Improvements in Means for Tapping or Withdrawing Liquor from Casks.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Tapping or Withdrawing Liquor from
Casks.
1, EDUARD CREMER, of Münster, in the Province of Westphalia, German
Empire, Brewer, 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 :-
My invention relates to stop-cocks specially adapted for breweries for drawing
off beer out of casks and the object of the same is to enable the operator to draw
off the beer clear of all sediments. I arrive at this object by the mechanism
illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters denote similar
parts throughout the several views, and in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the complete device for drawing off liquor,
Fig. 2 is the same attached to a cask in a sectional view, and
Fig. 3 is a front-view of Fig. 2.
a is the plug provided with an oblique conical boring and a stuffing box. By
aid of flattened parts on each side, fitting a special spanner, the same may be easily
screwed into a side or heading of a cask. Inserted into the boring of the plug a
and tightened by said stuffing-box, there is the cock b, which is provided with a
long tube projecting far into the cask and being shut up at its end, an having
oblique side holes by which the liquor flows out. By loosening the stuffing-box
the cock may be shifted in or out in a straight line for sake of adjustment, or can
be pulled out altogether.
A small cock c standing at an angle to the stop-cock b, is screwed on to the
plug a. The bend d connects the cock c with the gauge-glass e, which on top
again is connected to the wind-cock by the pipe i. The main piping is also pro-
vided with a gauge-glass g, which is connected to the stop-cock by the bend f.
By the afore described mechanism the clear beer may be drawn off out of casks
up to the sediments, so that the same may be suitable for exportation or for storing
up. By the way the beer used be drawn off hitherto, which was done with a
syphon, the same had to be mixed up with other fresh beer and to be allowed to
stand for some time before sending away. By my new system most of the
sediments may be drawn off separately.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I do hereby declare
that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of a plug (a) having an oblique conical bore, with a
stop-cock adapted to slide in said plug in a straight line, as for the purpose set
forth.
2. The combination of a plug (a) having an oblique conical bore, with a stop-
cock adapted to slide in said plug in a straight line, and gauge-glasses, as for the
purpose set forth.
3. The combination of a plug (a) having an oblique conical bore, with a stop-cock
adapted to slide in said plug in a straight line and tightened thereto by a stuffing-
box and a gauge-glass connected to the plug (a) by a cock (c) and bend (d) and
a second gauge-glass forming part of the main piping, as for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 19th dow of In 1901
EDUARD CREMER.
By Rayner & Cassell,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.