Improved Apparatus for Tilting Barrels.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Tilting Barrels.
THOMAS BRIDGE 252 Derby Street Bolton, Lancashire Plumber and Gas Fitter
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I construct an lever having an angle of about 100° one end of which has a
hook, and the other, or handle end is serrated on the inner edge. At the angle of this
lever I attach a concave block which acts as a fulcrum to the lever. About 3' from
the hook end of this lever I connect a straight lever the outer end of which falls
against the wall in front of which the barrel is stillaged; and about 3" from the
connected end of this straight lever I connect a second straight lever the outer end
of which is forked having at the base a knife edge. This fork clips the L lever a
little below the handle and rests against the serrated edge. The method of tilting
a barrel for the purpose of draining off the liquid is as follows. I place the foot
of the lever near the front end of the barrel the handle part of the lever being
almost perpendicular, and hook the other end under the back edge of the barrel.
I then pull the handle which raises the back end of the barrel. As the back end
rises it is drawn away from the wall and allows the first straight lever to slide. down
the wall, and the motion of this lever draws the forked end of the second straight
lever down the serrated part of the lever below the handle; the knife edge at the
base of the fork being pressed by the weight of the barrel against the serrated part
holds the barrel in the required position.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894.
THOMAS BRIDGE.
Improved Apparatus for Tilting Barrels.
THOMAS BRIDGE 252 Derby Street Bolton Lancashire Plumber, and Glazier
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 :-
I construct an L lever C Fig. 1 one end of which has a hook D and the other
or handle end has a serrated edge E. I attach a concave foot F which rests upon
the front part of the barrel A, and acts as a fulcrum for the lever C. A bout
3 inches from the hook end D of this lever C I connect a lever G the end of which
falls against the wall B in front of which the barrel A is stillaged. About 3 inches
from the connected end of the lever G I connect a third lever H the outer end of
which is forked at J having at its base a knife edge. This fork J clips the lever E
at the serrated part. The method of tilting a barrel for the purpose of draining
off the liquid is as follows. I place the foot F near the front end of the barrel A,
and hook the other end D under the back edge K. 1 the pull the handle L which
raises the back end of the barrel next to the wall. As the back end rises it is
drawn away from the wall and allows the lever G to slide down the wall B and
this motion of the lever G draws the forked end J of the lever H down the
serrated edge E Fig. 2, and the knife edge at the base of the fork J is pressed
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page_text: by the weight of the barrel A against the serrated edge E and thus holds the
barrel at the required angle as shown in Fig. 2.
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 I claim is :-
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A method of tilting barrels by means of three specially constructed and con-
nected levers as shown in Fig. 1 and which when operated leaves the barrel at any
required angle.
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THOMAS BRIDGE.