An Improved Apparatus for Allowing the Withdrawal of Cham- pagne and other Effervescing or Aerated Liquors from Bottles without Removing the Corks or the Fastenings thereof.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
An Improved Apparatus for Allowing the Withdrawal of Cham-
pagne and other Effervescing or Aerated Liquors from Bottles
without Removing the Corks or the Fastenings thereof.
I WILLIAM JOHN PAYNE of 136 Crystal Palace Road Dulwich in the county of
Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 this my invention is to provide an apparatus for allowing the with-
drawal of champagne and other effervescing or aerated liquors from the bottles in
which the same are contained without removing the corks of the bottles or the
fastenings thereof in the use of which apparatus air is not allowed to enter the bottles
and thus the liquors are maintained in the desired condition and do not get flat as is
so objectionably the case at present. This apparatus is therefore extremely suitable for
use by retailers publicans restaurant keepers and others as well as for private use.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn two very convenient methods of
constructing and fitting this my apparatus as will hereinafter be particularly
described.
I form an hollow tube A preferably of metal which tube A is tapered and on the
sinaller end thereof is an enlarged solid tapered and pointed head the largest part of
which head is a little smaller in diameter than the larger part of the tapered tube A
and one or more holes are made in the walls of the tube A near the solid head. The
pointed head of this tube can be driven into and through the cork of the bottle
without any interference with the wires or other fastenings thereof until the holes are
clear of the cork inside the bottle when the liquor therein can pass through these
holes into and along the tube and the several parts of this tube are so proportioned
that when the head has emerged from the inner end of the cork the diameter of the
tube is amply sufficient to tightly fill the hole made thereby in the outer end of the
cork and thus prevent the entrance of air into the bottle through this hole so made
through the cork and as the tapered tube is preferably passed still further through the
cork until the holes therein are well clear of the same this aforesaid prevention is very
surely effected.
When this tapered tube is required for public or somewhat continual use I can fit

page_text: the same and govern the withdrawal of the liquor therethrough as shewn in the
drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of this complete
apparatus with a bottle therein and ready for uso Figuro 2 is a front elevation also
partly in section of this apparatus with the bottle removed and Figure 3 is a vertical
section on an enlarged scale of part of the apparatus shewing how the liquor is
withdrawn.
I erect an hollow column B wherein telescopically slides the rod C to the top
whereof is attached a block C for the bottom of the bottle that is to be placed
in this apparatus and a strong coiled or other spring D can very conveniently be
fitted to this sliding rod in any suitable manner and be applied thereto in such wise
as normally to draw or force this rod C with its attached block downwards to its
lowest permitted position. I also erect another and shorter hollow column E into and
through the closed top whereof is screwed or otherwise secured the tapered tube A
with the pointed head thereof pointing upwards in the proper position vertically or
thereabouts under the centre of the block and in this hollow column E is a rod F
or other appliance whereby the open end of the tube A can be closed which
rod F can very conveniently be actuated as shewn by the lever handle G pivotted on
the column E and connected with the rod F by the connecting rod or link G' passing
through an aperture in the side of the column E and to the upper part of the
column E is fitted a suitable spout H wherethrough the liquor that passes through
the tube A can be discharged. A convenient manner of forming and fitting the
rod F to close the open end of the tube A very readily easily and surely consists
in securing a ring I of cork or other suitable material in the top of the column E
under the end of the tube A whereagainst a plug or piston J of india rubber leather
covered metal or wood or other suitable material mounted on the end of the rod F
can be pressed which pressure can very conveniently be effected by a coiled or other
spring K applied to the rod F or to the plug or piston J in such wise as normally to
close the open end of the tube A in manner aforesaid while when desired the plug or
piston J can be drawn by the handle G down from the ring I to open the passage for
the liquor as shewn in Figure 3. In or on the column B I can also very conveniently
mount the pinion L which gears into the rack M formed therefor on the lower part
of the rod C.
The action of this apparatus and the method of using the same are as follows. The
pinion L is revolved by any suitable handle in such wise as to lift the rod against
the spring D until the bottom of the bottle can be inserted under the block and the
cork of the bottle rests on the pointed head of the tapered tube A which pointed head
is driven into and through this cork by the action of the spring D forcing the rod C
with its attached block C' downwards which action can be assisted if necessary by
forcibly revolving the pinion L in the proper direction until the tube A has passed so
far through the cork that the holes therein are as is desired well clear of the cork
inside the bottle and the bottle is then in the position shewn in Figure 1 and by
depressing the handle G the liquor can he withdrawn therefrom but immediately this
handle G is released the spring K causes the plug J to close the passage and thus no
air can enter the bottle until all the liquor has been withdrawn therefrom.
When the bottle has been thus emptied the block C is lifted off the bottom of the
bottle in a similar manner and the bottle may be lifted by hand off the tube A but I
preferably fit the hereinafter described apparatus to lift the bottle thereoff as shewn in
Figure 2. Two hollow columns N are erected one on each side of the column E
wherein telescopically slide rods the tops whereof are connected together by the frame
or plate O surrounding the tube A and to these rods can very conveniently be applied
coiled or other springs P in such wise as normally to lift the frame or plate O to the
top of the tube A or thereabouts and these springs P are so made as to be over-
mastered by the spring D on the rod C and thus the bottle can easily be forced as
hereinbefore described into its desired position but when the pressure of this spring D
is removed as aforesaid these springs P lift the bottle off the tube A as is desired.
All these columns that is to say the columns B and E and the columns N if any
can be erected in the proper positions on the counter or table or otherwise but I

page_text: preferably erect the same on a suitable base plate or frame Q whereby the apparatus
is rendered very firm and rigid and can if desired be moved about.
When however this apparatus is required for private or occasional use I can
dispense with the columns and other appliances and the tapered tube A with the
closing rod F and spout H can be applied to the bottle in any position but I prefer-
ably for this aforesaid use somewhat vary the relative positions of the several parts of
the apparatus and the actions thereof and I fit the same and govern the withdrawal of
the liquor therethrough as shewn in Figure 4 which is an elevation partly in section
of this apparatus.
On the open end of the tapered tube A hereinbefore described and at right angles
thereto or thereabouts is attached a cylinder R in the central part whereof is a block S
of cork or other suitable material and the ends of this cylinder R are closed. A small
pipe T one end whereof is closed and is fitted with a suitable handle passes through
one of the closed ends of the cylinder R and through the central cork or material S
therein and the open end of this pipe T enters the open end of a short tube or other
discharge passage U that passes through the other closed end of the cylinder K and a
small hole V is made in the walls of the pipe T which can communicate with the open
end of the tube A through a passage made therefor if necessary in the cork or
material S. A coiled or other spring W can very conveniently be applied to the
pipe T in such wise that the pipe T is normally so retained that the hole V does not
coincide with the open end of the tube A which therefore is closed by the walls of the
pipe T and a pin can pass through a slot in the closed end of the pipe T to ensure
that the same does not turn or revolve in the cylinder R but is always kept in such a
position that this hole V can be made to communicate with the open end of the
tube A.
The action of this apparatus and the method of using the same are as follows-The
pointed head of the tube A is driven into and through the cork as herein before
described to assist which operation a screw thread can if desired be formed on the
head of the tube A or otherwise but no liquor can pass out of the bottle until the
pipe T is pressed in against the spring W and the hole V therein is made to coincide
with the open end of the tube A when the liquor passes out through the tube or other
discharge passage U but when the pipe T is released this open end of the tube A is
immediately closed by the action of the spring W and thus no air can enter the bottle
until all the liquor has been withdrawn therefrom.
This apparatus also in which the line of motion of the closing appliance is transverse
to the line of the tube that passes through the cork of the bottle as well as that herein-
before described in which this line of motion is parallel with the line of the tube can
be mounted in a similar stand or on similar columns and other appliances if and when
desired.
It is obvious that as in this my apparatus no air is allowed to pass into the bottles
this my invention is suitable for use only with such liquors as produce or evolve or
have such a pressure in the bottles as is sufficient to overcome the normal atmospheric
pressure.
I have thus described and I have shewn in the accompanying drawing very suitable
forms and proportions of my apparatus and of the several parts thereof and also very
convenient methods and details of constructing and fitting and actuating the same but
I would have it clearly understood that I do in no wise limit myself thereto for my
apparatus and all the several parts thereof may be so formed and proportioned and
may be constructed and fitted and actuated in such a manner as may be expedient or
desirable in each particular case. For example two or more columns with
telescopically sliding rods or tubes may be fitted to hold the block for the bottom
of the bottle. Again one or three or inore columns with telescopically sliding rods
or tubes may be fitted to hold the frame or plate that lifts the bottle off the
tapered tube. Again instead of the springs and the pinion and rack and the lever
handle by which the moving parts of the apparatus that is to say the telescopically
sliding rods or tubes and the closing rod and the pipe are actuated and in part
rendered somewhat automatic in their movements which appliances may be entirely

page_text: dispensed with all these movements may be effected by hand or by any other usual
and suitable appliances and the several moving parts may be retained in their various
desired positions by pins or stops or catches or otherwise.
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
1. The arrangement and combination of parts and appliances constituting my
apparatus for allowing the withdrawal of liquors from bottles substantially as herein-
before set forth and shewn in Figures 1, and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination of the tapered tube A the column E with the closing rod F and
the spout H the column B with the sliding rod C and the block C and the columns N
with the sliding rods and the frame or plate substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. The combination of the tapered tube A the column E with the closing rod F
and the spout H and the column B with the sliding rod C and the block C' substantially
as hereinbefore described.
4. The combination with a tube that is passed through the cork of a bottle of the
column or columns N with the sliding rod or rods and the frame or plate O substan-
tially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and declared.
5. The combination of the tapered tube A with the holes therein and fitted with an
enlarged solid pointed head the closing rod F and the spout H substantially as
herein before set forth.
6. The combination of the tapered tube A with the holes therein and fitted with an
enlarged solid pointed head and the cylinder R containing the cork or material S the
pipe T and the tube or passage U substantially as hereinhefore set forth.
7. In a tube that is passed through the cork of a bottle the combination of the
tapered body of the tube the holes therein and the enlarged solid pointed head
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and declared.
Dated this 20th day of Luna 1887