A Novel and Simple Method of Aërating Beverages and other Liquids by Compression and Injection of Air or Gases.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Novel and Simple Method of Aërating Beverages and other
Liquids by Compression and Injection of Air or Gases.
I JOHN TITUS COOPER, Linden House 33 Serpentine Road Harborne
Birmingham Property Owner, and General Dealer and Repairer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A novel & simple method of aërating beverages & other liquids by compression
& injection of air, carbonic acid or other gases, so as to produce effervescence or
foaming, or sparkling when drawn for use.
This invention is a novel & simple method of producing aëration or effervescence
or foaming, or sparkling in any liquid which is required to be produced in that
condition when drawn from any containing vessel by the usual tap or orifice for
delivery.
As applied to a barrel of ale or beer that has become flat, or quiescent, or lost
its residual ferimentation, one of the many forms of condensing syringe, inflator, or
collapsible rubber bag or other variation of such forms is applied as & instead of
the usual vent peg by simply boring a hole in the barrel as for vent peg & screwing
in the taper shank of the injector, by compressing air periodically into the barrel;
the contained liquid is not only preserved from acidity, but also, is delivered at the
tap aërated, effervescent, foaming & sparkling to the last drop.
As applied to the bung of barrels for the use of brewers, the condensing
apparatus would preferably be. inside the barrel & nothing visible outside, but the
head of the condenser sunk in a recess in the bung itself, the said head to be
raised by the consumer & used for condensation if required.
As applied to the invalids bottle of refreshing or medicated drink the condenser
would preferably be attached to the stopper of the said bottle in addition to the
usual syphon tap & carbonic acid, or other gases generated in the usual way, in
another bottle or vessel & conducted by a tube to the condenser & injected into the
liquid or simply aërated by injection of air only.
As applied to steins or stone ware barrels for making fruit or other drinks, for
summer use, the injector would be preferably applied to the bungs of such vessels
& by injecting air, the contents could be drawn to the last drop, aërated
effer vescent foaming & sparkling, even after residual fermentation had entirely
ceased, many other applications of the same principle could be specified.
3-4 100K
JOHN TITUS COOPER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
86 A Novel and Simple Method of Aerating Beverages and other
Liquids by Compression and Injection of Air or Gases.
I, JOHN TITUS COOPER of Linden House, 33 Serpentine Road Harborne,
Birmingham Property Owner, and General Dealer and Repairer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
A novel and simple method of aërating beverages, and other liquids, by com-
pression, and injection of air, or gases.
This invention is a novel and simple
method of producing aëration, or effervescence, or foaming, or sparkling, in any
liquid, which is required to be produced in that condition, when drawn from any
containing vessel, by the usual tap, or orifice for delivery.
As applied to a barrel of ale, or beer that has become flat, or quiesent, or lost
ita residual fermentation, one of the many forms of condensing syringe, inflator or
collapsible rubber bag, or other variations of such forms, is applied as, and instead
of the usual vent peg, by simply boring a hole in the barrel as for vent peg, and
screwing in the taper shank of the injector, by compressing air periodically into
the barrel, the contained liquid is not only preserved from acidity but also, is
delivered at the tap aërated, effervescent, foaming and sparkling to the last drop.
As applied to the bungs of barrels for the use of brewers, the condensing
apparatus, would be preferably inside the barrel, and nothing visible outside, but
the head of the condenser sunk in a recess in the bung itself, the said head to be
Taised by the consumer, and used for condensation if required.
As applied to the invalids bottle of refreshing or medicated drink the condenser
would preferably be attached to the stopper of the said bottle, in addition to the
usual syphon tap, and carbonic acid, or other gases, generated in the usual way, in
another bottle, or vessel, and conducted by a tube to the condenser and injected
into the liquid, or simply aërated by injection of air only.
As applied to steins or stone ware barrels used for making fruit or other drinks
for summer use, the injector would be preferably applied to the bungs of such
vessels and by injecting air, the contents could be drawn to the last drop, aerated,
effervescent, foaming and sparkling even after residual fermentation had entirely
ceased.
The accompanying drawing, on which the same letters of reference indicate
the same or corresponding parts in all the figures, illustrates how my invention is
to be carried out.
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of an air injector or inflator which I screw
into the vent hole in a barrel of ale or beer after it has become flat so that I can
pump or compress air into said barrel. This condensing syringe or inflator or air
injector is similar to those used for inflating indiarubber bicycle tyres but made
with a tap A at its lower part provided with a taper screwed shank a¹ for screwing
into the vent hole in the cask or barrel. The said inflator or air injector consists
of a tube B to the bottom end of which the tap A is fixed and to the upper end
of this tube is fixed a piston C provided with cup leather fitting in the closed
cylinder D so that when the latter is moved upwardly the air is drawn in at 6 and
past the cup leathered piston C to the top of the same and then when the cylinder D
is moved downwardly again the air is compressed and forced through the valve E
along the pipe B and through the tap A into the cask or barrel so as to compress
the air in the same. When the air in the barrel has been compressed for a short
time it will be found that the liquid which is withdrawn through the tap will be
aerated effervescent-foaming and sparkling to the last drop.
Fig. 2 shewa how I employ my invention to the bungs of barrels for the use of
brewers. In this case the air condensing or injecting appliance is inside the barrel;
the cylinder D is fixed in.the bung F and has. an. outlet valve G at its bottom end
and is provided inside with the plunger B fitting within the same and made with an
air inlet valve E and a head 6 (in which is an air inlet hole 6) which fits in the
recess in the bung so that when it is desired to force air into the cask the head 61
can be raised and the plunger B moved up and down.
Fig. 3 shews the top of an ordinary syphon bottle which can be filled with any
liquid and then by screwing the end of the air compressor Fig. 1 into the
stopper h of the bottle air can be forced into the bottle to aerate the contents.

page_text: Fig. 4 shows how the air injector Fig. I can be applied to the bung of a stein
or stone ware barrel I to force air into the same and aerate the contents.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained, the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
The application of any of the many forms of condensing syringe, inflator,
collapsible bag, or other variations of such forms for producing aëration, or
effervescence, or foaming, or sparkling in any kind of beverage, or liquid, in any
kind of containing vessel by condensation or compression of air or gases as herein-
before described.
1041 fon
JOHN TITUS COOPER.