Improvements in the Construction of Fermenting Squares and Vats - or Troughs used in Brewing.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 4th Aug 1897 Accepted 2nd Oct
1897
Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Loft, 4th Aug 1897 Accepted, 2nd Oct 1897
Improvements in the Construction of Fermenting Squares and Vats -
or Troughs used in Brewing.
I, WILLIAM CUTLER of Cannon Works Constitution Hill Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in that class of square, vats
or trough for which Letters Patent were granted to me No. 601 of 1875, and consists
in providing means whereby the glass pieces or panels are prevented from cracking
or breaking as in the original construction.
According to my invention, I fit fillets or beads of metal, wood or other suitable
material to the wooden frame of the trough and fill the intervening space, between
such fillets and the glass, with a suitable plastic material which when set provides an
even bearing to the glass.
The glass is fixed in the usual manner by bedding in white or red lead, putty or
o: her suitable material, but instead of relying on these materials as a bearing for the
glass I now utilise them for making a fluid tight joint only and rely on the fillets or
beads with the plastic packing as the bearing medium.
The fillets or beads may, if found necessary, be made adjustable and are secured to
the frame by screws or by other suitable means.
Dated 4th Novemba 1900
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
Improvements in the Construction of Fermenting Squares and Vats
or Troughs used in Brewing.
I, WILLIAM CUTLER of Cannon Works, Constitution Hill, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to prevent the cracking and breaking of the glass
pieces or panels of squares and vats or troughs when made of glass. The glass used
for this purpose is level on one side only, the other or uneven side being that side
that is placed in contact with the framing of the vat. The usual method of fixing the
glass panels to the framing was by means of putty or red or white lead in which the
panel was bedded, but this material while forming a fluid tight connection was not

page_text: sufficiently firm to resist the internal pressure caused by the weight of the liquor.
Hence an unequal supporting bed being present, the glass panels cracked or broke,
even when made of excessive thickness. This construction of vats has accordingly
been given up by the brewers, although capable of producing a better effect on the
liquor than in ordinary vats.
This breaking and creaking of the glass panels I obviate by providing a firm bed
and which bed also coincides with the uneven surface of the glass, whereby a perfectly
continuous supporting medium is presented to the glass.
I fit fillets or beads a of metal, wood or other suitable material, to the wooden
frame b of the trough and fill the intervening space, between the fillet and the
glass, with a suitable plastic material c, such as cement, which when set or dry
provides an even bearing to the glass.
The glass d is fixed in the usual manner by bedding in white or red lead, putty or
other suitable material e, but instead of relying on these materials as a bearing for the
glass I now utilise them for making a fluid tight joint only, and rely on the illets or
beads a with the packing c as the bearing medium.
The fillets or beads a may, if found necessary, be made adjustable and are secured
to the frame b, by screws f, or by other suitable means.
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
Providing an even bearing surface for the glass panels of glass fermenting squares,
and vats or troughs used in brewing, consisting of fillets or beads a fitted to the
frame and packing c between the fillets and the glass d, in combination with the
usual white or red lead, putty or other material, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.