IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING AND DRAWING OFF WINE AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eugene Candler, of Billiter Street, in the City of
London, Wine Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
VESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING AND DRAWING OFF WINE AND
OTHER LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 3rd July 1866, and dated the 1st February 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eugene Candler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st February 1866.
I, EUGENE CANDLER, of Billiter Street, in the City of London, Wine
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN VESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING AND DRAWING OFF
WINE AND OTHER LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to prevent the adulteration of wine and
other liquids while on draught. For this purpose the cask, tank, or other
containing vessel is formed without shive, bung, or vent hole, the only
opening being that for the insertion of a tap constructed in the following
manner: This tap has an outlet orifice for the wine or other liquid, and
an inlet orifice for air, both of which are opened and closed simultaneously
by turning the plug of the tap. At the inner end of the tap, which is
screwed or otherwise attached to the cask or tank, there is a valve opening
outwards, which permits the wine or other liquid to flow out freely when

page_text: the tap is opened; but if an attempt is made to introduce any adulterating
liquid through the tap the valve closes the passage and prevents its entrance.
When the tap has been attached to the cask or tank it can be secured
from removal and made inviolable by a lock, seal, or other suitable method.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Eugene Candler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st July 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EUGENE
CANDLER, of Billiter Street, in the City of London, Wine Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Eugene Candler, Her special licence that I, the said
Eugene Candler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Eugene Candler, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING AND DRAWING OFF WINE
AND OTHER LIQUIDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Eugene Candler, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Eugene Candler, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
The object of this Invention is to prevent the adulteration of wine and
other liquids while on draught. For this purpose the cask, tank, or other
containing vessel is formed without shive, bung, or vent hole, the only

page_text: opening being that for the insertion of a tap constructed in the following
manner: This tap has an outlet orifice for the wine or other liquid, and
an inlet orifice for air, both of which are opened and closed simultaneously
by turning the plug of the tap. At the inner end of the tap, which is
screwed or otherwise attached to the cask or tank, there is a valve
opening outwards, which permits the wine or other liquid to flow out freely
when the tap is opened; but if an attempt is made to introduce any
adultering liquid through the tap the valve closes the passage and prevents
its entrance. When the tap has been attached to the cask or tank it can
be secured from removal and made inviolable by a lock, seal, or other
suitable method.
And in order that the same may be more clearly understood reference
is had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the following description
thereof, that is to say:-
Figure 1, C is the end view of a cask having no other opening than
that in which the tap T is inserted. Figure 2 is a section through the tap
T shewing its internal construction; P is the plug of the tap; A, the
outlet passage for the liquid; B, the inlet passage for the air; D is a socket
which is first inserted in the end of the cask and secured by wood screws
e, e; an india-rubber or other washer is introduced at fto prevent leakage;
G is a flange by which the body of the tap is secured to the socket D by
screws h, h. Figure 3 is a section of the valve V shewn detached; i is a
diaphragm of india-rubber opening outwards, but effectually closing the
orifice k against the passage of any liquid inwards. Each of the screws h
has a hole drilled through its head for the reception of a wire, which being
attached to the cask and sealed renders the whole inviolate.
In witness whereof, I, the said Eugene Candler, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
W. BADDELEY,
Patent Agent,
Islington.
EUGENE CANDLER. (L.S.)