An Improved Apparatus for Drawing Off Aerated Liquids from Bottles or Fountains.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1845
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
Date of Application, 15th UCt., 1845
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drawing Off Aerated Liquids from
Bottles or Fountains.
I, THOMAS FERGUSON, of No. 44 Oban Street, Hawksburn, in the Colony
of Victoria, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for drawing off aerated liquids
from bottles or fountains and it has been designed mainly for use in hotels, coffee
palaces and other places where numbers of small charges of aerated waters are
drawn off to supply the wants of customers such as for mixing with spirits or
syrups.
The object of the invention is to allow the aerated water to be supplied to the
drinking vessel in a state more fully charged with carbonic acid gas than can be
obtained by using existing appliances and at the same time without unduly wasting
the liquid or causing gas to escape from the bottle or from the fountain as the case
may be.
T
hol and fountains or reservoirs used with or in conjunction with my
apparatus are filled or charged as usual at the factory and in the case of
the discharge pipe has simply to be coupled to a branch leading to and through the
column of my apparatus but in the case of bottles (although I prefer them in
outward form similar to the well known syphon bottles) I furnish them with a
special form of closing valve and 1 dispense with the central syphon tube, the
ordinary metallic finger lever valve and nozzle or spout.
In both forms of my apparatus i.c. whether it be for drawing off the aerated
liquid from a bottle or from a fountain or reservoir, a vertical column having a
downward return bend at its top is employed, and when the reservoir takes the
form of a bottle the latter is supported neck downwards in the apparatus the top
of which forms a buffer and clasp to hold the bottle in position whilst its neck
bears in a bell mouthed wooden or ebonite cup. When the liquid is drawn from a
fountain or reservoir the column is much shorter and the bend at top carries a
valve lox the valve in which governs the discharge. The lower parts of both
types of the apparatus are identical and discharge the aerated water to a vessel
preferably in the form of a tumbler although it may be of any other suitable form
having an open top.
From what has been already described it will be understood that the main part
of the apparatus consists of a vertical metal column and which I taper from the
bottom upwards and which when used for holding a bottle, has under the upper
return bend a buffer against which the up-ended bottom of bottle bears and also a
clasp supported by a bracket from the column and the front half of which clasp is
hinged in order that the hottle may be readily placed in position. The neck of
the bottle fits in a wooden or ebonite cup seated on a rubber cushion in a socket
piece which may be made either of earthenware or metal and which socket has a
Short attached tubular sletve centrally below it which is supported by an eye at
end of an arm carried by the column. The lower end of said sleeve carries a
recessed flange or box of much larger diameter and in the latter a disc of rubber
or other elastic material is seated in order to form the cover or surface against
which the top edge of the tumbler or other receiving vessel bears whilst being

page_text: charged with nerated water. The top end of said sleeve has a bridge neross it
which carries a pin which upon being pressed upwards forces up and opens the ball
or valve in the neck of the bottle whilst in a similar manner the forcing upwards
of the sleeve in a fountain apparatus forces up or opens the supply valve in the valve
hox carried by the bend at top of the column.
The tumbler or receiving vessel is seated on a rubber flange set in a socket
carrieu by an arm which is supported between collars on the colum in such a
manner that it can swivel a distance of about 60 degrees thereon. Again carried
by the column foot plate or flange and at a position thereon immediately under the
centre of the aforesaid supply sleeve is another boss or sleeve the hole in which
has a quick running square thread cut in it to receive a screwed stem projecting
down from and forming the centre for a hand lever and which lever has a short
arm projecting at an obtuse angle from it and carrying a pin which passes into a
alot or gap in the swivel arm in order that in about the first 60 degrees of travel
it conveys and then leaves the tumbler at its filling position and then the pin
passes from the slot or gap and the lever being carried further around first causes
the tumbler to be held firmly and air tight between its rubber cushions and then
lifts the supply sleeve against the pressure exerted on it by the rubber washer
under the bell monthed cup and so opens the valve which governs the discharge
either from the bottle or from the fountain as the case may be. The reverse
travel of the band lever relieves the pressure sufficient to allow the valve to close
and then its più engages the swivel arm and carries the charged glass to a clear
position in order that it may be removed. A very small vent is also provided to
allow the air in the tumbler to pass out whilst it is being filled. To convert
ordinary syphon bottles into a bottle suitable for use with my apparatus I dispense
with the parts already set forth and furnish it with a metallic screwel nozzle or
mouth which carries a ball valve seated on a rubber ring the ball being prevented
from falling inwards by a bridge bar or if new bottles are manufactured the neck
is furnished with a ball valve seated on a rubber ring litting in a recess and with
the bail held in the neck by three or more internal projections or indentations in
the neck of bottle. A perforated guard is provided on the apparatus around the
tumbler or receiving vessel and a hinged guard may also be arranged to open &
close around the bottle or glass reservoir.
Datel this 4th day of September 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drawing Off Aerated Liquids from
Bottles or Fountains.
1, THOMAS FERGUSON, of No. 44 Oban Street Hawksburn, in the Colony of
Victorin, Engineer, 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 an improved apparatus for drawing off aerated liquids
from battles or from fountains and it has been designed mainly for use in hotels,
coffee palaces and other places where numbers of small charges of aerated waters
are drawn off to supply the wants of customers such as for mixing with spirits or
syrups.
The main object of the invention is to allow the nerated water to be supplied
to the drinking vessel in a state as fully changed as is possible with caibonic
acid gas.
The bottles, fountains or reservoirs used with or in conjunction with my apparatus
are preferably filled or charged in the usual way at the factory and in the case of

page_text: fonts their discharge pipe has simply to be coupled to a branch leading to my
apparatus but in the case of bottles I prefer them in outward form to be similar
to the well known "syphons" but having their necks furnished with a ball stopper
or other closing valve.
In both forms of my apparatus i.e. whether it be for drawing off the aerated
liquid from a bottle or from a font, a vertical column having a downward return
bend at its top is employed and when a bottle is used the latter is supported neck
downwards in the apparatus the top of which is provided with a buffer and clasp
to hold the bottle in position whilst its neck bears in a bell mouthed wooden or
ebonite cup and valve opener. When the nerated liquid is drawn from a fountain
the column is much shorter and the bend at top carries a valve box the valve in
which governs the discharge. The lower parts of both forms of my apparatus
are provided with lifting and lowering gears the raising of which causes the nerated
water to be discharged to a vessel either in the form of a bottle or of a tumbler,
although the said vessel may be of any other suitable form.
My invention will now be described aided by a reference to the accompanying
sheets of drawings throughout which corresponding parts will be marked by
similar letters and in euch drawings.
Fig. is a side view shewn at parts in section of my apparatus when
arranged for drawing off nerated water from a fountain and discharging it to a
supply bottle.
Fig. 2 a side view of the valve box and mouth piece shewn in section in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a front view of the apparatus shewn in Fig. 1 and also shewing in dotted
lines the position of the supply bottle and operating handle when the battle is
not in its filling position.
Fig. 4 a plan of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 and also shewing in dotted
lines the altered positions of the operating handle and the bottle holder.
Figs. 5 shew side view and plan of the arm which carries the bottle cup and
Fins side view and plan of the fitting and lowering operating handle.
Fig. 7 shews a side view with parts shewn in section of my apparatus when
the liquid is drawn from a bottle and arranged to discharge into a tumbler.
Fig. 8 a plan of the head piece G2 with the bell mouth nut G and rubber
disc G1 removed.
Fig. 9 shews a side view of a modified form of the apparatus shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 10 a plan of the lifting and lowering gear shewn in Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 a side view and Fig. 12 a plan of a modified form of lifting and lowering
gear.
Fig. 13 a section of the head piece A 7 for use when an apparatus such as shewn
in Fig. 9 is to be employed for forcing down the stoppers of ordinary aerated
water bottles such as those of the "Codd"
type.
In Figs. 1 to 6, A is a hollow vertical metal column screwed at its lower end
into a socket on a sole plate A1 whilst passing up through centre of column
is a supply pipe A 2 the lower end of which is soldered or otherwise secured to a
branch A 3 and the latter is coupled to the pipe leading from the fountain. The
upper part of pipe A 2 is semi-circular its end being secured by a coupling nut A 4
to a valve box A5 formed at the end of an arm A6 which projects from the
column A. The lower part of the casting below valve box A5 is formed into a
socket or mouth piece A 7 into which the top of the bottle or receptacle B passes
when it is to receive its supply from the fountain. a is a valve spindle provided
with a rubber valve a 1 said valve being pressed down upon its seat by a coiled
spring a 2. The lower end of the valve spindle bears upon a metal thimble or
eyelet a3 secured at centre of a rubber disc A 4 the latter being fastened in the
socket A7 by the screwed ring a 5. a6 is a gap at side of socket through which
the head of bottle passes when being swung into or out of said socket A 7.
The bottle or receiving vessel B is seated on a rubber washer C1 set in a
cup C which has a stem C2 projecting down from it and which stein is supported
loosely in a boss C4 carried by au arm C3 which is supported between collars

page_text: on the column A in such a manner that the arm (3 enn swivel a distance of
about 60 degrees thereon. Again upon the column foot plate or flange A i mal
at a position thereon immediately below the centre of aforesaid socket A 7 is
another boss or sleeve A 8 the hole in which has a quick running square thread
cut in it to receive a similarly screwed stem D projecting down from and forming
the centre for the operating or hand lever D1 and which lever has a short arm D2
projecting at an obtuse angle from it and carrying a vertical pin D3 which is
designed to pass into a slot or gap c in the swivel arm C 3, the latter has a pin i
on it which contacts at the end of its stroke with a stop pin e2 on the column A.
dis a stop piree which engages the collar 3 on stem C2 to prevent said stem
leaving is position upon lever D1 when pin D 3 is out of slot c.
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In operating this form of apparatus the battle or receptacle B is first placed
in the cup whilst the swivel arm C3 lies at the position indicated by dotted
lines in Fig. 4and when in this position the lover D1 and pin D3 will be in
the position marked, pin D3 being in the slot e then by working the lever D 1
in the direction indicated by the arrow a distance of about 90 degrees the lever
and pin are brought to the position marked yy, when the bottle or receptacle
will be under the filling head and again by a further rotation of the lever [) 1 in
the same direction the pin D3 passes from the shot and the lever being swung
further around first causes the bottle or receptacle B to be held firmly and
airtight between its rubber cushions a4 and 1 in the upper socket and lower
cup respectively and upon the bottle head contacting with the rubber disc a 4 it
and the valve a 1 is lifted and so aerated water is admitted to the bottle as the
lever and pin arrives at about the position marked in Fig. 4.
The reverse
motion of the hand lever DI first lowers the bottle sufficient to allow the
valve a 1 to close and to clear the gap a 6 and then the pin D3 engages the slot e
in the swivel arm and carries it and the charged bottle or receptacle to the position
shown by dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 clear of the column and filling head in
order that the charged receptacle may be removed.
In Fig. 7 the lifting and lowering gear is identical with that shewn in Figs. 1
to 6 and hence needs no further description whilst the receptacle B is in the form
of a tumbler and the cup C is made deeper and with its upper part perforated or
in the form of a guard. This form of apparatus is designed for taking its supply
from a bottle as E the neck of which is provided with a ball stopper El and
rubber ring E2. F is a wood buffer under the upper return bend of the column A
and against said buffer the up-ended bottom of battle bears. F1 is a hinged
clasp supported by a semi-circular bracket F2 carried by the column and designed
to embrace the bottle. The neck of the bottle passes into a wood or ebonite bell
mouthed nut G which is screwed down upon a rubber cushion Garranged in a
socket piece G 2. The rubber cushion (it is normally flat but assumes the shape
shewn when pressure is put on it during the operation of securing the tumbler B
in position and opening the stopper E 1. Said socket has a short attached tubular
sleeve G3 arranged centrally below it the latter being supported by an eye at end
of an arm G4 carried by the column. The lower end of said sleeve carries an
enlarged recessed flange G 5 and in the latter a dise of rubber or other elastic
material G6 is seated in order to form the cover or surface against which the
edge of the tumbler or other receiving vessel B bears whilst being charged with
nerated water. The top end of said tubular sleeve G 3 has a boss g in it which
carries a ping 1 so that when the sleeve is pressed upwards by operating the lifting
genr through the medium of handle D 1 the ping 1 forces up the ball or stopper E 1
in the neck of the bottle E and so opens it in a similar manner that the forcing
upwards of the valve in a fountain apparatus opens it and allows the supply of
acrated water to be delivered to the bottle or other receptacle.
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In Fig. 9 the column A filling head A 5-A 7 and bottle or receptacle Bare
identical with that shown in Fig. 1 but in this figure a modified form of lifting
and lowering gear is provided, the cup C which is made shallow being secured at
the top end of a circular stem 1 arranged to work vertically in the sleeve or

page_text: boss II attached to sole plate A 1. Stem has a toothed rack formed on it
and such rack gears with a toothed pinion H2 secured on a spinelle H 3 at the
end of which is the operating handle H 4, spindle H 3 is supported as shewn by
lug bearings projecting from sleeve H1 and d 1 is a pin secured in stem H and
working in a vertical slot in the said sleeve the purpose of the pin and slot being
to prevent the turning of the stem. Figs. 11 and 12 shew another form of lifting
and lowering gear and in this form the rack gears are dispensed with and an
arm H5 is projected from spindle H 3 such arm working in a slot H 6 in stem H.
It is obvious that in both modified lifting and lowering gears by simply working
the handle II 4 in the desired direction the bottle cup C is either lifted or lowered
so that the top end of the bottle or receptacle in the apparatus may open or close
the supply valve.
Fig. 13 shows the bend piece A 7 provided with a central pin J and which head
piece when arranged on the arm A G of an apparatus such as shewn in Fig. 9 may
be employed for forcing inwards the valves or stoppers of ordinary aerated water
bottles and so opening them.
When my apparatus is used for bottles having screwed stoppers I attach to
the column the ordinary gears for screwing the stopper into the bottle such stopper
being as usual screwed in after the filled bottle has been removed from under the
filling head,
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.) An apparatus for the purpose specified consisting of a suitably supported
column as A having a valve box as A 5 attached to it which receives the supply
from fountain the valve as a 1 in said box being lifted er opened by the upward
movement of the bottle head when the bottle is carried or lifted upwards by
suitable gears attached to column substantially as descended in
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 9 of my drawings.
(2.) In an apparatus for the purpose specified a valve box as A 5 supported by
an arm from the column and having a supply pipe as A 2 attached to it the
valve aa in said valve box being combined with a thimble a 3 arranged in a
rubber cushion or diaphragm a4 carried by an extension A 7 from valve box
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 9 of my drawings.
(3.) An apparatus for the purpose specified consisting of a suitably supported
column as A furnished at its upper end with a buffer as F and hinged clasp
as F1-F2 to receive the bottom end of the upturned stoppered supply bottle
as E-E1 in combination with the stopper opening gear consisting of a tubular
sleeve as G 3 arranged to slide vertically in an arm as G4 projecting from column
and having a pusher pin g 1 rubber cushion G 1 and bell mouth G at its upper
end and an enlarged flange as G5 carrying a rubber cushion as G6 at its lower
end against which the top edge of the tumbler or receptacle to be charged
bears and with suitable gears attached to column for lifting or carrying upwards
said tumbler or receptacle to open the stopper substantially as described and
illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 of my drawings.
(4.) In an apparatus for the purpose specified the appliances for supporting
and lifting and lowering the bottle, tumbler or receptacle as B consisting of cup C
swivel am C3 lever D1 furnished with quick running screw stem D aul their
appuntenant parts combined with the threaded boss A8 and column A-A1
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of my
drawings.
(5.) In an apparatus for the purpose specified the cup C furnished with
stem C2 and supported by a boss on a swivel arm C3 carried between collars
on the column as A substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4
and 3 of my drawings.
(6.) In an apparatus for the purpose specified the modified lifting and lowering

page_text: gears consisting either of the parts marked C, H to II 4 h and 1 (Figs. 9 and 10)
or the parts marked C and H to H 6 (Figs. 11 and 12) in combination with the
column A-A substantially as described.
(7.) In an apparatus for the purpose specified the modified head piece A 7
furnished with central pin J (Fig. 13) combined with the column A-AG
substantially as described.
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T. FERGUSON.