AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DECANTING WINE
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DECANTING WINE."-A communication
from abroad by Mr. Joseph Nicolas Montain Liézard, of 29, Boulevart
St Martin Paris Locksmith
Scaled the 21st January 1868, and dated the 25th July 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th July 1862.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DECANTING WINE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus for decanting wine. The
bottle is carried by a sort of cradle or holder which oscillates on pivots
supported on a suitable frame furnished with a bandle. In order to work the
cradle carrying the bottle I fix an arm at its lower part, which is connected
at the other end with a screw carried on the foot of the frame. By turning the
screw with a small crank handle or knob, the arm before mentioned is moved
to-and-fro and so as to place the cradle and bottle at any angle desired.
Any other arrangement for working the cradle arm may be adopted, such as

page_text: by the employment of gearing or by a vertical screw, or the traversing screw
may be replaced by a rack gearing in a pinion for producing the desired
change of position of the cradle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Paterit, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
January 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
atent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William Clark, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
DECANTING WINE." a communication to me from abroad by Mr. Joseph Nicolas
Montain Liézard, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, Locksmith, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Clark, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Offico within six calendar
nonths next and inimediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clark, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawing hereunto annexed, and
forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures and letters of reference
placed thereon.
The improved apparatus for decanting wines, the subject of this Invention,
is simple in construction and of small cost. It is well known that a bottle

page_text: of old wine contains either a deposit or a crust, the separation of which from
the wine is indispensable, and by the use of the decanting apparatus heroin-after
described the last drop of wine may be poured from the bottle in a pure and
Himpid state.
In the Drawing Figure 1 represents the apparatus in its simplest construc-
tion and drawn of its usual size, as is the basket or holder which receives the
bottle and the foot supporting the whole.
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A, indicates a drum or casing of cylindrical form united with the handle B.
Through this passes the horizontal double threaded screw C, which is set in
motion by a disc or crank D. This screw passes through a puppet attached
to the swan neck piece F, F, jointed like a compass at both ends g. 9. A
small flat spring K, K; is fixed on one side beneath the bottle holder and on
the other to the bead of the swan neck, rendering the general action very gentle
and even. When the screw is in motion the puppet moves to and fro, and by
receding from or approaching the drum causes the swan neck to rise or fall, and
thus place the bottle in the holder either on a level or an incline. The swan
neck lever and the crank are shewn in all three Figures of the Drawing, but I
shall not again allude to them in describing Figures 2 and 3, as they are used
for the same purpose as at Figure 1.
In Figure 2, the drum A is round, oval on one side and square on the other,
and of one piece with the handle H, H. The horizontal double threaded screw C
is independent of this drum, which simply encloses it, the screw entering freely
into the drum and being received at G, G. A plate forming square acts as
lid to the drum, and fitting on to the top and side arrests the horizontal screw
at E. This lid is held by three small screws f, f, f, and has a horizontal
groove B which gives passage to the puppet head F, itself giving passage at D
to the horizontal screw C, and receiving the to-and-fro motion from the puppet
produces the rise and fall. On each side of the horizontal groove B and
inside are placed springs fixed at K, K, the other two ends being free. These
springs regulate the action of the mechanism and prevent any sudden stop or
shock, and as they are also used in the arrangement shewn, Figure 8, for
the same purpose, I shall not allude to them in the description of that
Figure.
In this second Figure all the mechanism is enclosed in the drum or barrel
head, of which it is independent and is invisible, whereas in Figure 1 the
mechanism is seen, and the drum is a working piece. In Figure 3 is shown a
drum A, with lid B, groove C, and puppet D. As in Figure 2 the mechanism is
enclosed in the drum, only this drum is independent of the handle. A tube

page_text: E is placed beneath, hermetically fitted to the handle and the foot, and pre-
venting their slightest deviation.
In this third Figure the mechanism is no longer the same. On the horizon-
tal screw F is a fixed pinion G, which tooths into another fixed pinion K on
the tube in connection with the diso or crank; the puppet D acts as at Figures
1 and 2. The horizontal screw F enters the drum by two openings made
for the purpose, and the plate which forms the lid possesses at its extremities
two supports or bearings, so that the screw F is completely upheld. All the
mechanism of this Figure is also enclosed in the drum or stock head. The
apparatus may be made of any suitable metal or material.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and means by
which it is carried into practical effect, I claim the combinations of mecha-
nical parts which by their operation serve to incline the basket or holder
containing the bottle essentially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
annexed Drawing..
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
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