CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES OR MACHINERY FOR RAISING, DRAWING, OR FORCING BEER, ALE, AND OTHER LIQUIDS OR FLUIDS
Year: 1834

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WARNE, late of Union Street, in the Borough of Southwark, but now of
Stangate Street, in the Borough of Lambeth, Pewterer and Beer Engine
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing, date
at Westminster, the Seventeenth day of July, in the fifth year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Warne, His especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said James Warne, my exors, adññors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said James Warne, my exors, adññors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES OR MACHINERY
FOR RAISING, DRAWING, OR FORCING BEER, ALE, AND OTHER LIQUIDS OR FLUIDS;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said James
Warne, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what inanner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Warne, do hereby declare, that my Invention of "Certain Improve-
ments in Engines or Machinery for Raising, Drawing, or Forcing Beer, Ale,
and other Liquids or Fluids," is herein set forth and explained; and in order
to render the description more intelligible, I have annexed Drawings of pumps
or engines and machinery for elevating of liquids or fluids of any kinds.
Parts of the machinery or apparatus I have shewn are already known and in
use, and are carefully distinguished in the following description from the parts
applied to or combined with them of my own Invention, and which constitute
my improvements before named. The pumps or engines now in use are
subject to frequent stoppages, or do not work to their full power, owing to
leakage at the inlet valve at the bottom, or at the outlet valve in the bucket
or piston, from the said valves being suspended from their respective seats by
the deposit of any adventitious matter floating upon, contained in, or rising
with the liquid or fluid under operation; but my Invention ensures a more
certain action,
First, by introducing a screen or sieve under the bottom valve.
Secondly, by adapting one or more additional or supplementary valves, so
that if one valve gets out of order or repair the other or others are performing.
And further, by an improved form and arrangement of the gear or levers
used in communicating motion to the buckets or pistons of pumps, I obtain a
steadier action and economize space, which particularly applied to the elevating
of målt liquors in the bar rooms of public houses is of some importance, as
by my plan the liquor is raised under the ordinary counter, and the separate
engine now in use may be dispensed with.
In the following description I have given what I believe to be the best
material, form, and proportion of the various parts; but these may be altered
to suit the purposes for which pumps or engines may be required. I will now
explain the Drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical central section of part of a pump, which, with all the
parts, is of brass or other suitable material. a, a, the barrel as usually made;
b, b, the supply (ordinarily called the suction) pipe; c, the perforated screen,
sieve, or grating to prevent any solid matter of any important size passing to
the valves; d, d, a receptacle for the holding or retaining of any solid matter.
pump'd up against the under side of the screen c; e, e, the seat of the lower
or usual valve; f, the lower or usual valve. The under side of all these
valves, and the seats upon which they drop, must be accurately ground to a
true surface, or the same effect gained by the use of a leather or any such
matter. The valves may be of any other form or construction; but the ones

page_text: I have shewn and prefer, from their simplicity and compactness, are merely
dises or buttons without any hinge or joint rising and falling freely. g, g, a
perforated ring encompassing the valve f, guiding the said valve when it rises
or falls; h, h, the chamber or space into which the liquid flows through the
perforations i, i, when the valve f rises; , the seat of a second or supple-
mentary valve 1, the said second or additional valve rising and falling at the
same time with the valve, provided they are both in good order and work-
ing condition. m, m, a perforated guide ring similar to the under one g, g.
The liquor passes through the perforations n, n, into the body or barrel of
the pump 0, 0.
In the bucket or piston above similar parts are marked by
the same letters as in the foot valve below. p is the rod from the piston or
bucket to the working gear or levers not shown in this Figure; q. q, the
packing or air-tight ring made of leather, india rubber, or any other suitable
substance or material usually employed for the purpose. The bucket is
represented in the act of descending; therefore the valves f and I are up from
their respective seats.
Figure 2 is a vertical central section of part of a pump; and Figure 3 is a
horizontal section of the same taken on the line X, X, Figure 2, looking down-
wards. The working parts in this Figure are similar to those in Figure 1,
excepting the valve f, which is now shown formed with studs r, r, upon the
top of it.
These strike against the under side of the seat k, k, when the valve
rises, and allow a sufficient space for the liquid to flow through the passages
s to the valve . By this form of valve the perforated ring g, g, Figure 1, is
dispensed with. The same arrangement may be adopted in the bucket or
any other valve of a series.
Figures 4 and 5 show valves constructed to answer the purpose of the one
last described. The valves in all the Figures are colored pink.
Figure 6 shows the form of lever or pull usually used to work the pumps
of beer engines hitherto and now in use, and is merely given to show the
difference of the leverage invented by me, examples of which are represented
at Figures 7, 8, and 9. It will by inspection be seen that, by curving or
bending the levers or pulls, I only require a mortice or hole in the ordinary
counter or engine case of the dimensions of the transverse section of the lever
or pull, allowing free space for working. With the ordinary straight lever
shown at Figure 6, a chaseway the whole length of the motion of such lever,
or nearly a quarter of a circle, is required. The levers or pulls in all four
Figures are tinted blue in their proper positions, when the pump rod is at its
lowest, and the dotted lines show the positions of them and their attached
levers, when the said pump rod is up at its full height. The brown shaded

page_text: lines in Figure 6 is the section of part of the casing of an ordinary beer
engine; and the same colored lines in Figures 7, 8, and 9, represent parts of
the top and part of the usual counters, in which I propose to work my pumps.
Friction rollers colored red are shewn under the levers in Figures 7, 8, and 9.
According to the purposes to which my Inventions herein-before described
may be applied, so may trifling alterations of form or proportion of the parts
be required; but the descriptions I have given are, to the best of my belief,
quite sufficient to inform any one conversant with the operations to which
they refer. And I hereby declare that my Invention consists entirely,-
First, in the application of an additional or auxiliary valve or valves placed
within or under or in connection with the working cylinders or barrels of
pumps, and the buckets or pistons thereof, by which means an increased
surety of action in pumps so fitted is procured.
Secondly, that yet further to prevent derangement in the working of pumps,
I affix or place, between the supply of liquid and the valves, a screen, sieve, or
grating, to prevent the passage into the pump of any solid or adventitious
matter which may be suspended in or incorporated with the liquid or fluid
being pump'd.
Thirdly, by applying a curved instead of a straight pull or lever I effect a
considerable saving of space and expense; as, by my plan, beer, ale, or any
other liquids may be raised in the ordinary counter, and the separate beer
engine may be dispensed with.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Warne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Sixteenth day of January, in
the year of our Lord 1835, the aforesaid James Warne came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
hundred and thirty fiva

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WARNE, late of Union Street, in the Borough of Southwark, but now of
Stangate Street, in the Borough of Lambeth, Pewterer and Beer Engine
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Seventeenth day of July, in the fifth year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Warne, His especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said James Warne, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others
as I; the said James Warne, my exors, adññors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES OR MACHINERY
FOR RAISING, DRAWING, OR FORCING BEER, ALE, AND OTHER LIQUIDS OR FLUIDS;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said James
Warne, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large.
appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Warne, do hereby declare, that my Invention of "Certain Improve-
ments in Engines or Machinery for Raising, Drawing, or Forcing Beer, Ale,
and other Liquids or Fluids," is herein set forth and explained; and in order
to render the description more intelligible, I have annexed Drawings of pumps
or engines and machinery for elevating of liquids or fluids of any kinds.
Parts of the machinery or apparatus I have shewn are already known and in
use, and are carefully distinguished in the following description from the parts
applied to or combined with them of my own Invention; and which constitute
my improvements before named. The pumps or engines now in use are
subject to frequent stoppages, or do not work to their full power, owing to
leakage at the inlet valve at the bottom, or at the outlet valve in the bucket
or piston, from the said valves being suspended from their respective seats by
the deposit of any adventitious matter floating upon, contained in, or rising
with the liquid or fluid under operation; but my Invention ensures a more
certain action,
First, by introducing a screen or sieve under the bottom valve.
Secondly, by adapting one or more additional or supplementary valves, so
that if one valve gets out of order or repair the other or others are performing.
And further, by an improved form and arrangement of the gear or levers
used in communicating motion to the buckets or pistons of pumps, I obtain a
steadier action and economize space, which particularly applied to the elevating
of malt liquors in the bar rooms of public houses is of some importance, as
by my plan the liquor is raised under the ordinary counter, and the separate
engine now in use may be dispensed with.
In the following description I have given what I believe to be the best
material, form, and proportion of the various parts; but these may be altered
to suit the purposes for which pumps or engines may be required. I will now
explain the Drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical central section of part of a pump, which, with all the
parts, is of brass or other suitable materiál. a, a, the barrel as usually made;
b, b, the supply (ordinarily called the suction) pipe; c, the perforated screen,
sieve, or grating to prevent any solid matter of any important size passing to
the valves; d, d, a receptacle for the holding or retaining of any solid matter
pump'd up against the under side of the screen c; e, e, the seat of the lower
or usual valve; f, the lower or usual valve. The under side of all these
valves, and the seats upon which they drop, must be accurately ground to a
true surface, or the same effect gained by the use of a leather or any such
The valves may be of any other form or construction; but the ones
matter.

page_text: I have shewn and prefer, from their simplicity and compactness, are merely
discs or buttons without any hinge or joint rising and falling freely. g, g, a
perforated ring encompassing the valve f, guiding the said valve when it rises
or falls; h, h, the chamber or space into which the liquid flows through the
perforations i, i, when the valve f rises; k, the seat of a second or supple-
mentary valve 7, the said second or additional valve rising and falling at the
same time with the valve, provided they are both in good order and work-
ing condition. m, m, a perforated guide ring similar to the under one g, g.
The liquor passes through the perforations n, n, into the body or barrel of
the pump 0, 0.
In the bucket or piston above similar parts are marked by
the same letters as in the foot valve below. p is the rod from the piston or
bucket to the working gear or levers not shown in this Figure; q. q, the
packing or air-tight ring made of leather, india rubber, or any other suitable
substance or material usually employed for the purpose. The bucket is
represented in the act of descending; therefore the valves f and are up from
their respective seats.
Figure 2 is a vertical central section of part of a pump; and Figure 3 is a
horizontal section of the same taken on the line X, X, Figure 2, looking down-
wards. The working parts in this Figure are similar to those in Figure 1,
excepting the valve f, which is now shown formed with studs 1, 2, upon the
top of it. These strike against the under side of the seat k, k, when the valve
rises, and allow a sufficient space for the liquid to flow through the passages'
s to the valve l. By this form of valve the perforated ring g, g, Figure 1, is
dispensed with. The same arrangement may be adopted in the bucket or
any other valve of a series.
Figures 4 and 5 show valves constructed to answer the purpose of the one
last described. The valves in all the Figures are colored pink.
Figure 6 shows the form of lever or pull usually used to work the pumps
of beer engines hitherto and now in use, and is merely given to show the
difference of the leverage invented by me, examples of which are represented
at Figures 7, 8, and 9. It will by inspection be seen that, by curving or
bending the levers or pulls, I only require a mortice or hole in the ordinary
counter or engine case of the dimensions of the transverse section of the lever
or pull, allowing free space for working. With the ordinary straight lever
shewn at Figure 6, a chaseway the whole length of the motion of such lever,
or nearly a quarter of a circle, is required. The levers or pulls in all four
Figures are tinted blue in their proper positions, when the pump rod is at its
lowest, and the dotted lines shew the positions of them and their attached
levers, when the said pump rod is up at its full height. The brown shaded

page_text: lines in Figure 6 is the section of part of the casing of an ordinary beer
engine; and the same colored lines in Figures 7, 8, and 9, represent parts of
the top and part of the usual counters, in which I propose to work my pumps.
Friction rollers colored red are shewn under the levers in Figures 7, 8, and 9.
According to the purposes to which my Inventions herein-before described
may be applied, so may trifling alterations of form or proportion of the parts
be required; but the descriptions I have given are, to the best of my belief,
quite sufficient to inform any one conversant with the operations to which
they refer. And I hereby declare that my Invention consists entirely,-
First, in the application of an additional or auxiliary valve or valves placed
within or under or in connection with the working cylinders or barrels of
pumps, and the buckets or pistons thereof, by which means an increased
surety of action in pumps so fitted is procured.
Secondly, that yet further to prevent derangement in the working of pumps,.
I affix or place, between the supply of liquid and the valves, a screen, sieve, or
grating, to prevent the passage into the pump of any solid or adventitious
matter which may be suspended in or incorporated with the liquid or fluid
being pump'd.
Thirdly, by applying a curved instead of a straight pull or lever I effect a.
considerable saving of space and expense; as, by my plan, beer, ale, or any
other liquids may be raised in the ordinary counter, and the separate beer
engine may be dispensed with.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Warne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five