Improvements in or connected with Capsules for Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Lelt, 10th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Capsules for Bottles.
I, CHARLES CHESWRIGHT of Hillside, Upper Hornsey Rise in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide means in connection with capsules whereby
the removal of the upper part of the capsule is effected in such a manner that the body
part of the capsule remains on the bottle. According to my invention I enclose within
the upper part of the capsule a plate or piece of metal of stronger material than the
metal of the capsule and I lead a portion of this plate or piece of stronger metal to
outside the capsule preferably through one of the orifices between the connecting strips
which in perforated capsules connect the upper and lower portions of the capsule. The
aforesaid plate or piece of stronger metal I prefer to make in the form of an inverted
dish with a tail piece and with a corrugated rim so that the capsule metal in capsuling
the bottle encloses firmly the said plate or piece. The protruding tail portion is of a
length to protrude to the requisite extent to give the required hold in removing the
top of the capsule.
Dated this 14th day of February 1000
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Capsules for Bottles.
I CHARLES CHESWRIGHT of Hillside Upper Hornsey Rise in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide means in connection with capsules
whereby the removal of the upper part of the capsule is effected is such a manner
that the body part of the capsule remains on the bottle. According to my inven-
tion I enclose within the upper part of the capsule a plate or piece of metal
or other suitable material stronger than the metal of the capsule and I lead a
portion of this plate or piece of stronger metal or material to outside the capsule
preferably through one of the orifices between the connecting strips, which in
perforated capsules connect the upper and lower portions of the capsule. The
aforesaid plate or piece of stronger material I prefer to make in the form of an
inverted dish with a tail piece and with a corrugated rim so that the capsule metal
in capsuling the bottle encloses firmly the said plate or piece. The protruding
tail portion is of a length to protrude to the requisite extent to give the required
hold in removing the top of the capsule.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of the upper portion
or neck of a bottle illustrating the manner in which my invention may be carried out
in practice.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same and
Figure 3 is a detached side elevation of the capsule opening device constructed
according to my invention.
The cork A which may be secured in the mouth or neck A' of the bottle by
means of wire B or otherwise is covered by a capsule C the body portion of
which extends downwards and surrounds the neck of the bottle. This portion of

page_text: the capsule may be embossed or otherwise provided with the trade mark name or
other distinguishing mark of the proprietor.
Between the top of the cork A and the interior of the top of the capsule is
interposed a disc D (shown separately in Figure 3) preferably of thin tin plate
and of an inverted saucer shape and provided with a tail or projecting piece D'
which is passed through a slot or opening E in the upper part of the capsule to
the outside thereof the said tail piece being laid closely against the side of the
capsule. When the bottle is required to be unstoppered the tail piece D² is
pulled so as to cause the disc D to tear or separate the upper part or crown of
the capsule and expose the stopper without disturbing the body part of the capsule
surrounding the neck of the bottle so that the cork or stopper may be then
removed from the bottle leaving on the bottle the body part of the capsule with
the name or distinguishing mark thereon.
The disc D is shewn in the drawing saucer shaped with a corrugated rim, it
may however be a plain disc or piece of any desired form and the tail piece may
consist of a wire connected to the disc in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
..
1st. In or connected with capsules for bottles a plate disc or piece of metal or
other material (harder than the metal of which the capsule is made) enclosed in
the upper part of the capsule and having a tail piece or projection passing through
the capsule to the outside by pulling which the upper portion of the capsule is
removed so as to expose the cork or stopper without disturbing the body portion
of the capsule substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2nd. For use in combination with capsules for bottles a saucer shaped disc of
metal or other suitable material harder than the metal of which the capsule is
made and provided with a tail piece or projection substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figure 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dat this 10th
1900
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.