IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING AND IN LINING THE INTERIOR OF CASKS TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTENTS FROM THE EFFECTS OF MUST OR OTHER SMELLS ARISING PROM THE WOOD
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Jenkins, of St. George's Wharf, Grand
Surrey Canal, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Oil and Color
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING AND
IN LINING THE INTERIOR OF CASKS TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTENTS FROM THE
EFFECTS OF MUST OR OTHER SMELLS ARISING PROM THE WOOD."
Sealed the 15th February 1870, and dated the 18th August 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Jenkins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th August 1869.
I, JOHN JENKINS, of St. George's Wharf, Grand Surrey Canal, Cam-
berwell, in the County of Surrey, Oil and Color Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TREATING AND IN LINING THE INTERIOR OF CASKS TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTENTS
FROM THE EFFECTS OF MUST OR OTHER SMELLS ARISING FROM THE WOOD," to
be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in treating and in
Plining the interior of casks to preserve their contents from the effects of

page_text: must or other smells arising from the wood, and consists, firstly, in
applying to the interior of a cask a coating of a composition composed of
rosin, shellac, and cement such as Roman, Portland, or Kean's cement,
and plaster of Paris. I prefer to form the composition of 2 parts by
weight of black rosin, 1 part of strong shellac, and a small portion of
Roman cement. The rosin and shellac are melted together and the
cement is quickly stirred into it. To apply the composition to the
interior of a cask the cask is first well washed and allowed to dry, and
afterwards heated by blowing into it hot air, or the cask is otherwise
heated, and the fluid composition in a boiling state is then poured in at
the bung hole, and is run around the interior of the cask until the
whole of the interior is covered with the composition; the cask is then
turned up and the superfluous composition is run off, a few gallons of
water are then poured into the cask and the whole well rinsed round, and
when thoroughly cold the cask will be ready for use. By this means the
interior of the cask will be entirely divested of smell or taste, and the
cask will be lined with an impervious composition, so that the cask will be
rendered perfectly sweet and wholesome, even if the cask has been
standing for years. Old casks that have been thrown aside as useless
may thus be rendered fit for immediate use if they possess sufficient
strength.
In order also to prevent valuable liquor from coming into contact with
the interior of a cask. I line the interior of the cask with sheet metal,
such as zinc, lead, pewter, or tinned sheet iron. To effect this I take out
one end of the cask and form in two halves a lining of sheet metal, place
the two halves into the cask and solder up the joints perfectly fluid tight,
and if a metal bushing is employed for the bung hole solder the lining
around the bushing, afterwards solder up the top end and put in the
wooden head.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Jenkins in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th February 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JENKINS, of St. George's Wharf, Grand Surrey Canal, Camberwell, in
the County of Surrey, Oil and Color Manufacturer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Jenkins, Her special licence
that I, the said John Jenkins, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said John Jenkins, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING
AND IN LINING THE INTERIOR OF CASKS TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTENTS FROM THE
EFFECTS OF MUST OR OTHER SMELLS ARISING FROM THE WOOD," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said John Jenkins, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Jenkins, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be. particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in treating and in
lining the interior of casks to preserve their contents from the effects of
must or other smells arising from the wood, and consists, firstly, in
applying to the interior of a cask a coating of a composition composed
of rosin, shellac, and cement, such as Roman, Portland, or Kean's cement
and plaster of Paris. I prefer to form the composition of 2 parts by
weight of black rosin, 1 part of strong shellac, and a small portion of
Roman cement. The rosin and shellac are melted together and the
cement is quickly stirred into it. To apply the composition to the
interior of a cask the cask is first well washed and allowed to dry, and
afterwards heated by blowing into it hot air, or the cask is otherwise
heated, and the fluid composition in a boiling state is then poured in at
the bung hole and is run around the interior of the cask until the wholo

page_text: of the interior is covered with the composition; the cask is then turned
up and the superfluous composition is run-off, a few gallons of water arc
then poured into the cask, and the whole well rinsed round, and when
thoroughly cold the cask will be ready for use. By this means the interior
of the cask will be entirely divested of smell or taste and the cask will be
lined with an impervious composition, so that the cask will be rendered
perfectly sweet and wholesome even if the cask has been standing for
years. Old casks that have been thrown aside as useless may thus be
rendered fit for immediate use if they possess sufficient strength.
In order also to prevent valuable liquor from coming into contact with
the interior of a cask I line the interior of the cask with sheet metal
such as zinc, lead, pewter, or tinned sheet iron. To effect this I take out
one end of the cask and form in two halves a lining of sheet metal, place
the two halves into the cask and solder up the joints perfectly fluid-
tight, and if a metal bushing is employed for the bung hole solder the
lining around the bushing, and afterwards solder up the top end and put
in the wooden head.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Jenkins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.