AN IMPROVEMENT IN BEER TAPS AND OTHER TAPS FOR DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HENRY JONES, of N° 16 Frederick Road, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Gun Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
AN IMPROVEMENT IN BEER TAPS AND OTHER TAPS FOR DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS,"
to be as follows:-
"
In beer taps and other taps as ordinarily constructed, frequent inconvenience
arises from the choking or filling of the passage in the plug of the tap by the
deposit therein of sediment or solid particles from the cask, or barrel and
consequently the tap is rendered inoperative and it is only after the removal of the
tap from the cask or barrel that the passage of the plug can be cleared of the
sediment or deposit referred to and the tap again rendered fit for use.
My invention has for its object to facilitate the clearing of the passage in the
plug of the tap without the inconvenience of removing the tap from the cask or
barrel and the loss of some of the liquid contents of the cask or.barrel.
For this purpose I make a hole in each side of the barrel or body of the tap
these holes are opposite each other and in a line at right angles to the inlet and
outlet passages of the tap.
When the tap is opened, the liquid passage in the plug is turned from the said
clearing holes and the latter are closed and when the tap is closed the liquid passage
in the plug and the clearing holes in the body coincide or are in the same line.
When the plug is in the last described position, a feather or small rod or other like
instrument can be passed through the clearing holes and the liquid passage in the
plug and the latter readily cleared of any deposit or solid matter which may have
accumulated therein. The plug is in this way readily cleared without the removal
of the tap from the cask or barrel and without the loss of any the contents of the
cask or barrel.
My invention may be applied generally to all taps for drawing off liquids where
from the nature of the contents of the casks or barrels, the taps may become
choked or inoperative by the deposit of sediment or solid matter in the plug.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: "
I HENRY JONES of N° 16 Frederick Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Gun Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN BEER TAPS AND OTHER TAPS FOR DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In beer taps and other taps as ordinarily constructed frequent inconvenience
arises from the choking or filling of the passage in the plug of the tap by the
deposit therein of sediment or solid particles from the cask or barrel and
consequently the tap is rendered inoperative and it is only after the removal of the
tap from the cask or barrel that the passage of the plug can be cleared of the
sediment or deposit referred to and the tap again rendered fit for use.
My invention has for its object to facilitate the clearing of the passage in the
plug of the tap without the inconvenience of removing the tap from the cask or
barrel and the loss of some of the liquid contents of the cask or barrel.
For this purpose I make a hole in each side of the barrel or body of the tap;
these holes are opposite each other and in a line at right angles to the inlet and
outlet passages of the tap.
When the tap is opened the liquid passage in the plug is turned from the said
clearing holes and the latter are closed and when the tap is closed the liquid
passage in the plug and the clearing holes in the body coincide or are in the same
line. When the plug is in the last described position, a feather or small rod or
other like instrument can be passed through the clearing holes and the liquid
passage in the plug and the latter readily cleared of any deposit or solid matter
which may have accumulated therein. The plug is in this way readily cleared
without the removal of the tap from the cask or barrel and without the loss of any
of the contents of the cask or barrel.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in side elevation; Figure 2
in longitudinal section and Figure 3 in cross section taken on the line a a, Figure 1,
a beer tap containing my improvement.
b is the barrel or body of the tap; c is the inlet passage and d the outlet passage
of the tap; e is the plug of the tap and e' is the liquid passage in the said plug.
In each side of the body 6 of the tap is a clearing hole f the outer parts of the
said clearing holes f₁f being expanded or made conical (see Figure 3).. These
clearing holes ff are opposite each other and in a line at right angles to the inlet
and outlet passages c, d of the tap. When the tap is opened for drawing off liquid
the passage e in the plug e is turned from the clearing holes ff and the said
holes f, fare closed by an unperforated part of the plug e. When the tap is closed
the liquid passage e² in the plug e and the clearing holes f, f coincide or are in the
same line as represented in Figure 3 and there is an uninterrupted passage from
one side of the tap to the opposite side. When the plug is in the position Figure 3,
a feather or small rod or other like instrument can be passed through the clearing
holes ff and the liquid passage e² in the plug e, and the said passage e² may thus
be readily cleared of any deposit or solid matter accumulated therein, the clearing
of the said passage e² in the plug being effected without removing the tap from the
cask or losing any of the liquid contents of the cask.
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My invention may be applied generally to all taps for drawing off liquids where
from the nature of the contents of the casks or barrels the taps may become choked
or inoperative by the deposit of sediment or solid matter in the liquid passage of
the plug.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
Making a clearing hole in each side of the barrel or body of the beer or other
tap, the said holes being opposite each other and in a line at right angles to the
inlet and outlet passages of the tap, the liquid passage in the plug and the said
clearing holes coinciding or being in the same line when the tap is closed so that
the said liquid passage in the plug can be cleared of any deposit or solid matter
therein substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.