An Improved Cock for Racking off Wines, Ale, Porter, and other Liquors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Abblication, 27th Nov., 1896
Complete Specifi ation Left. 25th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 30th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cock for Racking off Wines, Ale, Porter, and other
Liquors.
I FRANCIS ALLEN ROCHE Mechanical Engineer of 7 St. Luke's Place in the City
of Cork Ireland do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An Improved Cock or Faucet. The object being to allow the attendant to see the
fob or foam ascending and also liquor when the vessel is full.
To accomplish this I form a port or passage e in the plug opposite to the liquor
inlet c this port or passage e is in direct connection with the air outlet & when the
cock is open.
And in the casing of the cock b in front of passage e I fix a disc or lens f to act as
an inspection opening. This disc or lens f is secured by a screw cup in a rubber
ring g.
Dated this 25th day of November 1896
FRANCIS ALLEN ROCHE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cock for Racking off Wines, Ale, Porter, and other
Liquors.
I, FRANCIS ALLEN ROCHE, of 7, St. Luke's Place in the City of Cork, Ireland,
Mechanical 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 :-
This Invention consists of the herein described Improved Cock or Faucet for
racking off wines ale porter and other liquors the object of my Invention being to so
construct the said cock as to allow the attendant to see the fob or foam ascending
and also to see the clear liquor when the vessel is full.
I will describe my Invention by referring to the accompanying drawing which is a
sectional elevation of my improved racking cock or faucet.
a is the plug of the cock and b is the outer casing of the same in which the plug turns.
The plug a has two ways marked respectively e¹ e2 the former of which is the liquor inlet
and extends through the bottom of the plug into the vessel and corresponds with the
inlet nozzle c in the casing b, and e2 is the outlet for the air and fob which rises up
the same in the direction indicated by the arrows and passes out through the outlet d
on the casing b. The bottom of the cock has a nozzle j for insertion into the
vessel.
In carrying out my Invention I form the port or passage e² in the plug a opposite
to the liquor inlet c this port or passage e² being in direct communication with the

page_text: air outlet & when the cock is open as shewn on my drawing. The upper part of the
passage e² is carried right through the plug as shewn and in the front of the upper
part of this passage e2 I provide in the cock casing b a passage h and in this passage
I fix a disc or lens f to serve as an inspection opening. This disc or lens f is secured
in place on the indiarubber ring g by the screw cap i. By the construction above
described an inspection of the lens f will shew when the fob has passed up through
the passage e2 and clear wort appears which shews that the cask is full.
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 cock for racking off wines ale porter and other liquors, making the casing
of the cock with a glazed opening opposite the outlet passage in the plug so as to
shew what is passing through the plug substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a racking cock the combination of the plug a made with inlet passage e¹ and
outlet e², the cock casing b made with inlet passage c and outlet d corresponding with
the passages in the plug, the nozzle ; for inserting in the vessel and the glazed
opening h in the casing to shew what is passing through the plug all substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.