Year: 1885

page_text: I HAWORTH RATCLIFFE of Thorn Bank Royton in the County of Lancaster,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-:
The object of this invention is to construct a cask of metal instead of wood as
heretofore to avoid the action of the beer or other liquid upon the material of
which the cask is composed.
In performing my invention I employ sheet metal say by preference iron or
steel in the construction of my improved cask and which when rivetted or fastened
together is enamelled on the inside one end being by preference loose to facilitate
the enamelling process..
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On the outside of the cask so constructed I place the ordinary wooden staves
and ends as a protection and to prevent injury to the improved cask but in this
case the staves and ends do not require to be close jointed.
In this improved manufacture I am enabled to use up old wooden staves and
ends as the covering material and by the enamelling on the inside I not only
avoid the deleterious action upon the beer or other liquid but also the possibility
of leakage through the shrinkage which occurs in wooden barrels and of the cask
becoming foul through long standing whilst the enamelling on the inside further
facilitates the cleansing of the cask so constructed, and for this purpose avoids the
necessity of un-heading the cask.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I HAWORTH RATCLIFFE of Thorn Bank, Royton, in the County of Lancaster,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :―
The object of this invention is to construct a cask of metal instead of wood as
heretofore to avoid the action of the beer or other liquid upon the material of
which the cask is composed.
In performing my invention I employ sheet metal say by preference iron or
steel in the construction of my improved cask and which when rivetted or fastened
together is enamelled on the inside, one end being by preference loose to facilitate
the enamelling process.
And in order that this my said invention may be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, I have hereunto annexed a drawing illustrative of my
improved cask or barrel and will now proceed to describe the same with the
assistance of the various letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is a side view partially in section of my improved cask or barrel and
Fig. 2. is a transverse section of Fig. 1. across the central line a-b.
In both views a. is the improved sheet metal shell or casing constructed of
sheet iron, sheet steel, or other suitable sheet metal and b. b. are the ends of the
said casing which ends are either rivetted to the external flanges c. c. or the same
may be bolted, screwed or otherwise secured together.
It is preferred that at least one of the ends b. b. shall be secured by bolts or
screws in order that access may be obtained for enamelling the inside of the
metallic casing. Any enamelling process may be employed but I prefer that
which is used in enamelling or producing a vitreous surface on saucepans and
other culinary articles made of stamped or sheet metal.
I provide a screwed socket e. for the tap and a similar socket e¹ also at the top
of the barrel into which screws a suitable cap or ferrule f. (seen also separately
about half full size in plan view Fig. 3. and side sectional view Fig. 4.) a tight joint
being secured by india rubber or other packing introduced between the flanges of
this cap and the socket.
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This cap is fitted in each case with a wooden plug g. driven tightly into a hole
formed through the cap and which in the case of the tap socket e. is further fitted
with a cork h. This cork h. is capable of being driven into the cask say in tapping
the barrel in the ordinary manner.
An advantage claimed for the other socket e¹ being screwed and fitted with a
wooden plug as aforesaid, is that the same may either be bored and pegged for
venting in the ordinary manner or the cap itself may be slightly unscrewed for
such venting purposes and be removed bodily in case the wooden plug requires
removing at any time.
On the outside of the metallic cask or casing a. so constructed as aforesaid,
I place the ordinary wooden staves i. i. and ends k. k. as a protection and to prevent
injury to the improved cask but in this case the staves and ends do not require to
ho close ininted

page_text: In this improved manufacture I am enabled to use up old wooden staves and
ends as the covering material and by enamelling the metal on the inside I not only
avoid the deleterious action upon the beer or other liquid but also the possibility
of leaking through the shrinkage which occurs in wooden barrels and of the casks
becoming foul through long standing whilst the enamelling on the inside further
facilitates the cleansing of the cask so constructed and (for this purpose) avoids
the necessity of unheading the cask.
A saving in cooperage is also effected seeing that the inside does not require to
be dressed out as with wooden barrels.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is —
The improved arrangement and construction of cask or barrel constructed of a
sheet metal lining or casing enamelled on the inside and protected on the outside
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.