Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Beer or other Liquids from Casks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th N v., 1.90
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1891-Accepted, 26th Sant
1001
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Beer or other Liquids from
Casks.
I, ROBERT WIGGEN, of The Vine Inn, Middlesbrough, in the County of York,
Innkeeper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in apparatus for mixing
beer, or other liquids, and drawing off the said mixture by a pump, beer-engine, or
other suitable device.
My invention is more particularly applicable in connection with beer-engines, in
a restaurant or bar, but its use is not necessarily confined thereto.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a reservoir, or receiver, provided
with a number of nozzles. Certain of these nozzles are connected by pipes,
furnished with taps, with the casks containing the beer or other liquids, while
others are connected by pipes with the pumps.
When it is desired to draw a mixture from any two or more of the said casks,
the taps of the required casks are turned on, the liquids flow into and mix in the
reservoir and the pump draws the mixture therefrom. The reservoir is provided
with a suitable air vent pipe. It is obvious that when required, the pump can be
made to draw from one cask only by shutting off the remaining casks from the
reservoir.
In the ordinary system at present in use, a main pipe from the pump terminates
directly in branch pipes leading to the different casks, but by this means the liquors
are not so effectively mixed as in my apparatus. A further advantage of my
invention consists in the facility with which it can be applied to any number of
casks.
Dated this 15th day of November 1800
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Beer or other Liquids from
Casks.
I, ROBERT WIGGEN, of The Vine Inn, Middlesbrough, in the County of York,
Inn-keeper, 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:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in apparatus for mixing
beer, or other liquids, and drawing off the said mixture by one or more pumps,
beer-engines, or other suitable means.
The accompanying two sheets of drawings represent an apparatus constructed in
accordance with my invention.
Fig. 1 is an elevation, half in section, through the line X X, in Fig. 2, and
Fig. 2 is a plan, half in section, through the line YY, in Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts in both figures.
A is an outer vessel used for the purpose of containing ice, or any other suitable
freezing or cooling material or mixture, it is provided with an inner lining A', the
space between which and the outer casing A is packed with sawdust, or other
suitable non-conducting material.
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page_text: B and C are respectively outer and inner lids, fitted into the top to render the
vessel airtight.
D is a cock placed at the bottom of the vessel for the purpose of draining off the
liquid formed by the melting of the freezing or cooling mixture.
The vessel A, with its lining A' and lids B and C, may be made of wood, as
shewn, or of any other suitable material. E is an inner vessel, also shewn as made
of wood, though other suitable material may be employed if preferred; it is for the
reception of the liquid, or liquids for which the apparatus is required. FF F, are
pieces of bent piping, with a brass wire gauze covering F at the lower ends near
the bottom of the vessel. G G G are couplings, H H H screwed bushes,
JJ J distance pieces, K K K cocks screwed on to the ends of the distance
pieces J, but also fitting the ends of the bushes H when required. L is a metal
hand-hole cover, screwing into place to make an air-tight joint, and provided with
an air cock M. N is a cover of zinc, or any other suitable material, for the
purpose of protecting the top of the inner vessel E from the liquid in the outer
vessel.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The said apparatus, as shewn complete in the drawings, answers a treble purpose.
First, it serves for mixing liquids of any kinds contained in casks, barrels, or other
receptacles; Secondly it can cool the said liquids when mixed; and Thirdly, it
enables the mixture to be drawn out by means of pumps, or any other suitable
devices.
The casks, barrels or other receptacles, are connected respectively by means of
couplings with certain of the cocks K, while one or more of the said cocks is
connected with the pumps, or other drawing off apparatus.
To draw a mixture of any two or more liquids, the cocks belonging thereto are
opened, the said liquids enter and mix in the vessel E, and the resulting mixture is
drawn off by the pump, or pumps, or other apparatus as required.
In addition to the apparatus being used for the purpose of mixing liquids of
different kinds, it also forms a convenient means of drawing liquid from any single
cask of the set connected thereto. For this purpose the cock communicating with
the required cask only, is turned on, the others, with the exception of the one or
more communicating with the pump or pumps, remaining closed.
When it is not necessary for the liquids to be cooled, the inner vessel E may be
used independently of the outer one A. To disconnect the vessels for this purpose
it is only necessary for the distance pieces J to be unscrewed from the bushes H,
the inner vessel can then be lifted out, and the cocks K screwed directly on to the
bushes H. The working of the apparatus is then precisely the same as before
described, with the exception that the liquid or liquids are unaltered in temperature.
My apparatus is specially applicable for use in hotels, public houses, restaurants,
or workshops, but its use is not necessarily confined thereto.
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 apparatus for mixing and drawing off liquids, consisting of a vessel E,
fitted with manhole L, aircock M, pipes F and cocks K, substantially as set forth.
Deted this 10th day of July 1801
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W., Agent for the Applicant.