Improvements in and relating to Valves..
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Valves..
I, GEORGE THOMAS WATTS, Mildenham Mills, North Claines, Worcester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An appliance for the automatic re-corking of casks & other vessels. The in-
vention consists of (A) a flanged nut fixed on the inside of cask (B). The valve (C)
is contained in a perforated tube (D) with loose perforated disc at end (G) in
which also is a spiral spring (E) operating by pressure on the valve (C). The
tube (1) has a taper perforation in the flanged head (F) connected by screw thread
at Hthrough which taps can be inserted by forcing back the taper valve (C).
When tap is withdrawn, the valve C is forced by spring E into the opening &
thus closes it. The whole is inserted through the head of cask (or other vessel) (B)
& screwed into flanged nut (A) on the inside. The appliance consists of 7 parts.
(1) F. The flanged head. (2) C. The cork valve with (3) the nut & bolt through
valve. (4) The flanged nut inside. (5) The perforated tube, D. (6) The spiral
spring E and (7) The perforated loose disc G. The whole is made of metal tinned
or plated & valve of cork or other material.
Dated this 21st day of December 1897.
Improvements in and relating to valves.
I, GEORGE THOMAS WATTS, of Mildenham Mills, North Claines, Worcester,
Engineer, 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 drawings left with the Provisional Specifica-
tion"--
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The
That it is an appliance for the automatic re-corking of casks & other vessels.
The invention consists of a flanged nut (A) fixed on the inside of the cask (B) or
other vessel & the valve (C) which passes through it is contained in a perforated
tube (D) with loose perforated disc at end (G) & in which also is a spiral spring (E)
operating by pressure between the loose disc at end & the valve (C).
tube (1) has a taper perforation in the flanged head (F) connected by screw
thread (H) throug which taps may be inserted by forcing back the taper valve (C).
When tap is with drawn the valve (C) is then forced by the spring (E) into the
opening & thus closes it. The whole is inserted through the head of cask (or other
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page_text: vessel) (B) & screwed into the flanged nut (A) on the inside. The appliance con-
sists of 7 parts riz.-1) The flanged head (F). 2) The cork valve (C) with 3) the
nut & bolt. 4) The flanged nut inside (A). 5) The perforated tube (D). 6) The
spiral spring (E). 7) The perforated loose disc (G). And the whole is made of
metal & tinned or plated over & the valve of cork or other material.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what my
claims are:-
1) That the novelty of my invention consists of a provision for the automatic
re-corking of casks (& other vessels) when taps are withdrawn thus excluding the
air from the interior of casks (or other vessels) which if allowed to enter seriously
damages & oftimes entirely spoils such vessels.
2) That the perforated tube inserted in the cask (or other vessel) acting as a
strainer entirely prevents the taps from becoming "choked" or "furred up in any
way by any sediment that may be in the cask (or other vessel).
Dated this 10th day of December 1898.
GEORGE THOMAS WATTS.