Improvements in Syphon Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, WILLIAM BOWERS FITCH, of the New Cross Glass Works, Deptford, in the
County of London, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in siphon bottles for containing spirituous
and other beverages under pressure.
In carrying out my invention my bottles are provided with the usual siphons, the
liquor being introduced into the bottles under pressure as usual so that the contents
can be drawn off as required by the siphon, the nozzle or head of the siphon is
advantageously provided with a suitable valve arrangement to regulate the pressure
of the discharge so as to prevent splashing which is of importance in the case of
spirituous liquors.
In order to allow of practically the whole of the contents of the bottle being
drawn off so as to avoid the usual waste, I adapt to the lower end of the long glass
leg of the siphon a flexible extension which enables me to carry the end of the leg
to the bottom of the bottle, or the leg of the siphon may be made telescopic.
In some cases I place a ball or balls in the said long glass leg to check the too
rapid discharge of the contents of the bottle.
My bottles may be graduated so that the quantity of liquor therein can be read
off at a glance and in order to lessen the risk of breakage I may provide the bottom
parts of the bottles with a shield of suitable soft metal such as lead, which may be
fixed after the bottle is made or applied during the process of manufacture in
which latter case my shield may take the form of a number of projecting studs.
Date this 25th day of Mar 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Syphon Bottles.
I, WILLIAM BOWERS FITCH, of the New Cross Glass Works, Deptford, in the
County of London, Chemist, 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 improvements in siphon bottles for containing spirituous
and other beverages under pressure.
In carrying out my invention my bottles are provided with the usual siphons, the
liquor being introduced into the bottles under pressure as usual so that the contents
can be drawn off as required by the siphon.
In order to allow of practically the whole of the contents of the bottle being
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page_text: drawn off so as to avoid the usual waste, I adapt to the lower end of the long glass
leg of the siphon a flexible extension which enables me to carry the end of the leg
to the bottom of the bottle, or the leg of the siphon may be made telescopic.
My bottles may be graduated so that the quantity of liquor therein can be read
off at a glance and in order to lessen the risk of breakage I may provide the bottom
parts of the bottles with a shield of suitable soft metal such as lead, which may be
fixed after the bottle is made or applied during the process of manufacture in which
latter case my shield may take the form of a number of projecting studs or
a ring.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: —
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the lower part of a siphon bottle having my
improvements applied thereto :
Figure 2 is an underside view of the same:
Figure 3 is a detached view of the extension piece of the leg of the siphon;
and
Figure 4 is a sectional elevation illustrating a modification of the same.
a is the body of the bottle and b is the siphon tube both of which are of ordinary
construction, c is the extension piece upon the siphon tube. As shewn in
Figure 1 this extension piece, which may be glass or block tin, but is advan-
tageously made of vulcanite or flexible material such as india-rubber, is fitted upon
the outer surface of the tube b, the said extension piece being preferably slit when
made of vulcanite for part of its length, as shewn at d in Figure 3, so that it will
hold upon the tube with spring pressure and having its lower end notched or
serrated, as at e, so that when it comes in contact with the bottom of the bottle,
passages will be left to allow the liquid to enter the siphon tube.
In a modification of my invention shewn in Figure 4 the extension piece e is
arranged telescopically within the tube b and it is in this case advantageously made
of glass, its lower end being flanged or enlarged to prevent it working up too high
in the tube b.
I advantageously graduate the siphon bottles so that the quantity of liquid
therein withdrawn therefrom can be seen at a glance and in order to lessen the
risk of breakage I provide the bottom part of the bottles with a shield of suitable
soft material such as lead, which may be fixed after the bottle is made or applied
during the process of manufacture.
In the drawing I have represented the base of the bottle as being provided with a
series of recesses f,f in which studs g,g of lead or any other suitable material
are inserted the said studs being arranged to project slightly below the bottom
surface of the bottle as clearly shewn in Figure 1. Or the shield may be in the
form of a ring let into a corresponding recess in the base of the bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
declare that what
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
I claim is:
1. In siphon bottles the combination with the siphon tube of an extension piece
such as c, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
2. In a siphon bottle of the kind described the combination with the base thereo
of projecting studs or a ring forming a shield, substantially as hereinbefore described
3. The manufacture and use of the improved siphon bottle hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
0711
of February 1900
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.