Improvements in Bottling and Delivering Fermentable Liquors.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1898-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottling and Delivering Fermentable Liquors.
SPENCER RAY, Brewer, The Brewery, Camberwell Green, London, JOHN FULLER
SPONG, Gentleman, 30, Camberwell Green, London, MATTHEW JAMES CANNON,
Chemist, 101, The Chase, Clapham Common, London, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Many attempts have been made to bottle beer in what are known as siphons by
the use of compressed carbonic acid gas but all such attempts have failed. This
appears to be due to the fact that compressed carbonic acid gas is absorbed in
large quantities by the beer and when the latter is drawn off this gas instead
of escaping freely when given off as in the case of soda water forms persistent
bubbles so that little else than froth can be obtained. Compressed air on the
other hand has a deleterious effect on the liquor. The same objections arise to
a greater or less extent in the case of other liquors liable to fermentation such
as lemonade for example. According to this invention we obviate these evils by
employing hydrogen for charging the siphons hydrogen being a gas of which
only a small quantity can be absorbed by a liquid and which does not promote
fermentation. This invention is equally applicable to the delivery of liquors from
larger vessels such as casks.
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SPENCER RAY.
J. F. SPONG.
MATTHEW J. CANNON.
Improvements in Bottling and Delivering Fermentable Liquors.
SPENCER RAY, The Winchester Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewer, Camberwell Green,
London, JoHN FULLER SPONG, Surgeon, 30, Camberwell Green, London, MATTHEW
JAMES CANNON, Chemist, 101, The Chase, Clapham Common, London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Many attempts have been made to bottle beer in what are known as siphons
but hitherto all such attempts have failed. This appears to be due to the fact that
compressed carbonic acid gas (which is the gas usually used for charging siphons)
is absorbed in large quantities by the beer and when the latter is drawn off this
gas instead of escaping freely when given off as in the case of soda water forms

page_text: persistent bubbles so that little else but froth can be obtained. Compressed
air on the other hand has a deleterious effect on the liquor. The same objections
arise to a greater or less extent in the case of other liquors liable to fermentation
such as lemonade. According to this invention we obviate these evils by employ-
ing compressed sterilised hydrogen for charging the syphons, hydrogen being a
gas of which only a small quantity can be absorbed by a liquid and which does
not promote fermentation. The syphons should not be completely filled with
liquor and the air should be displaced from it. The invention is equally applic-
able to the delivery of liquors from larger vessels such as casks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The use of compressed sterilised hydrogen for delivering fermentable liquors
from syphons and other receptacles.
Dated this Second day of September 1898
SPENCER RAY.
J. F. SPONG.
M. J. CANNON.