Improvements in the Means of Securing Taps or Stoppers in Barrels, Bottles, Jars, and other like Receptacles of Liquids.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
Improvements in the Means of Securing Taps or Stoppers in Barrels,
Bottles, Jars, and other like Receptacles of Liquids.
We, WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG, of 8, Highbury Park, London, N., Gentleman,
and JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON, of 8, Highbury Park, London, N.,
Licensed Victualler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the mode of securing taps or stoppers
in barrels, bottles, jars or other receptacles of liquids, and is designed to prevent
leakage, breakage or the accidental knocking of the tap out of the barrel or other
receptacle. Taking an ordinary tap with shoulder such as is in general use for
receptacles of wines, beers, spirits and other liquids, we pass a corrugated cylinder
of rubber or other suitable elastic substance over the screw as far as the shoulder of
the
tap and secure it at the other end by means of a nut and washer. The method
of using this appliance is as follows:-
So soon as the tap with cylinder is inserted in the tap hole of the barrel, jar or
other receptacle for liquid, the operation of screwing it in acts upon the nut, washer
and cylinder simultaneously causing the latter (by compression) to gradually swell
outwards and so obtain a firm grip of the orifice into which it is inserted. The
outlet for liquid is therefore practically sealed except by means of the tap.
Dated this 12th day of April 1897.
WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG,
JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON.
Improvements in the Means of Securing, Taps or Stoppers in Barrels,
Bottles, Jars, and other like Receptacles of Liquids.
We, WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG, of 8, Highbury Park, London, N., Gentleman,
and JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON, of 8, Highbury Park, London, N.,
Wine and Spirit Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement;-
-
This invention relates to improvements in the mode of securing taps or stoppers
(of any shape or size) in barrels, bottles, jars or other receptacles of liquids which
have to be drawn from, and is intended to prevent leakage or breakage by reason
of the accidental knocking out of the tap, stopper or similar appliance, or from
defective shape of such orifice into which the said tap, stopper or other appliance
may be inserted in the barrel, bottle or other receptacle aforesaid.

page_text: We take an ordinary screw tap with a shoulder, such as in general use where
wines, spirits, beers and other liquids have to be drawn from their receptacles,
and to this, and against the shoulder of the tap, we add a loose disc of metal, or
other suitable material, which passes freely over the threads into its place. We
pass a corrugated cylinder of rubber or other elastic material over the screw and
press it against the movable disc referred to as coming next to the shoulder of the
tap. To keep this cylinder in its place we use a nut and washer which are screwed
on to the screw shank of the tap, which enters the tap hole of the barrel, bottle,
jar or other receptacle, horizontally. But we may find it convenient in some cases
to use the same corrugated cylinder, and its fixings, with vertical or other tap
holes, taps, stoppers or similar appliances. After passing the tap, stopper, or
other similar appliance, with fixed cylinder, into the tap hole the mode of securing
the tap is as follows:-The tap is screwed round and the action of the movable
disc, in front of the cylinder, and the nut and washer at the back of the same
causes the elastic cylinder to contract in one direction whilst expanding towards
the inside surface of the tap hole, gradually obtaining a firm grip therein and so
stopping all leakage and rendering the tap immovable until the process of fixing
is reversed by unscrewing the tap, stopper, or other appliance.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of cylinder shewing the
corrugations and mode of fitting on to the screw, or shank of tap.
Fig. 2 is an end view of the cylinder with disc, and nut and washer.
Fig. 3 is a tap, to be inserted horizontally, shewing cylinder in section.
In each figure A represents the cylinder; B, the screw or shank over which the
cylinder passes; C the movable disc, and D the nut and washer; E represents
the direction of compression and F, F, that of expansion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. An elastic corrugated cylinder of rubber or other suitable material.
2. The combination of corrugated cylinder with movable disc and nut and washer
for the purposes stated.