Improvements in Siphon Apparatus for Drawing Off Liquids and Filling into Casks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1893-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Siphon Apparatus for Drawing Off Liquids and
Filling into Casks.
I, ALBERT BUZENAC, of 19 Quai des Chartrous, Bordeaux, France, Foreman
of a Wine Merchant's Cellars, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in siphon apparatus for drawing off
liquids and filling into casks, and by its means one man alone is enabled to perform
the above operation without help; and the raising of the cask either by manual
labor or by mechanical means is avoided, the cask remaining stationary.
The apparatus consists essentially of four parts: (1) a curved tube screwing or
unscrewing at will into (2) a second portion. These two when united give the
appearance of a siphon with regular curve, but only slightly curved, terminating in
a quarter of a circle at one of its extremities, and carrying at this point a cock to
allow of the regulating of the descent of the liquid. This cock is provided with
two clutches destined to receive and carry a circular examiner consisting of two
parallel glasses placed on each side of the siphon. This examiner allows of the
ascertaining of the limpidity of the liquid before its exit by the cock. This
control serves as a guide to the operator to advance the siphon into the mass of the
liquid. This pushing forward is done by the help of a rack placed above the
examiner and worked by a toothed wheel. This rack is attachable and detachable
at will. A handle in the form of a circular fly wheel allows of the turning of the
toothed wheel and the working as a consequence of the rack which according as it
turns to the right or the left moves the siphon forward or backward in the interior
of the cask.
(3) I have a junction or adjuster in the form of a bayonet provided with two
handles allowing of its being fixed to the cock. This fixing takes place on two
clutches which are at the extremity of the cock. At the lower part of this junction
or adjuster are three rings hollowed in the metal and employed to bind or fasten an
india rubber tube provided for conducting the liquid to its destination.
This
(4) To the apparatus I provide a mouthpiece formed of a cylinder terminated
by a truncated cone with an external furrow. At the head of the mouthpiece I
have a press packer with an internal furrow. A ferrule or collar upon the press
packer is provided with two tongues to make the pressure by the screw.
pressure exercises itself on an indian rubber ring. In the rear of the chamber of the
press packer in the interior of the mouthpiece exists a clapper closing automatically
the passage reserved to the tube of the first part mentioned of the apparatus by
means of spring. This passage has the diameter & curve exactly necessary for
the admission of the tube first mentioned. The control of the working of the
clapper is assured by an examiner connecting with the interior of the mouthpiece.
At the head of the
The clapper is fixed to the covering plate of this examiner.
mouthpiece there is provided a fork into which the rack aforesaid adapts itself. In
the axis of the front cutting of the mouthpiece and on each of its sides are fixed
two handles of which one is solid and the other carries at its extremity a stopper
formed with furrow. On unscrewing this stopper an air conductor is found pierced

page_text: in the interior of the handle above mentioned and communicating with the mouth-
piece below the indian rubber washer.
Dated this 20th day of June 1893.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Siphon Apparatus for Drawing Off Liquids and
Filling into Casks.
I ALBERT BUZENAC, of 19 Quai de Chartrous, Bordeaux, France, Foreman
of a Wine Merchant's Cellars 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 relates to improvements in syphon apparatus for drawing off
liquids and filling into casks, & by its means one man alone is enabled to perform
the above operation without help; and the raising of the casks either by manual
labor, or by mechanical means, is avoided, the cask remaining stationary.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved syphon with all parts fitted
together,
Figure 2 shews, at an enlarged scale, a side view of the mouthpiece or nozzle,
hereinafter more fully described, and
Figure 3 being a front view of Figure 2.
:-
on each side
The improved syphon apparatus, in accordance with my invention consists
essentially of four parts viz. (1) a curved tube a screwing or unscrewing at will
into (2) a second portion b. These two, when united, give the appearance of a
syphon with regular curve, but same are only slightly curved and terminating in a
quarter of a cicle at one of its extremities, and carrying at this point a cock c to
allow of regulating the flow of the liquid. At the other end of portion b, I
provide a circular examiner d consisting of two parallel glasses placed
of the syphon. This examiner d allows of the ascertaining of the limpidity of the
liquid before its exit by the cock c, and also serves as a guide to the operator to
advance the syphon into the bulk of the liquid. Said advancement being caused
by means of a rack e placed above the examiner d. Said rack e is attachable and
detachable at will, and is worked by means of a toothed wheel connected to a small
fly or hand wheel f, which according as it is turned moves the syphon forward or
backward in the interior of the cask. (3) I also provide in accordance with my
invention a junction piece or adjuster g in the form of a bayonet joint provided
with two handles allowing of its being fixed to the cock, by means of two clutches
situated at the extremity of the cock c. At the lower part of the junction piece or
adjuster gare rings g', employed for binding or fastening an india rubber tube
provided for conducting to its destination after leaving the syphon. (4) As shewn
to an enlarged scale in Figures 2 and 3, I provide a mouthpiece or nozzle h, formed
of a cylinder and terminated by a truncated cone, having an external screw thread
cut upon same. At the head of said mouthpiece or nozzle I employ a packing
nuti screw-threaded, and is worked by means of two tongue pieces ; secured to the
collar of same.
The pressure given by same exerts itself upon an india rubber
ring k, and therefore making the passage between the tube a, and the mouthpiece
or nozzle, perfectly airtight by means of the rubber pinching said tube a.
Situated in the rear of the packing nut i, and in the interior of the mouthpiece is a
clack valve employed for closing the passage reserved for the tube b when same is
withdrawn, by means of a spring m. The control & working of said clack valve

page_text: is ensured by means of an examiner situated at the top of the mouthpiece, and to
which the said clack valve is secured. At the head of the mouthpiece I provide
a fork n, into which one end of the rack aforesaid adapts itself. I provide the
mouthpiece with handles o, o' situated one upon each side. One of said handles o
is solid, but the other o¹ is used as a valve, having an opening drilled right through
its ceutre for the admission of air into the syphon, and provided with an airtight
cap p.
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 :-
First. In syphon apparatus for drawing off liquids, the employment of the two
attachable or detachable tubes a and b, to form the syphon tube as described in the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second. In syphon apparatus for drawing off liquids, the improved means for
lowering and raising the syphon into and out of the cask, substantially as herein
described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Third. In syphon apparatus for drawing off liquids the improved mouthpiece h,
with packing nut i, and clack valve, and handles o, o', all substantially described &
shewn in the accompanying drawings and for the purposes herein set forth.
Fourth. In syphon apparatus for drawing off liquids the employment of the
regulating cock c, examiner d, junction piece g, and rings g' substantially as
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings and for the purposes herein
set forth.
Fifth. Improvements in syphon apparatus for drawing off liquids and filling into
casks substantially as herein described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Dated this 1st day of December 1893.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, W.C., Agent for Applicant.