USRE12200E - Bottle-tap - Google Patents

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Y REISSUBD MAR. 1, 1904.

J. A. SHERRARD.

y BOTTLE TAP. APPLIUATIOH FILED JUNI: 12, 1903.

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Quorum RBISSUBD MAR. 1', 1904. J. A. SHERRARD.

BOTTLE TAP.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 12, 1903.

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UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.'

JOSEPH ALFRED sHERR-AimoFosToN, MAssoH'UsErrsV BOTTLE-TAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 12,200, dated March 1, 19Q4. l

Original No. 718,163, dated fanuary 13, 1903. Application for reissue iiled J une 12, 1903. Serial No. 161,20.

To all whom it .may concern: y

Be it known that I, JOSEPH 'ALFRED SHER- RARD, a citizen of the United States, residing sure Within the bottle to facilitate the discharge of the liquid therefrom.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe. and claim. Y

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a sectional View of my improved bottle-tap' and a portion of a bottle in which the same is inserted. lFig. 2 represents a side elevation of a portion yof the tap and of thebottle-neck. Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification. Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the tap made on a larger scale and provided with an eXtension adapted to reach to the bottom of a bottle or carboy. Fig. 5 represents a view of a portion of the construction shown in Fig. 4.

The same reference characters indicate the Same parts in all the figures.

My4 improved bottle-tap comprises a rigid tubular conduit a, theinner portion of which is formed to penetrate a bottle-stopper, said inner portion having a penetrating-point 2 and a helical cutting-rib or screw-thread 3. At the outer end portion of the conduit a is a cock 4, adapted to open or close the liquid duct or passage 5, which extends through the conduit.` The conduit a is provided between the cock 4 and the penetrating portion with a branch 6, containing a spring-pressed airvalve 7. Said branch, as shown in Fig. 1, communicates with an annular air-duct 8, surrounding the liquid-duct 5, said air-duct communicating with the interior of the bottle through one or more openings 9. As shown liquid-outiiow by the inflowing air.

' in Fig. 3, thebranch 6 cornmunicates with theliquid-duct 5.

represents an air-pump 'which is connected with the branch 6 and is adaptedto force air through the latter, the valve-7` yielding to permit the entrance of air from the pump and closing automaticallyA to preventv the backward passage of air from the branch to the pump. The pump may be of any suitable construction, it being here shown 'as a collapsible elastic bulb, such as is used for syringes. It is obvious, however, that a pump similar to that used for iniating bicycle-tires may be employed, if desired. i It Will be seen that when the pump is operated to force air through the branch 6,'the cock 4 being closed, theair finds its Way into the interior of the bottle and exerts `pressure on the contents thereof. W'hen the cock 4 is opened, the airpressure forces the liquid through the duct 5, the valve 7 preventingvthe escape of liquid through the branch 6. In the case of fluids which are not aerated or Where the gas has escaped from the latter a most important function of the arrangement illustrated-in Fig. 1 -is the ability to discharge thecontents of the in- Verted bottle forcibly through the channel 5 by forcing the air through the other channel by means of the air-pump liquid channels open to opposite sides of the tube and as in Fig. 1 the air-channel is nearest the top of the bottle and when the bottle is inverted, there is no interference with the By this means the pressure is brought to bear upon the contents without in any Way interfering with the discharge ofthe liquid through the stem, while at the same time the penetration of the cork by means of the pointed stem with the As the air and cock 4 closed can' be effected Without permit- V ting the-escapeof any of the gases When-.the latter are Within the bottle. It will be seen, therefore, that the described tap having provisions for accumulating air-pressure in a bottle may be used to good advantage vin drawing bottled liquids of various kinds, either effer-V vescent or.still,and particularly useful in drawaing fresh pressure,

ing champagne or other eifervescent liquid, the pump being operated after a givenv q uantity ofthe liquid has been withdrawn and creatso that another charge may be caused to flow rapidly from the bottle.

The conduit is provided with arigid flange or shoulder a', between which'and the top of the stopper is interposed a compressible packing-washer. a", which prevents the escape of gas or air under pressure from the interior of the bottle.

In Fig. I `show a construction similar to that shown in Fig. 1, excepting that the penetrating-point 2 is made separable from the body of the conduit, -the lower end of the liq.-

uid-duct 5' being extended and provided with a screw-thread, to which may be coupled an extension 12, adapted to extend to the bottom of a bottle or fcarboy.

My improved tap wlll draw contents from any, bottle, whetherY the 'liquid is aeratcd or i plain.. The saidtap is adapted to aerate a bottle` of ale,beer, porter, or similar liquid, so that the bottle may be opened, a part of the contents used, and the remainder allowed to stand indefinitely and be drawn oiwhen required, whencontents will be found in as good condition as when first tapped. Infact,

the bottle may be opened and aglass or more,-V

of the liquid used. The cork may then be replaced, and when the remainder of the contents are required the tap may be screwed int the cork, pressure applied, and the contents will be found in as good condition as the first glass. i

Champagne, apollinaris, and all aerated or carbonated liqudsLas well as still waters of all kinds, may be drawn from the bottle without the removal` of the cork. y

When 'the first glass of-champagne has been drawn from the bottle, it is suggested that the air-pressure immediately applied, so as to replace tlie gases, which always escape when liquid is drawn. y 'Y I claim- Y 1. A bottle-tap comprising a tubular conduit provided with al pointed end, a cock on the opposite end of said conduit, a valvedV branch leading from the conduit intermediate of said cock and pointed end, a flange or 'shoulvder formed 'on said conduit, a compressible packing-washer located belowsaid iiange, and to said branch and adapted to force air into the conduit, the said cock when closed causing the airto enter the bottle .and act upon the contents thereof, and

when o pen permitting the discharge of said contents through the conduit.

2. A bottle-tap provided with a stem having a pointed end integral therewith and crosshandle whereby it `may be forced through a cork, a channel extending through said stem from the upper end to a port iat the side near the loweil end, with a cock n'ear the upper end for closing said channel, sa second channel communicating with a port at the oppositeV side 'near the lower c nd of the stem and also with an upper port below said cock, and an air-pump communicating with said second` channel, substantially as set forth.

3. The tubular threaded and pointed conduit having air and liquid channels extending through .the same, and .communicating with ports on opposite sides, the liquid-port nearest the point, in combination with an air-pump communicatingwith the air-channel, substantially as set forth.

g In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

. JOSEPH ALFRED SHERRARD. Witnesses:

\ MICHAEL F. CURRAN,

HARRY B. Emaux,

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