IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO SYPHON BOTTLES FOR AERATED OR GASEOUS LIQUIDS
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent
Agents, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO SYPHON
BOTTLES FOR 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:-
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This invention relates to syphon bottles for aerated or gaseous liquids and has
for its object to so construct the same that the substances for forming or producing
carbonic acid may be introduced therein in a solid condition (as, for instance, in
the form of lumps of effervescent sugar, and be so arranged that they will not change
or commence to effervesce until desired.
To attain this object the improved syphon bottle or apparatus should be so
constructed as to permit its entire upper part either to be taken off, or to be
thrown back, in order to allow of introducing the desired liquid, such as wine,
water, or the like, as well as the substances producing carbonic acid (as for instance
some solid lump or bonbon consisting of sugar, bicarbonate of soda and tartaric
acid), and its construction must, further, be such as to prevent the said substances
from coming into contact with the said liquid until the said upper part, or syphon-
head, has been closed again.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of the improved apparatus the bottle
being closed.
Figure 2 is a front view of the apparatus open, and
Figure 3 a similar view of the apparatus closed.
Figure 4 is a top view of the apparatus, and
Figure 5 is a horizontal transverse section of the same on the line A. B
Figure 2.
Like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.

page_text: a indicates a bottle having a centrally perforated plate b placed upon a shoulder
formed on the upper inner flange of the said bottle. The plate has fixed to its
under side a pipe or tube c and to its upper side a funnel-shaped pipe d
communicating with the pipe c through the said central opening in the plate b, or
forming a continuation of the said pipe c. The upper flange of the said funnel-
shaped pipe is covered with an annular piece of india-rubber or other suitable
packing material. e is the bell-shaped syphon-head pivotted at g to the ring f
around the neck of the bottle a, the interior part of the head e being of such shape
that, when closed, it will bear or press upon the upper india-rubber covered flange
of the funnel d and thus form a hermetically closed joint between the upper part
of the head e and the pipe c.
Instead of connecting the head to the bottle as before described it may be
attached thereto in any other suitable manner.
To the said upper part of the head e are applied, in the usual manner well
known in the construction of syphon bottles the out flow-pipe h, the presser-
handle i, and the conical valve k with the rod band spring m.
The lower rim of the head e is provided with a thick ring n of india-rubber, in
order to cause the said head to hermetically close upon the bottle proper.
The heade and its several parts are locked in position by means of the hooked
handle o pivotted to the ring f, and catching over a suitable projection provided
near the lower flange of the head e.
p is a small box or receptacle open at its top and arranged upon the pipe c so
that it may slide thereon.
The operation of the improved apparatus when it is to be applied for producing
aerated drinks is as follows, that is to say :-
After having pressed down the handle o the head e is thrown back and a liquid,
such as still wine, water, or the like is poured into the bottle a so as to fill about
three-fourths thereof. The receptacle p is then moved by hand near to the upper
end of the pipe c and filled with the proper amount of some suitable substance for
producing carbonic acid, for instance with such as has been referred to hereinbefore,
whereupon the head e is brought down upon its seat and locked in position again,
thus establishing the proper and hermetically sealed connection between the several
working parts of the apparatus. The receptacle p with the said effervescent
substances arranged therein, will then be above the level of the liquid within the
bottle a and will remain so until it is desired to prepare and use the aerated drink.
The bottle is then turned upside down or shaken so as to bring the said substances
in contact with the liquid and to cause thereby the aeration of the latter. The
pressure of the carbonic acid thus produced will, on the handle i being pressed force
the aerated liquid from the bottle, all this being well understood and requiring no
further description.
The pressure exerted by the carbonic acid having emptied the bottle of its
contents, the head e is opened, whereupon the bottle may be readily cleaned and
replenished and the operation repeated as described.
It will be seen that with a syphon constructed as herein described, there can be
no loss of carbonic acid the latter being produced only after all parts are
hermetically closed and when the liquid is desired to be consumed.
It is to be distinctly understood that I do not intend to confine myself to the use
of an open box p for arranging the effervescent substances within the bottle a,
since I may substitute therefor any other suitable and equivalent receptacle, such
as a small wire basket, or even a float which will hold the said substances above
the level of, and out of contact with, the liquid within the bottle a. Neither do
I confine myself to arranging the receptacle p in connection with the pipe c, as
I may connect the same, in any suitable manner, with the plate b or the head e.
Finally I do not restrict myself to employing the hooked handle o for locking
the head e in its closed position, since I may, in some cases, use some other
suitable and equivalent mechanism, such as an excentric or the like, in lieu
thereof,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. In a syphon-bottle or apparatus for producing aerated drinks, the
combination, with the pivotted or removable head e, of the pipe d communicating
with the pipe c, substantially as, and for the purpose, specified.
Second. In a syphon-bottle or apparatus for producing aerated drinks, the
combination, with the removable head e, having an inner flange fitting hermetically
upon the pipe d, and a lower flange fitting hermetically upon the bottle a, of the
pipe d, the plate b, and the pipe c, substantially as, and for the purpose, specified.
Third. In a syphon-bottle or apparatus for producing aerated drinks, a
receptacle p, or its equivalent, connected either with the pipe c, the plate b or the
head e, or floating upon the liquid within the bottle a and serving for the
reception of substances producing carbonic acid, substantially as, and for the
purpose specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.