Improved Apparatus for use in connection with the Charging of Liquids and other Substances with Carbonic Acid Gas.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1892--Accepted, 24th Sept., 1892.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for use in connection with the Charging of
Liquids and other Substances with Carbonic Acid Gas.
I DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York,
Glass Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My present invention has for its object an improvement in the means for
carbonating, (that is for infusing carbonic acid gas into) various drinks so as to
make the process easily applicable not only to water but also to any other drinks.
My invention is also applicable to various other purposes.
According to my present invention I form a glass bottle or vase of any suitable
shape, the shape I prefer to use being somewhat similar to what is known in the
trade as a syphon vase. My great object in the formation of this vase is to secure
the very greatest amount of strength, and at the same time secure as much lightness
in weight as is compatible with extraordinary strength. I fit the mouth of this
vase with a suitable valve stopper which valve stopper may be either screwed
inside the mouth or be attached by a screw cap working on the outside of the
mouth or be attached to the mouth in any other suitable manner. This valve
stopper is so arranged that it allows of the bottle being filled with compressed
carbonic acid gas at any suitable pressure up to 1000 pounds to the square inch if
required. The valve is so arranged that pressure can easily be brought upon it to
set the compressed gas at liberty. After having fit this glass vase up in this
manner I charge it with carbonic acid gas at any desired pressure, the pressure I
wish to use being from 600 to 700 pounds to the square inch. In filling this vase I
leave sufficient room to allow for the expansion which higher temperature would
cause.
I next arrange a tube of glass or block tin or other suitable metal or material,
which tube is fitted on the one end with a cap suitably formed for either screwing
or otherwise fastening over the top of the mouth of the vase which has been fitted
up with the valve and charged with carbonic acid gas. I so arrange this screw top
that either on screwing or pressing down the top the valve is opened; or the first
tap formed in the tube close to this cap is so made that the twisting or other
pressure upon it will open the valve and release some of the carbonic acid gas.
Along this tube and at any suitable distance I form or insert another tap or valve
and this tap is always closed before the first tap is opened or before any carbonic
acid gas is allowed to escape from the vase. After the first tap has been opened
enough carbonic acid gas is allowed to escape to fill the tube between the first tap and
this second one; and the taps are by preference arranged at such a distance that there
is enough gas contained in the tube between the two taps to sufficiently aerate the
contents a glass of any kind of beverage.
Beyond this second tap I form a bend and a suitable mouthpiece which mouth-
piece has a piece of hollow glass tube affixed to its centre in such a way that when
a glass of the beverage or liquid desired to be aerated is placed under it, the tube
reaches into the beverage and in fact nearly touches the bottom of the glass, or
comes as near thereto as may be found desirable. Around the underside of this
mouthpiece I fix a ring or packing of india rubber or other suitable substance and
I fix it in such a way that the glass or vessel containing the beverage to be aerated
can be pressed up against it in such a manner as to make an airtight joint. A lever
arrangement on the underside of the glass and a cup or other suitable arrangement
for holding the glass will secure the glass, and the cup will act as a shield against
any damage being done by the glass in case it should burst. Having fixed the glass,

page_text: in airtight position under this cap I turn the second tap which admits the proper
quantity of carbonic acid gas into this glass, and thus the contents of the glass are
thoroughly carbonated.
In some cases it may be desirable to carbonate wine or other drinks in syphon
bottles, and to accomplish this I have a suitable connection formed on the mouth-
piece for coupling up to the syphon so as to thoroughly aerate the contents of the
syphon.
In some cases I apply this carbonic acid gas from this tube to the making of
aerated bread, and in this case it is only necessary to connect the mouthpiece with
the kneading trough. Or in some cases I may carbonate any suitable liquid which
will absorb the carbonic acid gas and readily give it off again when mixed up with
the flour and kneaded into dough.
By means of my invention any kind of drink or beverage can be carbonated in
the glass out of which it is drunk or in any other suitable vessel without the addition
of water.
Where it is desired to secure an extra impregnation of water or other liquid I
arrange a corrugated vessel which is narrowest at the bottom and widest at the top
each corrugation in which carries internally a perforated plate. Through these
perforated plates the water (which is made to enter at the top) trickles and is thus
broken up and caused to become charged with gas to the highest extent.
Dated this 10th day of November 1891.
DAN RYLANDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for use in connection with the Charging of
Liquids and other Substances with Carbonic Acid Gas.
I DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County of York,
Glass Bottle Manufacturer 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 present invention has for its object an improvement in the means of
carbonating (that is for infusing carbonic acid gas intoj various drinks so as to
make the process easily applicable not only to water but also to any other drinks.
My invention is also applicable to various other purposes.
According to my present invention I form a glass bottle or vase of any suitable
shape, the shape I prefer to use being somewhat similar to what is known in the
trade as a syphon bottle or vase. My great object in the formation of this vase is
to secure the very greatest amount of strength, and at the same time secure as much
lightness in weight as is compatible with extraordinary strength. I fit the mouth
of this vase with a suitable valve stopper which valve stopper may be either
screwed inside the mouth or be attached by a screw cap working on the outside of
the mouth, or be attached to the mouth in any other suitable manner. This valve
stopper is so arranged that it allows of the bottle being filled with compressed
carbonic acid gas at any suitable pressure up to 1000 pounds to the square inch,
if required. The valve is so arranged that pressure can easily be brought upon it
to set the compressed gas at liberty. After having fitted this glass vase up in this
manner I charge it with carbonic acid gas at any desired pressure, the pressure I
wish to use being from 600 to 700 pounds to the square inch. In filling this vase I
leave sufficient room to allow for the expansion which higher temperature would
cause.
I next arrange a tube of glass or block tin or other suitable metal or material,
which tube is fitted on the one end with a cap suitably formed for either screwing
or otherwise fastening over the top of the mouth of the vase which has been fitted
up with the valve and charged with carbonic acid gas. I so arrange this screw top
that either on screwing or pressing down the top the valve is opened; or the first

page_text: tap formed in the tube close to this cap is so made that the twisting or other
pressure upon it will open the valve and release some of the carbonic acid gas.
Along this tube and at any suitable distance I form or insert another tap or valve,
and this tap is always closed before the first tap is opened or before any carbonic acid
gas is allowed to escape from the vase. After the first tap has been opened, enough
carbonic acid gas is allowed to escape to fill the tube between the first tap and this
second one; and the taps are by preference arranged at such a distance that there
is enough gas contained in the tube between the two taps to sufficiently aerate the
contents of a glass of any kind of beverage.
Beyond this second tap I form a bend and a suitable mouthpiece which mouth-
piece has a piece of hollow glass tube affixed to its centre in such a way that when
a glass of the beverage or liquid desired to be aerated is placed under it, the tube
reaches into the beverage and in fact nearly touches the bottom of the glass, or
comes as near thereto as may be found desirable. Around the underside of this
mouthpiece I fix a ring or packing of india rubber or other suitable substance, and
I fix it in such a way that the glass or vessel containing the beverage to be aerated
can be pressed up against it in such a manner as to make an airtight joint. A lever
arrangement on the underside of the glass and a cup or other suitable arrangement
for holding the glass will secure the glass, and the cup will act as a shield against
any damage being done by the glass in case it should burst. Having fixed the
glass in airtight position under this cap I turn the second tap which admits the
proper quantity of carbonic acid gas into this glass, and thus the contents of the glass
are thoroughly carbonated.
In the drawings which accompany this Specification,
Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations partly in section showing the application of my
invention to the aeration of the contents of the glass shown.
Fig. 3 is a plan view taken on line 1, 1, (Fig. 1), and
Fig. 4 a sectional elevation of a vessel and apparatus adapted for very intimately
mixing the carbonating gas with the contents of the aerating vessel.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a is a sy phon bottle, b a gas-controlling valve, e a right and
left hand coupling connecting the valve with the reducing valve d; e the gas
measuring pipe, fa second gas-controlling valve, g a right and left hand coupling
connecting the valve with the port or tube h, which tube is formed in one with the
upright frame i; j a rubber ring carried by the tapered annular groove k; la
circular shield formed in one with the upper portion of the vertical frame i; ma
base board to which the various parts are attached as shown; na hollow ram guided
in an up-and-down direction by the annular guide o, and operated by lever p and
connecting rod gi ; a shield in two parts shown in the opened position by plan view
Fig. 3; the glass containing the liquid to be carbonated.
In charging the contents of the glass shown with carbonic acid gas I proceed
in the following manner :-By depressing the outer end of the lever t, the guided
ram, and with it the glass or vessel to be charged, will be elevated from the
position shown by Fig. 1 to that shown by Fig. 2. This position being attained,
and the upper rim of the glass being in pressure-tight contact with the annular
rubber jointing ring j, and held in this position by means of the strut or prop u
having followed the descent of the outer end of the lever till it has reached
the vertical position shown by Fig. 2, thus very effectually holding the glass in
the desired position. The valve f being closed and the valve 6 opened will
result in the flow of the carbonic acid gas from the syphon a through the
reducing-valve d into the measuring pipe e. The valve 6 being now closed, and
the valve opened, will cause the contents of the measuring pipe to pass
through glass tube v into the contents of the glass. Sufficient time is given to
ensure a perfect aeration of the contents of the glass, which being done the
valve is closed, and the ram n and with it the charged glass is lowered into
the position indicated by Fig. 1, when the glass can be removed by opening
one portion of the divided shield shown by plan view Fig. 3.
It will be seen that by the arrangement of valves b and f, and measuring

page_text: tube e any desired quantity of gas can be liberated from the syphon vase, and
that by the employment of the reducing valve d a measured quantity at any
desired pressure can be obtained.
Fig. 2 shows the upper and lower shields in the position they occupy
during the gas charging operation, from which it will be seen that should the
glass give way through undue pressure being brought to bear upon it or from
other cause, that the operator will be shielded from danger by the intervening
shields.
From the above description and by reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be
well understood that by means of my invention any kind of drink or beverage
can be carbonated in the glass out of which it is drunk, or in any other suitable
vessel without the addition of water.
Where it is desired to secure an extra impregnation of water or other liquid
I arrange a corrugated vessel w (Fig. 4) which is narrowest at the bottom and
widest at the top, each corrugation in which carries internally a circular
perforated plate y. Through these perforated plates the water or other liquid
which is made to enter at the top through the valve z trickles and is thus
broken up and caused to become charged with gas entering by the valve a¹ to
the highest extent; a² is the draw off valve. The perforated plates y are made
of glass or porcelain.
In some cases it may be desirable to carbonate wine or other drinks in syphon
bottles, and to accomplish this I have a suitable connection attachable to the
outlet of the controlling valve for coupling up to the syphon to be charged so
as to thoroughly aerate the contents.
A similar arrangement is also applicable to the making of aerated bread, a
rubber or other tube being only needed to connect the outlet of the controlling
valve with the interior of the kneading trough. Or in some cases I may
carbonate any suitable liquid which will absorb the carbonic acid gas and
readily give it off again when mixed up with the flour and kneaded into
dough.
It will be well understood that in some cases I may dispense with the tube v
shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and that the measuring pipe e in the same figures may be
made any suitable length and diameter.
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 apparatus herein illustrated or described either with or without the glass
tube v for use in charging liquids and other substances with carbonic acid gas.
2. The measuring pipe e in combination with the taps b and f and reducing valve d
substantially as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated at Figs. 1
and 2.
3. For the purpose herein described the use of glass or porcelain plates y in the
vessel shown at Fig. 4 or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this 10th dor of & nouet 1800
DAN RYLANDS.