IMPROVEMENTS IN BEER & WINE COCKS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, JOHN STEVENTON RHODES and CHARLES JAMES CLARKE, the former of
4 Homer Street Mosely Road, the latter of 114 Bradford Street, both of Birming-
ham in the County of Warwick, Clerk and manufacturer respectively, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BEER & WINE COCKS
to be as follows:-
The aforesaid Invention consists in the application of a lock to a cock used for
beer, wine, spirits, and all kinds of liquids in such a way as to prevent the
abstraction of the contents of a cask, barrel or other article used for the storage of
the said liquids, unless the lock be previously unfastened.
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We have several ways of applying our invention but we prefer the first
illustrated on the sheet of drawings in Figures 1. and 2.
E. Figure 1. shows main casting of Brass Cock having projecting horn H forming
part thereof. F. Figure 3 shows plug for main casting aforesaid having a
projecting pin G. (hereafter mentioned as the Nighting pin) firmly screwed or
fastened into it. Firmly secured to the main casting E, is a small lock C, which
when fastened has its bolt shot against the underside of the horn H.
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The action of the tap is as follows:-
When the tap is turned off the Nighting-pin G is turned as far as it can go under
the horn H. that is until the water way of the plug (I Fig 3) is at right angles with
the waterway of the main-casting E when the bolt B of the lock C is shot out by
turning the key in the lock thus securing the Nighting pin firmly between the
Horn H at the top, the bolt B on one side and the main-casting on the otherside,
and thus preventing the turning of the plug until the bolt B, be withdrawn by
unlocking the lock C. The tap is shown locked in Fig: 2. The horn H may also
be continued round until it joins the main-casting E-to do this a slot is made in
the main-casting; (so that the Nighting-pin may freely turn round in it) and against
the top part of which slot. the bolt of the lock is shot.
The Second plan we adopt is to fix a small lock at right angles to the barrel of
the tap (illustrated in Fig: 4.) in such a manner that the bolt B may be shot into a
hole,made in the plug or into a hole through both main-casting and plug-thus
preventing the plug turning in the barrel of the tap when the bolt B has been
projected into a hole in the plug. In both the foregoing adaptions of our invention
it.will be noticed that each of them prevent the plug being taken out when the
lock is locked.
Having now to the best of our ability described the nature of our said invention
we claim the application of a lock to a tap substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 17th day of January 1884.

page_text: We, JOHN STEVENTON RHODES and CHARLES JAMES. CLARKE, the former of 4
Homer Street Moseley Road The latter of 2 Park Road, Moseley both of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick-the said C. J. Clarke also of 114 Bradford Street,
Birmingham, Clerk and Manufacturer respectively do hereby declare the nature of
our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BEER AND WINE COCKS and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The aforesaid consists in the application of a lock to a cock used for beer, wine,
and spirits and all kinds of liquids in such a way as to prevent the abstraction of
the contents of the cask barrel or other article used for the storage of the said
liquids unless the lock be previously unfastoned.
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We have several ways of applying our invention, the first of which illustrated on
'the sheet of drawings Figure 1 is as follows:-
E fig. 1 shows main casting of brass cock having projecting horn H forming part
thereof. F fig. 3. shows plug for main casting aforesaid having projecting pin G
(hereinafter mentioned as the Nighting pin) firmly screwed or fastened into it.
Firmly secured to the Main-casting E is a small lock C which when fastened has
its bolt shot against the underside of the Horn H.
When the tap is turned off the Nighting pin G is turned as far as it can go under
the horn H., that is until the waterway of the plug 1 fig 3 is at right angles with
the waterway of the main casting E when the bolt B of the lock C is shot out by
turning the key in the lock thus securing the Night-pin firmly between the Horn H
at the top the bolt B on one side. and the main casting on the other and thus
preventing the turning of the plug until the bolt B be withdrawn by unlocking
the lock C, The tap is shown locked in figure 2. The horn H may also be
continued round until it joins the main-casting E, to do this a slot is made in the
Main casting so that the Nighting pin may freely turn round in it and against the
top part of the slot the bolt of the lock is shot.
The Second plan we adopt (illustrated in Figure 4) is to fix a small lock at right
angles to the barrel of the tap in such a manner that the bolt B may be shot into a
hole made in the plug, or into a hole made through both main-casting and plug,
thus preventing the plug turning in the barrel of the tap when the bolt B has been
projected into the hole in the plug, We reserve to urselves the right of fixing the
lock either above or below or at either side of the barrel.
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, the application of a lock to a tap substantially as herein set forth.