AN IMPROVED PORTABLE POCKET GAS GENERATOR OR GAZOGENE
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Augustin Francois Morelle, of No. 82, Boulevard
Sébastopol, Paris, in the Empire of France, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE POCKET GAS GENERATOR OR
GAZOGENE."
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Sealed the 2nd January 1866, and dated the 7th July 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Augustin Francois Morelle
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th July 1865.
I, AUGUSTIN FRANCOIS 'MORELLE, of No. 82, Boulevard Sébastopol, Paris,
in the Empire of France, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE POCKET GAS GENERATOR OR
GAZOGENE," to be as follows:-
The object of the present Invention is a pocket or portable gazogene of
simple construction, and capable of easy adaptation to ordinary bottles, care
of course being taken to choose only such as will sustain the pressure of the
gas generated.
The apparatus consists of an oblong-shaped metal receiver having a movable.
screw top, and fitted for being screwed to what may be termed a jointed ring,.
which by means of an india-rubber rundle or washer and an adjusting, screw.

page_text: can be hermetically fixed on to the neck of the bottle or other vessel con-
taining the liquid to be aërated; the metal receiver is furnished with a cock
communicating by a tube with the bottom of the vessel for drawing off the
liquid when prepared. A second tube, also reaching the bottom of the vessel,
and having at each end a perforated cap, passes nearly up to the top of the
receiver, and serves to convey the gas generated in the receiver into the
liquid. A third tube is also adapted for the purpose of introducing into the
bottle liquid to be aërated without necessitating taking the apparatus to
pieces.
All the joints above spoken of are, made perfectly hermetical by means of
india-rubber washers; the tubes for drawing off the aërated liquid and
conveying the gas from the receiver into the liquid may be jointed to render
them more portable; and, if preferred, can be enclosed together with the
third tube above-mentioned in a surrounding or guard tube. The ordinary
gas generating powders are employed and are introduced into the metal
receiver, which only communicates with the bottle by means of the tubes just
mentioned; the alkali, however, is kept apart from the acid by a perforated
diaphragm adapted to the top of the receiver, the acid and water being placed
at the bottom, part, so that their union is only effected when the top is
screwed on.
The action of the above-described apparatus in no wise differs from the
ordinary gazogene, .the advantages consisting in, the facility with, which it is
adapted to ordinary bottles, its simple construction rendering. it less liable to
leakage, and also easily packed up in a small compass.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed 25
by the said Augustin François. Morelle in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 6th January 1866..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTIN⚫
FRANÇOIS MORELLE, of No. 82, Boulevard Sébastopol, Paris, in the Empire">
of France, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord. Onė:
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did; for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Augustin-Francois Morelle, Her special licence that I, the said Augustin 35
François Morelle, my executors, administrators, and assigns,, or such others

page_text: as I, the said Augustin François Morelle, my 'executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during. the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use,' exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for AN IMPROVED PORTABLE: GAS GENERATOR OR GAZOGENE," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Augustin François Morelle,
my. executors: or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my;
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, .the said Augustin François Morelle, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention; and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying Drawings; that is to say:-:
The object of the present Invention is a pocket or portable gazogene of
simple construction, and capable of easy adaptation to ordinary bottles, caro
of: course being taken to choose only such as will sustain the pressure of the
gas generated.;
The apparatus: consists of an oblong-shaped metal. receiver M, Fig. 2,
having a movable screw top .i, Fig. 3, and fitted for being screwed to
what may be termed a jointed ring, which by means of an india-rubber rundle
or washer and an' adjusting screw L,.Fig. 2, can be hermetically fixed on to
the neck of the bottle or other vessel containing the liquid to be aërated;
the metal receiver is furnished with a cock n, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, communicating
by a tube D.with the bottom of the vessel for drawing off; the liquid when
prepared. A second, tube C,,also reaching to the bottom of the vessel, and
having at each end a perforated cap J, K, passes nearly up to the top of the
receiver, and serves to convey the gas generated in the receiver M into the
liquid. A third tube R, Fig. 3, is also adapted for the purpose of introducing
into the bottle the liquid to be aërated without necessitating taking the
apparatus to pieces.
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All the joints above spoken of are made perfectly hermetical by means of india-
rubber washers; the tubes for drawing off the liquid and conveying the gas from.
the receiver into the liquid may be jointed to render them more portable, and,
if preferred, can be enclosed, together with the third tube above mentioned, in
a surrounding or-guard tube A. The ordinary-gas generating powders are

page_text: employed, and are introduced into the metal receiver' M; which only com-
municates with the bottle by means of the tubes just mentioned; the, alkali,
however, is kept apart from the acid by a perforated diaphragm adapted to
the top of the receiver, the acid and water-being placed at the bottom part, so
that their union is only effected when the top is screwed on.
The action of the above-described: apparatus in nowise differs from the
ordinary. gazogene, the advantages consisting in the facility with which it is
adapted to ordinary bottles, its simple construction: rendering it less: liable to
leakage, and also easily packed up in a small compas.
The following is the mode of employing my improved gazogene.:-Having
fitted the apparatus to the bottle, taking care that the .tube C (for conducting
the gaseous liquid to the cock n) reaches to the bottom, it may then be fixed
by drawing the jointed ring together by means of the adjusting screw L until
it closes tightly, round the neck of the bottle; a little water is then placed in
the receiver as high as the Figures 1, 1, and with the diaphragm & measure of
bicarbonate: of soda is added; the measure is then again refilled with tartaric
or other acid and placed in the receiver; the apparatus is then carefully
closed, as wellas the cock, and the cap fixed on the funnel-shaped mouth of
the tube A, so that the whole is perfectly hermetical. The apparatus is then
gently shaken or lent on one side to allow the water in. the receiver to
reach to the acid in the perforated diaphragm to encourage the generating of
the carbonic acid gas. By this simple contrivance liquids. may be charged
with the gas in a few minutes quite equal to any prepared by more com-
plicated. gazogenes.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure
by Letters Patent is, the peculiar construction of gazogene, as herein-before
described, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In-witness' whereof, I, the said Augustin François Morelle, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
AUGUSTIN FRANÇOIS MORELLE. (L.S.)
:: EJ HÉBRÉ,
82, Boulevart Sébastopol,
Paris.