An Improved Appliance for Use in connection with Beer Engine. and other Taps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1997
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Use in connection with Beer Engine.
and other Taps.
1, GEORGE FERRAR, of 42, Llanover Road, Plumstead, in the County of Kent,.
Gentleman, 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 a d by
the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a waste preventing arrange nent for.
beer engine and other taps.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I make reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which, Figs 1. and 2. are vertical sections of
two typical methods of carrying it into effect.
Similar letters refer to the same parts wherever they occur.
a is an outwardly conical thimble open at each end, the interior of the larger end.
being made taper, so as to provide a seating or ledge b and an outlet round the
piston or dise to be hereafter described. Across the top of a is the bar or wire c over
which hangs the elastic band or equivalent d, one end of which is looped through.
the eye e attached to the piston or disc f, the strength an length of d being such
as to keep f drawn up in the seating b. Over e and also passing through e is a.
rigid loop or equivalent g, which limits the space through which may be pressed
down. As an alternative arrangement, the piston or disc f may have attached to it, a
spindle h (Fig. 2.) sliding through holes in the bars c and c', the end of being.
furnished with a nut or equivalent i, between which and c is a spring tendig to
keep in the seating b. If the appliance is used with existing tips, a has attached
to it a rubber ring k into which can be forced the spout of the tap. If the
invention is applied to new taps, the thimble a is put inside, and attached to, the
outlet of the spout, without the use of ring k. In use the outflowing liquid presses
down the piston or disc round which the liquid escapes, being returned to the
seating by the combined action of suction and the band d or spring j. The
invention is applicable to any kind of tap. As the appliance is capable of some
variation in construction without departure from its essential features, I do not
confine myself to the precise shape, relative proportion or disposition of parts as-
shewn in the drawing.
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:-
CLAIMS.
1. A fixed or detachable appliance for preventing waste in beer engine and
other taps, the said appliance consisting essentially of a conical thimble open at
each end, and having a conical outlet in which is free to move a piston or disc on
pressure froin the escaping liquid, the said piston or disc being returned to its
seating by the combined action of suction and an elastic band, one end of which
band passes over a rod or wire crossing one end of the thimble and the other end
through an eye provided on the disc or piston, the space through which the piston
or disc can nove being limited by a rigid loop or equivalent also passed over the
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page_text: 2. In a fixed or detachable appliance for preventing waste in beer engine and
other taps such as is the subject matter of the preceding Claim 1, the substitution
of a spindle, nut and spring, for the elastic band and rigid loop, mentioned in
Claim 1, the said substitution being exemplified in Fig. 2, of the accompanying
drawings.
3. Fixed or detachable waste preventers for beer engine and other taps, the
said waste preventers being constructed and operating substantially as describe:
in the above specification' and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of May 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.