IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CARBONATED OR EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marc Antoine François Mennons, of the Firm
of Mennons and Telescheff, Home and Foreign Patent Agents,
of No. 53, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire of
France, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE
PREPARATION OF CARBONATED OR EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGES." -A com-
munication from Cerf Mayer, residing at No. 20, Boulevard du
Prince Eugène, Paris, in France.
Scaled the 25th September 1868, and dated the 11th April 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 11th April 1868.
I, MARC ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the Firm of Mennons
and Telescheff, Home and Foreign Patent Agents, of No. 53, Ruo de
la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
THE PREPARATION OF CARBONATED OR EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGES," a communi-
cation, to be as follows:-

page_text: This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the
preparation of carbonated or effervescent beverages as shown by the
accompanying Drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, represent an apparatus
in which the gas is obtained by direct solution of the reagents in the
liquid to be carbonated; Fig. 3 represcuts the cap of the same opened;
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of this cap.
a, Figs. 1, 2, is a metallic conducting tube set in a groove formed
at the exterior of the saturating vessel A, which may be made of glass,
carthenware, or any other suitable material of sufficient strength to
resist the internal pressure. The upper end of this tube is soldered
or otherwise secured to the stop-cock b, by which the acrated liquid is
drawn off for usc. c is a moveable screw collar, by which the cap
setting of the vessel is secured in position, and which is connected by
a hinge & with the cap or hollow stopper o; & is a lever jointed in f
for closing down the latter. The double branch of this lever is hinged
to the collar c, while the upper arms tapered to a point catches on a
hook affixed to the cap o, the lower part of which is chambered for
the reception of an elastic washer. The vessel A being filled with
water or other required liquid containing the acid or other equivalent
reagent the cap o is charged with bicarbonate of soda and secured in
position by the lever s. A slight stroke on the cap throws the soda
powder into the liquid, in which it dissolves, and the carbonic acid
being disengaged the aerating process is completed in a few minutes.
Figures 5, 6, represent a modification of the apparatus in which the
conducting tube is mounted within the saturating vessel A. In this
arrangement the neck of the latter is surrounded by a metallic
socket m, on which is secured a capsule n provided with a caoutchouc
washer and carrying the stop-cock and socket k, to which is screwed
the conducting tube a, the latter being removed from the centre of
the vessel to avoid interference with the charging operation; o is the
hollow cap hinged to the capsule and closed down by a lever s as
in the preceding case.
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Figs. 7, S, represent a modification of the obturator in which the
socket of the conducting tube is made independent of the capsule 1.
Figures 9, 10, represent an application of the Invention to apparatus
in which the saturation of the liquid is effected without dissolving in
the latter thic materials from which the gas is disengaged. In this

page_text: arrangement the hollow cap o is replaced by a small reservoir A¹
forming the support of the apparatus. The conducting tube is
suppressed and replaced by a stopper 6 (Figures 9, 12, 13) composed
of a hollow cylinder divided into three compartments d, e, f, which
communicate with each other by two conical orifices pierced in the
partitions m, n, and closed by a ball valve h. The lateral surface of
this stopper is pierced at one of its bases with a number of small
holes, and at the other with three holes only, x, y, z, (Fig. 12) com-
municating with the upper vessel A at the side opposed to the stop-
cock h. The valve of this stop-cock is composed as in a, Fig. 14, of
a metallic shell screwed to a rod c and enclosing an elastic washer,
or of a metallic cone in combination with a caoutchouc ring as in
Figure 15. When required for use the upper vessel A containing
the liquid to be acrated is turned back on its hinge as in Fig. 11;
the stopper is withdrawn and the gas-producing ingredients aro
passed into the reservoir A'. The stopper is then replaced, and the
apparatus being closed is inclined so as to displace the valve and
admit a small portion of the liquid into the reservoir A¹ for the solution
of the ingredients contained therein. This done, the apparatus is set
upright as in Figures 9, 10, the valve returns to its position until
raised by the pressure of the gas disengaged, below which passing by
the orifices x, y, z, saturates the liquid of the upper vessel A. When
the latter is emptied the stop-cock should be turned on to avoid
accumulation of gas and possible starting of the stopper when the
apparatus is opened for recharging.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,.
filed by the said Marc Antoine François Mennons in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 1st October 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARC
ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the Firm of Mennons and Telescheff,
Home and Foreign Patent Agents, of No. 53, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin,
Paris, in the Empire of France, 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 Oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the.

page_text: thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons, Her special licence, that I, the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 Ircland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
THE PREPARATION OF CARBONATED OR EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGES," a
communication from Cerf Mayer, a person resident at No. 26, Boulevard
du Prince Eugène, Paris, in France, upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons, my exccutors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or onc
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 the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
FOR
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons,
do hereby declare the nature of the 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 had to
the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters marked thereon, that
is to say:
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the
preparation of carbonated or effervescent beverages as shewn by the
accompanying Drawing, in which Figures 1, 2, represent an apparatus
in which the gas is obtained by direct solution of the reagents in the
liquid to be carbonated; Fig. 3 represents the cap of the same opened;
Figure 4 is a vertical section of this cap.
a, Figs. 1, 2, is a metallic conducting tube set in a groove formed at
the exterior of the saturating vessel A, which may be made of glass,
earthenware, or any other suitable material of sufficient strength to
resist the internal pressure. The upper end of this tube is soldered or
otherwise secured to the stop-cock b by which the aerated liquid is
drawn off for usc. c is a moveable screw collar by which the cap setting

page_text: of the vessel is secured in position, and which is connected by a
hinge & with the cap or hollow stopper o. 8 is a lever jointed in ƒ for
closing down the latter. The double branch p of this lever is hinged
to the collar c while its upper arms tapered to a point catches on a
hook affixed to the cap o, the lower part of which is chambered for
the reception of an elastic washer. The vessel A being filled with water
or other required liquid containing the acid or other equivalent reagent,
the cap o is charged with bicarbonate of soda and secured in position
by the lever s. A slight stroke on the cap throws the soda powder
into the liquid, in which it dissolves, and the carbonic acid being
disengaged the acrating process is completed in a few minutes.
Figures 5, 6, represent a modification of the apparatus, in which the
conducting tube is mounted within the saturation vessel A. In this
arrangement the neck of the latter is surrounded by a metallic socket m
on which is screwed a capsule n provided with a caoutchouc washer
and carrying the stop-cock and socket to which is secured the
conducting tube a, the latter being removed from the centre of the
vessel to avoid interference with the charging operation. o is the hollow
cap hinged to the capsule and closed down by a lever s, as in the
preceding casc.
Figures 7, 8, represent a modification of the obturator in which the
socket % of the conducting tube is made independent of the capsule n.
Figures 9, 10, represent an application of the Invention to apparatus
in which the saturation of the liquid is effected without dissolving in
the latter the materials from which the gas is disengaged. In this
arrangement the hollow cap o is replaced by a small reservoir A'
forming the support of the apparatus. The conducting tube is
suppressed and replaced by a stopper b, Figs. 9, 12, 13, composed of
a hollow cylinder divided into three compartments d, e, f, which com-
municate with each other by two conical orifices pierced in the
partitions m, n, and closed by a ball valve k. The lateral surface of
this stopper is pierced at one of its bases with a number of small holes,
and at the other with three holes only, x, y, z (Fig. 12), communicating
with the upper vessel A at the side opposed to the stop-cock h. The
valve of this stop-cock is composed as in a, Fig. 14, of a metallic shell
screwed to a rod c and enclosing an elastic washer, or of a metallic conc
in combination with a caoutchouc ring, as in Fig. 15. When required
for use the upper vessel A containing the liquid to be acrated is turned

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back on its hinge, as in Figure 11, the stopper b is withdrawn, and the
gas-producing ingredients are passed into the reservoir A¹. The stopper
is then replaced and the apparatus being closed is inclined so as to
displace the valve k and admit a small portion of the liquid into the
reservoir A' for the solution of the ingredients contained therein. This
done the apparatus is set upright, as in Figures 9, 10, the valve k
returns to its position until raised by the "pressure of the gas
disengaged below, which passing by the orifices x, y, z, saturates the
liquid of the upper vessel A. When the latter is emptied the stop-cock
should, be turned on to avoid accumulation of gas and possible starting
of the stopper when the apparatus is opened for recharging. When so
desired a small sector r, as in Figures 1, 2, 17, may be adapted to the
closing mechanism so as to cugage in a groove or slot formed in the
lever 8, and thus prevent the accidental displacement of the latter while
the apparatus is charged.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and the
manner of carrying it into effect, I declare that I claim and desire to
protect by Letters Patent,-
1stly. The application to single reservoir acrating or carbonating
apparatus of the hollow cap o and lever closing arrangement s,j, t, c, d,
substantially as above described and shewn in Figures 1 to 8h of the
accompanying Drawings.
2dly. The application to double reservoir apparatus of the same closing
mechanism in combination with the valve arrangement b, d, e, f, h,
substantially as above specified and shewn in Figures 9 to 13 of the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons,
have hereto set my hand and seal, this Thirticth day of
September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.