IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AND CONTAINING GASEOUS LIQUIDS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AND CONTAINING
GASEOUS LIQUIDS."-A communication from abroad by Pierre Prudence
Henri Couillard, of No. 45, Rue St. Sebastien, Paris, in the Empire of
France
Sealed the 4th April 1862, and dated the 9th November 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th November 1861.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AND CON-
TAINING GASEOUS LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of constructing that kind of appa-
ratus which is generally known under the name of "gazogene." Gazogenes,
as now constructed, are generally formed of two vessels, usually made of glass,

page_text: and connected together by a metallic joint. The improved apparatus which
forms the subject of the present Invention, consists simply of one vessel made
of glass, porcelain, or other suitable material, in which are placed the water and
chemical salts necessary to produce the gas with which it is intended to im-
pregnate the liquid. An aperture is made either at the top, bottom, or other
convenient part of the vessel, and a recess is provided to receive a small per-
forated vessel in which the salts are placed. This small vessel is secured in
its place by a screw cover or capsule, and the small vessel being perforated,
the water from the large containing vessel may be allowed to run among the
solid salts and cause the gas to be disengaged and percolate through the
water. A suitable tap connected with a tube which extends to the bottom of
the containing vessel will serve to draw off the gaseous liquid from the vessel
when required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th May 1862.
TO ALL TO, WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery. Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my, executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said William Edward Newton, 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
"IMPROVED. APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AND. CONTAINING GASEOUS LIQUIDS,"
being a communication from abroad by Pierre Prudence Henri Couillard,
upon. the condition (amongst others, that I, the said William Edward Newton,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and: seal; should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner

page_text: 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.
A
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, 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 Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and Figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of constructing that kind of appa-
ratus which is generally known under the name of "gazogene," and which is
employed for the purpose of producing and containing gaseous liquids. These
apparatus, as now constructed, are generally composed of two vessels con-
nected together by a metallic joint, which renders them heavy, cumbrous, and
expensive. The improved apparatus which forms the subject of the present
Invention consists simply of one vessel made of glass, porcelain, or other
suitable material, in which are placed the water and chemical salts necessary
to produce the gas with which it is intended to impregnate the liquid. An
aperture is made either at the top, bottom, or other convenient part of the
vessel, and a recess is provided to receive a small perforated vessel in which
the salts are placed. This small vessel is secured in its place by a screw cover
or capsule, and the small vessel being perforated the water from the large
containing vessel may be allowed to run among the solid salts and cause the
gas to be disengaged and percolate through the water. A suitable tap con-
nected with a tube which extends to the bottom of the containing vessel will
serve to draw off the gaseous liquid from the vessel when required.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews, in vertical section, an appa-
ratus in which the vessel for containing the chemical salts is situate at the
bottom of the apparatus. Fig. 2 shews an apparatus in which the apertures
through which the chemical salts and the water are supplied to the apparatus
are both situate at the top of the vessel. Fig. 3 represents an apparatus in
which the vessel for containing the salts is of an annular form, and is inserted
into the neck of the vessel, and the tube for drawing. off the aerated liquid is
made to pass through the vessel that contains the chemical salts.
. In the arrangement shewn at Fig. 1, the vessel A receives, at its lower part,
the small vessel D for containing the chemical matters. The vessel D is
perforated with holes d to allow of the escape of the gases. The top or cover of
this vessel is not perforated, in order to prevent as much as possible the_
powders from being carried off into the liquid to be drunk. The recess for

page_text: the reception of the vessel D is provided with a joint B, and is closed by
means of a screw cap C. The neck of the bottle is also provided with a
joint E, upon which is screwed the cap F, provided with the tap f, for drawing
off the liquid. The cap F has a short tube cast upon it for the reception of
the glass tube a, through which the gaseous liquid is drawn up.
The operation of this apparatus is very simple; it is only necessary to turn
it bottom upwards, pour the chemical powders into the perforated chamber D,
and then screw on the cover C, and return the apparatus to its original upright
position. The water which escapes by the turning over of the apparatus
passes through the small holes d in the vessel D, and dissolves the powders or
salts for the production of the gas with which the liquid becomes impregnated.
The vessel D may be secured in any suitable manner in the recess provided
for it, and its dimensions may vary according to the quantity of water to be
impregnated. This vessel may also be made either of metal, porcelain,
earthenware, or other convenient and suitable material. Fig. 2 represents an
apparatus composed of similar parts to those above described in reference to
Fig. 1, with this difference, that both the openings are situate at its upper
part. It is, in this case, necessary to keep the apparatus either in a reversed
or recumbent position for some time, in order to allow the water to dissolve
the chemical matters contained in the compartment D. Fig. 3 represents
another arrangement of apparatus in which there is only one opening for the
reception of the vessel D containing the powders to be dissolved. The
vessel D (in this instance) is of an annular form, to allow of the passage
through it of the central tube a, through which the gaseous liquid is drawn up.
In this instance, as in the arrangement shewn in Fig. 2, it is necessary tó
reverse or incline the apparatus, in order that the water may dissolve the
chemical agents. Similar letters of reference are marked upon corresponding
parts in all the Figures.
Having now described this Invention of "Improved Apparatus for Manufac-
turing and Containing Gaseous Liquids," as communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I desire it to be understood that I do not mean or intend to confine
myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts above shewn and
described, nor to their form and dimensions, nor the materials of which they
are composed, as these may be varied without departing from the nature and
object of the Invention; but that which I desire to claim as the Invention
secured to me by Letters Patent, as aforesaid, is an apparatus for the produc-
tion of gaseous liquids, consisting of a single vessel, in which are contained the

page_text: water and the chemical agents necessary for the production of the gases with
which the water is to be impregnated, as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)