STOPPING THE TAP OF ANY VESSEL CONTAINING OIL, TREACLE, OR ANY OTHER LIQUID AS SOON AS THE QUANTITY REQUIRED OF SUCH OIL, TREACLE, OR OTHER LIQUID HAS BEEN TAKEN THEREFROM, SUCH QUAN- TITY BEING ASCERTAINED BY WEIGHT."
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morrell, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Grocer, for the Invention of "STOPPING THE TAP OF ANY VESSEL CONTAINING
OIL, TREACLE, OR ANY OTHER LIQUID AS SOON AS THE QUANTITY REQUIRED OF
SUCH OIL, TREACLE, OR OTHER LIQUID HAS BEEN TAKEN THEREFROM, SUCH QUAN-
TITY BEING ASCERTAINED BY WEIGHT."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morrell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
February 1854.
I, JOHN MORRELL, of Bradford, in the County of York, Grocer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "STOPPING THE TAP OF ANY VESSEL
CONTAINING OIL, TREACLE, OR ANY OTHER LIQUID AS SOON AS THE QUANTITY REQUIRED
OF SUCH OIL, TREACLE, OR OTHER LIQUID HAS BEEN TAKEN THEREPROM, SUCH QUAN-
TITY BEING ASCERTAINED BY WEIGHT" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of upright rods of iron or other materials attached
at one end to the scales, by which such oil, treacle, or other liquid is weighed,
and at the other end to the taps of the hogshead or vessel from which the oil,
treacle, or other liquid is extracted, such taps being stopped by the operation
of the scales, by which the weight is ascertained.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Morrell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
August 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MORRELL, of Bradford, in the County of York, Grocer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Morrell, Her special licence that I, the said John Morrell,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Morrell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "STOPPING THE TAP OF ANY VESSEL
CONTAINING OIL, TREACLE, OR ANY OTHER LIQUID AS SOON AS THE QUANTITY REQUIRED
OF SUCH OIL, TREACLE, OR OTHER LIQUID HAS BEEN TAKEN THEREPROM, SUCH QUAN-
TITY BEING ASCERTAINED BY WEIGHT," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said John Morrell, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Morrell, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof (that is to say):
My Invention consists in combining the tap or outlet of any vessel con-
taining liquid with a weighing machine of the ordinary kind, and such as is
used for weighing flour or other articles, such weighing machine having a fall
of three inches at least; and the object and intention of my said Invention is
to render the operation of shutting off such said tap or outlet self-acting as
soon as the desired quantity has been drawn off, instead of requiring personal
attendance for effecting the same, as heretofore practised. And in order to
explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now proceed to describe
the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical
effect, reference being had to the illustrative Drawing hereunto annexed,

page_text: applied thereto, and as it would appear when in use; Figure 2 is a side eleva-
tion of the aforesaid barrel, with my Invention applied thereto; Figures 3
and 4 are detached views of certain. parts of my Invention, herein-after par-
ticularly described and referred to. At each of the foregoing Figures I employ
similar letters of reference to denote corresponding parts, in so far as such
parts appear or can be seen at each of the Figures respectively.
At Figures
1, 2, 3, 4, A, A, denotes a hollow piece of metal, which is inserted into the
tap hole of a cask or barrel; this piece of metal has a screw B formed around
the same, as at Figure 3, for connecting it to the before-mentioned tap hole;
the part C of such piece of metal being formed with 6 sides, upon which fits
a key or spanner for screwing the piece A into the tap hole, or for removing.it
therefrom when necessary; a sliding piece D is also fitted to the front part of
the piece A, as at Figures 3 and 4, and is employed for covering or uncovering
the opening in the piece A, which may be effected in the following manner
and by. the following means:-It will be seen, upon referring to these last-
mentioned Figures, that the slide D has a stud Ę affixed thereto loosely, and
there is a hole formed in said stud, through which passes a wire G or rod of
metal, the ends whereof have a screw or thread formed thereon for connecting
it to other rods H, H, affixed to the scale board I of the weighing machine
K, which, being of the ordinary kind and well known, it is unnecessary
here to describe, except that such weighing machine will require to be con-
structed with a fall of three inches at least as aforesaid; the rods G, G, if
straight, may be connected together by screw sockets, or if curved, by fastening
a socket g to the ends of the lower and curved rods H, and then passing the
upper rods G, G, through the holes in the sockets, and securing them in the
desired position by tightening screws H in the socket g, as exhibited at
Suppose, for example, it is required to draw off any definite quantity of
liquid from the barrel A into another barrel B, as exhibited at Figures
1 and 2, and that the parts G and H are disconnected from each other, the
operator proceeds to place the weighing machine underneath the slide D, and
adjusts the barrel B upon the scale board I, until the bung hole of this barrel

page_text: is brought into proper position for receiving the liquid from the barrel A; the
rods G and H are then connected together in the manner before stated, and
the scale is weighted to suit the quantity of liquid required to be drawn off;
and when the weight of the liquid which has entered the barrel B is equal to
the weight which is upon the opposite scale board, any excess of liquid will
cause the scale board I and barrel B to descend, and with them the rods
G and H, which being connected with the slide D, will cause the same to
descend and cover the opening in the barrel A, thereby shutting off most
effectually the flow of the liquid; and in this manner and by these means it
will appear evident that any definite quantity of liquid may be drawn off.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be and may be performed, I would remark, in conclusion, that
I do not claim the exclusive use of any of the separate parts above mentioned
and referred to, except in so far as the same may be employed in combination
and for the purposes of my said Invention for Stopping the Tap of any
Vessel containing Oil, Treacle, or any other Liquid as soon as the Quantity
required of such Oil, Treacle, or other Liquid has been taken therefrom,
such Quantity being ascertained by Weight. And I hereby declare my said
Invention to consist in, and I claim, the combining of the scale board of
an ordinary or other weighing machine, having a fall of three inches at least,
with the tap or outlet of vessels containing liquid, in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before described, set forth, and represented by the illustrative
Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Morrell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
ALFRED BRAY HOOPER,
Attorney's Clerk,
Lister Hill's Road,
Bradford, Yorkshire.
JOHN MORRELL. (L.S.)