Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug., 1888
1, WILLIAM COUPER RITCHIE, of 45 Hope Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Wine
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object the warming or heating of Claret, Burgundy, and
other wines in bottles, ready for table or use, in a very short time, and to the
construction of warm-water cases therefor, all regularly and without danger of
overheating or cracking the bottles.
The nature and novelty of my invention consist all as follows:-In forming a close
hollow hot-water vessel, rather deeper than the body of the bottle, of a round,
elliptical, rectangular, or other polygonal shape, and in forming within this vessel,
one, two, three, four, or more cylindrical fluid-tight chambers, according to the size of
the outer vessel, a half an inch or so larger than the diameter of the wine bottles to be
warmed or heated, and open at the top to the atmosphere, but closely soldered or
otherwise secured through and to the top, and to the bottom, so that these would form
close air-heating chambers to the bottles, which would be inserted through the open
top or end, to rest on the bottom of the outer vessel; and be so heated by the
radiation of the heat from the water in the outer vessel through the inner air vessel
containing the bottle or bottles. The water would be filled into the outer vessel by
a circular or conical mouthpiece or neck, formed on the one corner of the top of the
vessel, by a filler or otherwise, and be secured by an india-rubber or other stopper or
cork inserted or screwed over this filling neck. Felt washers with holes in them
about the size of the necks of the bottles, would preferably be fitted over these, and be
pressed down over them to fill the upper part of the air-heating case above the body
of the bottles, so as to prevent the volume of heated air around the bottles passing off,
but yet allow ventilation, to prevent overheating. Part of the necks of the bottles

page_text: would stand up some distance above the top of this case, for the purpose of being
easily inserted and withdrawn from their air-heating chambers within the water
chambers; and different sizes of these heating boxes and chambers would be made to
suit for different sizes of wine bottles, such as quart and pint bottles. And in some
cases felt, rubber, or papier mache shallow trays or cups might be fitted up on the
bottom of the bottles to keep them concentric within their air recesses.
Those cases
might either be made of sheet tin or zinc or of sheet copper or brass, or other sheet
metal, preferably tinned or electroplated to prevent corrosion and the creation of
oxidised metal within them; and they might be covered outside with felt or other
non-conducting material when preferred.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wine Warmers.
I, WILLIAM COUPER RITCHIE, of 45 Hope Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Wine
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings
My Invention has for its object the warming or heating of Claret, Burgundy, and
other wines or liqueurs in bottles, ready for table or use, in a very short time, and the
construction of warm-water portable cases therefor, all regularly and without danger
of overheating or cracking the bottles.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying the
same into effect or practice may be properly understood I have hereunto appended an
explanatory Sheet of Drawings, in which the same reference letters are used to
indicate corresponding parts in all the Figures where shown.-Figure 1 is an
elevation, half in section, and Figure 2 a plan of a circular construction of vessel
or warm water case A, fitted with three cylindrical liquid tight air heating chambers B
each suitable for receiving and warming or heating a bottle C of wine or other liqueur.
While Figures 3 and 4 are corresponding views of a rectangular construction of vessel
or warm water case A, fitted with two cylindrical liquid tight chambers B, each
suitable for warming a bottle of wine or other liqueur. And Figure 5 is a sectional
elevation showing the filler D D¹, which is applied to the filling neck A³ of the aperture
in the vessel A for filling its outer jacket or casing A with hot water to warm the
bottles placed in the cylindrical heating chambers B all in accordance with the
improvements of my invention.
Referring to these Drawings, the nature and novelty and mode of performing or
putting my said invention into practice consist all as follows:-In constructing a
close hollow hot-water vessel A, rather deeper than the body of the bottle C, of a
round shape as shown in Figures 1 and 2, or of a rectangular shape as shown in
Figures 3 and 4, or it might be of an elliptical or of any other or polygonal shape,
and in forming within this vessel A; one, two, three, four, or more cylindrical liquid-
tight air heating chambers B, according to the size of the outer vessel, a half an inch
or so larger than the diameter of the wine or liqueur bottles C to be warmed or heated
within them, three of these bottle chambers B being shown in the vessel shown in
Figures 1 and 2, and two in the vessel shown in Figures 3 and 4. These bottle
chambers B are open at the top to the atmosphere, but are closely soldered or
otherwise secured through and to the top A¹ of the case A and to their own bottom 7'
a little above the bottom A of the vessel A, so that these form close air-heating
chambers B to the bottles C, which are inserted through the open top or end to rest
on the bottom of the cylindrical chamber B; and so be heated by the radiation of
the heat from the water in the outer vessel A, through the sides of the inner air
vessel B containing the bottle or bottles C. The water is filled into the outer vessel A
by a circular or conical mouthpiece or screw neck A³, fitted with a screw cap A',

page_text: formed on the one part or corner of the top A¹ of the vessel A, and filled by a filler D
having an air escape tube D¹ and inserted or screwed on to the neck A³, or otherwise.
Felt washers 2 are fitted at the bottom of the vessel B and at the top b with holes
in these latter about the size of the necks of bottles, so as to be pressed down over
them to fill the upper part of the air heating case B above the body of the bottles C so
as to prevent the volume of heated air around the bottles passing off, but yet allow
ventilation, to prevent over-heating. Part C of the necks of the bottles C stand up
some distance above the top of this case A, for the purpose of enabling them to be
easily inserted and withdrawn from their air heating chambers B within the water
chambers A and different sizes of these heating boxes and chambers would be made
to suit for different sizes of wine bottles, such as quart and pint bottles.
And in some
cases felt, rubber, or papier-mache shallow trays, or cups might be fitted upon the
bottom of the bottles to keep them concentric within their air recesses.
These cases
might either be made of sheet tin or zinc or of sheet copper or brass, or other sheet
metal, preferably japanned, tinned or electroplated to prevent corrosion and the
creation of oxidised metal within them; and they might be covered outside with
felt or other non-conducting material when preferred. Handles a would also be
jointed, rivetted or bolted to the outer vessels A, for portably carrying or removing
them from place to place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The constructing of a close hot water outer vessel, having formed within it, one,
two, three, four or more liquid tight air heating chambers, for the purpose of
heating Claret, Burgundy, and other wines or liqueurs in bottles, substantially as
herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.
Per Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Patent Agents.
Daten his 21st day of July 1000.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.
Per Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Patent Agents.