IMPROVEMENTS IN STILLIONS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPORTING BEER CASKS DURING FERMENTATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Moreland, junior, of No. 3, Old Street in the
County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STILLIONS
OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPORTING BEER CASKS DURING FERMENTATION."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Moreland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th January 1882.
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RICHARD MORELAND junior of No. 3, Old Street in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STILLIONS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPORTING BEER CASKS
DURING FERMENTATION."
During the last stage of fermentation of beer the casks containing it are
generally placed in rows resting on two rails or edges with a trough between, the
whole appliance being technically known as a stillion.
My Invention relates to a construction of stillions in such a manner that they
are simple, inexpensive readily cleansed and capable of being moved from place to
place without interfering with the structure of the building in which they are
employed.
For this purpose I place on the floor at intervals apart cross girders or sleepers
on which I fix longitudinal rails or girders parallel to one another at a suitable
distance apart and tilted or inclined at such an angle inwards as to suit the bulge
of the casks. On the same sleepers I place between these rails a continuous trough
slightly inclined downwards to one end which is provided with an outlet.
This trough receives the portions of fermenting liquid that overflow from the
casks placed upon the rails above mentioned. The trough can be removed to be
cleansed, and the longitudinal as well as the transverse girders can also be removed
to admit of the cleansing of these as well as of the floor.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Richard Moreland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th July 1882.
RICHARD MORELAND junior of No. 3, Old Street in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STILLIONS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPORTING BEER CASKS
DURING FERMENTATION."
During the last stage of fermentation of beer the casks containing it are
generally placed in rows resting on two rails or edges with a trough between, the
whole appliance being technically known as a stillion.
My Invention relates to a construction of stillions in such a manner that they
are simple, inexpensive, readily cleansed and capable of being moved from place to
place without interfering with the structure of the building in which they are
employed.
For this purpose I place on the floor at intervals apart cross girders or sleepers
on which I fix longitudinal rails or girders parallel to one another at a suitable
distance apart and tilted or inclined at such an angle inwards as to suit the bulge
of the casks. On the same sleepers I place between these rails a continuous trough
slightly inclined downwards to one end which is provided with an outlet. This
trough receives the portions of fermenting liquid that overflow from the casks
placed upon the rails above mentioned. The trough can be removed to be cleansed,
and the longitudinal as well as the transverse girders can also be removed to admit
of the cleansing of these as well as of the floor.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings are respectively a side elevation
and a plan of part of a stillion according to my Invention, and Fig. 3 is n
transverse section. A A are the transverse girders placed at intervals apart with
the tilted rails B B secured in them by wedges or otherwise. C is the continuous
trough placed on the sleepers between the rails. This trough may be of iron.
enamelled, or it may be of iron or other metal electrolytically coated or it may be
made of or faced with material that will resist the corrosive action of the liquor.
It will be seen that the construction described gives facilities for removing the
trough, rails and transverse girders separately for cleansing or other purposes
without interfering with the structure of the building in which the stillion is
placed.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I claim :-
The construction of stillions substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof I the said Richard Moreland junior have hereunto set
iny hand and seal, this Fourth day of July in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
RICHARD MORELAND JR. (125.)