IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE HEIGHT OF LIQUIDS IN CASKS, BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FREDERICK WILLIAM DENISON of the Town of Kingston upon Hull in the
County of the same Town, Wine Merchant-do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE HEIGHT OF LIQUIDS IN
CASKS, BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus to
be applied to casks, barrels and other vessels containing beer, wine and other
liquids for the purpose of ascertaining the height of such liquid in the cask or other
vessel which has been tapped, whereby a register may be kept of the contents of
each cask or vessel at the end of each day.
In carrying out my invention I employ a small tap or hollow metal spile which
I insert into any convenient part of the cask and which I connect by a suitable
connection, preferably flexible, with a gauge glass or tube. This tube is fixed to a
metal, wood or other holder or scale which is arranged to fit into the cask head, or
on to the side of the cask, and is divided off to represent inches or pints on any
other convenient measure.
The tap for drawing off the liquid will be entirely separate from the gauging
apparatus.
At the end of each day the height of the liquid in the gauge glass which will be
the same as that in the cask will be taken and entered in a proper book or register
and thus any withdrawal during the night may be readily detected.
Dated this 13th day of February 1884

page_text: I FREDERICK WILLIAM DENISON of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the
County of the same Town, Wine Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE HEIGHT OF LIQUIDS
IN CASKS, BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus to
be applied to casks, barrels, and other vessels containing beer, wine or other
liquids, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of the contents of such barrel
or vessel at the end of each day.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown a side elevation of an apparatus
constructed according to my invention.
a is a small tap or hollow metal spile which I insert into any convenient part of
the cask or barrel preferably underneath. This tap I connect by means of a union
joint b or in any other convenient manner to a flexible or other tube c which is
connected in a similar manner with a gauge glass or tube d.
This tube d is secured in any convenient manner to a metal, wood or other
holder or scale e, which may be arranged to fit into the cask head or may be secured
by means of a suitable bracket to the side or other part of the cask or barrel.
This scale e will be divided off to represent inches, pints, or any other convenient
measure.
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At the end of each day the small tap a will be turned and the liquor allow to
run into the gauge glass d and the height of the liquor in the glass which will be
the same as that in the cask will be taken and entered in a proper book or register
kept for the purpose. If this reading agrees with the reading taken in the morning
before any of the contents are drawn from the cask, it will be seen that the cask
has not been tampered with during the night and a check will thereby be obtained
on the employés.
The end of the tube d is open to allow for the escape of the air, but to prevent
the evaporation, in the case of spirits, of the liquor in the tube I prefer to use a
spring stopper for other convenient means to close the opening.
The drawing off tap will be entirely separate from the gauging apparatus.
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-
In an apparatus for ascertaining the height of liquids in casks and other vessels,
the combination of a tap as a, connecting tube as c, gauge glass as d, and scale e, as
herein shown and described.
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