Aerated drinks machine

Claim 1

An appliance for making an aerated beverage, said appliance comprising a casing, a connection carried by said casing for mounting a container of pressurized liquid carbon dioxide, a transparent shatterproof housing for a bottle of water carried by said casing, and pivotally mounted so that it can be pivoted from a first position in which a bottle can be introduced into or removed from said shatterproof housing and a second position, a nozzle communicating with said connection and extending downwardly within said housing, a stopper engaging in the neck of a bottle, a table for temporarily supporting the bottle within said housing when the latter is in its second position, so that the stopper is engaged therein, a manually operable valve allowing carbon dioxide to flow from a container mounted on said connection to said nozzle, so that it is injected into water in a bottle temporarily supported by the table, a safety pressure valve connected to the interior of a bottle when the stopper is engaged in its neck and an incandescant bulb provided in the table for temporarily supporting the bottle within said housing, whereby the bulb is within the housing and adjacent the bottle, effective to illuminate the bottle at least while the water therein is being aerated.