FOR RAISING MALT LIQUORS OR OTHER FLUIDS."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Moska Mèrichenski at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th May 1880.
MOSKA MÈRICHENSKI, of Stainsby Road, Poplar.
FOR RAISING MALT LIQUORS OR OTHER FLUIDS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
My Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for raising malt liquors,
wine, spirits, water, or other liquids, whereby a continued pressure or supply may
be maintained without the aid of the pumps or other appliances now used for the
purpose. My Invention consists in the use of a pile or series of circular, square, or
other shaped metal sheets or discs of suitable thickness, arranged together in pairs
one above the other, each pair being joined together by soldering or otherwise at
their outer edges, and each pair to the succeeding pair at their centres, a hole
passing through the entire series of sheets or discs (except the top and bottom
sheets) at their centre. This pile or series of sheets or discs when pulled out or
expanded assumes the form as it were of bellows, which are mounted in a suitable
frame or stand, and being closed on pulling them up or expanding them again a
tap or valve in the bottom of the bellows is opened or opens automatically so as to
admit air to the interior of the bellows. On the latter being closed again by
springs or other device the air, which is confined to the bellows by the shutting of
the tap. or valve, is forced through a pipe or pipes leading from the bellows into
the barrel or other reservoir containing the beer or liquid to be raised, and the
pressure thereby produced on the liquid forces it through the supply pipes arranged
and leading from the barrel or reservoir to the required level, where it is drawn off
by taps or cocks without the labor of pumping it up.
In lieu of making the expansive portion of the bellows of a series of sheets or
discs, as described, it may be stamped or otherwise manufactured out of one piece
of metal, corrugated and shaped to give the desired action.
The raising of the bellows may either be effected by hand or by gearing,
according to size and circumstances; or more than one set of bellows may be
arranged acting in combination, so that whilst one is forcing the other will be
receiving air. This Invention, which is particularly advantageous for use in public
house, hotel, or other bars, and generally applicable in all cases where liquids
require to be constantly drawn off, effects a great economy in the labour and
expense involved by pumping under the present systems.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Moska Mèrichenski in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
November 1880.
MOSKA MERICHENSKI, of Stainsby Road, Poplar.
FOR RAISING MALT LIQUORS AND OTHER FLUIDS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
My Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for raising malt liquors,
wine, spirits, water, or other liquids, whereby a continued pressure or supply may
be maintained without the aid of the pumps or other appliances now used for tho
purpose.
My Invention consists in the use of a pile or series of circular, square, or other
shaped metal sheets or discs of suitable thickness, arranged and joined together in
pairs one above the other, so that when pulled out or expanded they assume the
form as it were of bellows, which being closed on pulling them up or expanding
them a valve or tap in the bottom of the bellows opens automatically or is opened
so as to admit air to the interior of the bellows. On the latter being closed again
by springs or other device the air, which is confined to the bellows by the closing
of the valve or tap, is forced through a pipe or pipes leading from the bellows
into the barrel or reservoir containing the beer or liquid to be raised, and the
pressure thereby produced on the liquid forces it through the supply pipes arranged
and leading from the barrel or reservoir to the required level, where it is drawn off
by taps or cocks without the labor of pumping it up.
And in order that my said Invention may be well understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the accompanying
Drawing, like letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus applied to a series of
casks or barrels for raising malt liquor therefrom to any required level, and
Figure 2 a sectional plan thereof.
a, a¹, a³, represent a pile or series of circular, square, or other shaped metal sheets
or discs of suitable thickness, arranged together in pairs one above the other, each
pair a being joined together by soldering at their outer edges, and to the succeeding
pair a at any suitable radial distance from their centres, a hole passing through
the middle of the entire series of sheets or discs a, a, a, (except the uppermost)
This pile or series of sheets or discs a, a', a, is mounted in a suitable frame or
stand b (or vessel), and when pulled out or expanded assumes the form as it were
of bellows. c is a valve (or tap) fitted in the bottom of the bellows a, a¹, a², and
opening inwards thereto for admitting air to their interior, as hereafter described;
d is a valve opening outwards from the bellows a, a³, a², into a pipe e, from which
the pipes f, f, f, furnished with stop cocks 1, 2, 3, lead off to the respective
casks or barrels g, g¹, g², containing the malt liquor to be raised through the
supply pipes h, h², h², to the various levels at which it may be required to be
drawn off. The bellows a, a¹, a², being pulled up or expanded by the chain or
cord into the position shewn by dotted lines, air is drawn (by the vacuum so
induced) through valve (or tap) c into the bellows a, a', a², and the latter being
closed again by the action of a barrel (or other) spring (or weight as the case
may be) the air confined in the bellows á, a¹, a², closes the valve c, and is forced
through valve d into pipe e, and from the latter through either of the pipes f, f¹, f²,
(as required) into the corresponding cask or barrel g, g³, g³, where acting upon the
malt liquors contained therein forces it up through the corresponding supply pipe
h, h, h², to the required level, where it is drawn off by a tap or cock without the
labor of pumping it up as is at present necessary. The pressure on the malt liquor
in the cask or barrel under operation continues until the bellows a, a¹, a², are

page_text: closed, when they are again pulled up or expanded and the operation repeated, the
valvo d meanwhile closing and preventing the return of air or liquor from the
cask or barrel into the bellows a, a', a². By means of the stop cocks 1, 2, 3,
on the various pipes f, f', f, either cask or barrel g, g', g³, can be put on or off as
required.
The raising of the bellows a, a', a², may either be effected by hand, as shewn, or
by gearing, according to size and circumstances, or more than one set of bellows
may be arranged acting in combination, so that whilst one is forcing the other will
be receiving air. In lieu of making the expansive portion of the bellows a, a¹, a³,
of a series of sheets or discs, as described, it may be stamped or otherwise manu-
factured out of one piece of metal, corrugated and shaped to give the desired
action.
This Invention, which is particularly adapted for use in public house, hotel, or
other bars, and generally applicable in all cases where liquids require to be con-
stantly drawn off, effects a great economy in the labor and expense incurred by the
present system of pumping. Another advantage is that the evaporation and loss of
strength of the beer or other liquid is prevented, the cask or barrel being hermeti-
cally sealed as it were from the atmosphere.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I claim as iny Invention is,-
1. Raising liquids by an arrangement of metal bellows combined with suitable
valves, and with a spring or weight, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawing.
2. The construction and use of metallic bellows, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moska Merichenski, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
E. T. HUGHES,
123, Chancery Lane,
London.
MOSKA MERICHENSKI. (L.S.)