IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR WASHING CASKS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haycraft, of Faversham, in the County
of Kent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR WASHING
CASKS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 24th April 1874, and dated the 5th November 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Haycraft at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th November 1873.
I, GEORGE HAYCRAFT, of Faversham, in the County of Kent, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY
FOR WASHING CASKS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS," to be as follows:-
:-
My Invention relates to improved machinery for washing casks,
bottles, or other vessels, being simple in construction and performing its
work in a rapid and effective manner.
The apparatus consists of a vibrating platform suspended by cords,
chains, or rods from an overhead support, said platform having an
eccentric or jerking motion imparted by a cranked shaft and connecting

page_text: rods, or by a central cranked spindle, an eccentric or equivalent device,
to which rapid rotary motion is imparted. The casks or other vessels to
be cleansed are supplied with water, and if necessary flannel, serge, or
other fabric may be introduced into the cask to assist the cleansing
action of the water. The casks or bottles are placed in recesses in the
platform and held therein by hoops or other suitable means. This
apparatus may be driven either by hand or steam power.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Haycraft in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HAYORAFT, of Faversham, in the County of Kent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Haycraft, Her special licence that
I, the said George Haycraft, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said George Haycraft, 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, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR WASHING
CASKS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Haycraft, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the 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.

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
My Invention relates to a machine or apparatus for washing casks,
bottles, or other vessels.
The apparatus, which is simple in construction and performs its work
in a rapid and effective manner, consists of a platform suspended by
cords, chains, or rods from an overhead support, said platform having a
vibrating or jerking motion imparted by a cranked shaft and connecting
rods, or by a central cranked spindle, an eccentric or equivalent device.
The casks or other vessels to be cleansed are supplied with water, and
if necessary flannel, serge, or other fabric may be introduced into the
casks to assist the cleansing action of the water. The casks or bottles
are placed in recesses in the platform, and may be held therein if
required by a chain or strap passed across from side to side.

page_text: operated by power or by hand. K, K, are two connecting rods coupling
the cranks K¹, K¹, with the platform A, so that on motion being
imparted to shaft I a vibrating motion will be communicated to the
platform A as before described:
Having described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to
be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
application and employment for washing casks and bottles of a suspended
platform, on which the casks or bottles are placed, and to which a
jerking or vibrating motion is imparted from a crank shaft or eccentric, 1
substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haycraft, have hereunto