IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TILTING BARRELS, CASKS, OR OTHER RESCEPTACLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Naylor and Thomas Gelderd, both of
Leeds, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TILTING BARRELS, CASKS, OR OTHER
RESCEPTACLES."
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Sealed the 17th October 1872, and dated the 25th April 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Naylor and
Thomas Gelderd at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 25th April 1872.
We, BENJAMIN NAYLOR, and THOMAS GELDERD, both of Leeds, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TILTING BARRELS, CASKS,
OR OTHER RESCEPTACLES,” to be as follows:
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The Invention contists in an improved self-acting machine or
apparatus for tilting barrels, casks, and other receptacles containing
liquid as the liquid decreases in quantity without disturbing or shaking
the liquid, owing to the movement of the machine being so gradual and
steady.

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The casks or barrels are placed on gantrees" or
ordinary construction. On the "gantree" or "stillage" we mount standards
of wood or other suitable material, so as to support a bar or shaft above
the cask or barrel. On this bar or shaft we mount and fix a ratchet
wheel; on the same bar or shaft we mount so as to revolve freely when
required a hand wheel, on which we fit a pawl so as to work into the
teeth of the ratchet wheel; we attach by preference to the hand wheel
an elastic band or spring of suitable strength provided with a hook. On
the rim of the wheel we provide marks representing the various sizes of
casks or barrels; we also provide a pointer to note the mark to which the
hand wheel has been turned. The hook on the elastic band or spring
is hooked on the end of the cask or barrel and drawn to a suitable degree
of tension by turning the hand wheel to which it is attached. The hand
wheel is retained in any required position by means of the pawl which
drops into the teeth of the fixed ratchet wheel. The amount of turn
given to the hand wheel varies in proportion to the size of the cask or
barrel, which amount of turn is indicated by the pointer coming opposite
the required mark or number on the hand wheel. As the liquid
decreases in quantity the stretched elastic band or spring raises or tilts
the end of the cask or barrel to which it is attached.
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mashina as annamtus may be removed from one barrel to
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Benjamin Naylor and Thomas Gelderd, in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd October 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, BENJAMIN
NAYLOR, and THOMAS GELDERD, both of Leeds, in the County of York,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Benjamin Naylor and Thomas
Gelderd, Her special licence that we, the said Benjamin Naylor and

page_text: Thomas Gelderd, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said Benjamin Naylor and Thomas Gelderd, our
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 MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TILTING BARRELS, CASES, OR OTHER RECEP-
TACLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Ben-
jamin Naylor and Thomas Gelderd, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or one of our 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 we, the said Benjamin Naylor and Thomas
Gelderd, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon, that is to say :-
The Invention consists in an improved self-acting machine or
apparatus for tilting barrels, casks, and other receptacles containing
liquid as the liquid decreases in quantity, without disturbing or shaking
the liquid owing to the movement of the machine being so gradual and
steady, all as hereafter described.
Our Invention will be best understood by reference to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, of which Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machinery or apparatus constructed
according to our Invention.
a is the cask or barrel placed on a gantree or stillage 6 which is of
ordinary construction. On the gantree or stillage 6 we mount the
standards c which we make of wood or other suitable material; d, d,
are adjustable bushes on the standard c, in which the shaft or bar e is
mounted, which is made square as shewn to prevent its turning round;
the slides which carry the adjustable bushes & are graduated to suit

page_text: the various sizes of casks or barrels. On the shaft or bar e we mount
and fix a ratchet wheelf; on the boss of the ratchet wheel we mount so
as to revolve freely the hand wheel g which carries the paul h; this
paul is made so as to work into the teeth of the ratchet wheel. We
provide a stud which is fixed on the boss; on the hand wheel 9; {
to this stud we attach an elastic band or spring k of suitable strength,
as shewn; to the lower end of the elastic band or spring we attach the
the various sizes of casks or barrels. On the shaft or bar e we mount
and fix a ratchet wheelf; on the boss of the ratchet wheel we mount so
as to revolve freely the hand wheel g which carries the paul h; this
paul is made so as to work into the teeth of the ratchet wheel. We
provide a stud i which is fixed on the bossj on the hand wheel g; {
to this stud we attach an elastic band or spring k of suitable strength,
as shewn; to the lower end of the elastic band or spring we attach the
Lhook !
The rim of the hand wheel g is graduated as shewn, representing
the various sizes of casks or barrels. We also provide a pointer m 1
which is fixed on the square shaft or bar e, to note the mark to which
the hand wheel has been turned.
In order to retain the adjustable bushes in position we employ
the pins n, which are past through holes in the bushes and standards as
shewn.
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We will now proceed to describe the manner in which the tilting
operation is performed :-The hook on the elastic band or spring / is
hooked on to the end of the cask or barrel, a and drawn to a suitable
degree of tension by turning the hand wheel g to which it is attached.
The hand wheel is retained in any required position by means of the 2
paul which drops into the teeth of the fixed ratchet wheel f; it will
be readily understood the amount of turn given to the hand wheel g
(which of course increases or diminishes the strength of the elastic band
or spring) varies in proportion to the size of the cask or barrel, which
amount of turn is indicated by the pointer m coming opposite the 2
required mark or number on the hand wheel g. As the liquid decreases
in quantity the stretched elastic band or spring k raises or tilts the
· cask or barrel to which it is attached, as shewn in dotted lines in
Fig. 1.
The whole machine may be removed from one barrel to another at 3

page_text: may be varied or modified without in any way departing from the
Invention, but what we do claim and desire to be secured to us by
Letters Patent is, the arrangement, construction, and combination of the
various parts herein described and shewn, together with any mere
modification thereof for tilting casks, barrels, and other receptacles,
substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Naylor, for myself and
'on behalf of the said Thomas Gelderd, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.