Improved Means for Tapping Casks and Barrels.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Tapping Casks and Barrels.
I, HENRY WYLDE, of Cradley, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, Brickworks
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved means for tapping casks
and barrels so as to enable the cork to be forced out of the tap hole and the tap
iuserted therein without spilling any of the contents of the cask or barrel.
In carrying out my invention I provide a collar preferably made of metal and of
somewhat larger diameter inside than is the tap hole. This collar is fixed by screws
or other means to the head of the cask outside so as to surround the tap hole. The
said collar is screw threaded outside or inside, and screwed on to or in to the said
collar I provide a removable cap which fits airtight thereon. The spigot part of
the tap is screw threaded and is screwed into a centre hole of the said cap.
To tap the cask or barrel the cap is screwed on to the said collar and then the
tap is screwed into the collar so that its spigot end will act upon the cork and
force the cork out of the tap hole into the cask or barrel so that as the tap is
screwed farther in the tap will take the place of the cork and ultimately a collar or
shoulder formed on the tap will joint against the outside of the cap and thus make
a tight joint. Thus the cask or barrel is tapped without spilling any of the
contents.
Dated this 7th day of February 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, HENRY WYLDE, of Cradley, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, Brickworks
Manager, 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 :-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved means for tapping casks
and barrels so as to enable the cork to be torced out of the tap hole and the tap
inserted therein without spilling any of the contents of the cask or barrel.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the tap hole part of a cask with a collar (forming
a part of my said invention) applied thereto;
Fig. 2 is a front view of the said collar shewing also the cork in the tap hole;
Fig. 3 shews the method of tapping a cask by my invention and
Fig. 4 shews my invention and the tap when the latter is inserted in the tap hole
of the cask or barrel.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing.
In carrying out my invention I provide a collar A preferably made of metal of
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page_text: somewhat larger diameter inside at a than is the tap hole b in the cask or
barrel B. This collar A is fixed to the head B' of the cask outside so as to
surround the tap hole the cork in which latter is marked D. The collar A
can be thus fixed by any convenient means as by the screws c passing through the
lugs a formed on the collar A. The collar A is screw threaded inside at a' (or
instead of being screw threaded inside the said collar may be screw threaded on
the outside) and screwed into (or on to) this collar A, I provide a removable cap E
which is made with a flange e' to bear against the frout face of the collar A and
thus to make with the leather or like washer fan air-tight joint. The spigot gl of
the tap G is screw threaded (see Figs. 3 and 4) and is screwed into the central hole e²
of the cap E which hole is tapped to receive the screwed spigot part g¹.
To tap the cask or barrel provided with the collar A as in Fig. 1, the cap E has
first to be screwed into the collar A as shewn in Fig. 3 thus making an air-tight
joint at f. The tap G is then screwed into the central hole e² of the collar E so
that the fore end g of the spigot gl will act upon the cork D in the tap hole and
force the cork out of the tap hole into the cask or barrel so that as the tap G is
screwed farther in, the spigot part of the tap will take the place of the cork and
ultimately the collar or shoulder g³ formed on the tap G will joint against the
outer side of the cap E and thus make a tight joint. Thus the cask or barrel is
tapped without spilling any of the contents except what little may leak through
the screw threaded hole e² before the shoulder g³ joint against the face of the
cap E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The bereindescribed improved means for tapping casks and barrels without
spilling the contents of the same, that is to say, in combination with a cask or
barrel the employment of a collar such as A fixed to the head of the cask and
surrounding the tap hole, and a cap such as E screwed to said collar and screw
threaded internally to receive the screwed spigot of the tap which when screwed
therein forces the cork out of the tap hole into the barrel and joints against the
front of the cap, all substantially as hereindescribed and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
2. The combination with a tap for casks and barrels (said tap being made with
a screw threaded spigot as set forth) of a collar such as A adapted to be fixed to
the head of the cask to surround the tap hole and a cap such as E screwed to said
collar and screw threaded internally to suit the screwed spigot of the tap, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
3. The combination of a collar such as A adapted to be fixed to the head of a
cask or barrel and surround the tap hole, and a cap such as E screwed to said collar
and screw threaded internally to receive the screwed spigot of the tap substantially
as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of November 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.