Year: 1888

page_text: We, ARTHUR MURFET of Fisher Gate, Model maker, and THOMAS SAMUEL DOBSON,
Queens Road, Commission Agent, both of the Borough of Nottingham, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for tilting casks so as to thoroughly exhaust
them of their contents and it has for its object the improved construction and
arrangement of such apparatus so as to automatically and gradually tilt the cask
when the liquor is reduced below a certain level without shaking or in any way
disturbing the liquor.
In carrying out this invention we secure above the cask (which may be placed on
a stillage in the usual manner) to the wall or to a framing on which it is adjustable
laterally a suitable pivot, turning on which we arrange a lever with its fulcrum
between the power and load, the short end of which may be attached to the cask by a
rod, chain or equivalent with a suitable hook to engage under the projecting ends of
the staves at the back of the cask.
The long end of the lever is preferably made in the form of a segment of a circle
with the pivot for its centre and its radius, and weight of the segment, adjusted so as
to tilt the cask by its own weight acting through its short end and the rod or chain.
when the contents of the cask are reduced below that weight raised by the lever.
The lever by its special formation tilts the cask gradually as the liquor is withdrawn
instead of raising it to its extreme height as soon as the weight in the cask is over-
come by that of the long end of the lever, for as soon as the long end commences to
descend it loses power as part of the heavy segment passes the vertical centre line and
acts in the contrary direction and its power is thus gradually reduced as it falls and
is constantly balanced by the weight of the liquor in the cask.
If preferred the segment may be provided with a weight which may be adjustable
so a to compensate for inequalities in the weight of casks.

page_text: It is obvious that where a number of those levers are used instead of each one
being provided with a separate pivot they may be pivotted on one longitudinal shaft
passing above a row of casks and secured to the wall or ceiling in a well known
manner by suitable brackets.
Dated this 7th day of August 1888.
Proton or relating to the Tilting Of Casks,
We, ARTHUR MURFET of Fisher Gate, Model Maker, and THOMAS SAMUEL DOBSON,
Queens Road, Commission Agent, both of the Borough of Nottingham, 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 :-
This invention relates to apparatus for tilting casks so as to thoroughly exhaust
them of their contents, and it has for its object the improved construction and
arrangement of such apparatus so as to automatically and gradually tilt the cask when
the liquor is reduced below a certain level without shaking or in any way disturbing
the liquor.
It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a front and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the apparatus, and Figs. 3 and 4
are front and side elevation respectively of a modification thereof.
In carrying out this invention above the cask A which may be placed on a
stillage in the usual manner we secure to the wall or to a bar B on which it is
adjustable a pivot C turning on which is a lever D with its fulcrum between the
power and load, the short end D¹ of which may be attached to the back of the
cask A by a rod or chain E or its equivalent with a suitable hook to engage under
the projecting ends of the staves of the cask A.
The long end D' of the lever is preferably made in the form of a segment of a
circle with the pivot for its centre and the radius and weight of the segment adjusted.
so as to tilt the cask A by its own weight acting through its short end D¹ and the
rod or chain E when the contents of the cask are reduced below that weight raised
by the lever.
The lever by its special formation tilts the cask gradually as the liquor is with-
drawn instead of raising it to its extreme height so soon as the weight in the cask is
overcome by that of the long end of the lever, for as soon as the long end commences

page_text: to descend it loses power as part of the segment D³ passes the vertical line in which
is the axis of the pivot and acts in the contrary direction and its power is thus
gradually reduced as it falls and is constantly balanced by the weight of the liquor in
the cask.
If proferred the segment D* may be provided with a weight F which may be formed
in two portions with clips fitting on and adjustable on the segment D2 the two halves
being secured together and in the desired position by a bolt passing through their
centres or it may be formed in part with the segment as shown in Fig. 4.
It is obvious that the lever may be made in a circular form with a portion of the
periphery loaded and the rod or chain E attached to the disc on the opposite side to
the load but nearer the centre; where a number of these levers are used instead of
each one being provided with a separate pivot they may be pivotted on one
longitudinal shaft passing above a row of casks and secured to the wall or ceiling in
a well known manner by suitable brackets.
In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the lever D is arranged to work under-
neath the stillage; the stillage may be formed with standards G connected together by
stays H, a cradle I on which the cask is placed being pivotted near the front at G¹ in
the standards G; the lover D is pivotted on a shaft J carried in bearings formed in
the standards G and its short end D' is connected to the back of the cradle 1 by a
link K, the cradle I carrying the cask is thus tilted as the long end D2 of the lever
falls through its short end D1 acting through the link K to which the cradle I is
connected to the cradle I may be dispensed with and the connections of the lever D
adjusted so as to act on the underside of the cask.
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. In apparatus such as described a lever such as D so arranged or pivotted that as
it tilts the cask its power diminishes substantially as and for the purpose described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In apparatus such as described the combination with a lever such as D of a
weight such as F adjustable on the segment D' substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a stillage the combination with a pivotted cradle for supporting the cask of
a lever such as D operating substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this eth don
1000
Deted this 28th day of January
1000
T. S. DOBSON,
Per his Agents, W. P. Thompson & Boult.
ARTHUR MURFET.