Vessels with Liquids.
Year: 1885

page_text: Vessels with Liquids.
I, HENRY WOODWARD, of 20 Macfarlane Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the County
of Middlesex, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FILLING CASKS, BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS, WITH
LIQUIDS, communicated to me from abroad by C. Ward, of 223 Queen Street
East, Toronto, in the Dominion of Canada, Jeweller and Watchmaker, to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for filling casks, barrels, and
other vessels with liquids, and it has for its object to prevent overtlow and
consequent waste in filling.
The apparatus, which may be made of any suitable material, consists of a
chamber terminating in a tube (hereinafter called main tube) which enters the
bung hole of the vessel. This chamber is constructed in two parts which are
connected together by a screw thread; at top it is provided with a nozzle or pipe
to which is attached the hose through which the liquid enters the apparatus.
Within this chamber is a valve secured to an arm which is mounted on an axis,
and this valve is operated by a detent, outside the chamber, also mounted on the
same axis. This detent, in its turn, is actuated by a transverse lever, the inner end
of which passes into the main tube, and the outer end of which is mounted on a
shaft, held in bearings and carrying at its outer end a catch provided with a
friction wheel against which the end of the detent presses. This detent when
held by the catch retains the valve in its raised or open position. A spring secured
to the valve arm and pressing against the wall of the chamber ensures the valve
falling directly the dentent is released from the catch.
To the interior of the main tube is secured a smaller tube in which is a hollow
metal float. This float is furnished at each end with a rod which work in guides
fixed in the upper and lower ends of the smaller tube, the upper extremity of
which tube is closed to prevent the liquid entering from the top.

page_text: The liquid, on being introduced into the apparatus, enters the chamber and
passes through the main tube into the vessel to be filled. On the vessel becoming
nearly full the liquid rises in the smaller tube and causing the float to rise brings
the rod, at its upper end, into contact with the inner end of the transverse lever,
and by raising the same frees the detent from the catch and allows the valve to fall
and to immediately arrest the flow of the liquid through the apparatus.
A curved plate or shield provided with a split socket, furnished with a
tightening screw, is placed over the bung hole of the vessel, and through this
socket the main tube, which is marked off with a graduated scale, is passed into
the vessel, its degree or depth of insertion being regulated by this scale, according
to the specific gravity of the liquid to be introduced.

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Filling Casks, Barrels, and other
Vessels with Liquids.
I, HENRY WOODWARD, of 20 Macfarlane Road, Shepherds Bush in the County
of Middlesex, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of said invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus for filling casks, barrels, and
other vessels, with liquids, and it has for its object to prevent overflow and
consequent waste in filling.
In order that my Invention may be readily understood I proceed to describe the
same with reference to the drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation.
Fig. 2, a front elevation, and
Fig. 3, a vertical section of my improved apparatus.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the lower part of the chamber, shewing the valve in its closed
position.
The apparatus, which may be made of any suitable material, consists of a
chamber A, terminating in a tube a (hereinafter called main or supply tube) which
enters the bung hole of the vessel. This chamber is constructed in two parts which
are connected together by a screw thread, as shewn; at top it is provided with a
nozzle or pipe Z, to which is attached the hose through which the liquid enters the
apparatus. Within this chamber is a valve C, which is secured to an arm c,
mounted on an axis d; this valve is operated by a detent e, outside the chamber,
also mounted on the axis d. This detent e, in its turn, is actuated by a transverso
lever f, the inner end of which passes through a covered way p (shewn clearly in
sectional plan fig. 5) in the main tube, and the outer end of said detent is mounted
on a shaft g, held in bearings h, h*. At its outer end this shaft g, is furnished
with a catch i, provided with a friction wheel j, against which latter the end of the
detent e, presses. This detent, when held by the catch i, retains the valve C, in its
raised or open position, as shewn in dotted lines in fig. 3. A spring k, secured to
the valve arm and pressing against the wall of the chamber A, ensures the valve
falling directly the detent e, is released from the catch i. The dotted lines in fig. 1
shew the position of the detent when the valve is in its closed position, which
closed position is shewn in full lines in fig. 3.
To the interior of the main or supply tube A, is secured a smaller tube B, in
which is a hollow metal float b. This float is furnished at its upper end with a
rod b, and at its lower end with a rod b², which work in guides 63, 64, fixed in the
upper and lower ends of the tube B. The upper extremity of this tube B is closed
by a cap or cover p', in order to prevent the liquid entering this tube from
the top.
Fig. 6, is a horizontal section, showing the arrangement of the smaller tube B,
within the larger tube a.

page_text: The liquid on being introduced into the apparatus enters the chamber A, and
passes through the main or supply tube a, in the direction of the arrows, into the
vessel to be filled. On the vessel becoming nearly full the liquid rises in the
smaller tube B, and by causing the float b, to rise, brings the rod b', at its upper
end, into contact with the inner end of the transverse lever f, and by raising the
same depresses the catch i, and sets free the detent e, thus allowing the valve C, to
fall, and to immediately arrest the flow of the liquid through the apparatus.
A curved plate or shield S, shewn in plan, fig. 7, and provided with a split
socket s, furnished with a tightening screw s¹, is placed over the bung hole of the
vessel, and through this socket the main tube, which is passed into the vessel, is
held securely, its degree or depth of insertion being regulated according to the
quantity of the liquid it is desired to introduce into the vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved apparatus for filling casks, barrels, and other vessels with
liquids, having its parts arranged and combined to operate substantially as herein
described and as shewn in the drawings.
2. In combination with the float, the special arrangement of mechanism for the
purpose of closing the valve, as described and shewn.