Improvements in and relating to Means for Raising and Drawing-off Liquids, particularly Beer and the like
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Means for Raising and Drawing-off
Liquids, particularly Beer and the like
WILLIAM WALSH, of 4, Burwell Road, Nottingham, Plumber, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to means for
raising and drawing-off liquids particularly beer and the like, the object of the
invention being the provision of means whereby the liquid in the vessel to be
emptied can be withdrawn intermittently by a pump or similar instrument without
being agitated in that vessel by the stroke of the pump, and by, or through
which means drippings and the like may be returned to the supply practically as
such drippings are formed.
According to this invention the pump or other instrument and the vessel to be
emptied are connected by independent pipes to an intercepting vessel which is
supplied with liquid from the vessel to be emptied by any suitable means securing
an automatic and reguler flow. The intercepting vessel is provided with an air
pipe which allows air to enter the same as the liquid is withdrawn therefrom by
the pump, and has its open end above the highest level of liquid in the vessel to be
emptied. When it is desired to automatically return drippings and the like to the
supply, a receptacle, collecting or receiving such drippings or the like, is con-
nected to the intercepting vessel by means of the air pipe, or such drippings
or the like may be returned to the intercepting vessel by an independent pipe which
is provided with a tap controlled by hand.
Dated this 29th day of July 1898.
W. H. POTTER, M.I.M.E.,
Patent Agent, Nottingham.
Improvements in and relating to Means for Raising and Drawing-off
Liquids, particularly Beer and the like.
WILLIAM WALSH, of 4, Burwell Road, Nottingham, Plumber, 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 has reference to improvements in and relating to means for
raising and drawing-off liquids particularly beer and the like, the object of the
invention being the provision of means whereby the liquid in the vessel to be
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page_text: emptied can be withdrawn intermittently by a pump or similar instrument without
being agitated in that vessel by the stroke of the pump, and by or through
which means drippings and the like may be returned to the supply practically as
such drippings are formed.
According to this invention the pump or other instrument and the vessel to be
emptied are connected by independent pipes to an intercepting vessel which is
supplied with liquid from the vessel to be emptied by any suitable means securing
an automatic and regular flow. The intercepting vessel is provided with an air
pipe which allows air to enter the same as the liquid is withdrawn therefrom by
the pump and has its open end above the highest level of liquid in the vessel to be
emptied. When it is desired to automatically return drippings and the like to the
supply, a receptocle collecting or receiving such drippings or the like is con-
nected to the intercepting vessel by means of the air pipe or such drippings
or the like may be returned to the intercepting vessel by an independent pipe which
is provided with a tap controlled by hand.
In the accompanying drawing which is referred to in the following description
the instrument for raising the liquid is represented by an ordinary beer
to the
pump a and the supply pipe b attached thereto is connected
bottom of an intercepting vessel c instead of being coupled direct as usual to the
vessel d to be emptied. The intercepting vessel c is constructed of a material upon
which the liquid to be raised has no chemical action and is preferably of such
a capacity, or is so arranged in conjunction with its connecting pipes that it is
never emptied by the action of the pump a under ordinary conditions. This inter-
e which may be the
ceptor is connected to the vessel to be emptied by a pipe
ordinary thrall pipe of a beer cellar connected to the barrel at f in the usual
way, but by preference the pipe e is connected to the vessel d by a syphon pipe g
so that the vessel can be emptied without tilting or disturbing its contents. Two
or more vessels to be emptied simultaneously may be connected to the pipe e and
the contents of such vessels are then mixed together in the interceptor.
Fixed to the top of the interceptor c there is an air pipe the open end of which
is above the highest level of the liquid in the vessel to be emptied, and this air pipe
may be joined to the drip tin K, or this latter may be connected to the inter-
ceptor e by an independent pipe as shown, in which case the open end of the air
pipe should be level with the drip tin, or the drip pipe should be fitted with a
tap so that the flow of drippings into the interceptor c can be regulated.
With the arrangement herein described the effect of the stroke of the is
pump
prevented from reaching the liquid in the vessel to be emptied by the admission
ot air to the interceptor and as the liquid in this vessel is withdrawn it is
replaced automatically by liquid flowing in an even and regular manner from the
vessel d.
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:―
In an arrangement of means for intermittently raising and drawing off liquids
by a pump or equivalent instrument the use of an intercepting vessel provided with
an air pipe and placed between the vessel to be emptied, and the pump or equiva-
lent instrument substantially as herein described with reference to the accom-
panying drawings.
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