Apparatus for or connected with the Raising of Beer and the like Liquids from Casks and other Receptacles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for or connected with the Raising of Beer and the like
Liquids from Casks and other Receptacles.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM BARKER, of Forest Road, Walthamstow, in the County
of Essex, Builder and Contractor, 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 has for its object an improved apparatus by the aid of which
carbonic acid or other gas under pressure may be applied to a cask or other
receptacle and the liquid contents thereof forced out of the bung-hole or mouth
thereof.
For the purposes of my invention I provide a metal plug externally tapered and
screw threaded at its lower end so that it may be screwed into an internally and
externally tapered ring of wood or other material secured in the bung-hole or
other orifice in the cask or other receptacle.
This plug has a central hole formed through it and in this fits loosely a pipe
through which the beer or other liquids are to be forced from the cask or like
receptacle and such plug is provided at its upper end with a suitable stuffing
box which prevents the escape of liquid or gas otherwise than through the pipe
and also serves to hold the latter in position.
This pipe is provided with a suitable coupling at its upper end whereby it may
be secured to the pipe through which the liquid is to be forced and is of such a
length that it may be adjusted so that its lower end (which is provided with a
suitable nozzle or strainer) may reach the bottom of the cask or other receptacle.
A branch outlet extends from one side of this plug communicating to the interior
thereof at its inner end and provided at its outer end with a suitable connection
whereby it may be connected to the gas container.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings of which Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved apparatus in
position and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation thereof.
The plug a is externally tapered and screw threaded at its lower end which fits
into the internally and externally tapered ring 6 of wood or other material secured
in the bung-hole or other orifice of the cask.
Through this plug a is passed the tube c provided with a suitable connection c¹
at its upper end for connecting it to the beer or other pipe and at its lower end
with a strainer c².
This pipe is secured in position, after being adjusted so that its lower end
extends to the bottom of the strainer, and the escape of liquid or gas around the
exterior thereof prevented by the aid of a stuffing box d the packing d' of which is
preferably in the form of an india-rubber ring.
A branch pipe e extends from one side of the plug a and communicates at its
inner end with the space between the inner surface of the plug a and the outer
surface of the tube 6 the outer end of said pipe e being provided with a suitable
connection whereby it may be connected through a flexible pipe g to the gas
container.
The gas entering the pipe e passes down between the inner surface of the plug a
and the exterior of the tube c into the cask or other liquid container so forcing the
lianid n through aid :

page_text: 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 :-
1. The apparatus for or connected with the raising of liquids by means of
compressed gas, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In apparatus for or connected with the raising of liquids by means of
compressed gas an adjustable exit pipe, substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated.
3. In apparatus for or connected with the raising of liquids by means of
compressed gas the combination therewith of an internally and externally tapered
ring, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, Loudon, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.