Improvements in Cask Washing Apparatus and Appliances connected therewith.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Cask Washing Apparatus and Appliances
connected therewith.
I, BERNARD EAGERS, of 119, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, in the County of
York Registered Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The objects of my invention are to provide the means of more expeditiously
and effectually washing or cleansing casks than by the process commonly in
use.
I effect this by my improved apparatus and appliances which consist of a
revolving table carried upon ball bearings or otherwise, on a suitably constructed
stand. The cask to be washed I place in a horizontal position on chocks, such
chocks being so arranged on the table that they can be placed closed together
or wider apart according to the size of cask to be operated upon. Through the
centre of the table I pass a pipe with a conical end to fit into the bung hole
of the cask, the portion of the cone which I pass inside the cask is perforated
with a number of small holes to allow of a jet of water or of steam or of water
and steam combined being forced into the cask whilst it is rotating. The rotary
motion being given to the table by power or hand as may be most convenient.
To prevent the cask falling off whilst it is rotating I provide suitable chains,
belts or straps by which it may be secured.
Sometimes I provide a curved pipe leading from the tap hole of the cask to
about the centre of the cask at the top, so that the effluent steam may be delivered
into the atmosphere at or about the centre of gyration.
In the construction of the table and stand for this apparatus I sometimes
provide interchangeable steel paths for the ball bearings, both on the stand and
on the underside of the revolving table. I likewise construct the table with a
flange to fit over the outer circumference of the stand so as to keep the table in
position.
The chocks which carry the cask may also be made interchangeable to fit
the forms of the various sized casks and they may also be moved closed together
or wider apart by hand screws or their equivalents.
The water and steam I introduce to the cone shaped pipe by suitably arranged
cocks or other ordinary appliances as at present in use.
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R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Cask Washing Apparatus and Appliances
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I, BERNARD EAGERS, of 119, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, in the County of
York Registered Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The objects of my invention are to provide the means of more expeditiously
and effectually washing or cleansing casks than by the process commonly in
use.
My invention will be better understood on reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawing, in which,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the revolving table and stand, showing a cask placed
in a horizontal position ready for washing.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the revolving table.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the stand on which the table revolves.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the revolving table and stand.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
carry out my invention by the employment of apparatus and appliances which
consists of a revolving table, a, carried upon ball bearings, b, or otherwise, on a
suitably constructed stand, c. The cask, d, to be washed I place in a horizontal
position on chocks, e, c, such chocks being so arranged on the table that they can
be placed closer together or wider apart according to the size of cask to be
operated upon. Through the centre of the table, a, I pass a pipe, f, with a
conical end, f, to fit into the bung hole of the cask, the portion of the cone
which I pass inside the cask is perforated with a number of small holes to
allow of a jet of water or of steam, or of water and steam combined being forced
into the cask whilst it is rotating. The rotary motion being given to the table
by power or hand as may be most convenient.
To prevent the cask falling off whilst it is rotating, I provide suitable chains,
belts, or straps, g, g, by which it may be secured.
Sometimes I provide a curved pipe, h, leading from the tap hole of the cask, d,
to about the centre of the cask at the top, so that the effluent steam may be
delivered into the atmosphere at or about the centre of gyration.
In the construction of the table and stand for this apparatus, I sometimes
provide interchangeable steel paths for the ball bearings, both on the stand and
on the underside of the revolving table, I likewise construct the table, a, with a
flange, i, to fit over the outer circumference of the stand, c, so as to keep the
table in position.
The chocks, e, e, which carry the cask may also be made interchangeable to fit
the forms of the various sized casks, and they may also be moved closer together
or wider apart by hand screws or their equivalents.
The water and steam I introduce to the cone shaped pipe by suitably arranged
cocks or other ordinary appliances as at present in use.
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:-
1. In cask washing apparatus, the arrangement and combination of parts and
appliances by means of which the cask to be washed is made to revolve on its

page_text: conjugate axis so that the water or steam may be introduced by a pipe or nozzle
through the bung hole of the cask, in such a manner that the stream of cleansing
fluid may be continuous both inwardly and outwardly during the process of
gyration, and the operation of washing performed without disturbing the con-
struction of the cask, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein
described and illustrated.
2. In cask washing apparatus, in combination with the appliances described
in Claim 1, the employment of a curved escape pipe so arranged as to lead from
the tap hole of the cask to its centre, so that the effluent steam may be delivered
into the atmosphere at or about the centre of gyration, in the manner and for
the purposes, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1899
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.