Improved Aërated Water Bottle Opener.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Aërated Water Bottle Opener.
We ISAAC WARREN M.A. Clerk in Holy Orders (College Grinder) of
11 Trinity College Dublin and ALFRED OLDHAM Draughtsman and Engraver of
24 Goldsmith Street Dublin do hereby declare the nature of this invention to he
as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a convenient & safe method for
opening ball stoppered aërated-water bottles. Instead of the wooden cup & plug
now in use we employ a framework (of metal or other material) which embraces
the bottle & is provided with a plug. This plug can be urged against the ball
valve by means of a screw or other equivalent arrangement & the ball thereby
totally or partially dislodged.
Dated this 93rd day of May 1805
ISAAC WARREN.
ALFRED OLDHAM.
Improved Aërated Water Bottle Opener.
We ISAAC WARREN M.A. of 11 Trinity College, Dublin, in the County of Dublin,
Clerk in Holy Orders, (College Grinder) and ALFRED OLDHAM of 24 Goldsmith
Street, Dublin, aforesaid, Draughtsman and Engraver 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 has for its object to provide a convenient and safe method for
opening ball stoppered aërated water bottles. Instead of the wooden cup and plug
now in use we employ a framework (of metal or other material) which embraces the
bottle and is provided with a plug. This plug can be urged against the ball valve
by means of a screw or other equivalent arrangement and the ball thereby totally
or partially dislodged.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a general view of our improved opener in use, showing the device
arranged so as to hold the bottle at an angle of 45° or thereabouts;
Figure 2 a side elevation, showing the device arranged for holding the bottle
vertically.
Referring to these figures, A is a frame or holder having a base plate a, on which
the bottle rests, B a plug or nozzle for entering the bottle mouth, and C a screw for
urging the plug or nozzle B against the ball stopper D. By placing the bottle on
the lase plate and then turning the screw C, the nozzle B will enter the mouth of
the bottle and dislodge the ball stopper from its seat, so as to let off the accumulated
gas gradually and thus avoid excessive frothing at the mouth. When this is effected,
the nozzle is brought back by rotating the screw C in the opposite direction, and
when the nozzle is clear of the mouth, the bottle can be removed and the contents
decanted. In Figure 1 we have shown our device for holding the bottle at a

page_text: considerable angle from its normal position, while in Figure 2 the device is arranged
for holding the bottle vertically.
The invention is designed to entirely supersede the wooden cup and plug hitherto
so much used, and to which the present invention is in every way superior, as by
the use of the latter frothing of the contents and consequent waste and spilling of
the liquid is entirely avoided.
We have described the above way in which our invention may be carried into
effect, but we wish it to be distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to
the use of a screw for urging the plug or nozzle against the all stopper so as to
dislodge the latter, as, if desired, a lever or other suitable device may be employed
instead. Furthermore the base plate a may be of any suitable shape so as to take
bottles with pointed or other shaped bottoms, and in some cases the said base plate
may be made interchangeable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved device for use in connection with ball-stoppered aërated water
bottles to facilitate their opening and obviate frothing over of the contents, consisting
of a frame, and a plug or nozzle for holding the bottle rigid either vertically or at
a suitable angle with its normal position, and a screw or other device for urging
the plug or nozzle against the ball stopper, whereby the latter is dislodged so as to
gradually let off a portion of the gas with which the liquid is charged substantially
as described.
2. In an opener for aërated water bottles, the combination of a frame or holder, a
plug or nozzle for entering the bottle inouth, and a screw or other device for
urging the plug or nozzle against the ball stopper, the said screw or other device
being so arranged that the nozzle can at any time be urged against the ball so as
to gradually dislodge the same and let off the gas by degrees to avoid excessive
frothing, or the nozzle brought back, and thus allow of the bottle being removed
for decanting the contents substantially as described.
. The improved form or arrangement of ball-stoppered bottle opener
substantially as herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of February 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & CO.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.