A Portable Spout to attach to Drums containing Ammonia or other Strong or Obnoxious Chemicals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1898-Accepted 8th Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Spout to attach to Drums containing Ammonia or other
Strong or Obnoxious Chemicals.
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ERNEST BECKTON, Engineer, 7, Lansdown Place, in the County of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A portable spout to attach to drums containing chemicals etc. thereby avoiding,
in a great measure, the vapours & smell affecting the eyes & throat, when
filling other vessels therefrom. My invention is a conical, curved, spout, fitted
with a sinall air tube fixed to back and so constructed as to pass into drum when in
use, the spout has a rubber seating to make joint on neck of drum & a slotted
lug fixed each side to receive bolts. A hinged clamp with a lug each side to which
is fixed bolts, for holding spout in position, is placed on the neck of drum. This
arrangement can be attac ed or detached in about one minute.
Dated this 8th day of November 1897.
A Portable Spout to attach to Drums containing Ammonia or other
Strong or Obnoxious Chemicals.
ERNEST BECKTON, Engineer, 7, Lansdowne Place, in the County of London,
England, 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 a portable spout to attach to drums carboys and the like,
containing strong, and obnoxious chemicals, for the purpose of transfering the
said chemicals to smaller or other vessels as required, which I will now describe
with reference to the accompanying drawings. In which Fig. 1 shews a plan view
of spout A attached to an ammonia drum B by means of a detachable clamp D
and fork C, clipped round neck or bung-hole G, under the bead H, of drum B.
Fig. 3 shews section of spout A clamp D and drum head B, air pipe M stuffing box
and gland N, as fixed, the spout A has a bead K under which an india rubba
ring L is placed, making a tight joint between spout & drum, the air tube M is
adjusted & held in the necessary position by means of a small india rubba
ring O, metal washer P and screw gland N. This air tube is lowered before
connecting or disconnecting spout to or from drum & adjusted after the spout is
fixed, thereby supplying air to drum, when the spout is fixed as shewn, to a drum
quite full, the liquid remaining in the air tube is so small, that by lifting the drum
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page_text: by the handle R with one hand & the bottom of drum with the other, the liquid
is poured out quite freely, when applying this spout to a large drum, which it
is not practical to lift when quite full, it may be necessary, after fixing, to
tilt the drum very slightly, then apply a small india rubba ball with holes
at right angles, or top & bottom (in place of india rubba tube S) to the top
of air tube M. Press the ball when the small quantity of liquid remaining in
-air tube is driven out. Then by tilting the drum the spout will act quite freely.
This ball is only necessary when the vessel is too heavy to lift. The india rubba
ball or piece of rubba tube S prevents the fumes or smell arising directly under
the mouth & eyes. The fulcrum pillar E and bolts F are pivoted into slotted
lugs, by which means the fork C falls back releasing spout, and the clamp D can
easily be attached or detached without removing fly nuts. Fig. 2 shows the
clamp D detached. The spout can be made of glass, pottery or metal,
preferably of white metal, the clamp & fittings (Fig. 2) of brass, the air tube of
glass or metal.
Having now particularly described and what manner the
performed I declare that what I claim is :—
same is to be
1. A portable spout, with air tube as applied with stuffing box washers & screw
gland, to attach to drums.containing ammonia or other liquids.
2. A clamp with pivoted fork, pillar, connecting link and bolts, as a means of
attaching spout to drums carboys and the like, the whole being substantially as
herein described with reference to Figures 1, 2 & 3 of the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of July 1898.