Improvements in Cask Washing Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cask Washing Machines.
We, HENRI BALLET, Engine Builder, and MARCEL TROLIN, Foreman
Mechanic, both of Auzin, in the Department on Nord, Republic of France, 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 improvements in the cask washing machine specified in
our prior Patent No. 19498 bearing date the 17th day of October 1895, which said
improvements refer to a new arrangement of the parts of the said machine
whereby its construction is greatly simplified and its use rendered more practical.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a view in transverse sectional elevation, Figure 2 is a view in
longitudinal sectional elevation, and Figure 3 is a view in plan of a machine
embodying our invention.
Figure 4 is a view in sectional elevation-on an enlarged scale-of the rose and
Figure 5 is a plan view in section thereof.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Referring to the drawing A designates a cast iron frame provided with water
and steam passages all formed in one piece. B designates an injector provided
with a removable connection. C designates a rose screwed upon the said connection.
D designates a movable overflow basin placed upon the injector and turning upon
its pivot. E designates an iron cross piece fitted upon the injector and turning on
its pivot. F designates a slide valve for water feeding purposes. G designates a
slide valve for the supply of steam. H designates a lever operating the slide
valves, the axes of which are at unequal distance from the pivot r. I designates
a water reservoir or tank having a predetermined content. J designates a cock
admitting either the water from the works or that from the reservoir I, and
K designates a sector provided with a graduated scale.
An index placed on the lever H moves as the latter is turned in front of the
sector, the scale whereof indicates what position the lever must occupy in order
to obtain either "Hot water," "Cold water," "Water under pressure'
"Steam."
or
In our improved cask or barrel washing machine, the steam and water passages
are protected by the framework, being cast integrally therewith and arranged
inside the same. In the improved arrangement, the overflow basin D is rendered
movable so as to allow the water to be poured off either in front or by the side of
the machine.
The addition of a side reservoir I having for its object to collect the rinsing
water from a cask or barrel in order to use it for washing another cask and of a
stop-cock J admitting the water from the works or the water from the reservoir I
exhausted by the injector B, are the characteristic improvements of our new
machine.
The machine operates as follows:-The reservoir I having been previously
filled with water, the cock J having been opened over the tank in the works and
the lever H being set at the end marked "Closed" of the graduated scale, the cask
or barrel requiring to be washed is placed on the rotating cross piece or support E
while the rose C is inserted in the bung hole of the said cask or barrel. The
rose C, owing to the arrangement of its internal ribs c c directs the water towards
its slit-shaped aperture c¹ thus enabling the operator to clear a barrel both round
the bung hole and at its various joints. The index of the lever H is now set on the

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"Hot water" mark of the scale, the steam admission port is entirely opened and
the water inlet port is sufficiently opened to allow the admission of the quantity of
water necessary to the partial conversion of the steam, this water issuing from
the vertical slit of the rose C in the form of strong and intermittent jets of steam
and water which have for their object to sterilize and to remove the thickest matter
adhering to the side of the cask. During this operation which lasts about one
minute, the movable overflow basin D placed under the cross piece E has its
spout turned towards the stream in order to let flow therein the dirty water from
the first operation. This done, the index of the lever is set on the point marked
"Closed on the graduated scale and the spout of the movable overflow basin D
is turned towards the side tank I while the two way cock J is put in communication
with this tank and the index of the lever H is set on the point of the scale marked
"Water under pressure." In this position the steam and water ports between the
injector B and the side tanks I are thoroughly open, the injector exhausts the
water from the reservoir I and imparts thereto a lively and continuous motion
inside the cask or barrel until a sufficiently high temperature has been obtained,
when the spout of the overflow basin D is turned towards the stream or brook and
allowed to act until the water in the side tank I is exhausted. The index of the
lever H being now set on the point of the scale marked "Closed," the two way
cock J is connected with the tank at the works and the lever is put back on the
point marked "Cold water" so that the water passage alone is open and the water
effects the rinsing of the cask or barrel; the spout of the overflow basin D which,
in the previous operation was turned towards the stream is now brought back over
the side tank I and allowed to fill the latter with water for the following operation.
This done, the index of the lever H is brought back to the point marked "Closed"
and the operation is concluded. During the various stages of the above mentioned
washing operation, the attendant must turn the barrel slowly upon its rotary
support E, so that the water may reach all the internal parts thereof..
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 a cask washing machine, the use of a side reservoir or tank such as I, of
a two way cock such as J and of a movable overflow basin such as D adapted to
allow the dirty water from the first operation either to run to waste or to be
collected in the reservoir or tank I so as to be used again as rinsing water after it
has been heated during its passage through the injector B for washing the casks
or barrels, substantially as set forth.
(2.) In a cask washing machine, a rose such as C having
a single vertical
aperture e extending from the top of the spherical part to the lower base and
having internal ribs or deflecting plates c c causing the water to issue in jets
in such a manner as to facilitate the cleansing operation however small the diameter
of the said rose, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
(3.) In a cask washing machine, the arrangement of two separate slide valves F
and G, one for the water and the other for the steam, these valves being actuated
by a single lever H controlling the simultaneous or separate opening of the
water and steam passages in accordance with the positions indicated by the
scale of the sector K arranged on the lever H, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
(4.) The hereinbefore described combination of parts forming an improved
machine for washing casks.
Dated this 9th day of December 1900
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.