An Appliance for Use in Filling Bottles, and for like purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Use in Filling Bottles, and for like purposes.
I ALBERT OCTAVIUS HASLEWOOD of 11 Terrace Road Buxton, Derbyshire,
Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved device which I intend to designate
the spare hand" and which has for its object to facilitate the operations of
dispensing whereby considerable time may be saved, and which can be further used
for filling casks etc.
In carrying my invention into practical effect I form a device which consists of
a circular rectangular, or other suitably shaped frame having an opening at one
side for the entrance of the bottle and furnished with three or more legs projecting
upwards from same, which carry a light frame suitably shaped for supporting a
funnel, while the base is weighted so as to prevent it being accidentally turned over.
The said device may be made in various sizes and when required for use the
bottle is placed within same, or in the case of the base being solid the bottle would
be placed upon it, while the end of the funnel would then be in a suitable position
for filling the bottle and all bubbling and splashing would be prevented as the
funnel does not rest upon the neck of the bottle and the air is thus allowed to
freely escape.
My improved device can be also employed for decanting wines or the like or to
support a funnel for filling casks etc., in which case the device would be furnished
with hooks or screws by means of which it may be fixed to the cask.
Dated this 20th day of November 1894.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
An Appliance for Use in Filling Bottles, and for like purposes.
1, ALBERT OCTAvius Haslewood of, 11, Terrace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire,
Surgeon, 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 a new or improved device which I desiguate the " spare
hand "and which has for its object to facilitate the operations of dispensing
whereby considerable time may be saved, and which can be further used for filling
wine bottles or decanters, and decanting wines, etc., from casks, while it affords a
cleanly and handy means of transferring liquid, solid or powdered substances from
one receptacle to another.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I form a device which consists of
a circular, rectangular, or other suitably shaped frame having an opening at one
side for the entrance of the bottle, decanter, jar or the like, and furnished with

page_text: two or more legs projecting upwards from same, which carry a light frame suitably
shaped for supporting a funnel while the base is weighted so as to prevent it being
accidentally turned over.
The said device may be made in various sizes, and when required for use the
bottle is placed within same, or in the case of the base being solid the bottle would
be placed upon it, while the funnel having been placed in the aforementioned
supporting frame is then in a suitable position for filling or passing ingredients into
the bottle and all bubbling and splashing would be prevented as the funnel does
not rest upon the neck of the bottle and the air is thus allowed to freely escape.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a
side elevation of my improved device and Fig. 2 a plan of same.
My improved device consists of a circular base 6 furnished at one side with an
opening o through which the bottle or the like to be filled is passed to the space s
within. This base is furnished with arms a, a', a², carrying a light frame designed
to hold or support a funnel of the ordinary kind, while the base frame b is furnished
with or has attached to it, weights w, w, of lead or other suitable material so as to
prevent it from being readily turned over.
The frame or base although shown of circular form may be of any other
convenient shape such as square, triangular or hexagonal, while the device may
be made in various sizes according to the purpose for which it is primarily
intended.
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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 new or improved device consisting of the base frame 6 having opening o
and furnished with weights w, w, in combination with the legs or arms a, a, a², and
funnel supporting frame f, substantially as herein described and shown and for the
purposes specified.
2. The new or improved appliance for use in filling bottles and for like purposes
substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 31st day of May 1895
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.