An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Aerating and Bottling Liquids.
Year: 1887

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 18th day of August 1891, Amerded under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Aerating and Bottling
Liquids.
I, JOHN Cox, of 2, Tower Villas, George Lane, Woodford, in the County of
Essex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the simultaneously pumping, aerating, and
bottling of liquids, consisting in pumping at the moment of bottling, a liquid,
together with liquid or compressed gas, issuing from a gasholder under automatic
regulated pressure, through beads, or other suitable material, firmly packed in one
compartment of a closed high pressure vessel, divided into two compartments by a
perpendicular partition, over into the other compartment whence the thereby aerated
liquid is bottled off substantially as set forth hereafter.
The machinery or apparatus consists of a vessel containing carbonic acid, in a
liquid or compressed condition. This vessel is so placed on the apparatus as to be
easily replaced when exhausted, and is connected by a small pipe to a mixer. Before
passing into the mixer, the carbonic acid is caused to pass through a reducing valve,
which is preferably arranged with a lever, & adjustable weight so that it may auto-
matically regulate the pressure in the mixer as desired. Water. (mixed or not with
syrup, or other flavoring liquid) is preferably forced into the mixer through a pipe
forming a branch from the said acid pipe by a pump actuated as hereinafter
described.
The mixer consists of a vessel of cylindrical or other convenient shape, provided
with a vertical partition extending nearly to the top thereof.
The space on one side of this partition is filled with beads, or other finely divided,
or granulated or porous substances, or with coils of wire or other materials which shall
minutely divide the therein issuing gas, and liquid, thereby forming a perfect solution
of the gas in the liquid.
This solution then passes to a valve within easy reach of the operator, by which he
may admit the aerated liquid into the bottles as desired.

page_text: The water is drawn from a reservoir by a pump preferably situated above the
ordinary corking apparatus in such a manner that a prolongation of the piston rod
of the pump passes during its stroke through the corking cone or funnel of the machine,
and serves to force a cork into the bottle, when the cork & bottle are in position. This
pump is provided with a pump lever so situated as to be readily operated by the
person using the machine.
In working my machine, the operator places a bottle in position in the corking
apparatus in the ordinary way. He then works the pump lever, say one, two, or three
strokes by which a sufficient quantity of liquid is drawn into the pump cylinder, & by
the next stroke is pumped into the mixer. He then places a cork in the cone or funnel
of the corking machine, opens the bottling valve to fill the bottle & by a final stroke
forces the cork into the bottle.
.
When it is desired to employ internally stoppered bottles, I adapt my machine with
the well known "turnover" appliance.
In this apparatus, it will be seen that the employment of gas generators, purifiers,
steam engines boilers, and other expensive, and troublesome machinery, and apparatus
is avoided, and a beverage produced which by the employment of pure liquid carbonic
acid absolutely in solution with the water, is vastly superior to the beverages previously
produced by the mechanical mixture of water, and impure aeroforin carbonic acid.
Dated th: 441
1207

page_text: I, Joux Cox, of 2 Tower Villas, George Lane, Woodford, in the County of Essex,
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 relates to the aerating and bottling of liquids.
The main object of my said invention is to provide an aerating and bottling machine
which will occupy a very limited space and from which aerated liquid can be
drawn at intervals as required without repeatedly preparing the apparatus or charging
the same with gas, so that I am enabled to dispense with steam-boilers, engines, gas
generators and purifiers, and other expensive and troublesome machinery, and to
obviate the necessity for keeping in stock a large number of hottles of aerated liquid
ready for use.
Moreover, by my invention, I provide for effecting a very intimate mixing of the
pure gas with the liquid to be aerated, and I obtain in this manner a beverage which
is greatly superior to that produced by the methods heretofore practised of mechanically
mixing impure acriform carbonic acid with water.
My invention comprises an improved method of utilizing highly compressed or
liquid carbonic acid in the production of aerated liquids. Heretofore it has been
customary to connect the vessel containing the liquid carbonic acid to a condenser,
impregnator or aerating chamber of large capacity and to allow the gas to enter the
said chamber until the required pressure is attained therein, and to then disconnect
the gas-vessel therefrom and bottle the liquid thus aerated before introducing more
gas into the said condenser or impregnator. It is obvious, however, that, as the
liquid is drawn from the aerating chamber, the gas therein will expand into the
space left void by the extraction of the liquid, and consequently the greater the quantity
of liquid withdrawn, the less gas will be contained in the liquid remaining in the
aerating chamber, and the less will be the pressure in the said chamber.
Now, according to my invention, I provide for the supply of gas to the condenser,
impregnator, or aerating chamber simultaneously with the drawing of aerated liquid
therefrom, so that a constant pressure is maintained in the said chamber, this pressure
being automatically regulated or controlled. For this purpose I employ a vessel or
receptacle for containing carbonic acid gas under such pressure that it is in a liquid
form, which vessel is connected with the condenser, impregnator or aerating chamber
by a pipe provided with a reducing valve or equivalent device, so that the supply of

page_text: AUTOMATICAny regulated or controned. The said gas-vessel, when eximusted, can be
readily removed and replaced by a full one so that the apparatus may be always kept
ready for use.
Another feature of my said invention is the construction of the machine in such a
manner that the operations of bottling the aerated liquid, and pumping the liquid to
be aerated into the condenser or aerating chamber will be simultaneously effectd.
I sometimes pass the gas and the liquid to be aerated through material which is
adapted to minutely divide the liquid and gas and thus ensure the thorough
impregnation or mixing of the said liquid with the gas.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown one form of my improved aerating
and bottling machine.
Figure 1 is a side elevation.
Figure 2 a front elevation, and
Figure 3 a plan of the said machine.
Figure 4 is a vertical central section of the condenser, impregnator or aerating
chamber.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation, drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating details of
construction.
Like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawings.
a is the holder or receptacle for the highly compressed or liquid carbonic acid. This
holler is so constructed and arranged that, as above stated, it can be easily removed
and replaced by a similar holder when necessary. In the machine shown, the said
gas-vessel is held by a hinged clip a' secured to the standard and fastened by means
of a bolt u². is the condenser or impregnating or aerating chamber, which is supported
upon a bracket firmly attached to the standard h. This chamber may be of
cylindrical or other convenient form.
In some instances, I construct the said chamber with a vertical partition 6*
(Figure 4) extending from the bottom nearly to the top thereof, so that the vessel
is divided into two compartments in communication with each other at th top of
the said partition. One of these compartments is filled with finely divided or
granulated or porous substances, such as beads, or with coils of wire, or the like,
adapted to minutely divide the liquid to be aerated and the aerating medium force:
through the same.
6.
The chamber is connected with the vessel a by means of a pipe e provided with
a check-valve at e¹ and with a reducing valve d. The reducing valve d is controlled
by means of a lever pivoted at d and carrying an adjustable weight d² and
connected with a piston or plunger 3 working in a cylinder, which is connecte:l at
its lower end with the pipe The said valve automatically regulates the pressure in
the impregnating or mixing chamber by controlling the flow of gas from the
vessel a into the said chamber, that is to say, the weight is suitably adjusted
according to the pressure required in the chamber, so that the valve d opens under
the pressure of the gas and admits gas into the said chamber until the required
pressure is attained therein. Should, however, this pressure be exceeded, the said
piston or plunger will rise and thus close the valve d.
:
The chamber is provided with a pressure-gauge 13, a safety-valve , a blow-off
cock ¿ª and a gauge-glass 66.
A pumpe is secured to the standard and is connected by a pipe f with the pipe c
and through the latter with the impregnating or aerating chamber b. The said pump
is, moreover, connected by a pipe g with a reservoir for the supply of liquid to be
aerated, such as water with or without sirup or other flavouring substance.
The pump-rod or plunger i is connected by a link with the corking or stoppering
lever, which is pivoted at to a lug on the underside of the bracket. The
said pump-rod or plunger has connected therewith the rod or plunger k of the corking
device, which may be of well-known or other suitable construction, and which is
preferably placed below the said pump. is tho cone of the said corking device.

page_text: m is the bottle-holder, which is supported upon a rod m' coupled to a foot-lever or
treadle m² pivoted at m³.
n is a pipe provided with a valve or cock n' and connecting the lower part of the
impregnating or aerating chamber b with the bottling valve o.
In manufacturing and bottling acrated liquid according to my said invention by
means of the above described apparatus, I proceed as follows, that is to say:-The
vessel a filled with highly compressed or liquid carbonic acid is put in its place and
connected with the impregnating or acrating chamber 6 through the pipe c as above
described. The blow-off cock is then opened and the weight 2 on the lever d' of
the reducing valve d is so adjusted as to allow gas from the holder a to enter the
impregnating or aerating chamber for the purpose of expelling through the said
blow-off cock any atmospheric air that may be contained in the said chamber. The
impregnating or aerating chamber is thus filled with pure carbonic acid gas from
the holder a and the cock 6' is then closed. The pressure to be maintained in the
chamber is determined by adjusting the weight d³ on the lever of the reducing
valve d, which permits the passage of the aerating medium from the holder a to the
chamber when the pressure in the latter falls below that for which the said valve is
adjusted. The pumpe is worked by means of the lever j to pump the liquid to be
aerated from the reservoir containing the same through the pipes 9, f and c into the
impregnating or aerating chamber until the latter is partially filled with the said
liquid. The latter is then allowed to stand until the required pressure is attained in
the said chamber, after which the pumping is continued to force liquid into the
chamber buntil about three-fourths of its capacity is filled with the liquid, which can
be ascertained by means of the gauge-glass . The liquid to be aerated and the gas
become intimately mixed in the chamber b.
The bottle to be filled is placed upon the holder m, and lifted by means of the
treadle m² so that its neck enters the cone 1, the bottling valve o is then opened to
allow aerated liquid to pass from the impregnating or mixing vessel 6 through the
pipe n into the bottle, which, when filled, is corked by means of the plunger or ram k
actuated by the lever j. The downward movement of the lever j to cork the bottle,
works the pumpe and thereby draws from the reservoir a quantity of liquid about
equal to that of the aerated liquid which is thus withdrawn from the chamber b into
the bottle, and, in the upward movement of the said lever j, the liquid thus drawn
from the reservoir is forced into the impregnating or aerating chamber, a quantity of
gas from the holder a, moreover, enters the said chamber b and maintains the pressure
therein. The bottling valve o having been again closed, the bottlo, which has been
filled with aerated liquid and corked, is removed and the apparatus is ready for
further use when required.
I sometimes provide a pipe p which is connected with the pipe n and is provided
with a cock q or other suitable device so that the aerated liquid can be drawn off at
any time into a tumbler or other suitable receptacle. The pumpe may be operated
after the withdrawal of liquid in this manner in order to keep the apparatus fully
charged with liquid.
It will be seen that, by my invention, the aerating and bottling are carried on
simultaneously without the additional use of steam-boilers, engines, or gas generators
and purifiers, which has hitherto rendered the operations of aerating and bottling
liquid very inconvenient and has, moreover, added largely to the cost of the apparatus
employed therefor.
It will be seen, moreover, that the manufacture and bottling of aerated liquids can
be carried on continuously by my improved machine, the vessel a being removed when
the pressure therein falls to that in the chamber b, and being replaced by a full
vessel.
My improved apparatus is especially adapted for use on ships and in other places
where economy of space is desirable, as the carbonic acid required for the manufacture
of aerated beverages for use during a long voyage or period, can, by reason of its
high degree of compression be stored up in a few holders. Moreover comparatively
few bottles are needed, the beverage being prepared only when it is required.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that
I claim :-
First The above described method of providing for the aeration of liquid by the
supply of gas and of the liquid to be aerated to the condenser or impregnating or
aerating chamber simultaneously with the drawing of liquid therefrom in the operation
of bottling, for the purpose above specified.
Second An aerating machine wherein a holder or receptacle for liquid carbonic
acid is connected with the condenser or impregnating chamber by a pipe or passage
provided with a reducing valve or equivalent device, for the purpose above
specified, and wherein means are provided operating in the manner described for supply-
ing the condenser with liquid to be impregnated with carbonic acid gas.
"Third-The combination of a pump and a corking or stoppering device operated by
the same lever or handle, for the purpose above specified.
Fourth The improved reducing valve-having-the-weighted lever d' and the pister
or plunger d³, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Fifth Fourth-The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed an
combined substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings and
operating as, and for the purposes, above specified
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CT1000
JNO. COX.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: .Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 10th Aug., 1888
I, JOHN Cox, of 2, Tower Villas, George Lane, Woodford, in the County of
Essex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the simultaneously pumping, aerating, and
bottling of liquids, consisting in pumping at the moment of bottling, a liquid,
together with liquid or compressed gas, issuing from a gasholder under automatic
regulated pressure, through beads, or other suitable material, firmly packed in one
compartment of a closed high pressure vessel, divided into two compartments by a
perpendicular partition, over into the other compartment whence the thereby aerated
liquid is bottled off substantially as set forth hereafter.
The machinery or apparatus consists of a vessel containing carbonic acid, in a
liquid or compressed condition. This vessel is so placed on the apparatus as to be
easily replaced when exhausted, and is connected by a small pipe to a mixer. Before
passing into the mixer, the carbonic acid is caused to pass through a reducing valve,
which is preferably arranged with a lever, & adjustable weight so that it may auto-
matically regulate the pressure in the mixer as desired. Water, (mixed or not with
syrup, or other flavoring liquid) is preferably forced into the mixer through a pipe
forming a branch from the said acid pipe by a pump actuated as hereinafter
described.
The mixer consists of a vessel of cylindrical or other convenient shape, provided
with a vertical partition extending nearly to the top thereof.
The space on one side of this partition is filled with beads, or other finely divided,
or granulated or porous substances, or with coils of wire or other materials which shall
minutely divide the therein issuing gas, and liquid, thereby forming a perfect solution
of the gas in the liquid.
This solution then passes to a valve within easy reach of the operator, by which he
may admit the aerated liquid into the bottles as desired.

page_text: The water is drawn froni a reservoir by a pump preferably situated above the
ordinary corking apparatus in such a manner that a prolongation of the piston rod
of the pump passes during its stroke through the corking cone or funnel of the machine,
and serves to force a cork into the bottle, when the cork & bottle are in position. This
pump is provided with a pump lever so situated as to be readily operated by the
person using the machine."
In working my machine, the operator places a bottle in position in the corking
apparatus in the ordinary way. He then works the pump lever, say one, two, or three
strokes by which a sufficient quantity of liquid is drawn into the pump cylinder, & by
the next stroke is pumped-into the mixer. He then places a cork in the cone or funnel
of the corking machine, opens the bottling valve to fill the bottle & by a final stroke
forces the cork into the bottle.
When it is desired to employ internally stoppered bottles, I adapt my machine with
the well known "turnover" appliance.
In this apparatus, it will be seen that the employment of gas generators, purifiers,
steam engines boilers, and other expensive, and troublesome machinery, and apparatus
is avoided, and a beverage produced which by the employment of pure liquid carbonic
acid absolutely in solution with the water, is vastly superior to the beverages previously
produced by the mechanical mixture of water, and impure aeroform carbonic acid.
Dated this 4th day of October 1887.

page_text: I, JOHN Cox, of 2 Tower Villas, George Lane, Woodford, in the County of Essex,
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 relates to the aerating and bottling of liquids.
The main object of my said invention is to provide an aerating and bottling machine
which will occupy a very limited space and from which aerated liquid can be
drawn at intervals as required without repeatedly preparing the apparatus or charging
the same with gas, so that I am enabled to dispense with steam-boilers, engines, gas
generators and purifiers, and other expensive and troublesome machinery, and to
obviate the necessity for keeping in stock a large number of bottles of aerated liquid
ready for use.
Moreover, by my invention, I provide for effecting a very intimate mixing of the
pure gas with the liquid to be aerated, and I obtain in this manner a beverage which
is greatly superior to that produced by the methods heretofore practised of mechanically
mixing impure aeriform carbonic acid with water.
My invention comprises an improved method of utilizing highly compressed or
liquid carbonic acid in the production of aerated liquids. Heretofore it has been
customary to connect the vessel containing the liquid carbonic acid to a condenser,"
impregnator or aerating chamber of large capacity and to allow the gas to enter the
said chamber until the required pressure is attained therein, and to then disconnect
the gas-vessel therefrom and bottle the liquid thus aerated before introducing more
gas into the said condenser or impregnator. It is obvious, however, that, as the
liquid is drawn from the aerating chamber, the gas therein will expand into the
space left void by the extraction of the liquid, and consequently the greater the quantity
of liquid withdrawn, the less gas will be contained in the liquid remaining in the
aerating chamber, and the less will be the pressure in the said chamber.
Now, according to my invention, I provide for the supply of gas to the condenser,
impregnator, or aerating chamber simultaneously with the drawing of aerated liquid
therefrom, so that a constant pressure is maintained in the said chamber, this pressure
being automatically regulated or controlled. For this purpose I employ a vessel or
receptacle for containing carbonic acid gas under such pressure that it is in a liquid
forin, which vessel is connected with the condenser, impregnator or aerating chamber
by a pipe provided with a reducing valve or equivalent device, so that the supply of

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manner that the operations of bottling the aerated liquid, and pumping the liquid to
be aerated into the condenser or aerating chamber will be simultaneously effected.
I sometimes pass the gas and the liquid to be aerated through material which is
adapted to minutely divide the liquid and gas and thus ensure the thorough
impregnation or mixing of the said liquid with the gas.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown one form of my improved aerating
and bottling machine.
Figure 1 is a side elevation.
Figure 2 a front elevation, and
Figure 3 a plan of the said machine.
Figure 4 is a vertical central section of the condenser, impregnator or aerating
chamber.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation, drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating details of
construction.
Like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawings.
a is the holder or receptacle for the highly compressed or liquid carbonic acid. This
holder is so constructed and arranged that, as above stated, it can be easily removed
and replaced by a similar holder when necessary. In the machine shown, the said
gas-vessel is held by a hinged clip a¹ secured to the standard and fastened by means
of a bolta. is the condenser or impregnating or aerating chamber, which is supported
upon a bracket b¹ firmly attached to the standard h. This chamber may be of
cylindrical or other convenient form.
In some instances, I construct the said chamber with a vertical partition 6*
(Figure 4) extending from the bottom nearly to the top thereof, so that the vessel
is divided into two compartments in communication with each other at the top of
the said partition. One of these compartments is filled with finely divided or
granulated or porous substances, such as beads, or with coils of wire, or the like,
adapted to minutely divide the liquid to be acrated and the aerating medium forced..
through the same.
The chamber is connected with the vessel a by means of a pipe e provided with
a check-valve at c² and with a reducing valve d. The reducing valve d is controlled
by means of a lever d pivoted at d* and carrying an adjustable weight d2 and
connected with a pision or plunger working in a cylinder d', which is connected at
its lower end with the pipe c. The said valve automatically regulates the pressure in
the impregnating or mixing, chamber 6 by controlling the flow of gas from the
vessel a into the said chamber, that is to say, the weight d² is suitably adjusted
according to the pressure required in the chamber b, so that the valve dopens under
the pressure of the gas and admits gas into the said chamber until the required
pressure is attained therein. Should, however, this pressure be exceeded, the said
piston or plunger d³ will rise and thus close the valve d.
The chamber is provided, with a pressure-gauge 63; a safety-valve bt, a blow-off.
cock band a gauge-glass b.
A pumpe is secured to the standard and is connected by a pipe f with the pipe c.
and through the latter with the impregnating or aerating chamber b. The said pump
is, moreover, connected by a pipe g with a reservoir for the supply of liquid to be
aerated, such as water with or without sirup or other flavouring substance.
The pump-rod or plunger i is connected by a link with the corking or stoppering
lever, which is pivoted at j to a lug b' on the underside of the bracket . The
said pump-rod or plunger has connected therewith the rod or plunger k of the corking
device, which may be of well-known or other suitable construction, and which is
preferably placed below the said pump. is the cone of the said corking device..

page_text: m is the bottle-holder, which is supported upon a rod m' coupled to a foot-lever or
treadle m² pivoted at m³.
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n is a pipe provided with a valve or cock n' and connecting the lower part of the
impregnating or aerating chamber with the bottling valye o.
-The
In manufacturing and bottling aerated liquid according to my said invention by
means of the above described apparatus, I proceed as follows, that is, to say:-
vessel filled with highly compressed or liquid carbonic acid is put in its place and
connected with the impregnating or aerating chamber through the pipe c as above.
described. The blow-off cock 6 is then opened and the weight on the lever d'of
the reducing valve d is so adjusted as to allow gas from the holder a to enter the
impregnating or aerating chamber for the purpose of expelling through the said
blow-off cock any atmospheric air that may be contained in the said chamber. The
impregnating or aerating chamber is thus filled with pure carbonic acid gas from
the holder a and the cock 6 is then closed. The pressure to be maintained in the
chamber is determined by adjusting the weight on the lever of the reducing
valve d, which permits the passage of the aerating medium from the holder a to the
chamber when the pressure in the latter falls below that for which the said valve is
adjusted. The pumpe is worked 'by means of the lever ; to pump the liquid to be
acrated from the reservoir containing the same through the pipes g, and c into the
impregnating or aerating chamber & until the latter is partially filled with the said
liquid. The latter is then allowed to stand until the required pressure is attained in
the said chamber, after which the pumping is continued to force liquid into the
chamber b until about three-fourths of its capacity is filled with the liquid, which can
be ascertained by means of the gauge-glass 66. The liquid to be aerated and the gas
become intimately mixed in the chamber b.
The bottle to be filled is placed upon the holder m, and lifted by means of the
treadle m so that its neck enters the cone l, the bottling valve o is then opened to
allow aerated liquid to pass from the impregnating or mixing vessel b through the
pipe n into the bottle, which, when filled, is corked by means of the plunger or ram k
actuated by the lever j. The downward movement of the lever j to cork the bottle,
works the pumpe and thereby draws from the reservoir a quantity of liquid about
equal to that of the aerated liquid which is thus, withdrawn from the chamber b into
the bottle, and, in the upward movement of the said lever j, the liquid thus drawn
from the reservoir is forced into the impregnating or aerating chamber, a quantity of
gas from the holder a, moreover, enters the said chamber and maintains the pressure
therein. The bottling valvo o having been again closed, the bottle, which has been
filled with aerated liquid and corked, is removed and the apparatus is ready for
further use when required.
I sometimes provide a pipe p which is connected with the pipe n and is provided
with a cock q or other suitable device so that the aerated liquid can be drawn off at
any time into a tumbler or other suitable receptacle. The pump e may be operated
after the withdrawal of liquid in this manner in order to keep the apparatus fully
charged with liquid.
It will be seen that, by my invention, the aerating and bottling are carried on
simultaneously without the additional use of steam-boilers, engines, or gas generators
and purifiers, which has hitherto rendered the operations of aerating and bottling
liquid very inconvenient and has, moreover, added largely to the cost of the apparatus
employed therefor.
It will be seen, moreover, that the manufacture and bottling of aerated liquids can
be carried on continuously by my improved machine, the vessel a being removed when.
the pressure therein falls to that in the chamber b, and being replaced by a full
vessel.
My improved apparatus is especially adapted for use on ships and in other places
where economy of space is desirable, as the carbonic acid required for the manufacture
of aerated beverages for use during a long voyage or period, can, by reason of its
high degree of compression be stored up in a few holders. Moreover comparatively
few bottles are needed, the beverage being prepared only when it is required.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that
I claim
First The above described method of providing for the aeration of liquid by the
supply of gas to the condenser or impregnating or aerating chamber simultaneously
with the drawing of liquid therefrom in the operation of bottling, for the purpose
above specified.
Second-An aerating machine wherein a holder or receptacle for liquid carbonic
acid is connected with the condenser or impregnating chamber by a pipe or passage
provided with reducing valve or équivalent device, for the purpose above
specified.
Third-The combination of a pump and a corking or stoppering device operated by
the same lever or handle, for the purpose above specified.
Fourth The improved reducing valve having the weighted lever d¹ and the piston
or plunger d, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Fifth The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings and operating
as, and for the purposes, above specified.