Improvements in Capsuling and Stopping Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Capsuling and Stopping Bottles.
I, ROBERT MACDONALD RUSSELL, Masonic and Volunteer Arms, Main Street,
Dalry, Ayrshire, Spirit Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows: -
(1) A bottle with two grooves outside neck opposite each other; & also a
projecting rim round neck.
(2) A capsule with knobs projecting inside to fit into grooves in bottle; a cork
inside at top; and a rubber ring round bottom to fit into projecting rim of
bottle.
When capsule put on, knobs run down grooves, & capsule is then turned &
locked by knobs, the cork at same time fitting into mouth of bottle, & the rubber
ring pressed down into projecting rim.
Dated this Sixth day of April 1899.
GEORGE KIRKHOPE,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Capsuling and Stopping Bottles.
I, ROBERT MACDONALD RUSSELL, sometime of the Masonic and Volunteer Arms,
Main Street, Dalry, Ayrshire, Spirit Merchant, now residing at 35, Queen Street,
Rutherglen, 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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This invention relates to the capsuling and stoppering of bottles.
In order that the invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the improved capsule.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the neck of a bottle.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottle mouth.
Fig. is a vertical section showing the capsule fitted in place in the bottle neck..
As will be seen from the drawings the bottle neck a is made with two bayonet
grooves b, b, at its upper end at the outside of the neck. These grooves are
diametrically opposite to each other. A projecting rim or bead c is made on the
bottle neck near the top thereof and slightly below the grooves b, b¹. The
capsule d is made of thin metal and provided with knobs e, e, at the inside,
adapted to work in the grooves of the bottle neck when the capsule is fitted in
place. f is a piece of cork which is inserted at the upper end of the capsule.
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page_text: is a ring made of rubber or other like or equivalent material and fitted round
the bottom of the capsule.
When the capsule is fitted on the neck of the bottle the knobs e, e¹, pass down
the bayonet grooves-b, b. The capsule is then turned so that the knobs e, e¹,
lock themselves in the horizontal portions of the grooves and thereby retain the
capsule in position. When the capsule is so fitted in place the cork at its upper
end fits tightly into the mouth of the bottle whilst the ring 9 presses against
the rim c.
The rim c may be cupped as shown for the reception of the ring 9.
The invention can be adapted for stoppering and capsuling various kinds of
bottles and similar vessels.
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 consider novel and desire to claim is
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1. In combination, a bottle having bayonet grooves made, in its neckwand a
capsule made substantially as herein before described and adapted to fit,on to the
said neck and to be locked in place by means of knobs working in the bayonet
grooves.
2. In combination, a bottle having bayonet grooves made in its neck and a
rim (such as c), a capsule adapted to fit on to the bottle neck, a cork in the cap-
sule, knobs on the capsule, and a ring (such as g) fitted to the capsule; substan-
tially as herein before described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1900-
H. D. FITZPATRICK, -
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.