or Removal, and of Emptying the same Gradually.
Year: 1884

page_text: or Removal, and of Emptying the same Gradually.
I WILLIAM WALKER of the firm W. & F. Walker of Liverpool, Lancashire,
Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CASKS, DRUMS AND OTHER LIKE
VESSELS TO FACILITATE EASY TRANSPORT OR REMOVAL AND OF EMPTYING THE
SAME GRADUALLY," to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so construct a frame that a cask or drum may
be supported in or on it but in such a manner that the vessel can be tilted or even
turned over to pour the contents from the top part of it or near thereto.
The invention is particularly designed for iron casks, tanks or druins used for
oils, varnishes, tar and semi liquids, such casks, tanks or drums being of cylindrical
or other shape with parallel sides, and with the filling and pouring out nozzle at
the top end or near thereto.
The ordinary way of emptying these vessels, is to first lift them on to a bench
or on to another cask and then to pull the top part over, the person doing so
having to bear the over hanging weight. This operation requires a certain amount
of skill to prevent splashing and always demands a strong in in.
Now by my invention I not only obviate the risk of splashing but any person
can tilt or turn a cask over and so regulate such movement that the pouring out of
the contents can be accomplished gradually whether the cask be full or only
partially full,
I purpose providing the frame with wheels or rollers to enable it and the cask to
be moved from one place to another, and in some cases I so make the frame that it
forms a kind of crate in which the cask can be protected from injury during
transport and then serve as a support for the purpose above mentioned.
According to one arrangement I make a skeleton frame of metal or other
suitable material with two side supports provided with pivot pins or axles which
are dropped into sockets or forks on a kind of trolly. The frame is composed of a
band with legs having lips at the bottom for the cask to rest on or another band
may be at the bottom or the legs can be carried under the frame and fastened
together, the cask being then put in from above. Instead of one or more full

page_text: bands they or one of thein only may be halfbands hinged so as to open outwards
to receive the cask and then be closed to and fastened, or in lieu of the jointed
halfbands a chain or rope may be used.
The supports may be hinged to the base so as to fold down when out of use for
stowage or for separate transport, and in some cases the casks may have a band
with deep notches arranged diametrically opposite to each other for receiving the
axles or pivot pins on which said cask could be tilted, or loop eyes can be attached
to the cask instead of the notched band, or the side of the cask can be indented
for the same purpose.
The base which I preferably provide with wheels or rollers can be shaped to suit
round, square, or other shaped casks or drums (tanks) and an additional bar to go
over the top of the cask can be fitted and locked or fastened to the frame as to
constitute a cage in which the vessel can be protected from injury during transport
and also to secure the outlet.
Ratchets or other appliances can be arranged in connection with the apparatus
to assist in tilting the cask.
Drums, and other like Vessels, to Facilitate Easy Transport
or Removal, and of Emptying the same Gradually.
I WILLIAM WALKER of the firm W. & F. Walker of Liverpool Lancashire,
Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CASKS, DRUMS AND OTHER LIKE
VESSELS TO FACILITATE EASY TRANSPORT OR REMOVAL AND OF EMPTYING THE
SAME GRADUALLY," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
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The object of this invention is to so construct a frame that a cask, tank or
drum may be supported in or on it but in such a manner that the vessel can
be tilted or even turned over to pour the contents from the top part of it or near
thereto.
The invention is particularly designed for iron casks, tanks, or drums used for oils
varnishes, tar and semi liquids, such casks, tanks or drums being of cylindrical or
other shape with parallel sides, and with the filling and pouring out nozzle at the
top end or near thereto.

page_text: The ordinary way of emptying these vessels is, to first lift them on to a bench
or on to another cask and then to pull the top part over, the person doing so having
to bear the over hanging weight. This operation requires a certain amount of
skill to prevent splashing and always demands a strong man.
Now by my
invention I not only obviate the risk of splashing but any person can tilt or turn
a cask over and so regulate such movement that the pouring out of the contents
can be accomplished gradually whether the cask be full or only partially full,.
I purpose providing the frame with wheels or rollers to enable it and the cask to be
moved from one place to another and in some cases, I so make the frame that it
forms a kind of crate in which the cask can be protected from injury during.
transport and then serve as a support for the purpose above mentioned.
According to one arrangement I make a skeleton frame of metal or other
suitable material with two side supports provided with pivot pins or axles which
are dropped into sockets or forks on a kind of trolly. The frame is composed of a
band with legs having lips at the bottom for the cask to rest on, or another band
may be at the bottom or the legs can be carried under the frame and fastened
together, the cask being then put in from above. Instead of one or more full
bands, they, or one of them only, may be half bands hinged so as to open outwards
to receive the cask and then be closed to and fastened, or in lieu of the jointed
half bands a chain or rope may be used.
The supports may be hinged to the base so as to fold down when out of use for
stowage or for separate transport, and in some cases the casks may have a band.
with deep notches arranged diametrically opposite to each other for receiving the
axles or pivot pins on which said cask could be tilted, or loop eyes can be attached
to the cask instead of the notched band, or the side of the cask can be indented
for the same purpose.
The base which I preferably provide with wheels or rollers can be shaped to suit
round, square or other shaped casks or drums (tanks) and an additional bar to go.
over the top of the cask can be fitted and locked or fastened to the frame as to
constitute a cage in which the vessel can be protected from injury during transport
and also to secure the outlet.
Ratchets or other appliances can be arranged in connection with the apparatus
to assist in tilting the cask.
The annexed sheet of drawings indicate several examples of my invention as
before described.
At Figures 1 and 2 I show in plan and elevation "a drum" such as is used for
oil, varnish, tar, and other liquid or semi liquid bodies, said drum being of circular
form with parallel sides with a chime ring at each end and with a nozzle in the
top or head. The drum A is shown within a cage B composed of metal bars
connected by a mid rib C and having lips D at the bottom on which the drum
rests. The mid rib O has two spurs or axle pins E so that they may lodge in
forked sockets of arms F of a trolly carriage G when the drum has to be moved.
from place to place or to set the cask in position from which its contents can be
poured out by the tilting of the cask with very little labour.
HH are two hoops jointed to the mid rib C so that they can be brought over
the upper part of the cask and secured in any suitable manner, the drum being
then within a sort of cage by which it can not only be transported as a crate or
cage without the trolly but also fix the drum in position when it is upon the trolly
and be turned over for its contents to be poured out.
The trolly is very little wider than the drum itself and consequently occupies
about the same amount of room so that if placed in a shop where small quantities
have to be drawn it can be readily tilted to draw off the exact quantity into &
measure. I I are the trolly wheels.
Instead of lips D being formed at the bottom of the bars B it may be of ring
form as at Figure 3 or cross bars as at Figure 4 and instead of the mid rib being
a completo circle a portion of it may be hinged at J and its end K brought round
and secured at L after the cask or drum is inserted into it.

page_text: Figure 5 represents an oil drum on a trolly and with one axle pin E provided
with a handle M this having a lever N for gripping the bottom of the drum, for
tilting the drum when the handle is depressed the mid rib in this case is dispensed
with, the axle pins being attached to the side of the drum in any suitable
manner.
pulling the chain,
Figure 6 shows a drum with a mid rib C suspended by chain links P from the
arms F of the trolly G so that the drum may be pulled over by hand or any
suitable appliance such as that referred to with reference to Figure 5 or by a chain
or rope as at Figure 7 the tilting of the drum being effected by the handle M
In the above mentioned Figures the drums are arranged vertically but at
Figure 8 I show one fitted horizontally and provided with a tap by which the
contents can be drawn off, thus in the case of paraffin oil or other liquid the cask
or drum mounted on the trolly by its mid rib C may be moved about or set in any
desired position and the contents drawn off and instead of the mid rib being on
the cask or drum the cask can be laid in a kind of cradle which may have a tilting
action on the trolly G.
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The arms of the trolly may be rigid or they may be jointed so as to fold down
as shown by dotted lines in Figure 9 and thus occupy little space when out of use:
In this Figure a wine cask is shown supported by the trolly G.
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The trolly or carriage for use with my method of supporting or tilting drums or
casks are chiefly intended for use in shops where small quantities of oils and the
like are sold and where it is necessary to readily move such casks from one position
to another without risk or inconvenience: The cage also facilitating the more
ready handling and removal during transport when off the trolly as well as for
tilting when on the trolly.
i 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
The improved method and apparatus for supporting casks, drums and other like
vessels to facilitate easy transport or removal and of tilting and emptying the same
gradually in the manner described and substantially as shown in the annexed
drawings.