Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th June, 1899-Accepted, 15th July,
1899
I, COLIN CAMPBELL CALDER, of The Terrace, West Newport, in the County of Fife,
N.B., Engineering Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improved apparatus for the quick and safe opening of
aerated water bottles having glass ball stoppers so as to prevent accident from the
bursting of such bottles.
When in such
I make a frame in such a manner that a cage or case made of wire or other suitable
material may be hinged to it in the most convenient position for receiving the bottle,
and enclosing it sufficiently to prevent pieces of the glass flying about in the event of
the bottle bursting, and to be so hinged that its tendency will always be to lie in a
position most convenient for the introduction of the bottle. To the same frame I attach
a vertical slide and lever in such manner that when the lever is depressed the slide is
made to rise and one part thereof is made to engage with the cage or case containing the
bottle, and thereby to pull it into position necessary for opening.
position a pin attached to the slide forces the bottle with its glass ball stopper against
a plug fixed to the most convenient part of the frame driving in the stopper and
thereby opening the bottle while it is safely surrounded with the cage and adjacent
parts of the machine. Thereafter the lever is raised, the motion of the slide is
reversed, and the cage or case returns to its original position so as to facilitate the
removal of the bottle. In one case the frame may be a fixture, the slide being
movable, or the slide may be a fixture and the frame movable, in both cases the
results are precisely similar. In either case the slide or frame may be operated by
hand or foot lever, or by means of a rotating crank or cam.
As a modification of my invention, and in order that the machine may be cheapened,
I make a similar frame with a cage or case hinged thereto in a like manner as above
described, the wire cage or case may be moved into position by hand or otherwise and
when in the proper position a sliding wooden plug in the top of the frame is forced
down by means of a lever or directly by hand against the glass ball stopper and the
bottle thereby opened.
And I wish it to be understood that any modification of the parts or combination
thereof above mentioned will not be without the scope of my invention so long as the
case and the movable plug move or are operated independently, and are not attached
or affixed to each other.
Dated thin 9th dose of Contamhan 1000

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Opening Aerated
Water Bottles.
I, COLIN CAMPBELL CALDER, of The Terrace, West Newport, in the County of Fife,
N.B., Engineering Agent, 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 improved apparatus for the quick and safe opening of
aerated water bottles having glass ball stoppers so as to prevent accident from the
bursting of such bottles.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 side elevation of the apparatus with the cage lowered ready for the
reception of a bottle dropped or slipped into it from above.
Figure 2 similar elevation with the cage closed, both views Figures 1 and 2
showing the lever arrangement operable from above.
Figure 3 reverse side elevation of the same apparatus but with lever arrangement
operable from below.
A, back available for being screwed to a counter frame or to a pedestal. B, bracket
secured to the backing. C, cage pivotted at I to fall outwardly from the upper part.
E, hooked rod affixed to and slidable up and down with the guide rod or rods F which
ride in lugs G, G, of the bracket B, the lower part of said rod or rods F being so bent
that its or their terminal form a plug or lifter I which passes up through the bottom of
the cage C when operated by the rod J and lever handle K whether said hand lever be
arranged for action from above the bracket B as in full lines at Figure 1, or from below
as indicated by the dotted lines in the same figure. L, is the fixed pusher projecting
downwardly from the top plate M, said pusher being surrounded by a capping or
hood N, in the hollow of which the neck of the bottle when inserted in the cage and
the cage thrown backwardly finds a lodgment for ensuring its mouth being central
with the pusher L.
At Figures 1 and 2 I show the operating lever K cranked and pivotted at P, but
at Figure I show a plain hand lever K with a pin at Q riding in a slotted guide
bar R, said pin Q being attached to the bent portion S of the rod or rods F.
The lever K in this view takes its pivot at T from a short arm U secured loosely to the
backing A.
The lever handle K may be substituted by a rack on the rod F geared into by a
quadrant not shown and operable by a hand lever as before mentioned as one of
the ways by which the rod F could be actuated such as from below or at the side of
the backing A according to the position at which my apparatus is required to be
placed.
V is a roller governing the motion of the hook W.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the action is as follows:-
The lever handle K is thrown upwardly to lower the rod F and with it the hooked
bar E of which the hook W in descending bears against the roller V until the hook W
reaches the lower band C¹ of the cage C when the cage cants forwardly on its pivot D
impelled by its overhanging weight and by the release of the bar E from the roller V,
which roller becomes caught by the hook W and limits the forwardly down drop of
the cage C. With this movement, the rod or rods F descend by the connection with
the rod J. and the plug I is lowered to be about clear of the bottom of the cage C. A
bottle to be opened is now placed in the cage C and a reverse motion of the hand
lever K through the rod J and rod or rods F cause the hooked bar E to rise, and by
the roller V rubbing against the back of the bar E, the cage C with the contained

page_text: bottle are brought into a vertical position and the cage C temporarily locked, a
continued movement of the hand lever K then raises the plug I to a greater height
and exerts a force against the bottom of the bottle, the lift and the force exerted
cause the bottle to be lifted for the stopper to be put forcibly into contact with the
pusher L, so that the bottle stopper is released from its seat, the bottle being guided
in its lift by the hood N.
A rapid action on the hand lever K returns the parts and the cage to their normal
positions ready for the opened bottle to be removed from the cage C.
The same movements are carried on by the various parts of the apparatus whether
the hand lever K be above or below the cage C as will be gathered from an inspection
of the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. An apparatus for opening internal stoppered aerated water bottles, in which
apparatus the movable parts are arranged in the manner and for the purposes
specified.
2. In an apparatus for the purpose specified, the pivotted cage with open bottom
within which a plug can be raised to lift a bottle and the stopper be released therein
by contact with pusher on the motion of a hand lever, as set forth.
The 9th day of June 1899.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said :-Colin Campbell Calder.