A New or Improved Tap for use with Bottles Containing Aerated Liquids, Champagne, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Tap for use with Bottles Containing Aerated
Liquids, Champagne, and the like.
I, WILLIAM CROFTON HORNER 77 Seville Place Dublin Inventor do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
The object of this invention is the construction and arrangement of a tap by
means of which liquids in bottles may readily be withdrawn therefrom without
removing the cork and the same is carried out in the following manner.
I provide
a tube of suitable material with a central bore having upon a portion of its length
an external screw thread thereon. This tube is attached to a handle through which
it passes a suitable distance on both sides thereof. Attached to the said handle and
surrounding unthreaded portion of the tube is a socket having an internal thread.
A cap screws into this socket and beds upon a rubber ring or washer.
Attached to the cap aforesaid is a pointed rod which passes down the central
aperture or bore in the tube aforesaid and projects a sufficient distance therefrom
when the cap is screwed down in the socket. The cap aforesaid encloses the
unthreaded portion of the tube. It will be seen that by screwing the threaded
portion of the tube into and through the cork of a bottle and then removing the cap
aforesaid the contents will in the case of aerated and such liquids be forced through
the central bore of the tube and may then be utilized. When the cap is replaced
and screwed down upon the washer the contents cannot escape and thus the bottle
is again closed. The pointed rod aforesaid prevents the entry of fragments of cork
into the bore of the tube aforesaid during the operation of screwing the tube afore-
said through the cork of the bottle from which it is required to withdraw the
contents.
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1000
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Tap for use with Bottles Containing Aerated
Liquids, Champagne, and the like.
I, WILLIAM CROFTON HORNER 77 Seville Place Dublin Inventor 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 :-
The object of this invention is the construction and arrangement of a tap by
means of which liquids in bottles may readily be withdrawn therefrom without
removing the cork and the same is carried out in the following manner.
Referring to the annexed drawing,
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a champagne tap constructed according to my
invention. I provide a tube c of suitable material with a central bore having upon
a portion of its length an external screw thread i thereon. This tube is attached
to a socket d attached to a handle g through which it passes a suitable distance on
both sides thereof..
Attached to the said handle g and surrounding unthreaded portion of the tube c
is the socket d having an internal thread e.
A cap screws into this socket d and beds upon a rubber ring or washer f.
Attached to the cap b aforesaid is a pointed rod a which passes down the central
aperture or bore in the tube baforesaid and projects a sufficient distance therefrom
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when the cap b is screwed down in the socket d. The baforesaid encloses the
unthreaded portion of the tube c. It will be seen that by screwing the threaded
portion of the tube c into and 'through the cork of a bottle indicated by dotted.
lines ; & and then removing the cap aforesaid the contents will in the case of
aerated and such liquids be forced through the central bore of the tube c and may
then be utilized.
When the cap.6 is replaced and screwed down upon the washer f the contents
cannot escape and thus the bottle is again closed. The pointed rod a prevents the
entry of fragments of cork into the bore of the tube c.during the operation of
screwing the tube through the cork of the bottle from which it is required to with-
draw the contents.
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.
1. The construction arrangement and combination of a tap for use with bottles
containing champagne and other aerated liquids substantially as described and set
forth.
2. The construction, arrangement and combination of a tap for use with bottles
containing champagne and other aerated liquids, consisting of a tube having a screw
thread thereon attached to a socket and handle, a cap screwing into the said socket
and bedding upon a rubber ring or washer, the said cap carrying a rod which
passes through the tube aforesaid substantially as described and for the purpose set
forth..
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1000