Improvements in Means for Venting Casks and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1898 - Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Venting Casks and the like.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18, Buckingham
Street, Strand, W.C., London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention a communication to me from abroad by Joseph Domenech y Farrés,
of 5, Plaza de la Constitucion, Barcelona, in the Kingdom of Spain, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved antiseptic hydraulic sealing apparatus for
cask vents or the like and serves for sealing casks or barrels containing wine or
other fermentative liquid, preventing at the same time the formation of parasitical
growths which cause acetification and other unwholesome properties of the liquid
contained in the cask and which can be observed in wines and other fermentative
liquids when germs have been introduced into them by the air which penetrates
into the casks when the liquid is being extracted.
In the annexed drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view.
Fig. 2 a modification of a part, and
Fig. 3 a detail view of the apparatus.
This apparatus is composed of a reservoir A A' Fig. 1 generally of glass or of
any other suitable material. The form of it is preferably cylindrical but it can
be of other suitable shape. On the upper part of this reservoir are arranged two
necks or mouths A' A¹ wherein the stoppers 131 132 are fastened, each provided with
a hole through which the pipes D D¹ pass respectively. The two pipes D D¹ reach
nearly to the bottom of the reservoir A A the lower part of which ends in a
neck in the mouth of which the stopper F is arranged, through which the
pipe G passes extending upwards nearly to the top of the reservoir A A and
lengthened downwards in order to penetrate a long way into the cask. This pro-
longation of the tube G is essential as without the same the apparatus would not
act as required. The length of the pipe G is variable according to the capacity
of the cask to which the apparatus is to be applied, exchangable pipes of different
lengths can be provided for each apparatus. The pipe G is represented in Fig. 3
on a small scale. Further the neck E is surrounded by a stopper or bung H used
to secure the apparatus in the holes or vents of the casks or barrels.
An antiseptic liquid for destroying the germs introduced by the air and injurious
to wine or other fermentative liquids is introduced into the reservoir A A
nearly half filling the same.
When the apparatus is arranged with the stopper H in the hole or vent of the
barrel, the air, entering the barrel when the wine is drawn through the tap
thereof, must pass through the pipes D D¹ and is carried through the antiseptic
liquid where the injurious germs are destroyed, it then goes through the pipe G
into the interior of the barrel. Thus the air arrives absolutely free from germs
preventing sourness or the like of the wine or other fermentative liquid.
The number of necks or stoppers A¹ A" and of their corresponding pipes may
YAPY

page_text: In the case where wines or other fermentative liquids producing gas have to be
dealt with one replaces one of the pipes for instance D1 and the stopper B by
the stopper M shown in Fig. 2 and the pipe 0, carrying a valve at P allowing the
outlet of the gas but preventing the outside air from entering. This arrangement
is the most convenient for stopping beer barrels and the apparatus when used for
this purpose can be retained in this form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An improved antiseptic hydraulic sealing apparatus for cask vents or the like
in which a reservoir A containing a certain quantity of antiseptic liquid is pro-
vided with a system of pipes in such a manner that the air passing into the barrel
or cask when the liquid is being extracted is obliged to pass through the antiseptic
liquid, and being purified passes into the barrel through a pipe G extending from
nearly the top of the reservoir containing the antiseptic liquid deeply into the
interior of the barrel or cask substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated.
2. In the apparatus as in Claim 1 the arrangement of a pipe with a valve P
in lieu of one of the pipes for the air entrance allowing the outlet of the gases
when such are produced by the wine or other fermentative liquids.
Dated this 28th dose of Novambar 1808
R. HADDAN.