US732203A - Apparatus for charging fluids or the like with carbonic-acid or other gas. - Google Patents

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No. 732,203. PATENTED JUNE so, 1903. G. A. LOWRY.

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING FLUIDS OR THE LIKE WITH GARBONIO ACID OR OTHER GAS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Wfflrfifidd 1720872???" UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LOWRY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING FLUIDS OR THE LIKE WITH CARBONlC-ACID OR OTHER GAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,203, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed August 6, 19021 To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Lower, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Sudolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Charging Fluids and the Like with Carbonic-Acid or other Gas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for charging fluids and the like with carbonicacid or other gas.

The object of the invention is to provide means which are simple and eflicient whereby fluids, liquids, or the like contained in bottles or other inclosures may be readily and economically charged with carbonic acid or other gas.

The invention consists, substantially, in the construction, combination, location, and arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the various views and reference-signs appearing thereon, Figure 1 represents a bottle or other inclosure, a part thereof in longitudinal central section, and showing the application thereto of an apparatus for charging the contents of the bottle with carbonicacid or other gas and embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the screw-cap employed in carrying out my invention. Fig. 3 is a view of a capsule filled with the gas to be charged into the contents of the bottle or other inclosure. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through a disk or plate, needle-point, and gasket employed in connection with my invention. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the neck of the form of a bottle or other inclosure employed in connection with my invention. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view in section of adisk or plate and needlepoint employed in connection with my invention. Fig. 7 is a view in bottom plan of the same.

The same part is designated by the same reference-sign wherever it the several views.

Methods heretofore employed for charging the contents of bottles or other inclosures with carbonic-acid or other gas have involved occurs throughout Serial No. 118,602 (No model.)

large expense in special machinery, care, and attention in the handling and manipulation of the apparatus, and usually the charging of the contents of bottles or the like with gas has been profitable only on a large scale carried on in manufacturing establishments. This has precluded consumers generally from charging their own liquids or fluids. Oarbonic-acid or other gas employed for this purpose is now manufactured and placed on sale in capsules in which the gas is compressed to a very high degree, and it is the special purpose of my invention to provide means which are simple and efficient and inexpensive, whereby the contents of these charged capsules may be delivered into the contents of bottles or the like readily and quickly and economically, thereby enabling the consuming public generally to purchase the charged capsules andcharge their own liquids therefrom as desired.

In carrying out my invention I propose to employ means whereby the charged capsule containing the gas under pressure may be placed in suitable position or relation with respect to the bottle or the like into which the contents of the capsule are to be delivered or charged and then to effect a communication between the capsule and the interior of the bottle or the like, and I propose to accomplish this object in a most simple and economical manner, so as to place the charging of individual bottles or the like within the reach of the users of charged liquids in such manner thatthe users may efiect their own charging.

In the accomplishment of my object Iprovide means whereby the compressed gas con tained in a capsule is delivered slowly into the bottle the contents of which are to be charged, so as to avoid the danger of exploding the bottle.

Many specifically different constructions and arrangements may be devised for carrying the principles of my invention into prac tical operation. While, therefore, I have shown and will now describe one form of apparatus and arrangement of parts for accomplishing the desired object, I do not desire to be limited or restricted thereto.

Referring to the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, reference-sign 1 designates a bottle or other inclosure the contents of which are to be charged with carbonic-acid or other gas, and 11 designates a capsule containing the gas under high pressure to be charged into the contents of the bottle 1. In practice this capsule is preferably of oblong globular shape and is sealed at its narrow end in any suitable manner capable of being readily pierced-as, for instance, by means of a plate 12, of soft metallic material. The making and filling of these capsules is very inexpensive and may readily be brought to a high state of perfection; but the discharge of the contents of the capsules into bottles in a practical, successful, and economical manner retards the universal sale and adoption of these capsules'except by users of large quantities, where the item of expense of charging is of little moment.

In carrying out my invention I so place the small end or neck of a capsule containing the gas under pressure within the mouth of a bottle or the like, the contents of which are to be charged, as to form a tight closure or joint around the small end or neck of the capsule to prevent the escape of the compressed gas, and I then effect an opening or communication between the capsule and the interior of the bottle. This result may be accomplished in several ways. In the form shown I employa disk or plate 4, having a piercing needle or stud 8 projecting therethrough. This disk or plate is arranged to rest and be supported upon aledge or shoulder 3, formed in the interior of the bottleneck, with the point of the needle or stud projecting outwardly in position for the sealing-plate 12 of the capsule to be pressed down,

so as to enable'said needle-point or stud topierce the sealing cap or plate 12. Preferably a fine orifice or slot 9 is formed in the needle-point or stud 8, and since said needle-point or stud extends through the disk or plate 4 it will be seen that when the capsule is pressed down into position for the needle-point or stud to pierce the sealingcap 12 the contents of the capsule will be able to escape from the capsule through the orifice, slot, or opening 9 into the bottle 1. In order to efliciently pack the capsule, so as to prevent the escape of the compressed contents thereof when the sealing-cap is pierced, I may employ a thimble or hollow gasket 6 of suit-able flexible material-such, for instance, as rubber and I arrange the same to receive in the central opening therethrough a central hub or portion 5 of disk or plate 4. If found necessary or desirable, the rubber or other flexible gasket or thimble 6 may be bound in place upon or surrounding the hub or central extension 5 of disk or plate 4, as by means of the Wrappings 7.

In practice, the disk or plate 4 is placed in position in the open neck of the bottle, with the thimble or resilient gasket 6 closely fittingthe interior of the bottle-neck and surrounding the hub 5 of the disk or plate, thereby forming, in efiect, a stopper for the bottle. The charged capsule is then inverted and placed with the small end thereof projecting slightly into the upper end of the resilient gasket and in position for the sealing-plate 12 thereof to be forced down upon the point of the piercing needle or stud 8. The charged capsule may be forced down firmly into a bearing-seat within the ring or thimble 6 and so that the sealing-plate 12 thereof may be pierced by the needle or stud in any suitable or convenient manner. In the form shown, to which, however, my invention is not limited or restricted, I exteriorly thread the neck of the bottle 1, as indicated at 2, and I provide a screw-cap 13 with interior threads adapted to inclose the charged capsule and to be screwed onto the threaded end of the bottle. As shown in Fig. 1, the parts are in position ready for the screw-cap 13 to be turned in order to force the capsule 11 down into place. By turning the screw-cap the capsule is not only forced firmlydown intola bearing Within the resilient thimble or gasket 6, which thereby efficiently packs the same to prevent escape of the gas, but it also onables the point of the needle or stud 8 to pierce the sealing-cap 12 of the capsule to enable the contents of the capsule to expand into the bottle, and since a very fine orifice, slot, or opening 9 affords com in nnication with the interior of the bottle the contents of the capsule enters the bottle slowly, thereby avoiding danger of exploding the bottle.

In practice the gas is eontainedin the cap sule at a pressure of about two thousand pounds per square inch, and in the case of carbonic-acid gas this pressure is sufiicient to liquefy the same; but when delivered, as above described, into the contents of a bottle the expansion of the compressed liquid restores its gaseous condition.

If desired and in order to avoid the danger resulting from an explosion of the bottle While being charged, said bottle may be contained during the charging operation in a suitable cover or inclosure 14, of canvas or otherconvenient material.

During the charging of the contents of the bottle the bottle should be shaken in order to promote the ready inter-mingling of the gas with the contents of the bottle.

\Vhen it is desired to use the contents ofthe bottle, the cap 13 is removed, thereby permitting the pressure of the contents of the bottle to force the disk or plate 4 and thimble or sleeve 6 out of the bottle, leaving the neck of the bottle free to permit the contents of the bottle to be poured out. Of course it is obvious that the disk or plate 4 and its associated thimble or gasket may be removed in any other suitable or convenient manner in case the pressure of the fluid against the inner surface of the disk or plate is not sufficient to cause the same to be blown out. Thus it will be seen that individual users are enabled at small expense to do their own charging, the charging apparatus forming the stopper for the bottle.

It is obvious that many variations and changes in the details of construction and arrangement would readily occur to persons skilled in the art and still fall within the spirit and scope of my invention. I do not desire, therefore, to be limited or restricted to the exact details shown and described; but,

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention and a construction embodying the principles thereof, what I claim as new and useful and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a bottle or other vessel, of an elastic stopper therefor containing a puncturing device and having a seat for a capsule adapted to contain carbonic-acid or other gas, and means for crowding the capsule down upon the puncturing device, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle or other vessel, of an expansible stopper contained in the neck thereof, a puncturing device secured to said stopper, and means for crowding a capsule containing carbonic-acid or other gas into the stopper and upon the puncturing device, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a bottle or other vessel, a stopper contained in the neck thereof and having an opening therethrough, a puncturing device secured to said stopper and presented outwardly toward the mouth of the bottle, a capsule adapted to contain carbonic-acid or other gas, and means for crowding the capsule down upon the puncturing device, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. An apparatus for charging bottles with carbonic-acid or other gas, including a capsule adapted to contain the gas under pressure, a plate or disk having an opening therethrough, said plate or disk arranged in the mouth of the bottle to be charged and provided with a piercing stud or needle, in combination with means for forcing the capsule down upon said stud or needle, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. An apparatus for charging the contents of bottles with carbonic-acid or other gas, including a capsule adapted to contain the gas under pressure, said capsule provided with a sealing-cap in the end thereof and adapted to be inverted over the open mouth of a bottle to be charged with the sealing-cap presented inwardly, means for packing the inverted end of the capsule, and a piercing needle or point arranged in the bottle-mouth and operating to pierce said sealing-cap and to open communication between the interiors of the capsule and the bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. An apparatus for charging bottles with carbonicacid or other gas, including a capsule adapted to contain the gas under pressure and provided with a pierceable sealingcap, a packing arranged in the open mouth of the bottle to be charged and adapted to receive and form a bearing-seat for the sealed end of the capsule, means for pressing said capsule into said bearing-seat, and means for piercing said sealed cap and for opening communication between the interiors of the capsule and bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination with a bottle, of a closure for the mouth thereof, said closure being arranged within the neck of the bottle and having an outwardly-presented piercingpoint, said piercing-pointprovided with a slot or opening extending through said closure and communicating with the interior of the bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with a bottle, of a plate or disk having an opening therethrough and arranged in the mouth of said bottle, said plate or disk provided with a slotted outwardly-projecting piercing-point, and means for crowding a capsule containing the gas down upon said piercing-point, whereby said capsule is punctured and its contents permitted to enter the bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination with a bottle having a closure for the mouth thereof, said closure being arranged within the neck of the bottle and provided with a piercing-point and having an opening therethrough communicating with the bottle, a vessel containing the gas, an inclosure therefor, said inclosure embracing the neck of the bottle, and means for forcing said vessel upon said piercing-point, whereby said vessel is punctured, as and for the purpose set forth.

10. The combination with a bottle having a shoulder in the mouth thereof, a disk or plate received and supported upon said shoulder and provided with an outwardly-extend ing piercing needle or point, said piercing needle or point provided with a slot or opening lengthwise thereof, a resilient packinggasket arranged to be received snugly in the mouth of said bottle and surrounding said needle, a screw-cap for the mouth of said bottle, and a capsule containing the gas under pressure arranged to be inclosed by said cap and crowded thereby into a bearing seat formed by said gasket and upon said piercing-needle, all combined and arranged, as and for the purpose set forth.

11. The combination with a bottle having an eXteriorly-threaded neck and a shoulder formed in the interior of said neck, a plate or disk having a piercing point or needle extending therefrom and arranged to rest upon said shoulder, said disk or plate also having an opening therethrough, a packing-gasket arranged within the mouth of the bottle and resting upon said plate or disk, and a capsule having a pierceable sealing-cap arranged to be seated within said gasket, with said sealingcap presented inwardly, and an internally threaded cap arranged to be received upon said threaded bottle-neck and to inclose said presented piercing-point, said packing-ring adapted to receive and form a seat for the capsule over the piercing-point, and means for crowding the capsule down upon said piercing-point, whereby said capsule is punctured, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE A; LOWRY.

Witnesses:

C. S. BROOKS, EVERETT E. KENT.

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