US1060464A - Stopping and pouring device for bottles inclosing gaseous beverages. - Google Patents

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M. LANGLOIS. STOPPING AND POURING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES INGLOSING GASE 011s BEVERAGES.

APPLICATION FILED OUT- 12, 1910.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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' MARC LANGLOIS, OF PONT-LEVEQUE, FRANCE.

STOPPING AND POURING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES INICLOSING GASEOUS BEVERAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed October 12, 1910. Serial No. 588,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mano LANGLOIS, a citizen of the Republic of France, resident of the Domaine de la Cressonniere at PontlEvque, Galvados, in the Republic of .France, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stopping and Pouring Devices for Bottles Inclosing Gaseous Beverages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a system of stopping and pouring designed for bottles which inclose gaseous beverages.

For the purpose of pouring without losin any part of the gaseous beverages inclosed in bottles stopped with cork, it has already been proposed to employ hollowrods having a pointed end and carryin at their opposite end a cock or a valve. uch

pouring devices have drawbacks which have hitherto prevented their use from becoming general; in particular, it is difiicult to make their rod penetrate through the cork which is in general very much compressed within the bottle neck; it often happens also that the orifices of the rod are obstructed by pieces of cork.

According to this invention, the bottle is stopped by a stopper of hard material such as porcelain, in which is provided a vertical hole for the passage of a removable pouring tube, such ho'le being obstructed, until the insertion of the said tube, by an obstructing valve or washer so arranged as to be, opened by such tube itself. The obstructingwasher may serve at the same time to secure an air-tight joint between the stopper of hard material and'the bottle. With such means, the insertion of the pouring tube requires no stress and can be readily done; there is no risk of the tube being obstructed by cork; it can be given a greater diameter than heretofore without inconvenience; moreover the device can be quickly withdrawn from the bottle before the latter becomes empty, and put on another bottle without loss of time, which, in a caf or other drinking saloon, allows of greatly reducing the number of the pouring devices used.

Three embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation, with same parts in section on their axial line, of a pouring device shown as being put in place on the bottle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stopp ng device separately. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 5 1s a bottom plan view of the obturator; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a third embodiment of the invention.

The stopping device shown in Figs. 1 to 3 comprlses a porcelain stopper 1, provided with a central hole 2 for the passa e of the tube 3' of the pouring device; to t e lower rounded face of the stopper is secured a rubber washer 4 which, before the insertion of the tube 3 is solid and closes hermetically the hole 2, while at the same time it insures an air-tight joint bet-ween the stopper 1 and the neck 5 of the bottle. In

order to avoid the contact of the rubber with the contents of the bottle, the bottom of the washer 4 may be provided with a washer 6 of tin or any other suitable material. 1

The stopper is secured to the bottle, for instance by means of a device similar to those usually employed for the stopping of beer bottles, comprising a yoke 7 which is journaled on the neck and yoke 8 jointed to thesaid yoke 7 and which passes through a hole 9 in the stopper 1 at right angles to its axis. The latter yoke is preferably constituted by two wires twisted together and forming in their middle, that is at the center of the stopper, a loop 10 which leaves a free passage for the tube 3.

The pouring device shown is so fitted as to, be secured to the stopper 1 by a bayonet joint; for that purpose the head of the tube 3 is provided laterally with two hooks 11 which engage in L shaped grooves provided on the two opposite sides of the stopper 1, so that all that need be done is to thrust the tube through the latter and then turn it slightly to become fastened to the said stopper. Such fastening could, of course, be obtained in any other suitable way, such as screw threading, spring hooks, and the like.

ous beverages. It is obvious that the fitting of the pouring head may be varied without :irhanging the essential features of this invcntion. Similarly, the length of the tube 3 may be varied, while'it is preferable that the latter should be as short as possible. The closing washers fl: and 6 may be loose or secured to the stopper in any suitable manner.

In the second embodiment of the invention (see Figs. 4 and 5) the lower face of the porcelain stopper 1-is slightly bulged and has a projection 14 which serves forsecuring and centering the obturating rubber washer 4. The hole used for passing the tube 3 of the pouring device is located at a certain distance from the axis of the stopper for the purpose of allowing the yoke 8 of the fastening device being passed through the stopper. at the center or nearly so of the said stopper. In this embodiment, the inner orifice of the hole 2 is obstructed by a flap-valve 15, cut out of the washer 1 itself; Fig. 5 shows the U shaped incision which furnishes the flap-valve, and in dotted lines the position of the orifice of the hole 2*, to be slightly covered by the said flap-valve. The inner end of the pouring tube 3' is preferably blunt or round so as not to injure the flap valve in pushing the same downward against the interior pressure.

The pouring tube 3? is assumed to be provided .with a cook 16 and to be secured in the stopper 1 by screwing, but it' must be understood that-the pouring device may be of any suitable construction. 'When instead of a rubber washer forming 'ofitselfa flapvalve, there is employed a washer serving as .a joint between-the stopper and the neck of.

the bottle and a distinct flap-valve to obtu rate the hole2, such flap-valvewill-be' pref--:

erably" so arranged as not to fall into the bottle when it will be pushed downward by the pouring tube; for thatpurpose it may be attached to or connected with either the stopper or a washer by any suitable means, such as'a hin e, flexible wire or the like,

. The embodiment shown in Fig. 6.* comprises a device for allowing air. to enter for the purpose of cfacilitatingfljthe issue of the liquid up to. the lastdropf ln casesuch liquid 'be'not very gaseous',"as certainmineral waters, for instance. And, indeed, if the gas is givenofi slowly by the'liquid, the pouring is interfered with'and almost stops if air cannot enter the bottle and establish continuously therein a pressure about equal to the pressure of the atmosphere. Such device may, furthermore be fitted in various ways,

according as to whether the entry of the air I provided around the lower pipe of the cock 16, which is secured on the tube 3 the upper orifice of the tube 17, which protrudes a little beyond the bottom of the duct or neck, is closed by a rubber ring 19 placed on the neck. As to the lower orifice of the tube 17, it opens into the point 20 which terminates the tube 3", a little below the orifice 21, giving issue to the liquid. When pourin out the liquid, the fore finger of the rig t hand comes naturally on to the ring 19, above the orifice of the tube 17, so that if the outflow begins to slacken, itonly re: quires a slight movement of the finger to remove the ring from the orifice to let the outer air enter the bottle in facilitating the outflow. closes of itself onto the end of the tube 17 When the ring is released, it'

by reason of its elasticity and obturates the would have perforate or pierce.

Claims.

1. A stopping and pouring device for bottlesof gaseous beverages, comprising a stopper made of hard material and having a longitudinal perforation, means whereby to secure such stopper .on a bott1e-, a pouring tube adapted to be passed through the said perforation, andfhaving a pointed end, and

a solid and smooth disk of material easy to perforate and adapted to be placed under the stopper and to be perforated by the point of the pouring tube.

2. A stopping and pouring device for bottles of gaseous beverages, comprisin a stopper made of hard material and having longitudinal perforation, means whereby to secure such, stopper on a bottle, a rubber disk under the stopper, adapted to stop up the said perforation, a pouring tube adapted to be passed through the said perforation and the said disk, a valve on such tube, a narrow tube in the pouring tube to allow of the entry of air, the upper end of such narrow tube opening laterally out of the pouring tube, closure for the upper end of the narrow tube, and means for securing the pouring tube on the said stopper.

3. A stopping and pouring device for bottles of gaseous beverages, comprising a stopper made of hard material and having a longitudinal perforation and a transversal perforation at a certain distance from one another, a rubber disk on the under face of the stopper for closing the longitudinal perforation thereof, a pouring tube passed through the longitudinal perforation and 10 the rubber disk and means for securing such stopper to a bottle, such means comprising a Wire yoke which is passed through the said transversal perforation.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name 15 in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARC LANGLOIS. Witnesses:

M. C. CORBEAULT, GREGORY PHELAN.

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