A Safety Jacket or Covering for Soda Water Siphons or the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Safety Jacket or Covering for Soda Water Siphons or the like.
I, AUGUSTE EMILE HENRY LOZE of 281, West Derby Road, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Aerated Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings :-
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The object of this invention is to provide safety jackets or coverings which can
be casily applied to soda water siphons or like containers when such siphons are
to be placed on the table, so that in case of bursting of the siphons the glass shall
be prevented from flying about and injuring persons sitting at table.
For this purpose I make use of a cylinder or other suitable form of flexible wire.
netting or similar material provided at one end with loops or the like through
which is passed a chain, wire cord, or the like whereby, when a siphon is placed
within the cylinder, the end of such cylinder can be drawn close round the neck of
the siphon. Any convenient means other than a cord or chain may be used for
closing the netting round the neck of the siphon. The other end of the siphon
is preferably attached to a stand or bottom on which the siphon rests but such
bottom may be dispensed with if desired, the end of the cylinder of netting being,
in such case, left free to rest on the table.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a safety jacket under my invention and Fig. 2 is a view
showing the jacket applied to a soda water siphon. a is the wire netting in a cylin-
drical form loosely woven in any usual way so that it can be expanded or contracted
according to the diameter of the siphon placed within it. 6 are loops at the upper
end of the netting through which loops a wire cord c is passed whereby the loops b
and the upper end of the netting can be drawn round the neck of the siphon as
shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the wire cord are wrapped round the neck of the
siphon, or round the closed end of the netting as shown, and may, if found desirable,
be secured together by a hook and eye d, or they may be left free. The lower end
of the netting is attached by hooks or other convenient means to a stand or
bottom of wood, woven wire, or other suitable material or the netting a itself
may be turned inwardly at the lower end to form the bottom. The cylinder of
wire netting can be used without the bottom ƒ but it is preferable to use the
hottom as the siphon is then completely enclosed excepting the head.
Fig. 3 is a view of a modification under my invention. Here the cylinder of
wire netting a is divided down one side so that it can he opened and placed round
a siphon, the netting being sufficiently flexible for the purpose. The edges a¹
are attached to rods a. are hooks or catches for securing the edges a¹ together.
The upper end of the netting is curved or domed to correspond to the shape of the
siphon and an opening is left at a' for the neck of such siphon.
I do not confine myself to the precise arrangements described as it will he obvious
that many modifications may be made without departing from my invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
A removable safety jacket or covering of flexible wire netting, or like material,
for sodawater siphons or like containers secured thereon by a cord or chain and
loops, or hooks, or equivalent devices substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this Twentyeighth day of January 1898
W. B. JOHNSON,
Agent, 51, Egerton Street, Liverpool.
W. B. JOHNSON,
Agent, 51, Egerton Street, Liverpool.