Improvements in Cask Tilters.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cask Tilters.
I ANTHONY HUTCHINSON of 12 Ducie Avenue, Oxford Road, in the City of
Manchester, County of Lancaster, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus employed in the tilting of casks in order to
put them in position to more completely discharge their contents as is well
understood. The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus which can be
quickly applied to a cask when it is advisable to tilt the same and which shall be
simple in construction and easy of operation.
In my cask tilter a lever is formed at one end with a claw or hook which is
adapted to take hold of the end of the cask and with a part which rests upon or
extends along the top of the cask when the apparatus is placed in position with the
hooked claw passed below the projecting rim formed by the stave ends. The part
of the lever which extends along the cask may be provided with a foot or with
feet which may be serrated to prevent slipping, such foot or feet bearing upon
the cask,
The lever is extended at an angle or curve from the part which rests upon the
cask and the outer eud is provided with a wooden handle or is shaped or adapted
to be acted upon by the hand. A strut is hinged to the lever and is formed or
provided at its outer end with a claw or is otherwise adapted to rest against a wall
or a partition or fixed abutment. A pawl or support is hinged to the said strut and
engages with notches or recesses formed in the lever.
When the apparatus is applied to the cask the handle of the lever projects
upward and away from the cask and the end of the strut is permitted to rest
against the wall near to which casks are usually arranged. To tilt the cask the
handle is seized and drawn in a direction away from the wall whereby the back end
of the cask is lifted. As the end of the cask rises the support of the strut slides
along the lever and passes from one notch in the lever to another. When the
said support has dropped into a notch the lever may be released and the cask will
be sustained by the strut.
When it is desirable to further tilt the cask it is only necessary to raise the cask
in the same way until the strut support has passed into another notch.
As my improved tilter is not a fixture it is not necessary to provide one for
each cask.
Dated this 14th day of July 1893.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cask Tilters.
I ANTHONY HUTCHINSON of 12 Ducie Avenue, Oxford Road, in the City of
Manchester, Joiner, 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 and accompanying drawings:
My invention relates to apparatus employed in the tilting of casks in order to
put them in position to more completely discharge their contents as is well
understood.

page_text: The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus which can be quickly
applied to a cask when it is advisable to tilt the same and which shall be simple in
construction and easy of operation.
To render my invention clearly understood I will now proceed to describe the
same particularly and in detail with the assistance of the annexed sheet of
drawings.
Fig. 1 represents my improved tilter applied to a cask.
Figs. 2 and 3 are views at right angles to Fig. 1.
The improved tilter consists mainly of a bent lever a formed at one end into a
claw a¹ which is adapted to take hold of the end of the cask A. The lever a rests
on and extends along the top of the cask when the tilter has been placed in position
as indicated in the drawings with the claw a' passed below the projecting edge
formed by the stave ends.
Towards the frout the lever a is provided with a foot b which is curved to rest
on the cask top as plainly shown in Fig. 2. At this point the lever a is bent at
about right angles and is furnished with a handle a² of wood or other material by
which the tilter is operated.
A strut c is pivotted to the lever a at a and is formed at its outer end with a
curved surface or abutment c¹ which rests against the wall d of the cellar or place
where the cask is stillaged. A ratchet pawl e is hinged to the strut c and engages
with ratchet teeth f formed in the lever a as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A
spring g may be used to keep the pawl in gear with the ratchet teeth.
When the apparatus has been connected to the cask in the manner described
and as shown in the drawing, the handle of the lever a projects upwards from the
cask and the end of the strut c rests against the wall near which the cask is
placed. It will be seen that the pressure of the strut keeps the tilter in position.
To tilt the cask the handle a² is seized and drawn in a direction. away from the
wall, and by this action the back end of the cask is tilted or raised. As the end
of the cask rises the abutment c¹ of the strut slides up the wall d and at the same
time the pawl falls back a little and clicks over one or two of the rear ratchet
teeth f. When the lever is released, the pawl is held by the last tooth it has
slipped over, and the cask is sustained at the required angle by the strut.
angle of tilt may be increased as required from time to time by operating the tilter
in the described manner.
The
My improved tilter not being a fixture it may be shifted at pleasure from cask
to cask. The appliance is very simple, cannot easily get out of order and can be
cheaply produced. A few seconds only are required to connect the tilter to the
cask, and there are no wall fixings to be attended to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved cask tilter constructed and operating substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated.
2. A cask tilter consisting of the bent lever a formed with handle, claw and
ratchet teetb, in combination with the pivotted strute and pawl e arranged and
-acting substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 14th day of April 1894.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.