A Syphon Cask for Aerated or other Liquors or Beverages under Pressure.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov.. 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Syphon Cask for Aerated or other Liquors or Beverages under
Pressure.
I, DAVID ALEXANDER RITCHIE of Beechwood, Carnoustie, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Aerated Water Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention which relates to a syphon cask for aerated or other liquors or
beverages under pressure has for its object to provide an improved means for
storing aerated or other liquors or beverages for transmission and use, such as for
supplying bars, private houses, and other places, also for supplying picnics, or
other large gatherings with aerated beverages, in bulk, instead of the ordinary
glass syphons or bottles.
In carrying out my said invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 of which is a section and Figures 2 and 3 details, I employ a strong
wooden cask or barrel A, which may be of any desired size or shape, and it may
be tastefully varnished and mounted for placing on a sideboard or counter; the
said cask A is preferably bound with metal hoops a which for appearance inay be
covered with wooden hoops. The said cask A is provided at its one end with a
gauge glass B, so as to show the quantity of liquor in the cask during the filling
operation as also when in use. The gauge glass B is preferably provided with a
metal guard tube b which is provided or formed with a slit or opening b¹ through
which the contents of the glass tube may be seen; the said gauge glass and its
fittings are so mounted that it lies within the bulge end of the cask A and is
therefore protected whether the cask be lying on its side as shown in Figure 1, or
· standing upright on its end as in Figure 2. At the other end of said cask I mount
a cock or tap C preferably made of block tin and having 2 or more joints c so as
to enable it to be folded in within the bulge end of the cask as in Figure 3 when
not required, or during transit, and so be protected. The said cock or tap C
is connected by a block tin or other joint c¹ or other convenient means to the one
end of an inclined glass tube D, which extends to nearly the opposite end of the
cask as shown so as to enable the contents of the cask being all withdrawn whether
it be lying on its side or standing on end; the said withdrawing being effected by
means of the tap C, which owing to its 2 or more joints c can be folded out, as
shown in Figure 1, or folded out to project over the cask A when it is standing on
its end, as is shown in Figure 2. The opening and closing of the tap C is effected
by means of a key or handle C¹ which is preferably supplied to the consumer or
user, so as to prevent tampering during transit.
In order to give more stability to the tube D in large sized casks I prefer to fix
or hold the lower end d of the said tube D by fitting it into a shallow hole in the
cask's end, in which case the opening would be formed in the side of the tube and
near the end of same.
The said casks may be filled in the ordinary way like glass syphons by means
of a syphon filling machine the cask being laid on a suitable rest and the nozzle
of the tap C reversed and fitted into the nozzle of the filling machine, like an
ordinary glass syphon and snifted and filled in the same manner.
The gauge B
indicating when the cask is sufficiently filled. Syrup may be injected by means of
a syrup syringe, or (for larger casks) the tap C may be made to screw out bodily
and syrup poured in by means of a filler, the tap being then replaced and the cask
charged with aerated water. The tap for all sizes of casks is preferably of &
uniform size so as to fit the nozzle of the filling machine. Any other convenient
means of filling may be adopted such as for instance an additional short tap might

page_text: be screwed into same end of cask as discharge tap, the end of this short tap being
formed with a screw thread and adapted to a screwed nut which is attached to the
end of a pipe the other end of which is attached direct to the aerating cylinder,
and the discharge tap used for snifting. Or the delivery cock may be unscrewed
and the pipe connected from cylinder connected in place of the cock and the cask
filled in that way, the additional tap being used for snifting. Syrup may also be
poured into the cask through this short tap, which if desired may be provided with
a screw cap when not in use, and the whole of same would be flush with the bulge
end of the cask. This said additional tap may also be used for cleaning the cask
by steam or other means.
The said syphon casks may be used for all kinds of aerated waters or beverages
or any liquors under pressure, such as, aerated wines or ales, Lagar beer, and such
like. They may also be used for super carbonating aerated liquors or for any
similar or such like purpose, also in place of and for the purposes of a counter
fountain or the like for the dispensing of liquors from the bulk in such quantities
as may be required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts
constituting the improved syphon cask, all substantially as, and for the purposes,
hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The improved combination of a wooden cask or vessel of any size or shape
fitted with syphon pipe and draw off jointed cock, for storing conveying and
delivering, aerated waters or beverages, or other liquors under pressure, and
discharging same in any desired quantity, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The improved combination of a gauge glass or tube so attached to the end
of a cask as to show the quantity of liquor contained in the cask, substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
4th. The combination and arrangement of a syphon pipe or tube and draw off
cock or tap whereby a cask may be emptied to the last glass, either lying on its
side or standing on end, all as herein before described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 6th day of October 1891