Improvements in or relating to Syphon Check Flow Taps for Drawing Liquids from Bottles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1898
Improvements in or relating to Syphon Check Flow Taps for
Drawing Liquids from Bottles and the like.
I, WALTER CLEWS, of the Electro Plate Works, 56A, Great Hampton Street,
Birmingham, County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or relating
to syphon checkflow taps for drawing liquids from bottles or other vessels and
has for its object to provide means whereby the contents of a bottle may be
drawn off by a syphon when desired the flow of liquid being checked by the
using of the liquid in the vessel which stops the passage of air to the bottle.
In syphon taps of ordinary construction no provision is made for cleaning the
same internally owing to the bend in the orifice of the tap. By my invention
these difficulties are overcome the orifice of the tap being in a straight line
with the passage therein. In order that my invention may be more clearly
understood I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings
the same letter of reference indicating similar parts throughout. Figure 1
shows in side elevation my improved tap connected to the bottle neck.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same showing the internal arrangement.
Figure 3 is a plan of the bottom of the tap and part of the bracket for holding
the same. Figures 4, 5, and 6 are modifications of my invention. A represents
the body of the tap B and B the passages C is the plug of the tap having two
passages D and D2 the lower portion of the tap terminates into a hexagonal end E
which engages in a hexagonal socket F, the arm of the bracket H is attached to a
wall or the like. I is the orifice of the tap. Connected to the top of the tap is the
cork J held in position by the ferrule K. Passing through the centre of the cork
is a metal tube L communicating with the passage B down which the liquid passes the
long pipe M being connected to the passage B2 admits air to the surface of the
liquid, thus forming the short and long legs of the syphon. The bottle Mis
pressed on to the cork J and held in a vertical position by the ring O the pipe M
passing up the inside of the bottle admits air to the surface of the liquid causing
it to flow freely down the pipe L to the vessel below, the flow being regulated as
desired by means of the plug C.
When a glass or other vessel is held under the tap with the orifice a little
distance therein the liquid will flow till it rises to the orifice when the passage of
air is cut off from the pipe M thereby causing the flow of liquid to cease.
In Figure 6 I show my improved tap with the orifice I slightly cranked and
arranged to fit the mouth of a large bottle or jar which dispenses with the bracket
arrangement, by simply placing the bottle or jar down on its side the action being
the same as in Figures 1, 2, and 3. In Figure 4 I show the end E of the orifice I
and the arm of the socket F partly semicircular and partly hexagonal. In Figure 5 I
show the end E and socket F square. It will be seen that my improved tap may
be readily cleaned internally by means of a brush or the like owing to the direct
line of the passages B and B².

page_text: 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--
1. The combination with a syphon and tap with two parallel passages one for
admitting air and the other to allow the liquid to pass from the bottle or jar the
flow thereof being checked by coming in contact with the liquid substantially as in
the manner described.
2. The combination with a syphon tap as claimed above and the socket F
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 or their equivalent for holding the syphon tap in a vertical
position substantially as described.
3. The improvements in and relating to syphon check flow taps for drawing
liquid from bottles or jars and checking the flow thereof provided with two
parallel passages one for admitting air to the bottle and the other for allowing the
liquid to flow therefrom substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of January 1898.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.