Improved Apparatus for Decanting or Drawing Off Wines and other Liquids.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Decanting or Drawing Off Wines and other
Liquids.
I, GEORGE GRAY, of 114 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, Manufacturing
Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, drawing off or decanting wines and other liquids
without disturbing or agitating it or them in any way.
The invention consists of a pump head cylinder and piston operable by hand and
returnable by an enclosed spring.
For the purpose, I provide a cylinder with a flap or tappet valve in the piston, and:
provide a check or non-return valve at the head of a tube which can be inserted into
the liquid to be decanted.
The cylinder is surrounded by a shell, to the head of which the piston rod is affixed,
it contains a spring having an abutment against the base of the cylinder, and has a
slot through which a spout of the cylinder projects for leading the drawn off liquid
to a decanter, a glass, or other vessel.
In action, hy pressing down the shell the piston descends its valve opens to
allow the contained air to pass upwardly whereby on its return under the action of
the spring, said valve closes, and the check valve opens for allowing the liquid to be
drawn up the leg tube into the cylinder. At the next down motion of the piston, the
check valve closes and the piston valve opens for the raised liquid to pass above the
piston and out of the nozzle.
The shell by rapid pulsations enables a continuous stream of liquid to flow through
the apparatus, yet so gently that the body from which the liquid is being drawn is
not disturbed or agitated, nor does the bottle, say a bottle of old crusted port, need
tilting as is usual, so that the wine leaves the bottle in a clear condition.
Dated this 16th day of July 1896.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said George Gray.
Improved Apparatus for Decanting or Drawing Off Wines and other
Liquids. .
I, GEORGE GRAY, of 114 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, Manufacturing.
Jeweller, 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 object, drawing off or decanting wines and other liquids
without disturbing or agitating it or them in any way.
The invention consists of a pump head, cylinder, and piston, operable by hand and
returnable by an enclosed spring.

page_text: For the purpose, I provide a cylinder with a flap or tappet valve in the piston and
provide a check or non-return valve at the head of a tube which can be inserted into
the liquid to be decanted.
The cylinder is surrounded by a shell, to the head of which the piston rod is affixed,
it contains a spring having an abutment against the base of the cylinder, and has a
slot through which a spout of the cylinder projects for leading the drawn off liquid
to a decanter, a glass, or other vessel.
My invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a
sectional elevation as applied in or to a Highland whisky bottle as identified by the
thistle headed stopper, and as represented in the general exterior view Figure 2.
Figure 3 exterior elevation of a pump and stand such as could be used when a bowl
of punch or a claret cup has to have its contents withdrawn.
A, is a cylinder. B, piston therein operable by the head C for downward thrust
by the rod D and returnable by spring E, the base of which rests on the plate F.
G, flap or tappet valve on piston B to open by downward pressure only. H, check
or non-return valve at the top of the suction tube I which may be continued to near
the bottom of the bottle K, or have an extension L of any rigid or flexible material,
as desired.
The spout or draw off nozzle M is part of the cylinder A and is just above the
flange or shield N by which the cork P is located for temporarily securing the pump
in the bottle neck.
The thistle like flower as a cover Qis only indicative, and has no relation, to my
invention, as for Irish whisky, the head could be covered with a harp device or the
representation of an Irishman's hat with a doodee in the band. English gin, by the
representation of a crown. French wines, by the Fleur-de-Lis or Cap of Liberty
and so on, but when the pump has to be used for a bowl of punch, claret cup, or
the like, the cork P can be. slipped off the trunk R and then by passing said
trunk down within the band S of a tripod or other shape of stand T with
bottom ring T for insertion into a bowl, or other vessel from which the liquid has to
be drawn.
For cleanliness and neatness, I cover the upper part of the cylinder A with a
cap U in which is a slot V for a pin W to be guided in the up and down
movement of the head C.
In action, by pressing down the shell, the piston descends, its valve opens to
allow the contained air to pass upwardly, whereby on its return under the action
of the spring said valve closes, and the check valve opens for allowing the liquid-
to be drawn up the leg tube into the cylinder.
At the next down motion of the piston, the check valve closes and the piston
valve opens for the raised liquid to pass above the piston and out of the nozzle."
The shell by rapid pulsations enables a continuous stream of liquid to flow through
the apparatus, yet so gently that the body from which the liquid is being drawn is
not disturbed or agitated, nor does the bottle, say a bottle of old crusted port, need
tilting as is usual, so that the wine leaves the bottle in a clear condition.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
As an apparatus for decanting or drawing off wines, spirits, and liquids generally
from bottles and other vessels, the particular combination and arrangement of parts
.constituting a pump constructed, as set forth and shown.
Dated this 14th day of October 1896.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said G. Gray.