Improvements in and in connection with Casks and Drums.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th, Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Casks and Drums.
I, HARRY BRISTOW CARE of 41 Hurstbourne Road, Forest Hill, S.E., in the
County of Kent Wholesale Druggist's Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention consists of an attachment to a cask, or drum, made of metal or
other suitable material, in the form of a cap, or cover, so shaped and adjusted,
that it may be closed over the tap, or other projection of, or attachment to, the said
cask, or drum, with the object of protecting the tap, or other projection, from injury
during transportation, and, when opened, may be folded down underneath the said
cask, or drum, then forming a stand, upon which the cask, or drum, may be tilted,
for the purpose of being filled, or emptied, and which will hold the said cask, or.
drum, securely in a horizontal position while the contents are being drawn off.
Dated this 12th day of December 1894.,
I, HARRY BRISTOW CARE 41 Hurstbourne Road Forest Hill S.E. County of.
Kent Wholesale. Druggist's Warehouseman, 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 :-
In carrying out my invention, I make use of an ordinary metal cask or drum,.
with a flat top and bottom, such as is commonly used for storing, oils; and the like.
This drum is fitted at one end, (hereafter called the head), with an opening, closed '
by a screw bung, or other suitable means, through which it may be filled.
To the same end is also fitted a tap, through which the contents may be drawn
off, and, as the arrangement of the drum causes it to be inconvenient to admit air
in the usual way, (viz. by loosening the bung), 1 propose to adopt an automatic
air-vent as follows.
The tap being fitted to the head of the drum, at a point as near the circumference
as possible, a second tap, or air vent, is then fitted, also close to the circumference,
at the diametrically opposite point. The plugs of the taps are then connected
together by a handle, in such a way that both taps can be opened, or closed,
simultaneously, by one movement of the handle. See drawing Figure 2, where G is
the handle, connecting the two taps as aforesaid.
In order to protect these two taps, and the handle, when the drum is in transit,
I provide a cover B. This cover consists of a circular plate, of the same, or nearly
the same diameter as the head of the drum, to which it is applied. To this plate
is attached a rim, of a height proportional to the length of the taps which are to be
protected. In this rim is cut a slot, or opening, D, and to the opposite side is fixed
an ear, or projection, E, while inside, at points midway between D & E, are fixed
two projecting points F, the use of which will appear later.
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page_text: To each side of the rim, at points midway between D & E, are attached two arms
or supports K, firmly fixed at one end to the outside of the rim of the cover B.
The other ends of these two arms are fitted to the pivots C. The pivots C are
attached to the drum A, being either fixed to the body of the drum, or, as shown
In any case
in the drawing, to an extra strengthening hoop fastened to the drum.
they are so placed, that a line drawn between them will pass through, or near, the
centre of gravity of the drum A.
To the cover B, and to the drum A, are fixed the two halves of a fastening HJ,
but it must be understood that I do not limit myself to this, or any form of
fastening.
Then the drum and cover present, when closed, the appearance shown in Fig. 1:
where the two taps, and the bung, are all shut in, and protected, by the cover B.
The handle G is prevented from moving, by being held between the head of the
drum on one side, and one of the projecting points F on the other. (It is under-
stood, of course, that the taps are shut off before closing the drum, thus bringing
the handle G parallel with the head of the drum, unless this is done the drum
cannot be closed.) The rim of the cover B fits closely to the projecting edge of
the head of the drum, A, and is prevented from moving out of place by the pro-
jection E, on the one side, and the fastening HJ, on the other. The weight of
the drum A is supported, chiefly, or entirely, by the arms K. The fastening H J
being secured by a padlock, or other suitable means, the drum is ready for transit.
When the contents are required for use, the drum is placed on end, with the
cover B underneath, as shown in Fig. 1. The fastening having been loosed, a
gentle pressure on the upper part of the drum is sufficient to cause it to revolve on
the pivots C C, until it assumes a position, nearly, or quite horizontal, when it is
stopped by the projection E; which forms a support for the hind end of the drum.
The slot D allows the taps to pass out without fouling the rim of B, and the cover B,
with the pillars K forms a stand, securely supporting the drum A in its new position;
as shown in Fig. 2.
The handle G being then opened, the contents of the drum flow from the lower
tap, while air is admitted by the upper one.
By reversing the process the drum may be closed again.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained, the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
I. In a cask, or drum, the provision of a moveable cap, or cover, pivoted to the
drum, in such a way that it may be closed, to form a protection for the tap, or other
projection, or opened, to form a stand for the drum; substantially as shown in the
drawing.
II. In a cask, or drum, fitted with a moveable cap, or cover, as aforesaid, the
provision of a tap and air vent, connected by a handle, so that both may be opened,
or closed, simultaneously; substantially as shown in the drawing.
Dated this 11th day of September 1895.
H. BRISTOW CARE.