IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES TO BE USED FOR DECANTING AËRATED BEVERAGES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Goddard, of Southport, in the County
of Lancaster, Surgeon's Assistant, for the Invention of “IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES TO BE USED FOR DECANTING AËRATED
BEVERAGES."
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· PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Goddard at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd September 1874.
I, BENJAMIN GODDARD, of Southport, in the County of Lancaster,
5 Surgeon's Assistant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES TO BE USED FOR DECANTING
AERATED BEVERAGES," to be as follows:-
hollow
This Invention relates to apparatus or appliances in which a
shank attached to a tap is inserted through the cork or stopper of the

page_text: bottle or vessel containing the aerated beverage, and has for its object
to overcome the following disadvantages :—
First. The rotary barrel tap ordinarily employed to retain the aerated
gas or gases whilst not drawing off the beverage is found to leak and
allow such gas or gases and sometimes the beverage to escape.
Second. The holes for conveying the beverage into the hollow shank
are liable to be stopped up on their passage through the cork or stopper;
they also allow of cork or other substance passing through the shank
and tap with the beverage drawn off.
Third. When the said holes are dispensed with and a loose point used, 1
such point falls into the bottle or receptacle and cannot be removed
without uncorking or unstopping the bottle or receptacle.
As means for overcoming the disadvantage first above mentioned I
make use of a seating valve kept to its seat by a screwed stem.
As means for overcoming the disadvantages second and third above 1
mentioned I make use of a point fitting into a slot, preferably vee shaped
in end of the shank, so as to leave no opening for pieces of cork or other
substance to enter the said shank. I moreover attach such point to the
shank by a pin and slot or their equivalent in such manner that as soon
as the shank and point have entered the bottle or receptacle the said
point shall fall a sufficient distance to allow a free passage for the
aerated beverage from the bottle or receptacle to the valve or tap.
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With a valve or tap constructed as described under the above second
part the shank and point are withdrawn together, and pieces of cork or
other substance cannot enter such hollow shank.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Benjamin Goddard, Her special licence
that I, the said Benjamin Goddard, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Benjamin Goddard, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during 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 OR APPLIANCES TO BE USED IN DECANTING AERATED BEVERAGES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Benjamin Goddard, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
my, or
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benjamin Goddard, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being bad to the accompanying
Sheet of illustrative Drawings and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to apparatus or appliances in which a hollow
shank attached to a tap is inserted through the cork or stopper of the
bottle or vessel containing the aerated beverage, and has for its object
to overcome the following disadvantages :-
First. The rotary barrel tap ordinarily employed to retain the aerated
gas or gases whilst not drawing off the beverage is found to leak and
allow such gas or gases and sometimes the beverage to escape.
Second. The holes conveying the beverage into the hollow shank are
liable to be stopped up in their passage through the cork or stopper;

page_text: they also allow of cork or other substance passing through the shank
and tap with the beverage drawn off.
Third. When the said holes are dispensed with and a loose point used,
such point falls into the bottle or receptacle and cannot be removed
without uncorking or unstopping the bottle or receptacle.
:
As means for overcoming the disadvantage first above mentioned I
make use of a seating valve kept to its seat by a screwed stem.
As means for overcoming the disadvantages, second and third above
mentioned, I make use of a point fitting into a slot, preferably vee shaped,
in end of the shank, so as to leave no opening for pieces of cork or other
substance to enter the said shank. I morcover attach such point to the
shank by a pin and slot or their equivalent, in such manner that as soon
as the shank and point have entered the bottle or receptacle, the said
point shall fall a sufficient distance to allow a free passage for the
aërated beverage from the bottle or receptacle to the valve or tap.
With a valve or tap constructed as described under the above second
part, the shank and point are withdrawn together, and pieces of cork or
other substance cannot enter such hollow shank.

page_text: Second. The combination of a loose point c and shank e, operating
ubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. The loose point c in combination with the pin f and slot g.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Goddard, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the First day of March, in the year
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of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
In the presence of
JAMES JOHNSON,
Patent Office,
Clayton Square,
Liverpool.
BENJAMIN GODDARD. (L.S.)