Year: 1898

page_text: We, ALBERT PIDGEON, of 18, Winifred Road, Little Ilford, Engineer, and JOSIAH
TURNER, of 79, Thorold Road, Ilford, Publican, both in the County of Essex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for
tilting casks or barrels by hand.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct a pair of links connected together
at the upper part by a cross piece and provided with a hook by which they are
suspended from the roof or upper part of the cellar or other place in which the barrel
is standing. These links carry at their lower ends a cross spindle upon which are
fixed a toothed disc and a drum or sprocket wheel side by side. A pawl carried by one
of the links engages with the teeth of the toothed disc.
On the said spindle we mount a lever provided with a pawl which also engages
with the teeth of the said toothed disc.
Around the sprocket wheel is placed a chain to one end of which is attached a
hook. When employing a drum we attach a strap cord or wire to it which carries the
hook.
The actuating lever is preferably provided with a slot at its forward end so that
when it is pulled towards the operator the fixed pawl which it carries is pulled out of
gear with the teeth on the toothed disc but when it is pressed forward the pawl
comes into gear with the teeth. Thus when the lever is moved up and down and
moved slightly backward and forward it rotates the toothed disc and consequently
the drum or sprocket wheel.
It will be understood that the lever may be provided simply with a hole fitting the
spindle and be mounted loosely upon the same in which case the pawl carried by it
will be weighted or provided with a spring to keep it in contact with the teeth of the
toothed disc.
Instead of employing a lever and pawl to drive the toothed disc and a pawl to
prevent it running back we may employ a worm mounted on a spindle carried by the
links which gears direct with a worm wheel taking the place of the toothed disc.
This worm is provided with a handle by which it is rotated to drive the worm wheel
in one or the other direction.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The apparatus is hung by the hook attached to the links over the rear end of the
cask and the hook carried by the strap, cord, wire or chain is placed under the
" chime."
The disc or worm wheel is rotated by means of the lever or by the handle on
the worm spindle until the strap or chain is just tight. When it is desired to tilt the
cask the dise or worm wheel is rotated and is held in position by the pawl or worm
carried by the links.

page_text: By means of our invention we are able to tilt the cask with great ease and with
smoothness of action thereby avoiding the disturbance of the contents.
Dated February 14th 1898.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Tilting Casks or Barrels.
We, ALBERT PIDGEON, of 18, Winifred Road, Little Ilford, Engineer, and JOSIAH
TURNER, of 79, Thorold Road, Ilford, Publican, both in the County of Essex, 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 thereof:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for
tilting casks or barrels by hand.
We will describe our invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are two opposite face views, and Fig. 3 a side or edge view of our
improved barrel-tilter fitted with ratchet and pawl gearing. Fig. 4 is a face view and
Fig. 5 a side or edge view of our improved tilter fitted with worm gearing, and Fig. 6
is a side or edge view of a tilter showing a modification.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
In carrying our invention into effect, we, according to the arrangement repre-
sented at Figs. 1, 2, 3, construct a pair of links a connected together at the upper
part by a cross piece b and provided with a hook c by which they are suspended from
the roof or upper part of the cellar or other place in which the barrel is standing.
These links a carry at their lower ends a cross spindle d, upon which are fixed a
toothed or ratchet disc e and a drum f, or it may be a sprocket wheel, side by side.
A weighted pawl g carried by one of the links a engages with the teeth of the
ratchet disc e. On the said spindle & we mount a lever h provided with a pawl h¹,
which also engages with the teeth of the said ratchet disc e. When employing a
drum as shown, we attach a strap, chain, cord or wire i to it, which carries a
hook at its free end, but when using a sprocket wheel, a loose chain with a hook ¿¹
at one end is passed around the same. The actuating lever his preferably provided
with a slot h2 at its forward end, so that when it is pulled towards the operator, the
fixed pawl h¹ which it carries is pulled out of gear with the teeth on the ratchet
disc but when it is pressed forward, the pawl h¹ comes into gear with said teeth.
Thus, when the lever is moved up and down and moved slightly backward and
forward, it rotates the ratchet disc e and consequently the drum f or sprocket wheel.
It will be understood that the lever h may be provided simply with a hole fitting the
spindle and be mounted loosely upon the same, in which case the pawl h¹ carried by
it will be weighted or provided with a spring to keep it in contact with the teeth of
the ratchet disc e.
Instead of employing, as shown at Figs. 1, 2, 3, a lever and pawl to drive the
toothed or ratchet disc and drum or sprocket wheel, and a pawl to prevent their
running back, we may, as shown at Figs. 4 and 5, employ a worm j¹ mounted on a
spindle carried by one of the links a, which gears direct with a worm wheel k
taking the place of the ratchet disc. This worm j¹ is provided with a handle j², by
which it is rotated to drive the worm wheel k in one or the other direction.
The modification shown at Fig. 6 has a pinion fixed rigidly with the worm
wheel, and a toothed wheel on the axis of the drum for sprocket wheel, into
which the pinion k¹ gears.

page_text: The action of the apparatus is as follows. The apparatus is hung by the hook c
attached to the links a over the rear end of the cask, and the hook i¹ carried by the strap,
cord, wire or chain is placed under the "chime." The ratchet disc e or worin
wheel is rotated by means of the lever h or by the handle on the worm spindle j,
as the case may be, until the strap or chain i is just. tight. When it is desired to tilt
the cask, the ratchet disc e or worm wheel is rotated and is held in position by the
pawl g or worm j¹ carried by the links a.
By means of our invention we are enabled to tilt the cask with great
ease and with smoothness of action, thereby avoiding the disturbance of the
contents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :---
1. A cask or barrel tilter consisting of a frame formed of a pair of links connected
together by a cross piece and provided with a suspension hook, a drum or sprocket
wheel mounted on a spindle in such frame and provided with a chain, strap, cord or
wire having a hook at its free end, and a ratchet wheel and driving and retaining
pawls to operate said drum or sprocket wheel, substantially as herein set
forth.
2. A cask or barrel tilter consisting of a frame formed of a pair of links connected
together by a cross piece and provided with a suspension hook, a drum or sprocket
wheel mounted on a spindle in such frame, a chain, strap, band or wire operated by
said drum or sprocket wheel, and having a hook at its free end and worm gearing to
operate said drum or sprocket wheel, substantially as herein set forth.
3. A cask or barrel tilter constructed substantially as herein described and as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of November 1898.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.