In 1892 Mr. Painter was issued a patent for his invention from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). There were 6 documents on file for this patent. The drawing specification sheet of the patent has been reproduced from original USPTO documents and printed onto parchment paper. This print is sized and ready to install into an 8" x 10" frame. The additional sheets included are printed on 5.50" x 8.50" parchment paper. These accompanying documents describe the scope of this invention in formal terms. The following is an actual excerpt from the patent…

       " Be it known that I, William Painter, of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Sealing Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished and forming a part of the same, is a clear, true, and complete description of the several features of my invention. My present invention pertains to the sealing of bottles by the use of compressible packing - disks and metallic caps, which have flanges bent into reliable locking engagement with annular locking shoulders on the heads of bottles."…