Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 28th May, 1898
I, WILLIAM RALSTON, of 5, Mitchell Street, Rutherglen, near Glasgow, Potter, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to earthenware or stoneware jars or vessels and it has for
its object to provide them with a syphon arrangement whereby they can be utilized
for holding aerated waters, beer, and other liquors which effervesce or generate gas
to an extent sufficient to enable the liquor to be drawn off in the same manner as
with the ordinary glass syphon vessels generally used for aerated waters.
My invention can be carried out in various ways.
Under one arrangement the jar is provided with a charging hole at top closed by
Made in one
a screwed stopper and also if necessary a rubber or cork washer.
with or formed in the side of the jar is a tube or passage way which is open at its
lower end to the interior of the jar and at its upper end is provided with a valve or
tap through which the liquor can be withdrawn.
Under another arrangement the jar is made with a charging and withdrawing
valve at the top from which a tube or passage way leads down to the bottom of the
vessel and is open to the inside thereof. The combined valve at top is preferably
made with a passage right through it leading to the inside of the jar and also with
a passage leading to the syphon tube aforesaid. The direct passage to the inside
of the jar can be closed by a screw plug or such like.
Under another arrangement a syphon tube (or a passage) is led up either at the
inside or outside of the jar from the bottom to near the top and then down again
to a chamber provided with a small tap or valve for discharging the liquid. The
charging hole or mouth is at the top of the vessel and is closed by a screw plug.
Under another arrangement the vessel or jar is made with a chamber at its upper
end provided with gas escape openings. In this chamber a gas producing charge
can be placed. The gas from the chamber presses on the liquid in the same
manner as in a gasogene.
If desired a glass or metal tube may be used as a syphon tube and be embedded
in the clay or inserted in the vessel.
Various kinds of valves may be used for drawing the liquid. The valves are,
by preference, of a simple nature and made of clay. The valves may be either ball
valves, screw down valves or revolving valves. One construction of valve which I
prefer to use in some cases is composed of a hollow casing provided with a spout.
The casing is screwed internally. Fitted in the casing is a screwed stopper having
a cone or ball valve face. The jar is made with a mouth piece which is provided
with a valve seat and is also screwed externally for the reception of the casing
The stopper
aforesaid. By screwing down the stopper the valve can be closed.
may have a rubber or cork washer to make it close gas tight..
If desired the ordinary metal valves may be used or valves of a similar nature
made in clay.
If desired the valves may be made of glass.

page_text: The jars or vessels are by preference covered with wire netting or enclosed in
an iron or other case.
The jars or vessels may be used for other purposes besides holding fermented
or aerated liquids.
The jars may be made either round or square.
.
I, WILLIAM RALSTON, of 5, Mitchell Street, Rutherglen, near Glasgow, Potter,
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 :-
This invention relates to earthenware or stoneware jars or vessels. Under this
invention I provide such jars or vessels with a, so called, syphon arrangement
whereby they can be utilized for holding aerated waters, beer, and other liquors
which effervesce or generate gas to an extent sufficient to enable the liquor to be
drawn off, as desired, in the same manner as with the ordinary glass syphon vessels
generally used for aerated waters.
In cases where the vessels are intended to hold liquors which of themselves do
not possess or cannot generate sufficient gas to give the necessary pressure within
the vessel, then I make the vessel with a chamber or receptacle which can be
charged, in the same manner as a gasogene, with a gas producing substance or
substances. The gas generated in this receptacle passes by a pipe to the interior
of the vessel and exerts pressure on the liquid therein.
My invention can be carried out in various ways.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have here-
unto appended two explanatory sheets of drawings which show, by way of
example, methods of carrying my invention into effect or practice.
Fig. 1 shows one construction of the jar or vessel.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows in section another construction of jar.
Figs. 4 and 5 show in side view other constructions of the jar.
Fig. 6 is a section and Fig. 7 a plan of a valve.
Fig. 8 is a side view and Fig. 9 a plan of a mouth piece for insertion in a jar
when it is to be charged with aerated waters from an engine.
Referring to the drawings whereon the same reference numerals wherever
repeated indicate the same or similar parts.
In the arrangement shown at Figs. 1 and 2 the jar 1 is provided with a charging
month 2 at top closed by a screwed stopper 3 and also, if necessary, a rubber or
cork washer 4. Made in one with or formed in the side of the jar is a tube or
passage way 5 which is open at its lower end to the interior of the jar and at its
upper end is provided with a valve or tap 6 through which the liquor can be
withdrawn. A jar made as before described is suitable for sparkling or other
liquors which possess or generate sufficient gas to enable the liquor to be drawn
off by the tap 6.
When the jar is to be used for still liquors a gas generating chamber 7 is made
in it and is provided with a charging hole 8 and screwed stopper or plug 9. A

page_text: passageway 10, made in the wall of the jar, runs from the chamber up to the top
of the jar. 10 is the outlet from the passage 10. It will be readily seen that if
the chamber 7 is charged with a gas producing substance or substances and
the stopper 9 screwed tightly in place that the gas generated will pass up the
passage way 10 and exert a pressure on the liquor in the jar. The compressed
liquor can be drawn off through the pipe 5 and the valve 6.
In the arrangement shown at Fig. 3 the tap 6 is fitted in the mouth 2 of the
jar. The tap has the usual glass or other tube 3 fitted in connection with it.
After the liquid has been poured into the vessel the tap, with its tube 3, is
screwed tight into the mouth 2. In this case a gas generating chamber 7 is made
at the bottom of the jar and forms the base thereof. A passage way 10 leads
from the chamber. to the top of the jar. 9 is the stopper for closing the charging
hole.
In the arrangement shown at Fig. 4 the vessel or jar 1 for the liquor has a draw
off pipe 5 moulded on the outside. 6 is the outlet valve. The mouth 2 of the
vessel is screwed internally for the reception of a screwed projection 11 at
the bottom of a gas generating chamber 7 which is fitted on top of the
vessel 1. Two passage ways 10, 10, are moulded at the outside of the chamber 7.
A hole 12 in the projection 11, indicated in dotted lines, forms a communication
between the vessel 1 and the passage ways 10 of the chamber 7.
With this arrangement the liquor is first filled into the vessel 1 and then the
projection 11 of the chamber 7 is screwed into the mouth 2. A gas generating
charge can be filled into the chamber 7 and thereafter the stopper 9 inserted.
The gas passes from the chamber 7 down the passages 10, 10, to the hole 12 and
so to the interior of the vessel 1 and acts on the liquor in the same manner as in a
gasogene.
Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the liquor vessel 1 has fitted on it a
vase 13 for holding flowers, or such like. This vase has a screwed projection 11ª
at its lower end which serves as a stopper for the vessel 1. The gas generating
chamber 7 is at the bottom of the vessel and it communicates, as indicated in
dotted lines, through the passage 10 with the interior of the vessel 1. 9 is the
stopper of the chamber 7.
If desired a glass or metal tube may be used as a syphon tube and be embedded
in the clay or inserted in the vessel.
Various kinds of valves may be used for drawing the liquor.
The valves are,
by preference, of a simple nature and made of clay. The valves may be either
ball valves, screw down valves, or revolving valves. One construction of valve,
which I prefer to use in some cases, is composed, as shown at Figs. 6 and 7, of a
hollow casing 14 provided with a spout 15. The casing is screwed internally at
16. Fitted in the casing is a screwed stopper 17 having a coned or round valve
Tace 18. In this case the vessel or jar is made with a mouth piece 19 which is
provided with a valve seat 20 and is also screwed externally at 21 for the reception
of the casing aforesaid. By screwing down the stopper the valve can be closed.
The valve may be provided with rubber or cork washers 22.
.
Wherever joints occur I use cork or rubber packing rings to render such joints
gas tight.
If desired the ordinary metal valves may be used or valves of a similar nature
made in clay.
If desired the valves may be made of glass.
The jars or vessels are, by preference, covered with wire netting or wicker work
or enclosed in an iron or other case.
When it is, desired to charge a vessel with gas from an engine such as used by
aerated water manufacturers a mouth piece such as shown at Figs. 8 and 9 is fitted
in the mouth 2 of the liquor vessel. As will be seen the mouth piece (Figs. 8
and 9) has passages 23 leading to a central chamber 24 which, after the vessel has
been charged, can be closed by a cork or stopper in the usual manner.

page_text: The jars or vessels may be used for other purposes besides holding fermented or
aerated liquids.
The jars may be made either round or square.
If desired the vessels and (or) chambers can be ornamented or have ornamental
figures fitted thereon or the reto.
If desired a single gas generating chamber may be made at the base of a vessel
for holding beer or other liquor and gas be led therefrom through suitable passage
ways to the beer vessel and also to one or more vessels for holding other liquors
fitted on top of or at the side of the beer vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or vessel having a draw off passage way
or pipe made in or secured to its wall and a valve on top of the passage way or
pipe, substantially as bereinbefore set forth.
2. A stoneware or earthenware jar or vessel having a draw off pipe (or passage
way) furnished with a valve and a gas generating chamber made one with or fitted
to the vessel and a pipe or passage way leading from the chamber to the interior
of the vessel, substantially as herein before set forth.
3. The construction of earthenware valve substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings annexed.
4. The several constructions of the syphon" jar or vessel for liquors,
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated this 15th day of April 1898.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.