A Folding Cask Stand with a Lever for Tilting attached.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 24th July. 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Cask Stand with a Lever for Tilting attached.
FREDERICK GORDON THORNE The Brewery Nine Elms S.W. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
without
A stand for casks, to be constructed either of wood or iron & of any required
size. So constructed that when open & in use it shall be of the form of two
St. Andrew's crosses one behind the other & connected to one another by
horizontal stays. The cask is held firmly in the upper portion of these crosses and
any loose wedges being necessary. When out of use or when being moved
from one place to another it folds together into a small space. At one side of it
at the back is attached a small iron lever by means of which the cask may be
easily tilted & by gradual stages as it requires it, without disturbing the contents.
By multiplying the numbers of "crosses" stands may be made to hold two or
more casks.
Dated this 19th day of December 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Cask Stand with a Lever for Tilting attached.
1, FREDERICK GORDON THORNE, of The Brewery, Nine Elms, S.W., Brewer,
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:
My invention relates to an improved cask or barrel stand intended more
especially for private users but it may be used by bottlers, brewers and others
with advantage.
My said improved stand will fold up into a small compass for convenience in
transport and in stowage. The stand can be made single, or double, or with more
than two sections, to hold one, two or more casks.
I will now proceed to describe my improved stand with reference to the
accompanying drawings which illustrate a single and a double stand.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the single stand open ready for receiving the
cask or barrel.
Figure 2 is a view of the stand when closed.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of the double stand.
The single stand comprises two pairs of hinged or pivoted legs A, A joined by
distance pieces or horizontal stays B, B and C, C and somewhat resembling the
legs of a camp stool. The lower distance pieces C, C are so placed with reference
to the hinge or pivot that they serve as supports to limit the width to which the
legs can be opened. At one end of the stand and pivoted at D' to one of the
legs is a lever D; the free end of this lever can be raised and lowered, and placed
for support on any one of a series of screws or pegs E fastened in the other
leg. The object of this lever is to tilt the cask or barrel as may be required.
The barrel rests on the top of the stand in a manner that will be obvious without
showing it in position. The tilting can be easily effected in gradual stages without
disturbing the contents of the cask or barrel. When the stand is folded, the
lever D hangs down as shown in Figure 2.

page_text: A stand for two or more barrels is formed by joining together lazy-tong fashion
two or more single stands. Each section of the multiple stand is furnished with
its appropriate tilting lever as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
I do not confine myself to the lever shown for tilting the barrel as I may
use other equivalent means for this purpose.
My improved stand affords a very firm and secure support for the cask or barrel
and dispenses with the need for the wedges required when barrels are mounted on
stocks or on flat supports as has heretofore been commonly the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A folding single or multiple cask or barrel stand furnished with a tilting lever
or tilting levers or its or their equivalent, substantially as described.
Dated this 4th day of May 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.