A New or Improved Valve Tap for Drawing Off Liquids from Bottles and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Valve Tap for Drawing Off Liquids from
Bottles and the like.
as
THOMAS GADDES 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, in the County of York,
Dental Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
Inserting in the neck of a bottle or like receptacle the inferior ends of two
tubes-one tube forming a conduit for the passage of the fluid, & the other,
of smaller diameter, to act as an air pipe.
The inferior ends are open, & the upper extremities are closed by a valve common
to both, or by separate valves for each.
The upper extremities of these tubes, to which is attached the "seat" of the
valve (or valves), is screwed into the boss of a receiver, which also contains the
valve disc & spindle.
The valve is opened by a lever acting upon the spindle.
Communicating with the receiver is the other portion of the two tubes which,
spout like, open externally.
Dated this 6th day of January 1894
A New or Improved Valve Tap for Drawing Off Liquids from
Bottles and the like.
I, THOMAS GADDES, M.D. 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, in the County of
Yorkshire, Dental Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and iu
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The apparatus consists of two tubes-one tube forming a conduit for the passage
of the liquid, & the other, of smaller diameter, & placed within the conduit, to act
as an air pipe. These tubes are inserted in the mouth of a bottle or the like
receptacle, & are the "bottle tubes."
The inferior ends of the bottle tubes are open, while the upper extremities
communicate with a receiver, in which is arranged a valve; or those extremities
may directly form the seat of the valve.
Also opening into the receiver are two other similar tubes which, spout-like, open
externally. These are the "spout tubes."
The point of entry into the receiver of the bottle tubes & of the spout tubes is on
each side of the valve respectively.
The valve is actuated by a lever & a spring.
Under certain conditions the bottle tubes may be dispensed with.
To elucidate the foregoing description I shall now refer to the accompanying
drawings:
:-
Fig. 1a represents the bottle tubes, c the conduit, & d the air pipe. e is the
receiver, &f the valve. b shows the spout tubes, with c the conduit & d' the air
Dive.

page_text: Fig. 2 represents the bottle tubes replaced by a short bush g, which is attached
to the receiver, as are the bottle tubes, either by a threaded joint h, or by a
countersunk flange.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what i
claim is :-
:-
1. The application of two tubes forming a conduit & an air pipe in the manner &
for the purpose herein described.
2. The application of two tubes which in their course are intercepted by a valve
in the manner & for the purpose herein described.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1894.
THOMAS GADDES.