Improvements in Apparatus for Tilting Barrels.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Tilting Barrels.
I, MARTIN SAMUEL HOWES BUCKLAND, of 13, Little Titchfield Street, Great
Portland Street, in the County of London, Gentleman, do hereby the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for tilting barrels containing
beer or other liquids whereby the inclination of the barrel is automatically varied
according to the quantity of liquid withdrawn therefrom, and has for its object
to more effectually regulate automatic tilting action than in apparatus hitherto
in use for this purpose.
According to my invention I place the barrel, hogshead, or receptacle containing
the liquid to be consumed 'upon the usual stillion or support, or upon the floor
of a cellar and engage its rear projecting end or ring with a hook connected to
one end of a chain, wire or cord which is passed around a pulley carried by a
bracket suspended from the ceiling of cellar or other place wherein the barrel is
stored. The other end of the chain, wire or cord, is provided with a weight or
weights capable of raising the rear end of the barrel by means of the connecting
chain and hook when a certain quantity of the liquid has been withdrawn, and
in order to automatically regulate the correct tilting of the barrel I form the afore-
said pulley with an eccentric rim or groove arranged in such a manner that, as
the barrel is emptied the largest diameter or greatest leverage is brought to bear
against the chain or cord thus compensating for the gradually decreasing weight
at the rear end of the barrel.
I prefer to arrange a series of barrels underneath the pulley so that as one is
emptied the hook may be attached to the next succeeding one until the whole
series has been emptied.

page_text: 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 apparatus for automatically tilting
casks barrels and such like vessels of unwieldly charater containing beers wines
or other liquids and has for its object to facilitate the drawing of such liquids
by varying the inclination of the cask or other vessel according to the quantity
of liquid withdrawn.
For this purpose we place the cask, barrel hogshead or other receptacle con-
taining the liquid to be consumed upon the usual stillion or support or upon
the floor of a cellar and engage its rear projecting end or rim with a hook con-
nected to one end of a chain wire or cord which passes over a pully carried by a
hanger or bracket suspended from the ceiling of the cellar or other place wherein
the receptacle is stored.
The other end of the chain wire or cord is provided with a weight or weights
capable of raising the rear end of the cask or other vessel by means of the said
connecting chain and hook as the liquid reaches a certain level by reason of its
withdrawal from the said vessel.
And in order to automatically regulate the correct tilting of the vessel the
aforesaid pully is formed with an eccentric rim or groove so aranged that as the
vessel is emptied the leverage acted upon by the weight is gradually decreased
thus compensating for the gradually decreasing weight at the rear or suspended
end of the vessel.
I prefer to so arrange a series of casks or barrels underneath the pully that as
one is emptied the hook may be attached to the next succeeding one until the
whole series has been emptied. And in order to clearly understand my invention
reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a
general view shewing the device attached to a cask or barrel and Fig. 2 is a side
view to a larger scale of the pully a is the cask or barrel resting upon the stillion b
in the usual manner and c is the hook engaging with the rear end or rim of the
barrel. This hook is connected to a chain d which is likewise connected at its
other end to a wire rope e which passes over the pully f to the other end of
the rope e is attached a rod or connection 9 which is provided with a bottom plate
for supporting a weight or weights the latter being formed with slots hi for
placing them in position as required. The pully is carried by the hanger or
bracket which is suspended by the hooks i¹ from the rings & fixed to the ceiling
of the cellar.
1. As seen in Fig. 2 the rim or groove of the pully is formed eccentrically with
its axis f the extent of eccentricity depending upon the weight to be raised and
the size or number of balance weights used. The pully is provided with a pin f
which comes into contact with the hanger i for limiting its motion. When the
level of the liquid in the barrel reaches to about that shown by dotted line in
Fig. 1 the apparatus begins to act as upon drawing out à further quantity the
diminished weight at the rear of the barrel causes the latter to be overbalanced
by the weight h and raised until the balance is again equalised by the eccentric
action of the pully.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
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(1) In apparatus for automatically tilting casks barrels or such like vessels the
combination of an eccentrically mounted pully and a cord supporting weights
and connected to a chain carrying a hook substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
(2) In apparatus às above claimed the combination of a hook e a chain d wire
rope e eccentric pulley f pin f2 rod or connection g weights formed with slots h¹
hanger or bracket i provided with hooks a¹ and rings k arranged and operating
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

page_text: (3) In improved apparatus for automatically tilting casks barrels and such
like vessels substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 8th day of December 1897.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.