AN IMPROVED TAP AND APPLIANCE FOR TAPPING CASKS OR BARRELS CONTAINING LIQUID
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Robert' Phippen Winne, of No. 5, Clark Street,
Stapleton Road, in the City and County of Bristol, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED TAP AND APPLIANCE FOR TAPPING CASKS OR BARRELS CONTAINING
LIQUID."
Sealed the 29th August 1879, and dated the 5th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Robert Phippen
Winne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th March 1879.
FRANCIS ROBERT PHIPPEN WINNE, of No. 5, Clark Street, Stapleton Road, in the
City and County of Bristol. "AN IMPROVED TAP AND APPLIANCE FOR TAPPING
CASKS OR BARRELS CONTAINING LIQUID."
The Invention to consist of a metal tap, bush, and stopper, the working of
which will be as follows:-The tap, bush, and stopper are threaded or screw
cut, the tap and stopper to be of the same diameter and threaded to fit the same
bush. The bush containing the screw stopper to be attached to the cask before
being filled. In the end of the stopper is a threaded aperture in which a threaded
pin on the end of the tap will fit. After the tap is screwed into the stopper by
continuing to screw in the tap forces the stopper into the cask, and adjusts the
tap without wasting or disturbing the contents of the cask or barrel. The tap
can be withdrawn at any time, and the stopper (being on the end of the tap in
the cask) will be drawn back into its place by the unscrewing of the tap, and
this done without wasting or disturbing the contents of the cask or barrel. And
in the same manner after the cask is empty by removing the tap brings tho
stopper into its place, and thereby making the cask airtight, which will prevent
its getting foul from air or water. When required the stopper can be unscrewed
from the bush, thereby leaving the cask open for washing or any other purpose.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Francis Robert Phippen Winne in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th September 1879.
FRANCIS ROBERT PHIPPEN WINNE, of No. 5, Clark Street, Stapleton Road, in the
City and County of Bristol. "AN IMPROVED TAP AND APPLIANCE FOR TAPPING
CASKS OR BARRELS CONTAINING LIQUID."
The object of this Invention is the tapping of casks or barrels containing liquid,
and closing or stopping the said casks or barrels when empty or otherwise without
waste; for this purpose I employ a tap, stopper, and bush, as follows:-
A metal tap, bush, and stopper, as shewn in the accompanying Drawing; Fig. 1 is
an elevation of tap; Fig. 2 is a section of bush and stopper; Fig. 3 is a plan of
bush and stopper.
The tap Fig. 1 is made or provided with a screw (a) which screw is solid; 'the
said screw or end of tap is made to fit in the stopper (b), Fig. 2, the thread of
which screws are made the same pitch as the screw of the tap (c), Fig. 1; and it is
also made to leave the stopper in any position in the bush.
The bush and stopper is shown in Fig. 2. The bush is fitted to the cask or
barrel by means of three screws, and the conical or taper box (d) which is fixed in
the cask or barrel in such a manner as to be perfectly tight. The stopper (b) is
made larger at the end (e) so as to become perfectly tight when it is brought back
into its proper position when taking out the tap, and thereby closing, stopping, or
sealing the cask or barrel.
The way in which the operation is performed is,-First, the bush is screwed
firmly to the cask or barrel previous to its being filled with liquid, and the stopper
is screwed into the bush by means of the slots or grooves (f¹¹) or the flats (g, g,)
Fig. 3, with a suitable spanner or key.
In tapping the cask or barrel the end of the tap (a) is screwed into the aperture
(6) in the stopper until it is up to the faces (h', h²), and then it will screw the
stopper into the cask or barrel and past the holes in the tap until it comes to the
end of the screw, and is then perfectly tight. The operation is performed without
wasting any of the liquid, and also without shaking or disturbing.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention and in
what manner the same is or may be performed, I would have it understood that
what I claim as my Invention is,—
Firstly. The using of a metal bush and stopper as herein before described, and
represented in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
Secondly. The using of a tap to screw into the stopper, and then to carry the
stopper into the cask or barrel in the manner as hereinbefore described.
Thirdly. The stopping up of the cask or barrel when the tap is withdrawn, as
berein before described, and shewn in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Robert Phippen Winne, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventynine.
FRANCIS ROBERT PHIPPEN WINNE Tol