AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR OPENING OR UNSTOPPERING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED OR MINERAL WATERS OR EFFERVESCING LIQUIDS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Clement Sankey Best Gardner, of Neath, in the County
of Glamorgan, Gentleman, and James Wood, of Neath aforesaid, Lithographic
Artist, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR OPENING OR
UNSTOPPERING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED OR MINERAL WATERS OR
EFFERVESCING LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 27th April 1880, and dated the 11th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Clement Sankey Best Gardner
and James Wood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th
November 1879.
"AN
CLEMENT SANKEY BEST GARDNER, of Neath, in the County of Glamorgan,
Gentleman, and JAMES WOOD, of Neath aforesaid, Lithographic Artist.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR OPENING OR UNSTOPPERING BOTTLES CONTAINING
AERATED OR MINERAL WATERS OR EFFERVESCING LIQUIDS."
Our Invention relates to improved apparatus for facillitating the unstoppering of
bottles stopped by a ball or a plug which must be forced into the bottle, and the
pouring out of the fluid.
Our apparatus, which may be composed of wood, porcelain, earthenware, glass,
or any suitable material, consists of a cap or cover containing a siphon tube.
The bottom of the cap is made of a diameter which will permit it to pass
into the neck of the bottle, the upper part of the cap being of larger diameter, and
under the shoulder formed by this difference of diameter we propose to place an
india-rubber or other elastic washer to come between this shoulder and the top of the
bottle when the cap is in use. The siphon tube is formed by boring or forming
together with the cap a conduit extending upwards from the bottom to within a
suitable distance of the top of the cap, where the tube will diverge downwards,
opening out at the side of the cap or under the shoulder or extended flange projecting
over the mouth of the neck of the bottle when in position.
The action will be as follows:-The cap being placed on the top of the bottle a
suitable amount of pressure will cause its lower part to press upon the plug or ball

page_text: stopper and force it in to the bottle; the lower end of the siphon tube is then
opened to receive the aerated or effervescing liquid, which will pass out by its other
branch into the glass or other receiver until the effervescence has abated, when the
cap may be removed and the remainder of the liquid poured out in the ordinary
manner.
The elastic washer will prevent the escape of the liquid or gas between the cap
and the bottle, and will also prevent any forcible concussion between the cap and
the bottle when forcing in the stopper.
Amongst the advantages of our apparatus are that the liquid is compelled to issue
in a downward direction while the bottle remains vertical, and that therefore none
of the contents can be forced over the person opening the bottle, or bystanders,
and the glass being immediately beneath the exit none of the liquid will be
wasted.

page_text: We claim as secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent
is,—
Firstly. The use of an apparatus for opening or unstoppering bottles containing
aerated or mineral waters or effervescing liquids, constructed to operate substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.
Secondly. In an apparatus for opening or unstoppering bottles, the use of an
elbow, tube, or bent passage, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
set forth.
In witness whereof, we, the said Clement Sankey Best Gardner and James
Wood, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Thirtieth day of April,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.