A.COMBINED THRALL OR STAND AND TILTER FOR CASKS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, JOHN THOMAS. VAUGHAN, of Silver Street, Leicester, Machinist, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "A.COMBINED THRALL OR STAND AND
TILTER FOR CASKS AND THE LIKE" to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide ready means of dealing with casks and
other similar vessels so that they may be swung into any easy position to draw off
the contents and thereby save the labour of lifting casks on to thralls and the
subsequent tilting by propping &c.
I employ a pair of standards by preference of cast iron on the top of which are
bearings. I provide a suitable belt with a joint to suit the size of the cask intended
to be tilted; the belt can be be adjusted to suit the size of the vessel it is to hold
from this belt depend one or more arms booked at the end to receive the cask
prior to being swung on the standards or trunnion.
On the top of one or if necessary both bearings is a clip bearing on a hinge
attached to the trunnion and through the clip is a screw which when tightened up
holds the cask when suspended in any required position and when loosened allows
the cask to swing into a vertical position. A bent tube or spout may be inserted
in the top out of which the liquor pours when the vessel is tiſted. The vessel may
be suspended so as to hang top ead up.
To place the cask in position the hooked suspender is brought quite to the front
of the framework the cask is then placed so that the edge shall drop in the hook
and the cask can then be pushed into the frame without much exertion on the
part of a cellarman and the front band can then be applied and the cask swung
into any position.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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and
I JOHN THOMAS VAUGHAN at the Office for Patents 323 High Holborn in
the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"A COMBINED THRALL OR STAND AND TILTER FOR CASKS AND THE LIKE
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of my invention is to provide ready means of dealing with casks and
other similar vessels so that they may be swung into any easy position to draw off
the contents and thereby save the labor of lifting casks on to thralls and the
subsequent tilting by propping &c.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is an end view of cask and tilter and
Figure 2 is a side view of the same.
I employ a pair of standards A by preference of cast iron on the top of which
are bearings B.
I provide a suitable belt or strap C with a joint D so that the strap can be
adjusted to suit the size of the cask intended to be tilted-from this belt depends
one or more arms E hooked at the end F to receive the cask prior to being swung
on the standards by trunnions I which project from the belt C. One or if
necessary both of the bearings are clip bearings the cap G being hinged to the
bearing B and through the clip is a screw H which when tightened up holds the
cask when suspended in any required position and when loosened allows the cask
to swing into a vertical position. A bent tube or spout may be inserted in the top
out of which the liquor runs when the vessel is tilted. The vessel may be
suspended so as to hang top end up.
One end of the belt C is screwed at C¹ and passes through the lug K upon the
other portion of the belt; a thumb or other nut L screws on to this portion C¹ so
that the whole belt C can be tightened up as may be necessary.
By the details showing Figure 3 it will be seen that the lug K is divided so
that the screwed strap end C¹ may enter it sideways, the conical portion of the
nut L entering a corresponding conical recess in the lug as shown preventing C¹
from working out again when the nut is screwed up.
To place the cask in position the hooked suspender is brought quite to the front
of the framework the cask is then placed so that the edge shall drop in the hook
and the cask can then be pushed into the frame without much exertion on the part
of a cellarman and the front band can then be applied and the cask swung into
any position,
This Invention is suitable for drums and cans as well as casks and is very handy
for use in shops as with oil drums and the like and dispenses with the necessity for
a tap and obviates all leaking therefrom. The bent tube before mentioned does
instead of the tap, the cask or drum being tilted to pour out the liquid and allowed
to return to its normal position with the bent tube more or less approximating to
the vertical. This arrangement would not be applicable to beer casks which
require a tap.
The cask drum & can be adjusted so as to hang in any desired position.

page_text: 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
1. In a thrall and tilter for casks and the like the combination with the jointed
strap C carried by trunnions I in bearings B of the tension device C₁, K. L for the
purpose of adapting the strap to casks or vessels of various sizes.
2. In a thrall and tilter for casks and the like the combination with the strap C
having trunnions I of the bearing B provided with adjustable cap G for the purpose
specified.
3. In a thrall and tilter for casks and the like the combination with the jointed
strap C of the hooked arm E. F for the purpose specified.
4. In a thrall and tilter for casks and the like the combination with the belt C
of the divided lug K having a conical recess adapted to receive the conical nut K
substantially as specified.