IMPROVED ARRANGE- MENTS AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING, MEASURING, AND RAISING BEERS, WINES, OILS, AND OTHER LIQUORS OR LIQUIDS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Bolton, of Salford, near Manchester, in the
"
County of Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of IMPROVED ARRANGE-
MENTS AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING, MEASURING, AND RAISING BEERS,
WINES, OILS, AND OTHER LIQUORS OR LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 7th May 1880, and dated the 10th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Bolton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th November 1879.
"
FREDERICK BOLTON, of Salford, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager.
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING, MEASURING,
AND RAISING BEERS, WINES, OILS, AND OTHER LIQUORS OR LIQUIDS."
Between the cellar or other place in which the liquor is stored and the upper
room or place where the liquor is delivered I fix a wooden or metal frame in which
a can or receptacle for the liquor slides up and down in the manner of a hoist, the
can being suspended on a hook attached to a string, chain, or tape, the other end
of which is attached to a helical or spiral spring contained in a wooden or metal
disc which can revolve on a fixed centre; and to the spring is attached a finger or
pointer working in a slot opposite an index marked for a gill, pint, three gills,
quart, or other desired quantity.
To the lower part of the upright frame I connect a number of taps corresponding
with the number of different liquors to be drawn off, the taps being actuated one
way by means of wires, cords, or chains surmounted by knobs or levers, and the
other way by springs or weights. When the knobs or levers are pulled or pressed
the taps are opened, and their bibs or mouths are brought directly over the can or
receptacle, the liquor falling into it, but when the knobs or levers are released the
taps are closed and the bibs or mouths are raised clear of the can. In another
arrangement I employ instead of the metal taps pieces of india rubber tubing
attached to nipples or couplings, the tubes being beld in a frame at the bottom in
such a manner that they can be compressed by pressers or plungers when the
liquor is not required to flow, and be opened by their own elasticity when the
pressers are raised by wires, cords, or chains, mounted with knobs or levers in
the same manner as described for the taps. The nipples to which the tubes are

page_text: attached, or the metal taps, are connected to the different barrels by wooden or
other pipes attached to the stillage, and provided with suitable nipples or couplings
in connection with each barrel, and those nipples or couplings which are not in use
are shut off by the ordinary stop plugs; and when desired I make the pipes in two
halves or parts, secured by clips or bolts, and packed with india rubber strips or
other packing to make them tight. The two parts may be hinged together or be
detached, and when opened the pipes can be cleaned or washed with ease.
When in the shop or bar it is required to draw some liquor, say a gill of beer,
the knob or lever in connection with the proper tap or piece of india rubber tube
is pulled or pressed, the beer flows into the can, and the finger attached to the
helical or spiral spring descends, and when it arrives opposite the line marked one
gill on the index the knob or lever is released and the tap or india rubber tube
closed.
The disc is now turned round in either direction until the can arrives at the top,
where it is then taken off the hook, and the beer correctly measured is ready to be
delivered to the customer; and the operations are similar for other quantities and
other liquors.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Bolton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th May
1880.
FREDERICK BOLTON, of Salford, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager. "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING, MEASURING,
AND RAISING BEERS, WINES, OILS, AND OTHER LIQUORS OR LIQUIDS."
The object of this Invention is to obtain the liquors from the barrels in the cellar
without the use of leaden pipes and the ordinary pumps or beer engines, and as the
beer or liquor can be drawn, measured, and served expeditiously over the counter
without leaving the shop there is a great saving of time, labour, and money. The
manner in which this Invention is to be performed will be clearly understood by
the following particular description thereof, reference being had to the figures and
letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are
elevations with parts in section representing my improvements.
Between the cellar marked a in which the liquor is stored and the shop or
place b where the liquor is delivered I fix a wooden or metal frame c in which a
can or receptacle d for the liquor slides up and down in the manner of a hoist, the
can being suspended by a hook e attached to a string, chain, or tape f, the other
end of which is connected to a helical or spiral spring g contained in a wooden or
metal disc or wheel h, having a pin or axis which can revolve in a bearing i; and
to the spring is attached a finger or pointer k opposite a graduated index 7 marked
for a gill, pint, three gills, quart, or other desired quantity. To the lower part of
the upright frame I connect a number of taps corresponding with the number of
different liquors to be drawn off, the taps being actuated one way by means of
wires and chains connected to knobs or handles, and the other way by springs
or weights; and in Fig. 1 n represents one of the taps; o, one of the springs; and
P, q, r, one of the wires, chains, and knobs; and when a knob or handle is pulled
its corresponding tap is opened, and its bib or mouth brought directly over the can
or receptacle, the liquor falling into it, but when the knob or handle is released
the tap is closed and its bib or mouth raised clear of the can.
In another arrangement I employ instead of the taps pieces of india rubber
tubing attached to nipples or couplings, the tubes being so held that they can be
compressed by pressers when the liquor is not required to flow, and be opened by
their own elasticity when the pressers are raised; and one of these india rubber
tubes and corresponding presser are marked s, t, in Fig. 3. The nipples to which
the taps or tubes are attached are connected to the different barrels by wooden or
india-rubber pipes u attached to the stillage, and provided with suitable nipples or
couplings in connection with each barrel, and those nipples or couplings which are
not in use are shut off by india rubber capsules or by the ordinary stop plugs; and
when desired I make the wooden pipes in two halves or parts, secured by clips or bolts,
and packed with india rubber strips or other packing to make them tight, and when .
the halves or parts are detached the pipes can be cleaned with ease and expedition.
When in the shop or bar it is required to draw some liquor, say a gill of beer, the
knob or handle in connection with the proper tap or tube is pulled, the beer flows
into the can, and the finger attached to the helical or spiral spring descends, and
when it arrives opposite the index line marked one gill the knob or handle is
released and the tap or tube closed. The disc is now turned round in either
direction to wind on the string or tape hooked to the can, and when the can arrives
at the top it is unhooked from the string or tape, and the beer is ready to be
measured by the ordinary standard measures and be delivered to the customer;
and the operations are similar for other quantities and other liquors.

page_text: Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I desire
it to be understood that I claim the arrangement and combination of a disc, hoist,
taps, pipes, and opening and closing movements for the purpose of drawing,
measuring, and raising beers, wines, oils, and other liquors or liquids without the
use of pumps, as herein described and illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, or any modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Bolton, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and eighty.