Wine Cooler.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Wine Cooler.
I, EDMUND A. PARKER, of Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America,
Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention has for its object to provide a cooler especially adapted for cooling
wines and other beverages in bottles, my novel cooler being so constructed that
the bottle may be removed therefrom and replaced as frequently as may be
required, the bottle holder rising when the bottle is removed and holding the ice
until the bottle is again placed in the cooler, the bottle while in the cooler being
directly in contact with the ice.
With these ends in view 1 have devised the novel construction of which the
following description in connection with the accompanying drawing is a specifi-
cation, numbers and letters being used to designate the several parts.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view illustrating the principle of my invention as applied to
a cooler for a single bottle of champagne the bottle holder being in the extended
position.
Fig. 2 a partial sectional view the bottle holder being collapsed and a bottle in
position as when the device is in use.
Fig. 3 a section of the body on the line - in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 a sectional view illustrating the principle of my invention as applied to a
cooler adapted to hold a number of bottles.
Fig. 5 a section on the line y-y in Fig. 4 looking down, and
Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view illustrating a device which may or may not be
used for retaining the handles in the upright position.
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1 denotes the body which may be of any ordinary or preferred form and adapted
to hold a single bottle or a number of bottles, and 2 a handle which in Figs. 1
and 2 is shown as attached to the body. A denotes the bottle holder which may or
may not be made detachable from the body and consists of one or more telescopic
sections which are specifically indicated by "a." The top of the upper section
which I have indicated by 3 is a follower upon which the bottle rests in use and
which is normally held at the raised position by a strong spring 4 which bears
against the bottom and against the follower as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4.
Each section is provided at its lower end with a flange 5 which engages a flange 6
at the upper end of the next section, whereby the sections are locked together. In
Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive I have shown the follower as raised at the center forming a
hub 7 to engage the usual recess in the bottom of a champagne bottle. 8 denotes
a drip pan which is secured at the lower end of the body, the body being shown as
provided with a flange 9 which is riveted or soldered to the pan. Within the
body and also secured to the drip pan is a cup 10 in which the bottle holder rests
and by which it is held in place. This cup is simply a strip of metal and is provided
with a flange 9 which is secured to the drip pan in the same manner as the flange
upon the body. In this form I have shown the bottle holder as provided with a
removable bottom 11 having a flange 12 which is secured to the lower section of
the bottle holder by a bayonet joint as at 13, see Fig. 2. 14 denotes a web by
which the bottle holder or holders are supported laterally. In Figs. 1 and 3 this
web is shown as provided with perforations 15 to permit drainage, and rests upon
the flange 6 at the upper end of the lower section, the outer edge of the web

page_text: resting against the body. In the multiple form, that is as illustrated in Figs. 4
and 5, the web is shown as resting upon outwardly turned flanges 16 upon the
cups 10 which are substantially the same as in the other form. In this form the
bottle holders consist of single sections only which are provided at their lower ends
with flanges 17 which engage the web in the raised position to limit the upward
movement of the bottle holders as clearly shown in said fig. The web 14, in this
form is preferably a water-tight diaphragm or bottom upon which the ice rests
and the cups 10 are preferably provided with drainage pipes which permit the
water which drips down into them to pass off readily. 18, see Fig. 4, denotes rods
which extend from the web and support a circular flange 19 at their upper ends.
The handle in this form is attached directly to the flange. In the other form the
web as already stated is perforated and the water drips down into the bottom of
the body. All water that condenses on the outer side of the body is caught by
the drip pan. 20, see Figs. 1 and 2 denotes a lid which is provided with a flange 21
adapted to engage the inner side of the top of the body in the usual manner, and
with a central sleeve 22 which registers with the bottle holder and through which
the bottle is passed. The sleeve is preferably provided at its upper edge with
a flange 19, similar to the flange in the other form, for convenience in inserting the
bottle.
This lid prevents all danger of spilling water or losing pieces of ice in carrying
the cooler about and also assists greatly in preserving the ice. It is preferably
provided with an opening 23 to permit water to be drained off without removing
the lid.
The operation of my improved cooler will be clearly understood from the
drawings. In use the body is filled with ice which lies closely around the bottle
holder or holders when in the extended position. When it is desired to cool
champagne or other beverage the user places the bottle within Hange 19 and
presses the bottle holder down as shown in Fig. 2 and at the center in Fig. 4.
The bottle may be retained in this position by turning handle 2 over the top of
the cork as shown in Fig. 4, or it may be held in position as in Fig. 2 by turning
the handle over the top of the bottle after the cork has been removed, the handle
in this form being shown as provided with a suitable pad or stopper 24 which fits
the neck of the bottle and against which the bottle is closely pressed by the
spring in the bottle holder so that escape of gas from an opened bottle is wholly
prevented.
In Fig. 6 I have shown handle 2 as retained in an upright position by means of
a spring 25, one end of which engages a hub 26 upon the handle the other end
engaging the head 27 of the pivot upon which the handle turns.
My invention is equally adapted for use as a cocler for a single bottle or in large
ice boxes in which it is desired to keep a number of different kinds of wine cool and
ready for opening, or in bar-room ice-boxes in which it is desired to keep different
kinds of liquors cool.
It is of course understood that in either a single or multiple cooler and whether
the bottle holder consists of a single section as in Fig. 4 or a number of sections as
in Fig. 1, whenever a bottle is removed the holder rises up with it through the
resiliency of the spring and prevents the ice from falling into the space previously
occupied by the bottle.
.
The bottle holder in the extended-position lies in contact with the sleeve in the
form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 or with flange 19 in the form illustrated in
Fig. 4 which renders it impossible for the ice to fall into the space intended for the
bottle.
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 combination with a body adapted to hold ice of a spring actuated bottle
holder.which is adapted to be collapsed within the body when holding a bottle and

page_text: to be extended by a spring when the bottle is removed so that the holder will
occupy the space just occupied by the bottle and prevent the ice from falling
inward.
2. A bottle holder for wine coolers consisting of a spring actuated follower,
a sleeve or flange against which the follower rests in the raised position and
suitable means for retaining the bottle upon the holder when the latter is
collapsed.
3. A wine cooler consisting of a body, a sleeve or flange, a web 14 and a spring
actuated bottle holder supported by the web and adapted when in use to support a
bottle and when not in use to engage the sleeve or flange.
4. A wine cooler consisting of a body, a web 14, a lid engaging the body and
provided with a sleeve 22, a spring actuated follower adapted to engage the sleeve
in the extended position and a handle carried by the body which is adapted to hold
a bottle upon the follower when the latter is pressed down.
5. The combination with a body adapted to hold ice and a cup 10, of a spring
actuated bottle holder which is adapted to be pressed down into the cup when
holding a bottle and to be lifted out therefrom by the spring when the bottle is
removed as and for the purpose set forth.
6. A wine cooler consisting of a body having upon its outer side a drip pan, a
sleeve or flange, a spring actuated follower adapted when in use to support a bottle
and when not in use to engage the sleeve or flange and means for retaining the
bottle either corked or uncorked upon the bottle holder.
Dated this 29th day of June 1896.
EDMUND A. PARKER.