Improvements in Apparatus for Keeping Wine and other Liquors at a Suitable Temperature for Consumption
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Keeping Wine and other Liquors at
a Suitable Temperature for Consumption.
I GIULIO CARMELO NOBILE, of The Monico, Shaftesbury Avenue, in the City
and County of London, Manager of Restaurant, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for keeping wine and other
liquors at a suitable temperature for consumption and it consists in a receptacle
having a chamber to receive the bottle containing the wine in a horizontal position,
chambers for containing hot water or other means of warming the bottle, and a
means of pivoting or tilting the bottle so that its contents may be readily poured
into glasses or other receptacles.
The ordinary method of bringing wine to a suitable temperature is to plunge the
bottle when taken from the bin vertically into a vessel' containing hot water from
which it is removed and laid horizontally into a basket, this change from the
horizontal position in the cellar to the vertical position in the hot water and
again to the horizontal in the basket being very prejudicial to the wine.
With my apparatus the bottle is never changed from its horizontal position' and
the wine receives no hurtful movement.
I may make my apparatus in two parts so that the upper may lift from the lower
or turn upon a hinge exposing the seat for the bottle; into the chambers of the
upper and lower part I introduce hot water or other heating medium, so that when
the bottle is taken horizontally from the bin and laid horizontally on this seat and
the upper part of the apparatus brought upon the lower, the bottle is surrounded
in its length by a warming chamber, the warming jackets being perfectly tight
permitting the tilting of the bottle to pour out its contents without any escape of
the hot water or heating medium; the cork being readily extracted by spring or
other corkscrews extracting without jerk.
I may make my receptacle in the form of a marine monster, of a fish, of any
animal, or in any desired form or shape and of metal, porcelain or other suitable
material, or combination of materials and with any suitable arrangement for
tilting.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Keeping Wine and other Liquors at
a Suitable Temperature for Consumption.
I, GIULIO CARMELO NOBILE, of The Monico, Shaftesbury Avenue, in the City
and County of London, Manager of Restaurant, 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 relates to improvements in apparatus for keeping wine and other
liquors at a suitable temperature for consumption and it consists in a receptacl>
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page_text: comprising a chamber to receive the bottle containing the wine or other liquor in a
horizontal or a diagonal position, chambers or jackets for containing hot water or
other means of warming or of cooling the bottle, and means of pivoting or tilting
the bottle so that its contents may be readily poured into glasses or other
receptacles.
The ordinary method of bringing wine to a suitable temperature is to plunge the
bottle when taken from the bin, vertically into a vessel containing hot water, from
which it is removed and laid horizontally into a basket, this change from the
horizontal position in the cellar to the vertical position in the hot water and again
to the horizontal in the basket being very prejudicial to the wine.
With my apparatus the bottle is never raised to a vertical position and the wine
receives no hurtful movement.
On the accompanying drawing I have shown an apparatus embodying my inven-
tion, upon which
Figure 1, represents a side elevation of my receptacle or apparatus with bottle
enclosed.
Figure 2, a plan of lower half of same with bottle removed; the dotted lines
indicate the position and arrangement of shelf for securing half bottles, and
Figure 3 is a transverse section through line 1-2
A being the lower half or portion of my receptacle or apparatus,
B is the upper half,
Chinge for attaching same together,
D pin or spring catch for securing upper to lower half when in use,
E the handle,
F cradle or pivot carrying receptacle or apparatus,
G chamber to receive bottle,
H jackets for hot or cold water,
I screw plugs for opening and closing same,
K moveable shelf for half bottles.
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I preferably make my apparatus in two parts A and B so that the upper part B
may lift from the lower part A. or turn upon a hinge C to expose or open the seat
or chamber G, for the reception of the bottle; into the jackets H of the upper and
lower parts A B, I introduce by the openings (shewn closed by the screw plugs I)
hot water or other heating medium, so that when the bottle is taken horizontally
from the bin and laid on this seat the upper part of the apparatus is brought upon
the lower and secured by the pin or catch D, the bottle is enclosed in a warming
or a cooling chamber, the warming jackets being perfectly tight permitting the
tilting of the bottle on its cradle F by the handle E to pour out its contents
without any escape of the hot water or heating or cooling medium; the cork
having been easily extracted from the neck of the bottle by spring or other cork-
screw extracting without jerk.
The movable shelf K (shewn in dotted lines Fig. 2) may be placed in the
chamber G when it is desired to keep a half bottle steadily in the apparatus. I may
use any suitable device for this purpose.
I
may make my receptacle in the form of a bottle as shewn on the drawing, of a
marine monster of a fish, of any animal, or in any desired form or shape, and of
metal porcelain or other suitable material or combination of materials, and with
any suitable arrangement for tilting and for securing the parts together.
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. Apparatus for keeping wine or other liquor at a suitable temperature for con-
sumption, consisting of a receptacle for the bottle having chambers or jackets for
surrounding the bottle with a warming or a cooling medium and means for securely
tilting the bottle to pour the liquid therefrom, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. The apparatus for keeping wine and other liquors at a suitable temperature
for consumption hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
For the Applicant,
W. E. GEDGE,
Agent.