IMPROVEMENTS IN CASK STANDS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Spittle, of the Cambrian Iron Foundry,
Newport, in the County of Monmouth, Ironfounder, for the In-
vention of "TERRORYUDHAC TY CARE STAWNG "
Scaled the 19th November 1872, and dated the 6th August 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Spittle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th August 1872.
I, THOMAS SPITTLE, of the Cambrian Iron Foundry, Newport, in the
County of Monmouth, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASK STANDS," to be as follows:-
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This Invention has for its object to construct a stand upon which a
cask may rest steadily and be easily tilted to any desired extent. For
this purpose the bed upon which the cask is to rest is formed with
central pivots or axes standing out from its sides. These are supported
in bearings at the top of two standards, which are bolted together at a
distance apart from one another. On one of the axes is fixed a toothed
quadrant, and a screw or worm is caused to gear with the teeth of this
quadrant. The screw or worm is carried on a spindle, carried by lugs

page_text: standing out from one of the side standards, and the end of the spindle.
is, formed to receive a key, by which it can be turned. By turning the
screw the bed can be inclined to any desired extent, and it will be locked
by the screw in such inclined position; thus the cask, resting upon the
bed, can be tilted without disturbing the beer, wine, or other liquid 5
which it may contain.
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The bed upon which the cask is to rest is of cast iron, and is formed
with two parallel sides connected by cross bars.
The top edgo of each
the cross bars are also
side is curved downwards towards its centre, and
similarly curved, so as to correspond with the form of a cask. At the 1
front end of each side of the bed is a projection for the end of a cask to
bear against; and be thereby retained from sliding off the stand when
tilted. The two side standards are also of cast iron.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Thomas Spittle in the Great Seal Patent Office.
on the 6th February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
SPITTLE, of the Cambrian Iron Foundry, Newport, in the County of
Monmouth, Ironfounder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Spittle, Her special license that I, the
said Thomas Spittle, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Thomas Spittle, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to'
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, excrcise, and vend, within the
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASE STANDS,” upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Spittle, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Spittle, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
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This Invention has for its object to construct a stand upon which a
cask may rest steadily and be easily tilted to any desired extent. For
this purpose the bed upon which the cask is to rest is formed with
central pivots or axes standing out from its sides. These are supported
in bearings at the top of two standards, which are bolted together at a
distance apart from one another. On one of the axes is fixed a toothed
quadrant, and a screw or worm is caused to gear with the teeth of this
quadrant. The screw or worm is carried on a spindle, carried by lugs
standing out from one of the side standards, and the end of the spindle
is formed to receive a key, by which it can be turned. By turning the
screw the bed can be inclined to any desired extent, and it will be locked
by the screw in such inclined position; thus the cask, resting upon the
bed, can be tilted without disturbing the beer, wine, or other liquid
which it may contain.
The bed upon which the cask is to rest is of cast iron, and is formed
with two parallel sides connected by cross bars. The top edge of each
side is curved downwards towards its centre, and the cross bars are also
similarly curved, so as to correspond with the form of a cask. At the
front end of each side of the bed is a projection for the end of a cask to
bear against, and be thereby retained from sliding off the stand when
tilted. The two side standards are also of cast iron.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings here-

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a is the bed or cradle upon which the cask is placed; it is of cast iron,
and is formed with trunnions, pivots, or axes, one on either side, and
these enter holes or bearings prepared for them in the standards b, b, of
the frame. caro washers placed upon the ends of the trunnions, pivots,
or axes, and secured by the stud pins d.. e, e, e, are stays with nuts,
which connect and hold together the standards b, b. f is a toothed
quadrant keyed upon one of the trunnions, pivots, or axes of the bed or
cradle a. The quadrant- gears with a worm g, which-is pinned or other-
wise fixed upon a spindle h, which is held by and ablo to turn in two
lugs b', 6', formed in the side of one of the standards b. i is a movable
key or handle by which the spindle h and worm g can be turned.
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The standards 6.may be provided with castor wheels, as the Drawings
shew.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the
The standards b.may be provided with castor wheels, as the Drawings
shew.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I claim, 15
the construction of cask stands, substantially as described..
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Spittle, have hercunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.