Improvements in Bottles, Barrels, and other Vessels, and in the mode and means of drawing off Liquid or Gases therefrom.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1898-Accepted; 16th July, 1898-
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles, Barrels, and other Vessels, and in the mode
and means of drawing off Liquid or Gases therefrom.
I, IRVINE BAILEY, General Manager of George Skey & Company Limited, of
Wilnecote Works, near Tamworth, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement; —
My invention has for its object improvements in bottles barrels and other
vessels and in the mode and means of drawing off liquid or gases therefrom which
is intended to supersede the use of the ordinary taps which are generally attached
to such vessels for the purpose, besides my invention takes less room and is
more sightly besides being cheaper.
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 my invention carried into practice in
regard to an ordinary earthenware bottle, but the principle remains the same when
applied to other shaped vessels whether made from wood metal or other suitable
material. The examples given will enable others to apply my invention to any
other cases met with in practice.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of an earthenware bottle B finished ready for the
application to it of the valve portion for its completion.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same bottle B but shewn in section near the
valve face E.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same bottle B with the valve V mounted.upon
it, the valve being in its closed position.
Figure 4 is a side part sectional side elevation of the bottle B with its valve V
fixed in its closed position as shewn by previous figure.
Figure 5 is a similar part sectional side elevation to the previous Figure 4 but
shewing the valve V open as it would be when liquid or gas &c. would be flow-
ing from the vessel.
Figure 6 is an elevation and section of a modification of the valve V.
Figure 7 is an elevation and section of a further modification of the valve V.
Figure 8 is a cross section of a still further modification of the valve V.
Figure 9 is a broken off side section of the bottle B shewing a circular face to
the valve V with a corresponding curved face on the face piece E but the curves
may be reversed so as to make the valve hollow and seat E round.
Figures 10 and 11 are front elevation and plan of the face piece E made
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page_text: separate from the vessel so as to be suitable for attachment to the end of a barrel
or to any other vessel.
The bottle or other vessel B may be made from earthenware metal, wood, or
any other suitable material and may have the usual neck b¹ and screw or other
stopper S which in the case of the earthenware bottle B shewn on the drawings
may be used as a vent peg as it is only necessary to unscrew the stopper $ slightly
to admit sufficient air, when it may be retightened, but other forms of fillers may
be used such for instance as the bung of a barrel and then a separate vent peg
may be used.
I mould form or make our bottle or other vessel B with a facing piece E which
I prefer to be in one piece with the vessel if earthenware, but it may be made as a
separate piece as shewn at Figures 10 and 11 when a flange with holes e is
provided to secure it to the end of a barrel or elsewhere the back piece being
suitably formed to suit the particular position. In the case of Figures 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 the face E is formed as a portion of the vessel B. A special central hole e¹
is made having an enlargement and slots e2, 2 through. which a T headed
screw K may be inserted and turned round and the head may be further secured
by cement lead &c. The other hole H is the outlet for the liquid gas &c. The
valve V I generally make a circular disc but it may be of almost any external
configuration. The valve may have a true flatface as shewn at Figures 4, 5, 6
and 7 or it may be convex or concave as shewn at Figure 9 but in any case the
two faces fit truly on each other which is accomplished by grinding, turning &c.
This valve carries a centre hole 63 fitting over the plain part of the screw K
which as before stated has a T head ¹ and screwed shank 2. The valve V turns
freely upon the plain portion of the screw K and is kept up to its face by an
clastic pressure consisting of either a rubber ring R or a spring with the
washer W and large nut with a lock nut k or their equivalents as the modę
of holding the valve V to its face does not matter so long as it is held tightly.
The valve V has a hole or passage, the back part of the hole v agreeing as
in Figure 5 with the inlet hole H into the vessel and the material from which
the valve V is made may finish with a boss 5 so that the point issues with the
hole convenient for discharging the contents into a jug glass &c. To close
the passage it is only necessary to turn the valve round to the position as shewn
at Figure 4 or to an intermediate position so as to cover the hole upon the
solid face E when the passage or outlet is sealed. The outlet may be varied
as shewn at Figure 6 where it is directly under the valve through the boss
or there may be no boss as at Figure 7 and 2 being formed by a notch only.
The valve V may also be recessed around the hole as shewn at Figure 6 when
the rubber or other spring and washer will be hidden and protected.
I have said before that the valve V and its face E may be made from any
suitable material or metal and the face E may be a separate piece as shewn at
Figures 10 and 11 or one piece with the vessel and the general external configura-
tion and design may be greatly varied without departing from the principle of
the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven- 4
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim
is:-
CLAIMS.
First: The improvements in bottles barrels and other vessels and in the mode
and means of drawing off liquid or gas therefrom consisting of a face piece 5
whether flat or curved upon which a valve is mounted to turn on its axis or
pin and having a discharge hole corresponding with the hole in the face substan-
tially as herein set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Second-Vessels fitted with a circular face with a discharge hole in combination
with a valve working thereon and held to the said face by elastic pressure with 5

page_text: corresponding discharge hole and operated by turning upon its axis or centre
as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 2041 1
1000
By George Barker,
IRVINE BAILEY.
. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.