A New or Improved Covering or Envelope for Bottles, Flagons, and other similar Vessels.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Covering or Envelope for Bottles, Flagons, and
other similar Vessels.
I, ALFRED DECAMPS, of 10 Rue du Parc-royal, Paris, in the Republic of
Franco, a Member of the Firm of A. Decamps and Company, Doll Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said-invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to provide a covoring or envelope for bottles,
flagons and other similar vessels for the purpose of making the handling thereof
cleaner and more agreeable than when used in the ordinary way without any cover
or envelope, and also for the purpose of improving the appearance of bottles,
flagons and the like when they are placed on the table or exposed for show in a
shop, buffet or otherwise.
The covering or envelope may also be utilized as a receiver for refrigerating
material intended to reduce the temperature of the contents of the bottle or other
similar vessel, as for cooling champagne for example.
The said covoring or envelope consists of two or more pieces connected together
by bayonet joints or otherwise in such manner that they can be quickly removed
from one bottle or flagon for example and placed on another of similar shape.
According to one arrangement, the lower part of the covering is shaped more or
less exactly to the lower part of the bottle and the upper part of the covering to
the upper or shoulder part of the bottle, the two parts being connected together by
a bayonot joint. In order to prevent shaking or movement of the bottle within the
covering, one or more washers of indiarubber may be interposed between the bottom of
the bottle and the bottom of the covering. These washers onable the upper part of
the covering to be pressed tightly down on the shoulder of the bottle before the
bayonet joints are engaged in one another, the elasticity of the washers then
keeping the latter tightly engaged so that the two parts of the covering firmly
grasp the bottle between them. The covering or envelope requires to be
sufficiently largo to receive all bottles of the anme make and nominal size.
The lower part of the covering may be used as a receiver for ice or refrigerating
mixture so that a more or less considerablo surface of the bottle comes in contact
with such ice or refrigerating mixture and the contents of the bottle are thereby
quickly lowered in the temperature. The lower part of the covering, which
contains the ice or other refrigerating mixture, may be constantly drawn upwards
against the bottom of the bottle by means of an indiarubber sleave fitting over the
shoulder of the bottle and connected by any suitable means to the upper edge of
the said receiver; by these means play of the bottle in the covering is prevented.
The upper part of the covering is connected to the lower part, or refrigerant
receiver, by a bayonet joint as before described, or otherwise, and the top of this
upper part, which surrounds the neck of the bottle, may be slitted vertically so as
to form a number of springs which press firmly against the bottle and hold the
covering securely to it.
A spiral spring, resting on the shoulder of the bottle, may be made to act on the
upper part of the covering so, as to draw the lower part, or refrigerant receiver,
upwards so as to secure the firm connection together of the parts of the covering
or envelope.
According to another arrangement, the bottom of the bottle rests on the upper
edge of a reservoir containing ice or other refrigerant; a sleove of india-rubbor
connects this reservoir with the bottle, and the whole is enclosed in a covering or
envelope of the kind above described, a spring being preferably inserted between
the bottom of the refrigerant reservoir and the bottom of the covering for the

page_text: purpose of keeping the said reservoir pressed constantly against the bottom of the
bottle and for holding the parts of the covering firmly together.
When desired, one or more openings may be loft in the covering or envelope
to enable the label on the bottle to be seen when such covering or envelope is in
place on the bottle.
The covering or envelope is preferably made of metal such as silver, nickel, or
aluminium, for example, and may be chased, stamped up, repoussé, silvered, gilded,
nickled, or otherwise ornamented in any suitable way. In the ornamentation of
the parts composing the covering or envelope, escutcheons or other such like parts
may be left in which may be engraved, or otherwise indicated, the cypher, arms, or
naine, of the person, club, or establishment to which the cover or envelope belongs.
Dated this 28th day of January 1893.
Per W. H. Beck,
ECAMPS,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Covering or Envelope for Bottles, Flagons, and
other similar Vessels.
I, ALFRED DECAMPS, of 10 Rue du Parc-royal, Paris, in the Republic of
France, a Member of the Firm of A. Decamps and Company, Doll Makers, 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, that is to say :-
The object of this invention is to provide a covering or envelope for bottles,
flagons and other similar vessels for the purpose of making the handling thereof
cloaner and more agreeable than when used in the ordinary way without any
cover or envelope, and also for the purpose of improving the appearance of bottles,
flagons and the like when they are placed on the table or exposed for show in a
shop, buffet or otherwise.
The covering or envelope may also be utilized as a receiver for refrigerating
material intended to reduce the temperature of the contents of the bottle or other
similar vessel, as for cooling champagne for example.
Tho said covering or envelope consists of two or more pieces connected together
by bayonet joints or otherwise in such manner that they can be quickly removed
from one bottle or flagon for example and placed on another of similar shape.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe the same with the aid of the accompanying drawings which represent
various arrangements and modifications of the coverings or envelopes applied to
champagne bottles.
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a vertical section of a simple form of the
covering or envelope as applied to the bottle.
Figure 3 is a vertical section showing the covering or envelope arranged to serve
as a receiver or container for refrigerating matorial.
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively an elevation and vertical section showing a
somewhat different arrangement of the covering or envelope adapted as a container
for refrigorating material.
The covering or envelope shown in Figures 1 and 2 is made in two parts a and 6
connected together by a bayonet-jointed; the lower part a is shaped more or less
exactly to the lower part of the bottle and to the rounded edge thereof. The
upper part 6 covers the upper or shoulder part of the bottle and terminates at the
jointed by a bead or cover & which hides the said joint. This bead is cut away
at three equidistant points ƒ ƒ corresponding to three similarly spaced
projections 9 g g formed on or secured to the lower part a. By this arrangement,
when the bottle is placed in the lower part a of the covering or envelope, the part b

page_text: can be placed over the upper part of the bottle and secured to the lower part by
bringing the notches and the projections g g' opposite one another and
turning the upper part 6 on the lower part a so as to lock the two parts together
by means of the bayonet joint thus formed.
In order to prevent shaking or movement of the bottle within the covering, one
or more washers of india-rubber & may be interposed between the bottom of the
bottle and the bottom of the lower part a of the covering. These washers enable
the upper part 6 of the covering to be pressed tightly down on the shoulder of
the bottle before the parts of the bayonet joint are engaged in one another, the
elasticity of the washors then keeping the latter tightly engaged so that the two parts
of the covering firmly grasp the bottle between them. The covering or envelope
requires to be sufficiently large to receive all bottles of the same make and nominal
size.
The lower part of the covering may be used as shown in Figure 3 as a receiver
for ice or a refrigerating mixture, so that a more or less considerable surface of the
bottle comes in contact with such ice or refrigerating mixture and the contents of
the bottle are thereby quickly lowered in temperature.
The lower part a of the covering or envelope is in this case, left plain, that is to
any without openings or perforations in its sides, so as to form a kind of reservoir.
The bottom a is pressed up inwardly and is shaped approximately to the cavity in
the bottom of the bottle, which rests on three or other suitable number of projec-
tions a' formed by pressing up the bottom of the covering or envelope in the process
of manufacture.
The receiver a is finished at top by a bead which holds the lower end of an
indiarubber sleeve m which fits over the shoulder of the bottle and exerts an
upward pull which constantly draws the receiver a against the bottom of the bottle,
thereby preventing play of the bottle in the covering.
The upper part of the covering is connected to the lower part, or refrigerant
receiver, by a bayonet joint composed of the notched bead b' and the projections g,
similar to those before described in reference to Figures 1 and 2, and the top of this
upper part, which surrounds the neok of the bottle, may be slitted vertically as shown
at n n in Figure 3 so as to form a number of springs which press firmly against
the bottle, and hold the covering securely to it.
A spiral spring r, surrounding and resting ou the shoulder of the bottle, may be
made to act on the upper part of the covering so as to draw the lower part or
refrigerant receiver a upwards in order to secure the firm connection together of
the parts a and b of the covering or envelope.
The ice and salt, or other ingredients forming the refrigerating mixture, are
placed in proper proportions in the lower part of the receiver a; then the bottle is
placed therein so as to rest on the mixture, and is pressed down into the same as
far as possible by turning it backwards and forwards, at the same time pressing it
downwards. The indiarubber sleeve m is next put in place, then the spring and
finally the upper part of the covering. The water, which results from the
melting of the ice, rises up between the receivor a and the bottle as the refrigerating
mixture is changed into a liquid state. By this means I obtain a considerable and
rapid reduction of temperature.
In Figures 4 and 5 is shown another arrangement in which the bottom of the
bottle rests on the upper edge of a reservoir p containing ice or other refrigerant.
This reservoir is contained in the lower part a of the covering and a sleeve of
indiarubber o connects this reservoir p with the bottle and the whole is enclosed in
a covering or envelope'a b of the kind above described, a spring 9 being preferably
inserted between the bottom of the refrigerant reservoir p and the bottom of the
covering a for the purpose of keeping the said reservoir pressed constantly towards
the bottom of the bottle and for holding the parts of the covering firmly together.
When desired, one or more openings may be left in the covering or envelope_as
ata, for example, to enable the label on the bottle to be seen when such covering
or envelope is in place on the bottle.

page_text: The covering or envelope may be made of any suitable material but preferably of
metal such as silver, nickel, or aluminium for example, and may be chased, moulded,
stamped up, repoussé, silvered, gilded, nickeled or otherwise ornamented in any
Biritable way.
In the ornamentation of the parts composing the covering or
envelope, escutcheons or other such like parts, as shown at e in Figure 1 for
example, may be left, in which may be engraved, or otherwise indicated, the cypher,
arms, or name, of the person, club, or establishment, to which the cover or envelope
belongs.
I desire to have it understood that I do not confine myself to the particular
design, forms, or dimensions, shown, as these may be varied according to circum-
stances without departing from the nature of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I olaim is :-
First. The covering or envelopes for bottles, flagons and other similar vessels.
which consists of two or more parts connected together by bayonet joints or other-
wise so as to allow of the same covering or envelope being used with or without
elastic washers for all bottles of the same size and shape substantially as described.
Second. The covering or envelope formning the subject of the first claiming clause
hereof, in which the lower part thereof forms a reservoir to contain ice or a
refrigerating mixture for lowering the temperature of the contents of the bottle,
flagon or other vessel, the parts being so arranged and subjected to spring action as
to secure constant contact of the covering or envelope with the bottle whatever may
be the stato, as regards solidity of the refrigerating mixture contained in such
reservoir, substantially as described with reference to Figure 3 of the drawings.
Third. The covering or envelope, forming the subject of the first claiming clause
hereof, in which the lower part of the said covering or envelope is combined with
a reservoir for ice or a refrigerating mixture placed between the bottom of such
lower part and the bottom of the bottle, flagon or other vessel, the parts of the
covering or envelope and the said reservoir being held in steady contact with the
bottle, Hagon or other vessel by means of a spring substantially as described with
reference to Figure 5 of the drawings.
Dated shin gosh day of Data 1902