Improved Appliance for Withdrawing Liquids from Casks and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar.; 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Withdrawing Liquids from Casks and
the like.
I, FREDERIC HUGHES of 20 Paget Road, West Dulwich, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the operation of sampling wines or liquors, difficulty is experienced in
obtaining a continuous flow from the cask or vessel, and it is necessary to apply
pressure to the head of the cask in order to force the liquid through the tube.
To obviate this difficulty I construct an improved appliance consisting of a tube
or siphon having an inner tube of smaller diameter extending through a certain
part of its length, and projecting slightly beyond the outer tube at that end which
is inserted into the cask or vessel.
The tube or siphon should be slightly tapered for a portion of its length toward
the end which enters the cask; and it may be either curved, or bent at suitable
angle towards the other end, so that when in use the outer end will point
downwards.
At the point where the tube is bent or curved a small hole is made in the outside
tube for admission of air through the outer end thereof, by which means a con-
tinuous suction of the liquor is effected through the outer tube, the flow of the
liquor being assisted by the passage of air through the small inside tube.
The hole or opening aforesaid may be provided with a cover secured in any
convenient manner to enable the device to be put in or out of action while in
position for use.
Dosad this 22nd day of May 1895
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
Improved Appliance for Withdrawing Liquids from Casks and
the like.
I, FREDERIC HUGHES of 20 Paget Road, West Dulwich, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, 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 the operation of sampling wines or liquids difficulty is experienced in
obtaining a continuous flow from the cask or vessel and it is necessary to apply
pressure to the head of the cask in order to force the liquid through the with-
drawal tube. To obviate this difficulty I construct an improved appliance
consisting of a tube or syphon having an inner tube of smaller diameter extending
through a certain portion of its length and projecting slightly beyond the outer
The tube or syphon
tube at that end which is inserted into the cask or vessel.

page_text: should be slightly tapered for a portion of its length towards the end which enters
the cask and it may be either curved or bent at any suitable angle towards the
other end, so that when in use the outer end will point downwards. At the point
where the tube is bent or curved a small hole is made in the outer tube, and
entering the inner one, for the admission of air and facilitating the flow of the
fluid through and out of the outer tube. The air-hole or opening aforesaid may
be provided with a cap or other cover arranged in any convenient manner to
enable the appliance to be put in or out of action while in position for use. I
sometimes form a portion of the tube into a pump by which means the liquid can
be drawn out in greater volume.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood I make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a part sectional side view
of my improved appliance and Fig. 2 a part sectional side view of it when arranged
with a pump.
Similar letters in each figure relate to the same parts.
a is the outer tube; 6 the inner tube; c the cap having the air-hole d; e the
outlet is the piston; g the piston rod; the cap, and the handle of the
pump.
;
The appliance can be made of metal, glass or any other suitable material or
combination of materials; for instance the metal parts might be coated or cased
with glass.
I do not confine myself to the precise details, relative proportions, configura-
tion or disposition of parts as any or all of them may be varied to considerable
extent without departing from the spirit of my invention.
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 :-
1. An appliance for withdrawing liquids from casks and the like and comprising
an outer or flow tube provided or not with a pump at its outlet end and having
near the said outlet an air hole or inlet adjustable by a cap or other cover and
communicating with an inner and smaller tube extending from the air inlet to and
projecting beyond the inlet end of the outer or flow tube the whole substantially
as described in the above Specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination of parts together forming and operating as an appliance for
withdrawing liquids from casks or the like substantially as described in the above
Specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of February 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.