An Improved Capsuling Machine, by means of which Capsules may be Fixed on Bottles, Jars, or any similar Vessel without the use of Water or any other Liquid.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1891-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Capsuling Machine, by means of which Capsules may
be Fixed on Bottles, Jars, or any similar Vessel without the use
of Water or any other Liquid.
We, WILLIAM ANDSELL MORLEY, of 392, Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe,
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, and MATTHEW PLETTS, of 250, Rotherhithe
Street, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
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The body of the machine is made of cast iron or other suitable material, and
cored out in such a form as to receive an india rubber ring, or section of
india rubber tube, and a metal block. The bottom of the cored recess
in the body of the machine is formed at a radius suitable to allow the rubber
ring or section of tube to rest on. The metal block, on its underside, is also
formed at a radius to rest on the rubber ring or section of tube. From the top of
the machine to the cored recess is a vertical or perpendicular hole for a spindle of
wrought iron or other suitable material and of sufficient strength to stand the
required pressure.
On each side of the machine, near to the top, there is formed a
slot or cam through to the vertical hole aforesaid. The spindle formed with a
steel pin through the centre of its diameter at a suitable distance from the bottom;
the steel pin to project at each side of the spindle to enable it to work in the slot or
cam at each side of the machine. In large machines this steel pin is to be fitted
with rollers to work in the slots, the object being to reduce friction. In small
machines a slot on one side of the machine only is required, and the steel pin to
project from one side of the spindle only. The steel pin working in the slot or slots
will, when the spindle is given a rotary motion, cause the spindle to descend and
press upon the metal block and thus compress the india rubber ring, or section of
tube, the required extent to suitably fix the capsule on the bottle or other vessel.
In front of the machine is fixed, by screws or other suitable means, a plate which
prevents the india rubber from pressing outwardly.
And the improvements and advantages claimed for this our invention are these:
that by means of it the use of water or other liquids in capsuling is dispensed with,.
thus preventing the early destruction of the rubber and vastly reducing the cost of
the machine; also that the pressure on the top of the india rubber ring or tube
causes a more equal compression at those parts where it is needed on the capsule,
and that such compression is produced with a smaller amount of power; also
that by the action of our machine the rubber is not acted upon destructively; and
further that our invention is so simple in its construction that it is not liable to get
out of order.
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W. A. MORLEY.
MATTHEW PLETTS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Capsuling Machine, by means of which Capsules may
be Fixed on Bottles, Jars, or any similar Vessel without the use
of Water or any other Liquid.
We, WILLIAM ANDSELL MORLEY, of 392, Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, and MATTHEW PLETTS, of 250, Rotherhithe
Street, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the
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page_text: nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention is a machine by means of which capsules can be readily and
securely fixed on bottles, jars, or any similar vessel without necessitating the use of
any liquid to effect its work, and is constructed in the following manner :-The body
of the machine A, Fig. 1, is made of cast iron or any other suitable material and
has a recess in the form of U, the bottom of which is of a suitable radius to receive
an india-rubber ring or section of india-rubber tube C Fig. 3. Centrally with,
and opening into, this recess is a vertical hole H, Fig. 1, of suitable dimensions.
Intersecting this vertical hole is a slot or cam I Fig. 1 with a gradual downward
incline. In the aforesaid vertical hole H an iron or steel spindle D is made to work.
Through the centre of this spindle D, and at a suitable distance from the bottom
end, is a hole which receives a steel pin E that works in the aforesaid slot or cam
with a gradual incline. In case of larger machines, where more power is required,
this steel pin is fitted with rollers which work in the slot or cam. On the top end
of the spindle D is fixed a handle or lever F which, when moved, causes the spindle D
to revolve carrying with it the aforesaid steel pin E which working in the aforesaid
slot or cam gives a downward motion to the spindle.
A moveable metal block B, Fig. 4, to fit the aforesaid recess is formed with a
radius to lie on the india-rubber ring or section of india rubber tube C. A metal
plate G, Fig. 2, is made to fix on the front of the body of the machine to cover the
recess and keep the india-rubber ring or section of tube in its place. The india
rubber being placed on the bottom of the recess and the aforesaid metal block B
placed on the top of the india rubber ring C, when the metal plate G is fixed in its
place and the handle of the spindle D is moved the india-rubber ring is compressed
and thus forces the capsules tightly round the neck of the bottle or other vessel to
be capsuled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. That by the form of the bottom of the recess and the moveable metal block
we have an improved means to admit of a suitable compression of the india-rubber
ring or section of india-rubber tube.
2. That by the slot or cam with a gradual downward incline and the steel pin E
(which is carried by the spindle) working in the same we have an improved means
of producing a suitable pressure on the top of the india-rubber ring or section of
india-rubber tube to be compressed.
3. That by the forms of the parts mentioned, and shown, and the means employed
to produce pressure on the top of the india-rubber ring we are enabled to obtain an
equalised compression of the india-rubber around the neck of the bottle or other
vessel to be capsuled.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1891.
W. A. MORLEY.
MATTHEW PLETTS.