An Improvement in all kinds of Iron, Metal, and Wood Taps for all purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in all kinds of Iron, Metal, and Wood Taps for
all purposes.
I, WALTER AUGUSTUS GASKINS 1 Malvern Villa Leckhampton near Cheltenham
no occupation do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improvement in all kinds of iron, metal, & wood taps which would apply to
steam taps.
Improvement consists of a rubber washer attached loosely at the end of a metal
screw plug or plunger so that when the plug or plunger is screwed down the
washer fits on the top of supply pipe also with wood, plug or plunger for hot.
water or steam, and the tap may be used with a key, or fixed handle the tap may
be made in any shape on the same principle.
The improvement consists, 1st. In the shape of tap, which is so constructed as
to allow a better flow for the liquid, and more easy to cleanse out. 2nd. The plug
or plunger, can be made of wood brass or other metal. 3rd. At the end of brass
or metal plunger there is a valve attached which may be loose or fixed, and has a
washer attached made of leather, rubber, vulcanite, wood or other material.
4th. The end of plug or plunger "for tap made with key" do not come above top
of cap to stuffing box for key to fit on, so that it cannot be turned by anything but.
key, which make it a lock tap. 5th. The bedding or seating is made with keen
edge, instead of flat. 6th. The screw boss attached to tap is for casks of all
descriptions.
Dated this 4th day of December 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in all kinds of Iron, Metal, and Wood Taps for
all purposes.
WALTER AUGUSTUS GASKINS, 1 Malvern Villas Leckhampton near Cheltenham
no occupation, 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 :-
The invention consists in the shape of tap it being so constructed is more easy to
cleanse out, and the liquid has a better flow; also being made with key to fit on
spindle, B, the end of spindle when key is off to be slightly lower than top of
stuffing box cap, C, so as to prevent its being turned by anything other than the
key, which make it a lock tap.
The washer, D, on valve is made loose or fixed, and may be made of rubber
leather, vulcanite, wood or other material.
The bedding or seating, E, is made with keen edge so that the washer, D, will
embed itself on seating.
The screw boss, F, is for casks of all descriptions, so that it may be used for
cork holes, or protector's when the tap is screwed into barrel, the screw on tap
catches before the cork is entirely pushed out so that as the tap is screwed up it
pushes the cork out, and prevents any waste of liquid.
The drawing marked, A, represents a complete drawing, of "An improvement in
all kinds of iron, metal & wood taps for all purposes" and screw boss for casks of
all descriptions.

page_text: The drawing marked, G, represents only a portion of the tap showing same
constructed as a lock tap to be used with key only.
The tap may be made in any other, also in wood, on any other kind of metals,
and for all purposes.
The features upon which I claim my invention upon are the shape of tap, lock
principle, seating or bedding upon which the valve screw down upon, and screw
boss for casks of all descriptions.
Dated Santamber and 1001
WALTER AUGUSTUS GASKINS.