New or Improved Tap and Appliances for Measuring and Supplying Spirits and other Liquids.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1894'
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Tap and Appliances for Measuring and Supplying
Spirits and other Liquids.
I, LEWIS FREDERICK SHOVE, of Clare Chambers, St. Stephen's Street,
Bristol, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows: :-
My invention relates to a new or improved tap and appliances for attachment
to spirit-jars, casks, and other vessels, by which the liquid is made to flow into a
contaiver placed on the upper surface of the tap, certain measures being marked
on the container, so that as the liquid is withdrawn therefrom, the altered level, as
seen through the container, will indicate the quantity discharged.
The object of this invention is to provide a tap and appliances which will be
self-filling and automatic in all their arrangements, except the actual supply of the
liquid to the customer, the mere turning of the plug in the tap shutting off or
putting on the supply of liquid and air required to keep the container always full,
ready for the discharge of any prescribed or desired quantity.
My invention consists in providing a three-way plug tap to admit the liquid into
or out of a glass or other container mounted thereon, the plug and barrel of the tap
being also provided with inlets and outlets for air, which are connected to two
tubes inserted in the base of the container and extend to the top, one of the tubes
being in communication with another tube inserted in the end of the shank, which
is of sufficient length to be passed into the jar or vessel and reach to the top, above
the level of the liquid; and the other tube communicates by means of a direct way
in the plug to a hole in the barrel, which permits air to pass in and expel the
liquid from the coutainer when the plug is turned.
In carrying this invention into effect, the tap is made with a circular disc
attached thereto to hold the container; the disc is slightly flanged up round the
edge, forming a shallow cylinder, ways being made from the barrel of the tap to
the disc to permit the inlet and outlet of the liquid and air; the container is made
of glass, conveniently shaped like an inverted tumbler, and marked with measured
lines to show the quantity withdrawn. The container is placed on the disc and
made airtight in the flange by rubber or other packing; holes are made in the
disc for the flow of the liquid and also for the reception of air tubes; one of these
is inserted in the disc and carried to the top of the container; the three way
channel in the plug connecting it either to the outlet in the nose of the tap or to a
tube inserted in the shank, which is bent and carried through the opening in the
jar or vessel to the top, above the liquid level, the other air tube also reaches to
the top of the container, and is connected by a direct way in the plug to an aperture
in the barrel, which is controlled by turning the plug, admitting air to discharge
the liquid through the ordinary nose or outlet provided for the purpose.
Instead of the container being of glass as described, it may be made of metal or
other suitable material, with a transparent substance let in the side to allow the
level of the liquid to be seen and compared with the measures or marks thereon.
The tap and appliances being provided as described, their operation is as
follows: The beut air tube being attached to the shank, is passed through the
hole in the jar or cask, and the shank fastened thereto by screwing, packing, or
other means, and when the liquid is put into the vessel, it will pass through the

page_text: ordinary inlet of the shank and pass into and fill the container, and when it is
required to draw off any of the liquid, the plug is turned and the inlet of liquid
and outlet of air are cut off, and the outlet of liquid and inlet of air turned on, and
thus the liquid will readily be discharged into the cup or glass provided for it.
When the desired quantity has been delivered. which will be readily seen by
looking at the altered level in the container, and the marks, the plug is turned, and
the liquid will flow into the container as before, ready to deliver another supply.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
New or Improved Tap and Appliances for Measuring and Supplying
Spirits and other Liquids.
I, LEWIS FREDERICK SHOVE, of Clare Chambers, St. Stephen Street
Bristol, Architect, 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 :-
My invention relates to a new or improved tap and appliances for attachment to
spirit jars, casks, and other vessels, by which the liquid is made to flow from the
vessel into a container placed on the upper surface of the tap, the container being
made of a specified size to be emptied each time it is used, or of a larger size with
measures marked thereon, the quantity withdrawn being indicated by the altered
level in the container.
The object of this invention is to provide a tap and appliances which will be
self filling and self discharging, all the arrangements being automatic except
turning the lever attached to the plug to fill the glass or other vessel; the lever
being turned in one direction simply fills the container, and in another discharges
the contents or any prescribed portion thereof as required.
My invention consists in providing a three way plug tap, to control the flow of
the liquid into or out of a glass container mounted thereon, the plug and shank
of the tap being also provided with a vent tube to the container, by which the
rapid filling and discharge of the liquid is secured.
A suitable means for carrying my invention into effected is illustrated in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, and the construction and action of the tap will be
more fully described in connection therewith:-
Fig. 1 is a view of the tap complete, ready for insertion in a cask or jar; Fig. 2
is a plan of the tap, with the plug and container removed, Fig. 3 is a vertical
section of the same; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the barrel; Fig. 5 is an elevation
of the plug which fits therein, and Fig. 6 is a section of the same, and Fig. 7 is a
view of the container, with a section of the screw cap which attaches the container
to a disc on the top of the plug.
The same letters indicate the saine parts in all the figures.
A is the barrel of the tap, and B is the plug fitting in the taper opening C,
D is the neck of the tap connecting the barrel with the threaded shank E which is
inserted in the cask; F is an air tube made of sufficient length to reach to the top
of the cask or above the level of the liquid, screwed into the end of the shank, and
connected to a similar tube passing through the neck of the tap to an outlet f,
where it engages with a hole in the plug when turned in that direction, and the air
passes upwards through a channel to a tube G extending nearly to the top of the
container; H is an opening or openings at the back of the shank, through which
the liquid flows through a channel I in the shank and neck of the tap, having an
outlet to the barrel C, and when the plug is turned, engaging with the way K

page_text: through which the liquid passes into the channel L, and fills the container and also
the tubes G and F up to the level of the liquid in the cask; M, N, are two chases
(shown in Figs. 3 and 4) in the plug, through which the liquid flows from the
container to the outlet R; O is a circular disc fitted on the top of the plug, in
which the air tube G is inserted, and the opening L (for the inlet and outlet of
the liquid) terminates, instead of being continued to the top, as described in the
Provisional Specification; P is a flanged glass container placed on the disc, and
fastened thereto by a screw cap Q, a rubber or other washer being provided to
make a firm joint; and R is an ornamental nozzle conveying the liquid from the
chases M N to the vessel provided for its reception.
The various parts of the tap being provided as described, their operation is as
follows:-The air tube F is passed through the tap hole of the cask and attached
to the shank E, and the latter inserted in the cask, a supply of liquid may then be
placed in the cask, and the air in the cask and in the container will be in communi-
cation; when the plug is turned one way, the liquid will pass through the
opening H, the channel 1, outlet j, way K, and channel L to the container, filling
it and the air tubes as described, the plug being turned in the other direction, the
liquid in the air tubes must first be discharged to allow the liquid in the container
to be withdrawn for this purpose, a chase f¹ is made in the surface of the plug,
through which the liquid from the air tubes is discharged into the chase M and
out into the glass, this liberates the air, and the liquid in the container flows down
the channel L through the ways K into the chases M and N and nozzle R. As
the action of filling and emptying the container is almost instantaneous, it is
considered desirable to use a small container and make that the unit of measurement,
a larger quantity being required, the lever of the plug is opened and shut two,
three, or more times, as required.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A self-measuring, filling, and discharging tap, by which a prescribed quantity of
liquid is supplied to a customer by the simple turning of the plug lever, the various
parts of the tap herein described enabling the consumer to be rapidly filled and
discharged, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
1000
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.