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- (No Model.)

, 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.- G. GHESWRIGHT.

FRAUD PREVENTIVE IN GAPSULED BOTTLES.

No. 447,397. Patented Mar.- 3, 1891.

{No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. O. 'OHESWRIGHT.

FRAUD PREVENTIVE IN GAPSULED BOTTLES. No. 447,397.

. Patented Mar. 3,1891.

WITNESSES UNITED I STATES CHARLES CIIES\VRIGIIT,

PATENT Or uon.

OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

FRAUD-PREVENTIVE IN CAPSULED BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,397, dated MarchS, 1891.

Application filed November 4,1889. Serial No. 329,201. (No model.) Patented in England July 31, 1889, No. 12,125, and in France November 20,1889,N0.200,5Z5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHESW-RIGHT, manufacturer, a subject of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 9 Upper HornseyRise,'London,in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fraud-Preventives in Oapsuled Bottles and other Receptacles, (for which there have been granted Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 12,125, dated July 31, 1889, and in France, No. 200,525, dated November 20, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention is principally int-ended to be applied to champagne and like. bottles, the

. corks of which are protected by capsules or coverings. Its chief object is to protect against fraud by preventing waiters and other persons from ripping off or otherwise removing the entire capsule and by insuring some portions or fragments thereof remaining behind undisturbed. For this purpose my invention consists in the employment of either an openended tube or a collar, (hereinafter referred to as a collarette,) conforming in shape to the bottle-neck, to which it is to be applied, composed of metal sufficiently rigid or hard to be inseverable by a knife, so disposed around or secured to the bottle-neck as'to be incapable of removal therefrom by ordinary means, and so connected with or secured to the lower portions of the Various kinds of capsules or coverings employed to protect the corks or stoppers as to prevent them from being ripped 0% or removed entire and permit their heads or upper portions only to be removed, some portions or fragments of the lower parts of the capsule always remaining behind attached to the bottle-neck or the col: larette. By embossing the name and trademark of the bottler upon the collarette I fur-- therguarantee the genuineness of the contents of the bottle and secure the identification of the brand after the capsule has been mutilated or partially torn off.

I will now. proceed to describe in detail the manner in which I prefer to carry out my invention, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to corresponding parts mall the figures.

Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent in elevation and plan, respectively, and Fig. 5 in part sec- I tional elevation, some forms of collarettes adapted for carrying out my invention. Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 illustrate some of the various ways in which the collarette may be connected with 01' secured to the capsule or covering protecting the cork. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 show in sectional elevation several modifications, hereinafter referred to; and Figs. 13 and 14. show, respectively in sectional elevation and top plan view, still another described modification.

a is the collarette, which should conform in shape to the bottle-neck, and embrace it closely.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the collarette is represented in the form of anopen-ended conical tube without seam or joint, spun from rigid or hard sheet metal and provided with longitudinal slits or cuts 1) for imparting spring or elasticity and permitting it to expandor open and pass over the projecting ring or head usually formed around the upper part of'a bottle-neck, and then-close tightly upon and grip the neck after passing such ring.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the collarette a is illustrated in the form of a narrow collar or band, also represented as provided with slits or cuts 6 to enable it to adapt itself and cleave closely to the bottle-neck. An advantage of a collaretteof this form is that it does not alter the present general appearance of the ployed, the natural spring or elasticity of their upper slit portions, which causesjthem to grip the bottle-neck closely below such ring, will usually be found sufficient to prevent their withdrawal, additional security against their removal may be afforded by eu-' circling such upper split portion with a strong metal or rubber spring 0, contained within a hollow head (I, produced by bending over'outwardly the said upper slit portion of the collarette, as shown in Fig. 5; but although I herein claim this form of device for adding "invention to the necessary inclusion of the head and spring, but, on the contrary, may dispense with such bead and spring, and, in-

deed, any form of added security, or substi tutc other forms of security at pleasure. Where the smaller end of the collarette is larger in diameter than the projecting ring and can easily pass over the same, it is preferable to preventithe removal thereof by the employment of adhesive cement.

The collarettes a may be secured to or connected with the capsules or coverings f employed, so as to eifect the object of this invention in various ways. I will now describe the methods I prefer to employ.

In Fig. 6 the collarette a surrounds the exterior of the lower portion of the capsule f, embracing it closely. The portion of the capsule embraced by the collarette is indicated by the dotted lines.

In Fig. 7 the lower portion of the capsule f surrounds the upper part of the collarette a, which in this case is formed with milled or roughened projecting beads or grooves e, into or between which the capsule is forced by hydraulic pressure in the well-known manner.

- the exterior thereof, as shown.

In Fig. 8 the capsule passes over the exterior of the collarette, here shown as of the kind illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4-viz., a narrow eollar-and its lower edge is turned up inside such collarette, as indicated by thev dotted line.

In Fig. 9 the capsule passes beneath the collarette, and itslower edge is turned up over In this latter case the removal of the collarette a from the bottle-neck would preferably be prevented by cementing it to the capsule f, which in turn would be cemented at its lower part to the bottle-neck.

In all these arrangements it will be seen that, the collarette being of stifi or rigid metal and not removable from the bottle-neck by ordinary means and the lower portion of the capsule being secured to or held by the collarette, it will be impossible to rip 01f or remove the entire capsule, save by a great expenditure of time and labor. Some portions or fragments thereof will always remain attached either to the bottle-neck or the collarette. The identification of the bottle will be assisted by these remaining portions or fragments, and also by the bottlers name and trade-mark when embossed on the collarette.

Since in order to permit the heads of the capsules employed to be torn off it is essential that that'portion of such capsules held by or secured to the collarette should be of flexible easily-torn material, I provide the lower collarette. In some cases, also, where rigid or cast metal capsules are employed, I may, in addition to connecting them with the collarette by a dependent flange or strips of flexible metal, provide them with internal screw-threads and screw them onto the collarette, which will in this case be provided with external screw-threads for their reception. (See Fig. 12.) Upon unscrewing these capsules they will be torn from their dependent flanges or strips, which will remain behind attached to the collarettes, as evidence that the capsule has been unscrewed.

In all cases it will be found preferable to perforate with small holes, so as to wealren t, the flexible portion of the capsule which is connected with the collarette. (See Fig. 10.) This will still further insure the mutilation of the capsule, and will also render it still more diificult, if not impossible, to remove those portions remaining attached to the collarette or the bottle. Solder or cementnnay also be employed, if desired, as an additional security forattaching the lower portion of the capsule to the collarette.

In order to facilitate the removal of the head of the capsule, I prefer to employ in conjunction with the collarette capsules of the kind illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 and described in the specification to my patent, No. 300,047, dated J unelO, 1884:,which'are specially adapted for the ready removal of their heads or upper portions, by reason of the weakening openings or spaces formed around them for this purpose. I may also in some casesas, for instance, where the collarette surrounds the exterior of the capsule and is free to turn upon the bottle-neck and not secured thereto by cement-still further facilitate the tearing oil of the upper part of the capsule by bending or turning inward the upper portion of the collarette, so as to form an inwardly-projecting flange, which is sharpened to a cutting-edge, as seen in Figs. 13 and 14, and will, upon the collarette being twisted, sever the capsule.

The collarettes may be spun, as described, or otherwise produced, the method or process of manufacture forming no part of the pres ent invention.

The rigid metal collarette hereinbefore described is applicable pot only for use in conjunction with capsules of the kind illustrated in my drawings,'but in conjunction with capsules or coverings for corks or stoppers of or enameled steel, nickeled tin-plate, iron, tin, and zinc, also steel-foil.

It will be obvious that, apar-t'from as apreventer of fraud, the collarette described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings will be useful for impartingan ornamental appearance to bottles of any descriptiomwhether capsuled or not, and will also. especially when applied to champagnebottles, effect a considerable saving in the amount of metal employed in making thecollarette or sleeve connected therewith and fitting over the bottle-neck, such an arrangement being described in the specification to my patent No. 300,047, dated June 10, 1884, and

my English patent, No. 2,131 of 1883, and suggested in the English provisional specification of-Gros, No. 1,729, of 1881; Neither do I claim, broadly, a collarette provided with slits or cuts b to enable it to open out and pass over a projecting flange and then close again, such an arrangement being described in the specification to Cooks patent, No. 87,146, dated February 23,1869.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States. is-

1. Means for preventing fraud in sealed bottles and like receptacles, comprising a collarette a, composed of thin metal sufficiently rigid or hard to be. inseverable by a knife,

its use and having slits or cuts 1) formed therein, and a cap or cover f, protecting the corkand com? posed of flexible easily-torn material where connected with the collaret-te, all constructed and arranged as specified.

2. The collarette herein described, COllSlSl'n ing of an open-ended tube slitted longitudinally and constructed of metal which is sufficiently rigid or hard to be inseverable by a knife and applicable to a bottle, substantially as set forth, combined with a. capsule and an easily-ruptured connection between the collarette and capsule, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a collarette a, provided with slits or cuts b, of the outwardlyprojecting hollow bead d, containing a spring c, substantially asspecified.

- 4-. Means for preventing fraud in sealed bottles, comprising a collarette composed of thin metal sufliciently rigid or hard to be inseverable by a knife and applicable to a bottle, substantially asset forth, and a capsule constructed of a material that is readily sev erable, a portion of which is secured to the collarette with sufficient permanence to resist the removal of the capsule intact, combined with a bot le and its cork, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAR-LES OI-IESW RIGHT.

Vitnesses:

' STEWART GLINcH, 16 Cam's dc Tou-mzow' M. VISSER, Y 7 Y 16 Rue de Bandage, Jlfonrepoanear Bordeaux.

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