AN IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING GLOBULAR AND LIKE INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM THE NECKS OF BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED OR GASEOUS LIQUIDS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
WO FREDERICK JOHN BEAUMONT of 3 Charlwood Place, Belgrave Road,
Middlesex, Electrical Engineer and FRANCIS SAMUEL TURNER of 7 Catherine
Court, Seething Lane, city of London, Wine Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR
REMOVING GLOBULAR AND LIKE INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM THE NECKS OF BOTTLES
CONTAINING AERATED OR GASEOUS LIQUIDS,” to be as follows :—
The object of our invention is to remove by gradual yet somewhat rapid pressuro
globular disc, and other like internal stoppers from the necks of bottles containing
aerated or gascous liquids.
According to the ordinary method of removing internal globular and other liko
stoppers from the necks of norated and gaseous liquid bottles a kind of cap with an
internal rigid plug as part of said cap is fitted over the bottle neck and then by a
sudden blow on the cap the stopper is shot into the liquid, which not only causes
an unnecessary agitation of the liquid as to liberate the gas contained in the liquid,
and also a quantity of the liquid to escape and splash out of the neck, but from the
suddenness of the shock given to the bottle by such release of internal pressure the
bottle is caused to burst often with disagreeable effects to the person opening said
bottlo.
This agitation and sudden release of gas renders the liquid flat to the taste and
it loses the brilliancy and sparkling appearance so essentially pleasing to the eye.
Now by our invention the stopper can be pushed into the bottle by gradual
pressure so as to liberate the gas that is above the liquid without to any serious
extent disturbing the gas contained in the liquid.
According to our said invention wo fit a pillar on the top of a cup or cap and
hinge or pivot to the pillar a lever whose front end is provided with a thumb plate.
At a suitable distance from the pivot or hinge joint we loosely pin a vertical yet
depending leg embraced by a spring. The leg passes into the cup or cap and its
inner end is provided with a foot plate or pusher to engage upon the globular or
other internal stopper,

page_text: In action the cap or cup is placed over the bottle's neck and rests upon the
shoulder or on the mouth of the bottle, and held in position by hand.
The thumb plate is then depressed which also causes the leg to descend and the
foot to press upon the stopper, a continued pressure then overcomes the internal
pressure and the gas from above the liquid escapes, around the edge of the stopper
until the gas seal is broken, the stopper then falls into the liquid and the cap is
removed previous to the liquid being poured out.
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We FREDERICK JOHN BEAUMONT of 3 Charlwood Place Belgrave Road,
Middlesex Electrical Engineer and FRANCIS SAMUEL TURNER of 7 Catherine
Court Seething Lane, City of London, Wine Merchant, do hereby declare the 1
nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR
REMOVING GLOBULAR AND LIKE INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM THE NECKS OF BOTTLES
CONTAINING AERATED OR GASEOUS LIQUIDS," and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
The object of our invention is to remove by gradual yet somewhat rapid pressure
globular disc and other like internal stoppers from the necks of bottles containing
aerated or gaseous liquids.
According to the ordinary method of removing internal globular and other like
stoppers from the necks of aerated and gaseous liquid bottles, a kind of cap with an
internal rigid plug as part of said cap is fitted over the bottle neck and then by a
sudden blow on the cap the stopper is shot into the liquid, which not only causes
such an unnecessary agitation of the liquid as to liberate the gas contained in the
liquid, and also a quantity of the liquid to escape and splash out of the neck, but
from the suddenness of the shock given to the bottle by such release of internal
pressure the bottle is caused to burst, often with disagreeable effects to the person
opening said bottle.
This agitation and sudden release of gas renders the liquid flat to the taste and
it loses the brilliancy and sparkling appearance so essentially pleasing to the eye.
Now by our invention the stopper can be pushed into the bottle by gradual
pressure so as to liberate the gas that is above the liquid without to any serious
extent disturbing the gas contained in the liquid.
According to our said invention which is represented in the annexed drawings in
which Figure 1 shows a sectional elevation of the appliance on a bottle and
Figure 2 a perspective view of the apparatus, we fit a pillar A on the top of a cup
or cap B and hinge or pivot to the pillar a lever C whose front end is provided
with a thumb plate D. At a suitable distance from the pivot or hinge joint E we
loosely pin a vertical yet depending leg F embraced by a spring G. The leg F

page_text: passes into the cup or cap B and its inner end is provided with a foot plate H or
pusher to engage upon the globular or other internal stopper J.
In action the cup or cap B is placed over the bottle's neck and rests upon the
shoulder K or on the mouth L of the bottle M, and held in position by hand.
The thumb plate D is then depressed which also causes the leg F to descend and
the foot H to press upon the stopper J, a continued pressure then overcomes the
internal pressure, and the gas from above the liquid escapes, around the edge of the
stopper J until the gas seal is broken. The stopper J then falls into the liquid and
cap B is removed previous to the liquid.being poured out.
the
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
The apparatus shown at Figure 2, formed by the combination of a bell mouth
top B with a horizontal lever C acting upon vertical centrepiece F as shown in the
figures for the purpose setforth.
NG COM day of December 1.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for F. J. Beaumont and F. S. Turner.