An Appliance or Device for Introducing or Injecting Gases into Liquids Contained in Casks or other Vessels.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance or Device for Introducing or Injecting Gases into
Liquids Contained in Casks or other Vessels.
We, THE BRIN'S OXYGEN COMPANY Limited of Connaught Mansions in the City
of Westminster and PEROY BURKITT WATERMAN GOBLE of Athol Lodge Dartford
in the County of Kent, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide an appliance or device by means of
which gases can be readily and efficiently introduced into liquids contained in casks
or other vessels in such a manner that there is no liability to the loss of either liquid
or gas.
A device constructed according to this Invention consists of a tubular main or body
part having at its lower end an elastic seating and above this a chamber for tho
reception of a plug and a spring to urge the plug forward as hereinafter described.
The portion of the tubular body part above this chamber is screwed and carries a nut
with means for rotating it on the screw so as to raise and lower a collar which it
carries; this collar being provided with hooks or attachments for fixing thereto a
chain or band which is passed around the cask or vessel in which is contained the
liquid to be treated. At the upper end of this tubular body part is the valve and inlet
for the admission of the gas with which the liquor is to be treated and there may also
be provided a pressure gauge. A hollow rod passes down through the tubular body
part and is provided at its upper end with a pad or piece to facilitate its being forced
down in the tubular body part and it can be fixed in its lowered position by means of
a pin and bayonet slot or other equivalent fastening. The said hollow rod is closed
at top but has an opening which when it is lowered coincides with the gas inlet of tho
tubular body part. The said hollow rod is considerably longer than the tubular body
part and its lower end is perforated and is provided with a valve to prevent return
of the gas or liquid. When the appliance is to be used a plug is put in the aforesaid
chamber therefor and the appliance is placed so that the elastic seating at the lower
end of the tubular body part rests on the cask or vessel or the shive filling the bung
hole the central hollow rod being raised. The chain or band is passed round the cask
and is hooked to the collar on the nut which is then screwed up until the tubular
body part is caused to bear firmly by its lower seating upon the cask or vessel or the
shive. The central hollow rod is then forced down so that the plug which is in the
cask or vessel or shive is forced in and the hollow rol passes down into the contents
of the vessel or cask and the gas is then turned on and after the liquor has been
treated for a sufficient time the central hollow rod is raised and the plug in the
chamber aforesaid is, as soon as the rod has been drawn above it, forced to beneath
the rod by the spring aforesaid and then by giving a blow to the hollow rod the
plug is driven into place to firmly secure the contents of the cask or vessel when the
appliance can be removed.
We do not necessarily limit ourselves to the precise mode described of securing
the appliance to the cask or vessel as it will be evident that it may be varied.
Datel this 2nd day of Senteinher 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance or Device for Introducing or Injecting Gases into
Liquids Contained in Casks or other Vessels.
We, THE BRINS OXYGEN COMPANY Limited of Connaught Mansions in the City
of Westminster and PERCY BURKITT WATERMAN GOBLE of Athol Lodge Dartford
in the County of Kent, Engineer 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 object of this Invention is to provide an appliance or device by means of
which gases can be readily and efficiently introduced into liquids contained in casks
or other vessels in such a manner that there is no liability to the loss of either liquid
or gas.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings represent in elevation and vertical
section respectively a device constructed according to this Invention. The section of
the upper part of Figure 2 is taken on a plane parallel to the plane of Figure 1 but
the section of the lower part is taken in a plane at right angles thereto that is on the
line 1. 2, Figure 1. The said device consists of a tubular or hollow main or body
part A having at its lower end an elastic seating a and above this a chamber B for the
reception of a plug (shown at a) and a spring 2 to urge forward the rod 3 which
presses the plug a forward as hereinafter described. The portion of the tubular body
part A above this chamber B is screwed at A2 and carries à nut C with handles e for
rotating it on the screw so as to raise and lower a collar which it carries, this
collar being provided with hooks or eyes 3 or other attachments for fixing thereto a
chain D or band which is passed around the cask or vessel Z in which is contained
the liquid to be treated. At the upper end of the tubular body part A is the inlet E
to which is attached the pipe e for the admission into the interior of the part A of
the gas with which the liquor is to be treated the said gas being admitted under
sufficient pressure to cause it to enter the liquid in the cask or vessel Z.
A pressure gauge may be provided as at F. A hollow rod G passes down through
the tubular body part A and is provided at its upper end with a pad or piece g to
facilitate its being forced down in the tubular body part A and it is restricted in its
downward movement by means of a pin g² or the like. The said hollow rod G is
closed at top but has an opening or openings as at g' which when the said rod G is
lowered coincides with the gas inlet E of the tubular body part the said.hollow rod G
is considerably longer than the tubular body part A and its lower end is perforated
at g and is provided with a valve at g' to prevent return of the gas or entry of the
liquid thereinto. When the appliance is to be used a plug put in the aforesaid
chamber B and the appliance is placed so that the elastic seating a at the lower
end of the tubular body part A rests on the cask or vessel or the shive filling the
bung hole the central hollow rod G being raised. The chain or band D is passed
round the cask and is secured to the collar c which is then screwed up on the body
part A until the said body part is caused to bear firmly by its lower seating a upon
the cask or vessel or the shive. The central hollow rod G is then forced down so
that the plug which is in the cask or vessel or shive (if one be in the orifice) is forced
in and the said hollow rod G passes down into the contents of the vessel or cask
and the opening g' opens into the hollow of the body part A and the gas is then
turned on and after the liquor has been treated for a sufficient time the said hollow
rod G is raised and the plug in the chamber D is as soon as the rod G has been
drawn above it forced by the spring 62 acting on the rod 6 to beneath the rod G and
then by giving a blow to the hollow rod G the plug is driven into place in the
orifice to firmly secure the contents of the cask or vessel and then the appliance can
be removed. is a safety valve for relieving excess of préssure in the body of
the apparatus.
We do not necessarily limit ourselves to the precise details described and shewn
nor to the precise mode shewn and described of securing the appliance to the cask

page_text: or vessel as it will be evident that some of the details and the mode of securing
may be varied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is-
1st. The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the appliance
or device substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. In apparatus for forcing gas into liquids the combination of the body part
to be secured to the cask or vessel containing the liquid and a tube working therein
which when forced into the liquid opens a passage for the gas to the liquid and which
tube when raised closes the said passage substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3rd. In combination with an apparatus or device of the kind hereinbefore described
the plug chamber and spring by which when the injecting tube is withdrawn from
the liquid the plug is brought into position for being caused to close the opening
in the cask or vessel or in its shive through which opening the said tube was
withdrawn substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4th. The combination with an apparatus or device of the kind herein before described
of a screwed body part with a nut thereon to which is connected a chain band or the
like attachment encircling the cask or vessel or secured to it so that the said apparatus
or device is readily secured to the cask or vessel substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of June 1980.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.