
surface is turned over and sealed onto the body of the cap thereby securely
fastening the same around the head or fitting of the bottle.
The length of the cap at its base and back enables the same to be readily placed
in position whilst the turning over and sealing of the angle contracts the lower
part of the cap, but leaving sufficient room above the contraction and within the
cap for the reception of the spout or nozzle and lever.
By the means herein before described the metal fittings of the bottle are preserved
against tarnishing for a considerable length of time whilst in order to obtain access
to the contents of the bottle it is necessary to destroy the cap so that tampering with
the contents of the bottle will be prevented.
A 1907

page_text: Improvements in means for covering and Sealing the Taps, Valves, or
Fittings of Syphon Bottles.
I, STEPHEN BRIGGS BATELY, of 682, High Road, Lower Tottenham, in the
County of Middlesex, Dispensing Chemist and Mineral Water 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 me
following statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in means for covering and sealing the
taps, valves, or fittings of syphon bottles.
The contents of syphon bottles unless some protective means are adopted are
liable to be tampered with and the metal fittings if exposed to the air speedily
become tarnished.
It has before been proposed to prevent tampering with the contents by the
employment of a strip of paper wound around the parts and folded in but this is
not only troublesome but has a slovenly appearance, and does not efficiently
protect the fittings against the action of the atmosphere.
Now the object of the present invention is to obtain a simple and inexpensive
device which may be instantaneously applied and will entirely cover the metal
fittings and thereby protect them against atmospheric influence and prevent
dust or other objectionable matter finding its way into the spout, and which at
the same time may be sealed in order to prevent tampering with the valve or
tap.
In carrying the invention into effect a cap or bonnet of paper or other suitable
material is employed which is closed except at the bottom, and the back of this
cap is formed at an angle of about forty-five degrees to its base line.
The line of the top of the cap takes a direction at about right angles to the
back of the cap, and the line of the front of the cap forms an angle with the top
and bottom.
This cap is adapted to be placed over the tap or valve and encircle the metal
fittings below the same, and in order to close it around these parts the angle
connecting the bottom line with the back which is provided with a gummed
surface is turned over and sealed onto the body of the cap thereby securely
fastening the same around the head or fitting of the bottle.
The length of the cap at its base and back enables the same to be readily placed
in position, whilst the turning over and sealing of the angle contracts the lower
part of the cap, but leaving sufficient room above the contraction and within the
cap for the reception of the spout or nozzle and lever.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a syphon bottle fitted with a cap constructed
according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1 taken at right angles thereto.
Figure 3 is a side view of the cap separately and in its normal condition, and
Figure 4 is an underside view thereof showing the cap opened out in readiness
for placing it in position upon the bottle.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of

page_text: reference, Figure 3 is drawn to an increased scale with respect to the other figures of
the drawings.
a represents a syphon bottle, a¹ represents the valve or tap, and 6 represents
the cap or bonnet.
The cap or bonnet 6 which would generally be formed of paper but might be
of other suitable material is closed except along the bottom or base line and the
back 6 (or it might more appropriately be called the front) of this cap is formed
at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the base line b'.
The line of the top 63 of the cap takes a direction at about right angles to the
back b² and the line 6 of the front of the cap forms an angle with the top b³ and
bottom b'.
The cap represented in the drawings is formed of a paper blank cut to the
required shape and doubled or folded upon the line 62 and folded over and cemented
upon the lines 63 64 as will be readily understood, although it will be obvious that
it might be otherwise formed.
This cap b is adapted to be placed over the valve a¹ as represented at Figures 1
and 2 so as to encircle the metal fittings below the same and connected therewith,
and in order to close the cap around these parts the angle connecting the bottom
line b' with the back 62 which is provided with a gummed surface 65 is turned
over on the dotted line 6* and by means of the gummed surface 65 is sealed onto
the body of the cap bas represented at Figures 1 and 2, thereby securely fastening
the same around the head or fitting a¹ of the bottle a.
The length of the cap 6 at its base line band back 62 enables the same to be
readily placed in position upon the tap or valve a' whilst the turning over and
sealing of the angle by the gummed surface b as represented at Figure 1 contracts
the opening in the bottom or base 6' of the cap, but leaves sufficient room above
the contraction and within the cap 6 for the reception of the spout or nozzle and
lever of the tap or valve a¹ as shown more particularly at Figure 1.
It will be obvious that the several angles at which the sides of the cap are formed
and other details may be to some extent varied without departing from the spirit
of the invention.
By the means herein before described a simple and inexpensive device is obtained
which may be instantaneously applied and by the aid of which the metal fittings a¹
of the bottle will be preserved against atmospheric influence and consequent
tarnishing for a considerable length of time whilst in order to obtain access to the
contents of the bottle a it is necessary to destroy the cap 6 so that tampering with
the contents of the bottle will be prevented, and the cap will at the same time
prevent dust or other objectionable matter finding its way into the spout or nozzle
of the tap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Means for covering and sealing the taps or valves of syphon bottles com-
prising a cap or bonnet adapted to be placed over the tap or valve and contracted
below the same and thus sealed substantially as herein shown and described and for
the purpose stated.
2. Means for covering and sealing the taps or valves of syphon bottles comprising
a cap or bonnet adapted to be placed over the tap or valve and contracted below the
same and provided with a gummed surface by the aid of which it may be thus
sealed substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
3. Means for covering and sealing the taps or valves of syphon bottles com-
prising a cap or bonnet formed open at the bottom and at the back shaped to an angle
of about forty-five degrees to its base line and at the top shaped to about a right angle
with the back and at the front shaped to an angle with the top and bottom and at the
angle connecting the bottom line with the back provided with a gummed surface
so that the cap or bonnet may be placed over the tap or valve and contracted by

page_text: folding over the gummed angle and sealed by the aid of the gummed surface all
in manner substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this
day of January 1898.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.