An Improved Tap to Enable Kerosene or other Liquid to be Readily Withdrawn from Kerosene Tins, or other similar Receptacles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application. 16th Aug.. 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tap to Enable Kerosene or other Liquid to be Readily
Withdrawn from Kerosene Tins, or other similar Receptacles.
1, GEORGE BARNES, of No. 187 Albert Road, Albert Park, near Melbourne, in
the Colony of Victoria, Journalist, 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:-
This invention has been mainly devised for the purpose of enabling kerosene
to be more readily drawn off as required from the ordinary tins containing it,
although it is also applicable for other similar purposes..
It consists essentially in a tap having provision at its forward end for either
cutting or forcing its way into the tin and having upon its body or main tubular
part one or more projecting wings or stops which after being forced through the
tin, will (when the discharge nozzle is turned round into its ordinary working
position) bear against a solid part of the side of the tin and thus enable the tap
to be clamped in position by means of a screw threaded disc working upon a screw
threaded part of the body or main portion of the tap and having a rubber or other
washer inserted between it and the side of the tin or other receptacle.
The front end of the tap, (that is the end which first enters the tin) may either
be pointed so that it may be forced through said tin or it may be made with a
gimlet point or be provided with a central projecting pin, and at or near the
periphery with one or more small cutters so that if said central pin is forced
through the tin and the tap pressed tightly against it and worked round it will
cut a hole in the tin sufficiently large to allow of the body of the tap
following it.
Instead of the projecting wings or stops being rigid they may be secured to
springs so that they can be forced inwards into slots formed to receive them in
the casing of the tap when passing through the tin and afterwards spring outwards
so as to engage therewith.
The discharge end of the tap is provided with a screw plug or other contrivance
whereby the discharge orifice can be opened or closed as desired.
Referring now to the accompanying drawings,-
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved tap for enabling kerosene
or other liquid to be readily withdrawn from kerosene tins or other similar
receptacles, and,
Figure 2 is a vertical central section thereto showing same fitted in the side of a
kerosene tin.
Figure 3 is a similar view' to Figure 1 but showing a slight modification of the
forward or piercing end of the tap, and
Figure 4 is a section (drawn to a large scale) of the forward end of the tap
showing it fitted with the spring stops or wings above described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
A represents the body or main part of the tap and B the wings or stops thereon
near its forward end, whilst C represents a disc which is fitted upon a screw
thrended part a of the tap and serves to clamp the side of the tin (represented by 1)
in Figure 2) between the wings or stops B and the rubber or other washer c' which
is inserted between said disc C and the tin.

page_text: E represents a projecting pin and e small cutters which are provided upon the
forward end of the body or casing of the tap and which enable a hole to be made
in the tin of sufficient diameter to allow the body of the tap to pass through,
whilst, represents the holes or ports which are formed in said tap to allow the
oil or other liquid to escape from the tin or other receptacle when the tap is
opened.
In the modifications illustrated in Figure 3 the forward end of the tap instead
of being provided with a pin and cutter blades is merely pointed as shown at E to
enable it to be driven through the sides of the receptacle.
G represents a screwed plug which is fitted into the discharge end of the valve
casing and serves to close the opening leading to the discharge or outlet H.
In the modification shown in Figure 4 the projecting wings or stops B are
secured upon springs 6 which normally tend to hold them in their projected position,
but admit of their being forced inwards into slots b¹ in the casing A when the tap
is being pushed into the tin.
The manner of using my improved tap will be readily understood, it being
merely necessary to slack back the clamping disc C and to force the pin E on
the forward end of the tap through the sides of the tin or other receptacle and to
turn the tap round a few times so as to cause the cutters e to cut a small disc out
of said tin.
The tap can then be pushed through the tin the wings or stops B forming a
passage for themselves in the sides of the opening.
When those wings or stops have passed through into the tin the tap can be
turned down into its normal position so as to move said wings or stops round
opposite to a solid part of the tin, it then only remains to turn the disc C so as to
jamb the washer c' tightly against the tin and thus make a perfectly tight joint when
the tap will be securely fixed in position and can be opened or closed as desired by
merely unscrewing the plug G.
The modified forms of tap shown in Figures 3 and 4 are applied and fixed to the
tin in substantially the same way, except that the pointed end is forced through
the tin instead of first cutting a hole for its passage.
Other means than the screw threaded plug G showu may be employed for
opening or closing the valve as will be well understood.
For instance au ordinary plug tap might be used if preferred.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what [
claim is :-
:-
The herein described tap to enable kerosene or other liquid to be readily with-
drawn from kerosene tins or other similar receptacles, consisting of a tap having
either a pointed end or else cutters on its forward end, and having one or more
projecting wings or stops (such as B) near said forward end, together with a disc
(such as c) working upon a screw threaded part of its casing in conjunction with a
rubber or other washer (such as c¹) substantially as and for the purposes specified
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of July One thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
GEORGE BARNES.
D. Young & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.