Year: 1888

page_text: We, EDWARD HAMMOND, Blacksmith WALTER K. BISHOP, Advertising Agent, and
JOHN LEWIS BACON, Aerated Water Manufacturer, all of the City of Wellington in
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to an improved apparatus for tilting casks, and has for its
object tilting the cask with regularity and automatically. In order that our invention
may be most easily understood, we will now proceed to describe the same, and for
this purpose shall refer to the accompanying sheet of drawings similar letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cask and tressel with the said apparatus attached.
2 is a similar view showing the cask when tipped.
Fig.
Fig. 3 shows the apparatus with the springs held down to receive the cask.
Fig. 4 shows the same with the springs released.
Fig. 5. is a plan of the apparatus.
Fig. 6. is an end view of the same.
a. is the barrel.
b. is the ordinary barrel tressel or stand.
c. is a spring of steel or suitable material for a spring properly tempered.
d. is a cross-bar joining the ends of the spring, and forming a support for the tipping
end of the barrel.
e. e.
tressel b.
are screws or bolts to firmly hold the inner end of the spring c. to the
f. is a hook to hold the springs down as shown in Fig. 3. to admit of the barrel
being rolled on.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The two springs c. c. are formed of sufficient strength, and of the requisite tempor
to allow the barrel when full to rest on the tressel as shown in Fig. 1, but on the
barrel being lightened by the withdrawal of the liquid, the barrel is slowly raised at
one end according to the amount withdrawn, and so gradually that very little if any
disturbance of the contents takes place.

page_text: The outer end of the barrel or cask rests on the front of the ordinary tressel b, and
the inner end is carried by a cross-bar d. attached to the ends of both springs, and
holding them together.
When rolling the cask on to the tressel the springs and cross-piece are held by the
hook, and when the cask is in place the hook f. is released, and the apparatus
is ready for action. The front part of the springs is held firmly to the trossel b. by
the bolts e. r.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our invention, and
how the same is or any be carried into effect, we wish it to be understood that we do
not confine ourselves to the exact mechanical details, for it is evident that the springs
may be made of more than one plate, and the attachment of the springs altered
according to the kind of tressol, and the various mechanical details may be modified
without departing from the principle of our invention, but what we claim as novel and
useful is :-
The arrangement of springs to lift a cask gradually at one end, as its contents
diminish, as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dotal thi, l. 1. „ST... 1000
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lano,
Agents for the Applicants.