IM- PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OFF AERATED LIQUIDS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OFF AERATED LIQUIDS."-A com-
munication from abroad by Pierre Alcide Olivier and Alphonse Brisset,
Merchants, both of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris.
Sealed the 3rd October 1866, and dated the 11th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
April 1866.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OFF AERATED LIQUIDS," to be as
follows:
Champagne, lemonade, and other gaseous or aerated liquids are usually con-
tained in bottles, the corks of which are secured by string or wire. On
uncorking a bottle the whole of the carbonic acid gas escapes, and the wine
or liquid loses the flavor desired. This causes a loss to the consumer as often
a whole bottle is required to be used for the sake of tasting half a glass or a
glass of the wine or liquid, it being hitherto impossible to supply the wine or
liquid in small quantities or by the glass the same as liqueurs.
This Invention relates to apparatus by means of which champagne and
other gaseous or sparkling wines or liquids may be supplied in small quantities

page_text: as desired without communication with the air or uncorking the bottles. In
this manner a retailer may be enabled to supply half a glass or a glass of cham-
pagne or lemonade without the rest of the contents of the bottle becoming
deteriorated or wasted. This result is obtained by placing in the neck or cork
of the bottle a small valve hermetically closed, but which is capable of
opening to afford issue to the quantity of liquid required to be poured out,
when it again closes by the aid of a spring for example. This apparatus may
either be fitted to the cork at the time of bottling, or it may be at table when
the wine is to be consumed, the neck of the bottle may also be made of a
form suited to its application.
Fig. 1 of the annexed Drawings shows a part sectional elevation of an
apparatus applied to the cork of a bottle, as also a means of effecting com-
munication with its contents fitted to a suitable stand or foot, while Fig. 2
shows a detached section of the upper part of the stand and cork. It will be
understood that this apparatus is shown as one example only of the application
of the Invention.
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a, bottle containing wine or other sparkling liquid; b, cork secured as in
ordinary by a wire or string; c, small tube fitted in the interior
or of the cork
and provided with a branch pipe or nose d, through which the liquid passes;
e, small valve having a stem f, serving to close the tube c; 'g, springi which
has a constant tendency to close the valve e when opened, this action being
further aided by the pressure of the gas; h, stand piece to which the lever
for opening the valve is fixed; i, neck of stand piece; j, lever serving to raise
the stem f in order to open, valve e; k, binding screw for, securing the bottle
in the stand piece at the time of emptying its contents in small quantities,
the whole being arranged as described and represented in the Drawing. By
depressing the lever the valve will be opened and the liquid will flow out
through pipe d. After drawing sufficient to fill a glass or other receptacle
the lever' is released from the pressure of the finger, when the valve e will
immediately close by the action of spring 9 and the pressure in the interior
of the bottle: In this manner a' portion of the contents of the bottle 'may be
'drawn off without communication with the air, the remainder being again
closed immediately.
The apparatus' may be made of metal or other material, and the cork or
stopper may also be screwed on the bottle so as to enclose the neck.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said, William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th
October 1866.
:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
5 CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and '
Patent 'Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS: Her most Excellent Majesty Queen. Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the. Eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of: Her:
10 reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William Clark; my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Clark, my executors, administrators; and assigns, should at any time:
agree with; and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
15 the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,' use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN,
APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OPP AERATED: LIQUIDS," a communication to me from
U abroad by Pierre Alcide Olivier, and Alphonse Brisset, Merchants, both of
20 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris; upon the condition. (amongst others) that I,
the said William Clark, my exécutors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said. Invention, and .in
what manner. the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
25 the Great Seal. Patent. Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
☐ NOW. KNOW.YE, that I, the said William Clark, do. hereby declare the
nature of the. said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed; to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
30 statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,.
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :--
Champagne, lemonade, and other gazeous or aerated liquids. are usually
contained in bottles, the corks of which are secured by string or wire. On
uncorking a bottle the whole of the carbonic acid gas escapes, and the wine
35 or liquid loses the flavor desired. This causes a loss to the consumer, as often
a whole bottle is required to be used for the sake of tasting half a glass of
the wine or liquid, it being hitherto impossible to supply the wine or liquid in
small quantities or by the glass the same as liqueurs.

page_text: This Invention relates to apparatus by means of which champagne and
other gaseous or sparkling wines or liqueurs may be supplied in small quantities
as desired without communication with the air or uncorking the bottles. In
this manner a retailer may be enabled to supply half a glass or a glass of
champagne or lemonade without the rest of the contents of the bottle
becoming deteriorated or wasted. This result is obtained by placing on the
neck or cork of the bottle a small valve hermetically closed, but which: is.
capable of opening to afford issue to the quantity of liquid required. to be
drawn off, when it again closes by the aid of a spring for example..."
This
apparatus may either be fitted to the cork at the time of bottling, or it may.
be at table when the wine is to be consumed, the neck of the bottle may also
be made of a form suited to its application.
.....
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawing shows a part sectional elevation of an
apparatus applied to the. cork of a bottle, as also a means of effecting.com-
munication with its contents fitted to a suitable stand or foot; while Figure 2
shows a detached section of the upper part of the stand and cork. It will be
understood that this apparatus is shown as one example only of the application
of the Invention.
a, bottle containing wine or other aerated liquid; b, cork, secured as in
ordinary by a wire or string; c, small tube fitted in the interior of the cork,
and provided with a branch pipe or nose d, through which the liquid passes;
e, small valve having a stem f serving to close the tube c; g, spring which
has a constant tendency to close the valve e when opened, this action being
further aided by the pressure of the gas; h, stand piece to which the lever
for opening the valve is fixed; i, neck of stand piece; j, lever, serving to raise
the stem f, in order to open valve e; k, binding screw for securing the bottle
in the stand piece h at the time of emptying its contents in suitable quantities.
The whole being arranged as described and represented in the Drawing by
depressing the lever j, the valve e will be opened and the liquid will: flow out
through pipe d. After drawing sufficient to fill a glass or other receptacle
the lever j is released from the pressure of the finger, when the valve e.will
immediately close by the action of spring 9 and the pressure in the interior
of the bottle. In this manner a portion of the contents of the bottle may be
drawn off without communication with the air, the remainder being again
closed immediately.
The apparatus may be made of metal or other material, and the cork or
stopper may also be screwed on the bottle, so as to enclose the neck. I may
also secure the bottle on the stand piece by means of a bayonet joint 1, 1,
seen in Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, or in other suitable manner, the groove being

page_text: made either on the neck of the bottle or in a socket adapted for the pur-
pose.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited, the improved apparatus
for drawing-off champagne or other aerated liquids from bottles in small
quantities without the contents coming in contact with the exterior air or
uncorking the bottles in the manner described and as represented in the
Drawings annexed while reserving the right of employing any other means of
attaining the same result.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
5 Witness,
JAMES DAISH,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
CLARA.
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