An Improved Drip-arresting Attachment for Wine and other Bottles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Drip-arresting Attachment for Wine and other
Bottles.
I, WILLIAM JOHN ALFRED DEEM, of 10 The Orchard, Bedford Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to an improved drip-arresting attachment for bottles
containing wines, sauces and other liquids, and is designed to provide for arresting
or catching any liquid that may drip or run down from the mouth of such bottles
after they have been partially inverted to pour out the liquid and then turned back
into their upright position.
It is well known that, in the use of bottles containing wines, sauces and the like,
table-cloths are frequently soiled by the dripping of the liquid from the mouth
of the bottle either in the act of turning the bottle back to its upright position
after pouring out some of the liquid, or after the bottle has been placed in
its upright position. Moreover the hand of a person subsequently lifting the
bottle is liable to be soiled by the liquid which has run down the outside of the
same.
By my invention I entirely obviate these inconveniences, and I accomplish this
result by providing a device or attachment which is so constructed that any liquid
that has been arrested or caught thereby will be retained therein and cannot drop
therefrom when the bottle is again inverted or partially inverted to pour out more
of the liquid.
My improved device or attachment comprises a hollow guard or shield having a
short tube extending downward therefrom of somewhat larger diameter than the
neck and mouth of the bottle. On this tubular extension is secured a short length
of elastic tubing, preferably formed of india-rubber, of such diameter that it must
be stretched to fit it upon the said tubular extension, and will tightly fit the neck
of the bottle so that no liquid can find its way between such elastic tubing and the
bottle-neck.
The said guard or shield may be made of the precious metals or of any other
suitable metal or material. It is made of such shape that there is around its
central opening, an annular channel into which any liquid which may accumulate
in the said tubular extension will flow and will be retained when the bottle is
wholly or partially inverted. Its upper surface is preferably inclined from its
circumference to its central opening so that, should any drops of liquid fall from
the bottle-mouth while the bottle is being returned to its vertical position, such
drops will be caught by the said guard or shield and will run down into the interior
thereof.
Dated this 26th 11. 1908
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Drip-arresting Attachment for Wine and other
Bottles.
I, WILLIAM JOHN ALFRED DEEM, of 10 The Orchard, Bedford Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Merchant, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved drip-arresting attachment for bottles
containing wines, sauces and other liquids, and is designed to provide for arresting
or catching any liquid that may drip or run down from the mouth of such bottles
after they have been inverted or partially inverted to pour out the liquid and
then turned back into their upright position.
It is well known that, in the use of bottles containing wines, sauces and the
like, table-cloths are frequently soiled by the dripping of the liquid from the
mouth of the bottle either in the act of turning the bottle back to its upright
position after pouring out some of the liquid, or after the bottle has been placed in
its upright position, the liquid, in the latter case, running down the exterior
surface of the bottle. Moreover the hand of a person subsequently lifting the
bottle is liable to be soiled by the liquid which has run down the outside of the
same.
By my invention I entirely obvinte these inconveniences, and I accomplish this
result by providing a device or attachment which is so constructed that any
liquid that has been arrested or caught thereby will be retained therein and
cannot drop therefrom when the bottle is again inverted or partially inverted to
pour out more of the liquid.
For this purpose I make a guard or shield with a central opening of sufficient
diameter to permit it to be easily passed over the mouth of the bottle, and with an
annular channel around its central opening for receiving and retaining, when the
bottle is inverted or partially inverted, any liquid which may be arrested by such
guard or shield; and I provide the said guard or shield with an elastic ring, disc
or tube for holding it in place on the bottle-neck.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing my improved device or attachment applied
to a claret bottle.
Figure 2 is a vertical central section showing the said device detached.
a is the guard or shield which is provided with a short downwardly-extending
tube b of somewhat larger diameter than the neck and mouth of the bottle so that
it can be easily passed over the same. At the lower end of this tubular extension >>
is secured a disc or ring c of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material, having
a central hole c' of such diameter that it must be stretched in forcing it down upon
the neck of the bottle, and will tightly fit the latter as shown in Figure 1, so that
no liquid can find its way between such disc or ring c and the bottle-neck.
The said guard or shield has an internal annular lip d secured around its upper
edge by spinning, soldering or in any other suitable manner, so that there is around
the central opening of the shield a, an annular channel e, into which auy liquid
that may accumulate in the said tubular extension b will flow and will be retained
when the bottle is wholly or partially inverted. The upper surface of the lip d
slopes from its circumference to its central opening so that, should any drops of
liquid fall from the bottle-mouth while the bottle is being returned to its vertical
position, such drops will be caught by the sloping surface and will run down the
same into the interior of the said guard or shield.

page_text: The guard or shield a may be made of the precious metals or of any other
suitable metal or material.
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It is obvious that, if desired, the construction of my improved device or
attachment can be somewhat modified without departing from the nature of my said
invention. For example, I can make the elastic piece in the form of a tube and
secure it upon the tubular extension, or I can use other suitable means for
retaining the guard or shield in place on the bottle-neck, such as a washer and a
screw-threaded detachable ring engaging with a screw-thread on the tubular
extension, for holding the said washer in position so that it may be readily
renewed if necessary.
Moreover the guard or shield may be made of other
suitable shape so as to provide the desired annular channel around its central
opening.
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 :-
First. A drip-arresting attachment for bottles, comprising a guard or shield
having an annular channel surrounding its central opening, and suitable means for
securing the said guard or shield in place on the bottle-neck, substantially as
herein before described.
Second. The improved device constructed as hereinbefore described and as
shown in the accompanying drawing, for the purposes specified.
Dated the 16th day of September 1895.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.