Year: 1886

page_text: I THOMAS HENRY RUSHTON of N° 4 St Lawrence Street Horncastle in the
County of Lincoln Fountain Manufacturer and Electro-Plater do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the construction and combination herein after described
of the parts of syphons and apparatus connected therewith for drawing off aërated
and other liquids under pressure from bottles.
My improvements are applicable to the drawing off of liquids under pressure
from corked bottles such as aërated waters champagne and zoedone and also to the
drawing off of aërated waters and liquids under pressure from bottles having
plugs or stoppers of glass or wood.
I construct a syphon and apparatus according to my invention to be used with
corked bottles of various sizes in the following manner.
The syphon and apparatus consist essentially of two parts namely the upper part
or syphon and the lower part or frame for containing the bottle the said parts
being readily connected together and disconnected from one another. The syphon
or top part consists of a triangular frame carrying at its summit the tap by which
the drawing off of the liquid is regulated. Underneath the tap is an india rubber
washer which when the syphon is in use bears against the top of the cork and
forms a gas tight joint. The lower ends of the arms of the syphon frame carry
hooks by which it can be connected to and disconnected from the lower part or
bottle frame. In the axis of the top or syphon part is a pointed perforated tube
in communication with the drawing off tap. The lower part of the apparatus
consists of three parallel rods constituting a frame the upper ends of the said rods
being furnished with slot holes, with which the hooks on the top or syphon part.
can be engaged. The lower ends of the said rods are connected with a fixed
bottom through which a screw works and sliding on the said rods is a moveable
bottom to which the said screw is connected. This screw is not connected rigidly
to the moveable bottom but turns in the said bottom so that a rotary motion of
the screw causes the moveable bottom to rise or fall on the guiding rods of the
frame.

page_text: To apply the syphon and apparatus to a corked bottle the pointed tube of the
syphon or detached top part is forced by hand into the middle of the cork as far as
possible. The bottle being placed in the lower or frame part the moveable bottom
being depressed to the desired extent the said lower or frame part is connected to
the top or syphon part by hooking the former by its slot holes to the hooks of the
latter. Having thus hooked the two parts together the bottom screw is turned so
as to cause the moveable bottom to bear against the bottom of the bottle and
raise the bottle in the frame. By thus lifting the bottle in the frame the spiked
tube on the syphon part is forced completely through the cork and the india rubber
washer under the tap is pressed tightly against the top of the cork and forms a gas
tight joint. The contents of the bottle may now be drawn off in portions as
required by opening the tap.
In arranging the syphon and apparatus for drawing off liquids under pressure
from bottles closed by glass or wooden stoppers or plugs the syphon part is not
made detachable from the lower or frame part containing the sliding moveable
bottom and in place of the pointed perforated tube a short tube for passing into the
mouth of the bottle and forcing inwards the plug or stopper is used. In using
this syphon and apparatus the sliding bottom of the frame is depressed to its full
extent and the bottle is placed in the frame the tube under the syphon part
entering the mouth of the bottle. The screw of the moveable bottom being turned
the bottle is raised in the frame the stopper is thereby forced into the bottle and
the top of the neck of the bottle forced into close contact with the india rubber
washer under the syphon for producing a gas tight joint. The contents of the
bottle may now be drawn off as required by opening the tap.

page_text: Improvements in Syphons, and Apparatus Connected therewith,
for Drawing off Aörated and other Liquids under Pressure
from Bottles.
I THOMAS HENRY RUSHTON of No 4 St Lawrence Street, Horncastle in the
County of Lincoln, Fountain Manufacturer and Electro Plater, do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of the construction and combination herein after described
of the parts. of syphons and apparatus connected there with for drawing off aërated
and other liquids under pressure from bottles.
My improvements are applicable to the drawing off of liquids under pressure
from corked bottles such as aërated waters, champagne and zoedone and also to the
drawing off of aërated water and liquids under pressure from bottles having plugs
or stoppers of glass or wood.
I construct a syphon and apparatus according to my invention to be used with
corked bottles of various sizes in the following manner.
The syphon and apparatus consist essentially of two parts, namely, the upper
part or syphon and the lower part or frame for containing the bottle, the said parts
being readily connected together and disconnected from one another. The syphon
or top part consists of a triangular frame carrying at its summit the tap by which
the drawing off of the liquid is regulated. Underneath the tap is an india rubber
washer which when the syphon is in use bears against the top of the cork and
forms a gas tight joint. The lower ends of the arms of the syphon frame carry.
hooks by which it can be connected to and disconnected from the lower part or
bottle frame. In the axis of the top or syphon part is a pointed perforated tube in
communication with the drawing off tap. The lower part of the apparatus consists
of three parallel rods constituting a frame, the upper ends of the said rods being
furnished with slot holes with which the hooks on the top or syphon part can be
engaged. The lower ends of the said rods are connected with a fixed.bottom
through which a screw works and sliding on the said rods is a moveable bottom to
which the said screw is connected. This screw is not connected rigidly to the
moveable bottom but turns in the said bottom so that a rotary motion of the screw
causes the moveable bottom to rise or fall on the guiding rods of the frame.
To apply the syphon and apparatus to a corked bottle, the pointed tube of the
syphon or detached top part is forced by hand into the middle of the cork as far as
possible. The bottle being placed in the lower or frame part, the moveable bottom
being depressed to the desired extent, the said lower or frame part is connected to
the top or syphon part by hooking the former by its slot holes to the hooks of the
latter. Having thus hooked the two parts together the bottom screw is turned so
as to cause the moveable bottom to bear against the bottom of the bottle and raise
the bottle in the frame. By thus lifting the bottle in the frame the spiked tube
on the syphon part is forced completely through the cork and the india rubber.
washer under the tap is pressed tightly against the top of the cork and forms a gas

page_text: tight joint. The contents of the bottle may now be drawn off in portions as
required by opening the tap.
In arranging the syphon and apparatus for drawing off liquids under pressure
from bottles closed by glass or wooden stoppers or plugs, the syphon part is not
made detachable from the lower or frame part containing the sliding moveable
bottom and in place of the pointed perforated tube, a short tube for passing into the
mouth of the bottle and forcing inwards the plug or stopper is used.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents in elevation a syphon and
apparatus constructed according to my invention for use with corked bottles, a
small bottle being represented held in the frame and the spiked tube forced
through the cork ready for drawing off the contents of the bottle; Figure 2
represents the syphon or top part and Figure 3 the bottom or bottle frame of the
apparatus detached; Figure 4 represents in plan and section the moveable bottom
and screw of the frame part; Figure 5 represents the syphon part applied to a
bottle before the latter is placed in the frame part; Figure 6 represents a plan of
underside of the syphon or top part of the apparatus and Figure 7 represents a
portion of the spiked tube drawn to a larger scale.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6 and 7.
1
a is the syphon or drawing off tap of the ordinary kind used for drawing off
aërated liquids. The said tap a is carried by the disc b of the triangular frame o.
On the underside of the said disc b is an india rubber washer e which when the
syphon is in use bears against the top of the cork and forms a gas tight joint;
c², c² are hooks on the lower ends of the arms of the triangular frame c. By means
of these hooks the said frame c can be connected to and disconnected from the
lower part or bottle frame. On the underside of the disc b and in communication
with the drawing off tap a is a pointed perforated tube f.
The lower part or bottle frame of the apparatus consists of three parallel
rods h, h, h constituting a frame, the flat upper ends of which rods are provided
with slot holes i, i with which the hooks c, c on the top or syphon part can be
engaged as herein after described. The lower ends of the rods of the frame h are
connected to the fixed bottom k; in a screw box at in which fixed bottom a
screw m works; n is the moveable bottom (shown separately in Figure 4) sliding
on the rods of the frame h. The top of the screw m is secured to the moveable
bottom n by a swivel connection at p so that by turning the said screw m in one
or other direction, the moveable bottom n is made to rise or fall on the guiding
rods of the frame h.
The syphon and apparatus are used in the following manner. The pointed tube f
on the top or syphon part Figure 2, is first forced by hand into the middle of the
cork of the bottle from which the liquid is to be withdrawn as illustrated in
Figure 5. The bottle carrying the top or syphon part is next placed in the frame
part Figure 3 the moveable bottom being depressed to the desired extent on the
frame h. The lower or frame part his next connected to the top or syphon part
by hooking the frame h by its slot holes i, i to the hooks c², c² of the syphon frame
as represented in Figure 1. The bottom screw m is next turned so as to cause the
moveable bottom n to slide upon the rods of the frame h and bear against the
bottom of the bottle and raise the said bottle in the frame h. By the lifting of
the bottle in the frame h the spiked tube ƒ on the syphon part is forced completely
through the cork in the bottle and the washer e under the disc b is pressed tightly
against the top of the cork and forms a gas tight joint. By means of the tap a the
contents of the bottle may be drawn off in portions as required.
An inclined stand may be conveniently used for supporting the bottle during the
drawing off of its contents, the bottle being laid in the said frame with its cork
end downwards and lowest, but the bottle may be held in the hand, cork end
downwards, for drawing off its contents. By means of the arrangement of slot &
holes i, i in the bottle frame bottles of different sizes may be held in the same
frame. When a taller bottle than that represented is to be held in the frame the

page_text: hooks c, cof the syphon part are engaged with the top slot holes or the slot holes
nearer the ends of the rods of the bottle frame than those in which the hooks are
represented engaged.
Although I prefer to make the frame c, c of the syphon or top part of the
apparatus with three hooked arms and the bottom or bottle frame h with three
rods slotted at their upper ends, yet the syphon frame c may be provided with two
hooked arms and the bottle frame with two rods only.
Figure 8 represents in elevation and Figure 9 partly in elevation and partly in
section the arrangement of the syphon and apparatus for drawing off liquids from
bottles closed by glass or wooden stoppers or plugs, a bottle being represented in
Figure 8 ready to be opened and in Figure 9 after the bottle has been opened;.
Figure 10 represents in elevation a portion of the apparatus taken in a plane at
right angles to that in which the elevations Figures 8 and 9 are taken; Figure 11
represents a plan of the moveable bottom of the apparatus.
In this arrangement the disc b carrying the syphon or drawing off tap a, the
india rubber washer e and the short tube p³ for passing into the mouth of the
bottle are fixed to the top of the bottle frame r, r which in this case is made of
two rods; k is the fixed bottom of the frame and n the moveable bottom sliding on
the rods of the said frame r; m is the screw for raising and lowering the moveable
bottom n, the said screw working in a screw box in the fixed bottom k and
being connected by a swivelling action at p to the moveable bottom n as before
described.
.
In using this syphon and apparatus, the sliding bottom n of the frame ris
depressed to its full extent and the bottle is placed in the frame, the tube p² under
the syphon part being situated opposite or entering the mouth of the bottle. The
screw m of the moveable bottom n being turned, the bottle is raised in the frame.r,
the stopper q is thereby forced into the bottle by the tube p² and the top of the
neck of the bottle forced into close contact with the india rubber washer e under
the syphon for producing a gas tight joint as illustrated in Figure 9. The contents
of the bottle may now be drawn off as required by opening the tap a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner of performing the same I declare that I claim as my invention of
Improvements in syphons and apparatus connected therewith for drawing off
aërated and other liquids under pressure from bottles"
First The combination with a syphon or drawing off tap of the hooked frame c
pointed perforated tube fin communication with the drawing off tap and the india
rubber washer e substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1.
2. 5 and 7 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly-The combination with the tap or syphon frame and parts carried by
it claimed in the first claim. of the bottle frame and the raising and lowering
appliances of the said bottle frame, the said bottle frame being constructed and
connected with the top or syphon frame and the combined parts used substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1. 3. 4 and 6 of the accom-
panying Drawings.
Thirdly The construction and combination of the parts of the syphon and
apparatus herein before described and illustrated in Figures 8. 9. 10 and 11 of the
accompanying Drawings to be used with bottles closed by stoppers or plugs instead
of by corks.