Improvements in Gauntries for Casks.
Year: 1898

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Date of Application, 23rd May, 1898
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Feb. 1899-Accepted. 1st Apr., 1899
Improvements in Gauntries for Casks.
I, JAMES HUGHES, of 5, Bellfield Street, in the City of Glasgow, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to gauntries for supporting barrels and it consists in
making the gauntry capable of being lowered in order to have the barrels placed
upon it and of being raised in order to carry the barrels to the height necessary
to give the desired flow of liquor therefrom.
In carrying out the invention I construct the top part or barrel supporting
table of the gauntry, in the usual manner, and secure thereto two downwardly
projecting legs each having a rack formed on it and being adapted to pass down
through a box in which two guide rollers and a spur wheel are centred, the spur
wheels being carried on a single shaft which extends longitudinally of the gauntry.
The guide rollers bear upon those sides of the projecting legs which are opposite
the racks and the teeth of the racks are partly shrouded as are also the spur wheels
so that guides for the legs are also provided on these latter sides. On the spur
wheel shaft a worm wheel is secured outside one of the boxes and with this wheel
a worm is geared, the worm being carried on a transverse shaft having a square or
other shaped part at its front end adapted to receive a lever handle whereby the
gauntry can be raised or lowered.
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By constructing the gauntry in this manner the barrels can be. run on to it when
it is comparatively close to the ground, thereby saving time and labour, and the
gauntry can be thereafter raised.
Improvements in Gauntries for Casks.
I, JAMES HUGHES, of 5, Bellfield Street, in the City of Glasgow, Engineer, do
30 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 follow-
ing statement:-
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to countries for sunporting barrels and it consists in

page_text: making the gauntry capable of being lowered in order to have the barrels placed
upon it and of being raised in order to carry the barrels to the height necessary
to give the desired flow of liquor therefrom.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being
a longitudinal elevation, and Figure 2 an end elevation of the improved gauntry.
In carrying out the invention I construct the top part or barrel supporting
table A of the gauntry in the usual manner, and secure thereto two downwardly
projecting legs B, each having a rack B₁ formed on it and being adapted to
pass down through boxes C in each of which two guide rollers D and a spur
wheel E are centred, the spur wheels being carried on a single shaft F which
extends longitudinally of the gauntry. The guide rollers D are flanged and
bear upon those sides of the projecting legs B which are opposite the racks B¹
and the teeth of the racks B₁ are partly shrouded as are also the spur wheels E
so that guides for the legs are also provided on these latter sides. On the spur
wheel shaft F a worm wheel G is secured outside one of the boxes and with
this wheel a worm H is geared, the worm H being carried on a transverse shaft I
having a square or other shaped part I at its front end adapted to receive a
lever handle whereby the gauntry can be raised or lowered.
By constructing the gauntry in this manner the barrels can be run on to
it when it is comparatively close to the ground, thereby saving time and labour,
and the gauntry can be thereafter raised, in order to provide a sufficient head
for the liquor to flow by gravitation to the taps in the bar room.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is ―
The improved gauntry for casks, the parts of which are constructed and
arranged to be operated substantially as described.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.