Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
FREDERICK ERNEST CHARLES PAYTON 46 Welford Road Handsworth Birmingham
Traveller in Bottles do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A tap to screw into a bottle with a glass or metal tube inserted inside a hollow
screwed tube to form a vent only when liquid is running. By which means a bottle
can be emptied without previously drawing the cork. Thus keeping the contents free
from air.
The said bottle fountain tap also to be made with a double glass tube one for vent &
the other to allow the liquid to run out so that any liquid which may contain acid
shall not be affected thereby this also is made with a cork to insert in bottle.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
FREDERICK ERNEST CHARLES PAYTON.
FREDERICK ERNEST CHARLES PAYTON 46 Welford Road Handsworth Birmingham
Traveller in Bottles 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 :-
An improved tap for bottles or like vessels.
By means of a vent carried through centre of tube allows for fitting different
sections to tap (see Fig. A. B. C.) same vent to be closed by plug of tap. The
advantage of this tap is that by means of an outside screw to force a rubber, cork, or
like flexible material to expand inside neck of bottle or like vessel, by which means
liquids which contain gas such as champagne, aerated waters or the like liquids cannot
force the tap out, thus doing away with the use of force from the outside, which would
be otherwise necessary to hold tap. See Fig. A No. G.
This tap is also made to be fitted with a glass, aluminium or like metals which do
not corrode when used in still liquids which contain acid such as claret or the like.
See Fig. C.
The same tap can be fitted with a tube or hollow cork screw to allow the contents to
be drawn off without drawing cork. See Fig. B.
The tap to be made any shape according to requirements.

page_text: H Outer tube to force G to expand by screwing I.
I Screw by which means H forces G to expand.
Jvent or air tube.
K Showing vent or air tube through plug of tap.
vent or air tube.
K Showing vent or air tube through plug of tap.
L Cork screw tube over vent M.
M Vent or air tube.
FIG. B.
N Holes to allow liquid to run through tap.
FIG. C.
O Vent or air tube.
P Glass aliminium or other metals which do not corrode when used in liquid which
contain acid.
Q Cork.
Figures B & C are for replacing F, G, H & I were necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. That this tap being fitted with glass, aliminium, or other metal tubes withstands
the corrosive effects of acids in such liqnids as claret or champagne or like liquids.
2. That, this tap is. so fitted that the vent is closed by the turning of the plug
in tap.
3. That this tap by use of a screw to expand a rubber or like flexible material inside
neck of bottle does away with the necessity of outside force to hold tap in when such
liquids as champagne or aeriated waters are in the bottle which contain gas.
20th day of January 1897.
FREDERICK ERNEST CHARLES PAYTON.