Improvements in the Mode and Means for Drawing the Liquid from Barrels and other Vessels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode and Means for Drawing the Liquid from
Barrels and other Vessels.
I, GEORGE SLIM, of 16, Harding Street, Smethwick, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in the mode and means for draw-
ing the liquid from barrels and other vessels by which the liquid or contents of
the barrel or vessel is maintained air tight and at the same time every facility
is afforded for applying the special valve or cock for well drawing the contents.
According to my invention I make a socket of brass or other metal having a
flange at the front from which a part projects outwardly from the front and a part
inwardly. The inward portion is let in the front of the barrel or vessel and com-
municates with the inside. Upon the inner end of the socket I mount a valve
having a guide or guides for working in the socket and continuing sufficiently into
the socket to allow of a spring being fitted around the stem or projection which
is held in compression between a screw nut and a cross piece in the socket thus
always tending to close the valve upon its seat. The valve or entrance to it, from
the barrel or vessel is covered with a gauze or other protection to prevent grit
from entering under the valve face. The front projecting part of the socket and
the flange may be covered with a wood covering or facing piece. The tap used for
barrels or vessels so fitted with my new socket terminates with a screwed spigot
which enters the outer end of the socket which is screwed to receive it, and inside
this screwed spigot is an internal boss or projection carried in the passage by a
cross bar which bears upon the nut of the valve so that the valve is lifted from its
seat as the cock is screwed home sufficiently to release the liquid from the barrel
cask or vessel. The other end of the cock has a recess into which an enlargement
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of the loose spigot piece for making the junction with the pumps enter.
the tap is removed the valve is closed by the pressure of the spring and a cap or
cover is screwed into the socket and sealed therein if necessary.
Jaf Tanom 1000
Improvements in the Mode and Means for Drawing the Liquid from
Barrels and other Vessels.
I, GEORGE SLIM, of 16, Harding Street, Smethwick, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement
My invention has for its object improvements in the mode and means for draw-
ing the liquid from barrels and otlier vessels by which the liquid or contents of
the barrel or vessel is maintained air tight and at the same time every facility
is afforded for applying the special valve or cock for withdrawing the contents.
According to my invention I make a socket of brass or other metal having a
flange at the front from which a part projects outwardly from the front and a part
inwardly the inward portion is let in the front of the barrel or vessel and com-
municates with the inside. Upon the inner end of the sockét I mount a valve
having a guide or guides for working in the socket and continuing sufficiently into
the socket to allow of a spring being fitted around the stem or projection which
is held in compression between a screw nut and a cross pin in the socket thus
always tending to close the valve upon its seat. The tap used for
barrels or vessels so fitted with my new socket terminates with a screwed spigot
which enters the outer end of the socket which is screwed to receive it, and inside
this screwed spigot is an internal boss or projection carried in the passage by a
cross bar which bears upon the nut of the valve so that the valve is lifted from its
seat as the cock is screwed home sufficiently to release the liquid from the barrel
cask or vessel. When the tap is removed the valve is closed by the pressure of
the spring and a cap or cover is screwed into the socket and sealed therein if
necessary.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated an example of the same which will be sufficient to
enable others to apply the invention to various circumstances met with in practice.
Figure 1 is a part elevation and part section of a cock or tap made according
to my invention or to which my invention is applied.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the valve socket S with the valve V also in elevation
in its closed position.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the socket S and its flange s¹ with the sealing
plug K in position and shewing the slot for the screw driver.
Figure 4 is an end elevation of the cock C looking at the left hand or barrel
end as seen at Figure 1 so as to show the cross bar 2 in the passage thereof.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of the socket S looking at the flange or right hand
end as seen in section and elevation at Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the socket S without the valve V being in position.
Figure 7 is an elevation of the valve V with its spindle P.
Figure 8 is a loose cap which is supplied to screw into the socket S to seal the
hole when the tap or cock C is removed
Figure 9 is an end view of the nuts p shewing the notches 22 by which they are
screwed upon the valve spindle P.
Figure 10 is an elevational section of the socket S shewing a projecting part st
which allows the valve spindle guide to be brought nearer to the flange s¹.
Referring to the drawings the socket S as seen in elevation at Figure 2 which
has the valve V mounted at its end is fitted into a hole in the end of the barrel B
as seen at Figure 1 and the flange s¹ of the socket S is secured to the barrel end B
by screws. Inside the socket the valve spindle guide 2 is cast or secured and
the spindle 1 of the valve V moves freely in this guide if the projecting faces
is used as seen at Figure 10 the guide s may be brought nearer the flanges. The
valve spindle is surrounded by a such like spring as E which bears against the
lock nuts p with its spanner notches 7 thus keeping the valve V tightly upon
its seat unless lifted therefrom by force as shown on the drawings by Figure 1.
The end of the cock C which carries its plug T is screwed to fit into the end of
the socket S and in the passage of the cock C is a cross bar which, when the
cock is being screwed into the socket bears against the end of the valve spindle P
and lifts the valve from its seat as shewn at Figure 1. When the valve is in this

page_text: position as seen at Figure 1 the liquid will flow freely through the cock when
it is turned and pass out to pumps or vessels at the other end which will be well
understood. An india rubber or other packing washer N may be let into the end
of the socket S against which the shoulder c¹ of the cock C bears to form a tight
joint or other such means may be used for that purpose. The plug K is screwed
into the socket by the slot to seal the hole when the tap or cock is removed.
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same. is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
CLAIMS.
my
First: The improvements in the mode and means for drawing the liquid from
barrels and other vessels consisting of a socket S having a valve V mounted at the
inner end and opened by a provision on the end of the cock C upon applying it
to the socket substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the drawings.
Second: In improvements forming the subject of the first Claim the socket S
with its spring valve V opening inwardly by means of the end of the cock C being
pushed or screwed into position with the cap K and the other accompanying parts
substantially as herein set forth and shewn on the drawings by Figures 1 to 10.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1898.
GEORGE SLIM,
By George Barker, Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.