Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct.. 1887
Complete Left, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
CHARLES BOOTH.
EDMUND UPTON.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Stopper for Beer and other Barrels and Tap for same.
We CHARLES BOOTH of 101 Norwood Road, Radford in the Borough of Nottingham,
Mechanic, and EDMUND UPTON of 45 Radford Boulevard in the said Borough of
Nottingham Solicitors Clerk 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 :-
The stopper and tap to which our improvements particularly have reference and in
connection with which we will describe our invention as follows:-
For the stopper wo cast a tube or socket of brass, or other material, being smaller
and having a smaller opening at one end than the other and having round the larger
end thereof a flange.
The smaller end is continued by two strips across which is fastened a small cross
bar of brass, or other material, forming a strap or bridge-Inside this tubo or socket
say about 1 inches from the flange we form a circular collar or bearing upon the
inner side of which we affix a washer of india rubber, or other material, leaving a
hole say, about inch in diameter-Inside the larger opening of the said tubo or
socket, we place two short pins which project therein for the purpose of affixing our
improved tap in the manner hereafter described.
Between the circular collar or bearing before mentioned and the smaller end of
the said tube or socket and round the barrel of the same there are four large holes-
For the interior of the said socket we then make a valve-This is a glass ball forced
by a taper spiral spring from (and fastened to) the cross bar of the strap or bridge
before mentioned which forces the said glass ball tightly on to the washer of the
circular collar or bearing inside the stopper, thus preventing the admission of air or
leakage of liquor-The stopper is affixed in the end of the barrel and fastened thereto,
on the outside of the barrel, by screws through boles made by us in the flange at the
larger end of the tube or socket, for that purpose.-The tap is intended to act in
conjunction with the stopper before described.
To make the tap we cast a brass tube say about 5 inches long having a collar about
an inch from one end, and the opposite end is cut with a screw thread for the purpose
of attaching pipes, or where it is not required to use pipes, instead of the screw thread
we attach a short nozzle or spout with the opening at right angles.-At the collar end
of the tube, or tap as we will now call it, we make two helical slots or openings to
fit or turn on the two pins or studs before inentioned and the tap is thereby attached
and fastened to the said stopper.
Inside the tap we fit a short sliding tube which is forced out at the collar end and
drawn in again by means of a link hooked to the end of the inner tube inside the
tap, and connected with a small crank on the end of a pin.-This pin passes
through a small stuffing box and gland, and at the end thereof is attached a crutch
or key.

page_text: CHARLES BOOTH.
EDMUND UPTON.