IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'TILTERS' FOR CASKS OR OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hermann Schwarz, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
'TILTERS' FOR CASKS OR OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 13th August 1878, and dated the 20th February 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hermann Schwarz at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th February 1878.
* IMPROVE-
HERMANN SCHWARZ, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'TILTERS' FOR CASKS OR OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention relates to the construction of tilting arrangements to be applied
to the stillages used for supporting casks, barrels, or other vessels containing beer,
wine, or other liquids.
Inside the frame of the stillage I mount a swing frame, hung upon pivots at the
front part, so that the back part (which is beneath the back end of the cask) can
be raised so as to tilt the cask, barrel, or other vessel forwards when required. Near
to one pivot (or both if preferred) the swing frame is provided with a short lever
projecting downwards, and bearing against this is the end of a screw which passes
through the front part of the stillage, and its outer end is provided with a cross
handle or other means of turning it by hand.
When the cask or other vessel is full the rear end of the swing frame is just
below the back end of the barrel, but upon turning the screw it forces back the
lever or downward projection, and by thus raising the rear end of the swing frame
causes it to tilt the barrel or vessel forwards.
In some cases I dispense with the screw and provide the swing frame with a
balance weight, which is kept up by the weight of the cask or vessel resting upon

page_text: the rear end of the swing frame, but as the cask or vessel becomes lighter by the
withdrawal of the beer or other liquid the balance weight descends and tilts the
rear end of the cask or vessel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Hermann Schwarz in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th August
1878.
"
HERMANN SCHWARZ, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TILTERS' FOR CASKS OR OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention relates to the construction of tilting arrangements to be applied to
the stillages used for supporting casks, barrels, or other vessels containing, beer,
wine, or other liquids.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect; and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a front view
of a cask tilter constructed according to my Invention; Fig. 3 is a similar view to
Fig. 1, but shows the cask tilted.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the cask tilter.
Fig. 5, a view illustrating the self-acting arrangement of the tilter; and Fig. 6
shows another modification of the tilter.
Inside the frame of the stillage a, a, I mount a swing frame b, b, hung upon pivots
c, c, at the front part, so that the back part (which is beneath the back end of the
cask) can be raised so as to tilt the cask, barrel, or other vessel forwards when
required. Near to one pivot (or both if preferred) the swing frame is provided with
a short lever d, d, projecting downwards, and bearing against this is the end of a
screw e, e, which passes through the front part of the stillage a, a, and its outer
end is provided with a cross handle f, f, or other means of turning it by hand.
When the cask or other vessel is full the rear end of the swing frame is just
below the back end of the barrel, as shown at Fig. 1, but upon turning the screw e, e,
it forces back the lever or downward projection d, d, and by thus raising the rear
end of the swing frame b, b, causes it to tilt the barrel or vessel forwards, as seen
at Fig. 3. Or if preferred the screw e, e, may be made to pass through a nut h, h,
which slides in a slot i, i, in the short lever d, d, as seen at Fig. 6, by which arrange-
ment the handle of the screw will not project so far forwards in front of the
stillage, which will allow the contents of the barrel to be drawn off with less
inconvenience.
In some cases I dispense with the screw e, e, and provide the swing frame b, b,
with a balance weight g, g, which is kept up by the weight of the cask or vessel
resting upon the rear end of the swing frame b, b, but as the cask or vessel becomes
lighter by the withdrawal of the beer or other liquid the balance weight descends

page_text: and tilts the rear end of the cask or vessel, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. It
will be evident that a spring may be used instead of the weigt.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention, the construction of
tilters for casks or other vessels, substantially as herein-before described, and
illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hermann Schwarz, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
H. SCHWARZ. (L.S.)