IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE PROVISIONAL
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Julius Nuellens, of Torquay, in the County of
Devon, and Matthias Neuhaus, of Surrey Street, Strand, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julius Nuellens and
Matthias Neuhaus at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 29th May 1868.
We, JULIUS NUELLENS, of Torquay, in the County of Devon, and
MATTHIAS NEUHAUS, of Surrey Street, Strand, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR COOLING WINE OR OTHER LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES
OB OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES," to be as follows:-
The apparatus at present in use for cooling wine or other liquids in
bottles or like receptacles is defective inasmuch that when it is desired

page_text: to pour out some of the contents of the bottle the bottle has to be removed
from the apparatus, and being wet on the exterior drops of water drip
from it, and there is again a difficulty in replacing the bottle in the
apparatus owing to the ice in the apparatus getting in the way. Now
our Invention consists in constructing the apparatus in such manner
that it can be tilted without any water escaping; thus the contents of
the bottle can be poured out without the necessity of removing the
bottle from the apparatus.
We provide the apparatus with a water-tight cover, consisting by
preference of a diaphragm of vulcanized india-rubber or other elastic
waterproof material; this diaphragm has a hole in the centre to pass over
the neck of the bottle, while the edges of the diaphragm are turned over
the outer edge of a plate of annular form; the diameter of this plate is
about equal to that of the rim or top edge of the apparatus. When a bottle
and ice or other cooling medium have been introduced into the appa-
ratus, the hole in the diaphragm is passed over the neck of the bottle, and
the cover is then fastened down by clamps, screws, or other convenient
the elasticity of the diaphragm makes a tight joint round the
bottle neck, and the under side of the diaphragm being held down
tightly upon the rim of the apparatus makes a tight joint all round the
:same. We provide the apparatus with one or more handles for lifting
and tilting it.
Our Invention further consists in providing the apparatus with
trunnions or axles, and in mounting it on a stand of any desired form
or design so that it can be tilted on its trunnions without being lifted;
the axles are preferably cranked or bent so that the bottle rises thereon
when tilted. The stand is also provided with rollers or wheels to allow
it to be easily moved on a table.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Julius Nuellens and Matthias Neuhaus in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JULIUS
NUELLENS, of Torquay, in the County of Devon, and MATTHIAS
NEUHAUS, of Surrey Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Julius Nuellens and Matthias Neuhaus,
Her special licence that we,. the said Julius Nuellens and Matthias
Neuhaus, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
we, the said Julius Nuellens and Matthias Neuhaus, our 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR COOLING WINE OR OTHER LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES OR
OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said Julius. Nuellens and Matthias Neuhaus, or one of us, our
executors. or administrators,, by an instrument in writing under our, or
one of our or their, or one of their hands. and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Julius Nuellens and Matthias
Neuhaus, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is. to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being.
had to the Drawings hereunto. annexed, that is to say :-
The apparatus at present in use for cooling wine or other. liquids.
in bottles or like receptacles is defective inasmuch that when it is desired:
to pour out some of the contents of the bottle the bottle has to be.
removed from the apparatus, and being wet on the exterior: drops of
water drip from it, and there is again a difficulty in. replacing the bottle
in the apparatus owing to the ice in the apparatus getting in the way..
Now our Invention consists in constructing the apparatus in such
manner that it can be tilted without any water escaping; thus the
contents of the bottle can be poured out without the necessity, of,
removing the bottle from the apparatus.

page_text: We provide the apparatus with a water-tight cover, consisting by
preference of a diaphragm of india-rubber or other elastic waterproof
material; this diaphragm has a hole in the centre to pass over the neck
of the bottle, while the edges of the diaphragm are turned over the
outer edge of a plate of annular form; the diameter of this plate is about
equal to that of the rim or top edge of the apparatus. When a bottle
and ice or other cooling medium have been introduced into the apparatus
the hole in the diaphragm is passed over the neck of the bottle, and the
cover is then fastened down by clamps, screws, or other convenient
means; the elasticity of the diaphragm makes a tight joint round the
bottle neck, and the under side of the diaphragm being held down
tightly upon the rim of the apparatus makes a tight joint all round the
same. We provide the apparatus with one or more handles for lifting
and tilting it.
Our Invention further consists in providing the apparatus with
trunnions or axles, and in mounting it on a stand of any desired form
or design so that it can be tilted on its trunnions without being lifted;
the axles may be cranked or bent so that the bottle rises thercon when
tilted. The stand may be provided with rollers or wheels to allow it
to be easily moved on a table.
The accompanying Drawings represent a cooler or apparatus con-
structed according to our Invention.
Figure 1 is an elevation; Figure 2 a top view; Figure 3 a central
vertical section, and Figure 4 a section through the line 1-1 of Figure 3.
a is the exterior or outer case of the cooler, and 6 an inner movable
case; this inner case & carries a flat perforated ring c to support the ice,
and is provided with vertical divisions d which prevent the ice getting
all to one side. The top of the outer case a is slightly bell-mouthed,
as shown. e is an india-rubber diaphragm, which has a central hole
to pass over the neck of the bottle, as seen in Figure 3;. its elasticity
produces a water-tight joint round the neck. The outer edge of the
diaphragm e is turned down under the edge of an annular plate f, as
shown separately in Figure 5. The diaphragm e and plate fare secured
As the
in a cover or cap g, which may be of any desired form.
diaphragm e bears upon the top edge of the outer case a a water-tight
joint is formed all round. The cover 9 is provided with a hook h diame-
trically opposite to a clamping or tightening screw i. When the bottle has
been inserted into the cooler the ice is put into the inner case b, as seen

page_text: in Figure 3, and the cover 7 is passed over the neck of the bottle. By
then screwing up the screw i the cover is secured, and a tight joint made
all round. is a bulge or projection at the bottom of the inner case b,
corresponding with the ordinary recess in the bottom of the bottle.
When it is desired to impart a rotary motion to the bottle when in the
cooler for the purpose of freezing the contents, we apply a loose cap
upon the bulge k; the bulge k is smaller than the bulge of this cap, so
that there is little frictional resistance to the rotation of this cap with the
bottle. m is a handle for tilting or lifting the cooler; n, n, are trunnions or
axles to support the cooler upon a stand o, o. When there is only one
trunnion at each side of the cooler we make them flat on the under side
to prevent them tilting accidentally; but when there are two trunnions
at each side, as seen in the Figures, they need not be flat. Again, when
there is only one central trunnion or axle at each side it may, as before
stated, be cranked or bent, so that the bottle rises when tilted. Figure 6
shows the cooler tilted on its stand.
When it is required to put a pint bottle into a cooler made of suffi-
cient dimensions to receive a quart bottle, we insert into the bottom of
the inner case 6 a stand or frame p, as seen in Figure 7, for the bottle to
rest upon. The top of this stand is bulged, as seen at q. The loose cap /
may be placed on this bulge when it is desired to give a rotating motion
to the bottle.
We do not limit our Invention to any particular shape or construction
of cooler, nor do we confine ourselves to the particular arrangement or
mode described of making a water-tight cover, as other arrangements or
modes might be adopted; the arrangement shown in the Drawings is,
however, what in practice we have found to answer best.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim
as our improvements in portable apparatus for cooling wine or other
liquids in bottles or other like receptacles,―
First. Constructing or providing such apparatus with a water-tight
cover, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein-before
described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. Constructing such apparatus when provided with a water-
tight cover with trunnions or axles, substantially in the manner

page_text: and for the purpose herein-before described and represented in the
accompanying Drawings.
Third. Constructing or providing such apparatus when provided with
a water-tight cover with a stand, substantially as and for the purpose
herein-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Matthias Neuhaus, for myself
and on behalf of the said Julius. Nuellens, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of November One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
MATHIAS NEUHAUS. (L.s.)