IMPROVEMENTS IN.. APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE INCLINATION OF VESSELS FOR THE. PURPOSE OF DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS CONTAINED THEREIN, IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF, CASKS, AND SUCH LIKE VESSELS, AND IN THE MEANS OF DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS; PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE POR REGULATING THE INCLINATION OF LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1843

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SARAH
BEADON, of Hope Corner, Taunton, in the County of Somerset, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the sixth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and' successors, give and grant unto me, the said Sarah
Beadon, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the
said Sarah Beadon, my exórs, admors, and assigns, or such others as I; the said
Sarah Bendon, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales; and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention
of. "IMPROVEMENTS IN.. APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE INCLINATION OF VESSELS
FOR THE. PURPOSE OF DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS CONTAINED THEREIN, IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF, CASKS, AND SUCH LIKE VESSELS, AND IN THE MEANS OF DRAWING
OFF LIQUIDS; PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE POR REGULATING
THE INCLINATION OF LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER ARTICLES," communicated
from abroad; in which. said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the
said Sarah Beadon, shall cause a particular description of he nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months

page_text: apparatus applied thereto according to the Invention.
Figure 2 shows a side view of the apparatus for raising the stand and cask,
on a larger scale.
Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 show the parts of the apparatus for raising the back
of the stand at the back, and consequently the cask or other vessel thereon,
and such regulating the position of the cask or vessel may be done without
shaking the liquid therein. a is a cask containing any liquid; b is the stand,
which is of the ordinary construction, it having four legs, two in front and two
at back; c is a lever, moving on an axis at d; one end of the lever c having
a wheel e, the other end of the lever having a toothed sector f formed thereon,
such toothed sector being suitably formed for being worked by means of a
screw g, which turns in bearings at h, in the frame or brackets i, affixed to the
stand b, as will readily be understood on examining the Drawing. j is a
handle on the axis of the screw g, by means of which the screw can be turned,
and thus cause the back end of the stand to be steadily raised, the screw
preventing the sector moving back from any position to which it may be
brought.
I would remark that I do not claim the separate parts of the apparatus
above described, nor do I confine myself to the precise forms thereof; but
what I claim as the first part of the Invention is, the application of the
apparatus herein described to the stand of a cask or other vessel for the
purpose of regulating the inclination thereof.
I will now describe the second part of the Invention, which relates to
another arrangement of apparatus to be used for regulating the inclination of
a cask when drawing off liquids therefrom.
Figure 7 shews a perspective view of an apparatus constructed according to
this part of the Invention; Figure 8 is a side section thereof. In using this

page_text: apparatus it is applied to the back end of a cask on a suitable stand. k is a'
plate which carries the apparatus; l, l, is the framing, the nature of which
is clearly shown in the Drawing; m, m, are two projections which act as
bearings for the axes l' of the frame 1, l. In the two uprights of the frame 1, I,
are grooves to receive and guide the sliding pieces n, n; these sliding pieces
are affixed at their upper ends to the piece o, which comes under the end of
a cask, and the sliding pieces n, affixed at their lower ends to the bar p, such
bar p having a female screw formed through it. The screw q has bearings
at q', q', and on the lower end is affixed a toothed wheel r, with teeth suitable
to be worked by a screw. Motion is communicated to the screw wheel r by
means of the screws, the axis of which turns in bearings at t. It will readily
be understood that if this apparatus be placed under the back end of a cask
and the sliding frame n, o, p, be caused gradually to rise, the back of the
cask will be raised, the stand on which such cask is placed, in this instance,
remaining unmoved.
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I do not claim the parts of this apparatus separately; but what I claim as
the second part of the Invention is, the mode of combining the apparatus as'
described in respect to Figures 7 and 8.
I will now describe the third part of the Invention, which has for its object
the applying the apparatus described under the first part of the Invention to
looking glasses, and also to the backs of what are called bed chairs.
Figure 9 shows a front view of a swing looking-glass having the apparatus
applied thereto; Figure 10 shews a side section thereof; and Figure 11 shews
part of the apparatus separately. vis the looking-glass, moving on hinges or
axes at v', affixed to the stand u. At the back of the looking-glass is applied
the lever c, moving on an axis at d, the upper end of the lever c being attached
by a pin joint to the sliding piece c', which moves in the guide c, affixed to the
back of the looking-glass frame, as is shewn; and the lower end of the lever c
has a toothed sector or quadrant ƒ formed thereon, which is moved by means
of the screw 9, which turns in bearings at h; and j is a handle by which the
screw is turned, as will readily be traced on examining the Drawing. By this
arrangement of apparatus the position or inclination of a looking-glass may
be regulated and retained at any desired inclination.
Figure 12 shews a side section, and Figure 13 a back view, of a bed chair'
or back rest to be used in a bed, having the improvements applied thereto;
the parts being marked with the same letters of reference as in the previous
Figures, no further description thereof will be necessary.
I wish it to be understood that I do not claim any of the parts separately;
but what I claim as the third part of the Invention is, the mode of appl. ing.

page_text: apparatus to regulate the inclination of looking-glasses and bed chairs or bed
rests, as above described.
I will now proceed to describe the fourth part of the Invention.
Figure 14 is a section of a cask in its long axis with the Invention applied,
consisting of a dam, with a woollen or other covering inserted or constructed
into the cask at about four inches behind its head; A, the cask; B, the dam;
C, a piece of woollen or other material: D, the position of the tap, &c.
Figure 15 is a section of the cask in its short axis. B represents the front
view and extent of dam when in its situation; C, the position of the tap hole.
Figure 16 is a larger view of the dam, shewing the mode, in which the woollen
material is connected to the dam, by means of screws or nails, or such like
fastenings, placed along the top and also into the front and back of dam, the
ends of the woollen or other material being left to float. on their respective
sides of the dam. The dam prevents the falling forwards of the sediment
when the liquor in a cask has run low, the liquor itself being carried over by
capillary attraction through the medium of woollen or other material, so that
only clear liquor is allowed to flow to the front of the dam, permitting also a
much lower insertion of the tap than usual..
I do not claim any thing as the fourth part of the Invention except the
insertion of a dam across the width of a cask or such like vessel to keep back
the dregs, and the application of capillary attraction to procure the contents of
the cask clear; and I do not confine myself to the precise forms or materials
described and named for this apparatus."
The fifth part of the Invention consists of a tap, as seen entire at: Figure 17.
Figure 18 is a lateral section of the. tap alone, shewing at. A the external
screw, by which it is inserted into the head of a cask at. B, the female screw,
which corresponds with the male screw of the head or key of the tap D, figured
at 21; at. C,, the female screw for the reception of the, male screw of the nut G,
figured at 20. Figures 20 and 21 represent portions of the tap, as seen applied
in Figure 19.
Figure, 19 is a lateral section of the tap. partly in action with
all the parts of it in their situations. D is the head or key of tap (shewn detached
at Figure 21) with male screw, which works into the female screw B, and key's
by a triangular hole upon the end of the rod or stem of nut G, see. Figures 20
and 22, causing the rod and nut to rotate backwards: or forwards through the
female screw, C as the head or key moves, through screw. B, thus opening or
closing the liquor holes shown at E, E, by the alteration in the position of the
smooth portion F of the back nut G. The letters, and descriptions correspond
in all the Figures.
What I claim as the fifth and last portion of the Invention is, a tap, the

page_text: head of which forms its own key, which is detached and inserted where
required to draw liquor by means of a screw, and through which tap the
liquor is permitted to flow, or the contrary, by the alternate retrogression and
advance of the nut G and stem H as the key head is screwed in or with-
drawn. The screw head or key D is to be removed when the tap is closed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sarah Beadon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-three
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twentieth day of November,
in the year of our Lord 1843, the aforesaid Sarah Beadon came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Speification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord
ight hunde and forty-three