IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND TILTING CASKS CON- TAINING LIQUIDS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Octavius Staunton, of 3, Paulton Square,
Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND TILTING CASKS CON-
TAINING LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 23rd June 1865, and dated the 16th February 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Octavius Staunton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th February 1865.
I, CHARLES OCTAVIUS STAUNTON, of 3, Paulton Square, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS POR LIFTING AND TILTING CASES
CONTAINING LIQUIDS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates in the first place to the tilting of casks containing
wine, beer, and other liquids, by raising one of their ends while their other
end rests on the trestles or frame on which they are supported. For this
purpose a cross shaft is mounted in the ordinary supporting frame or trestles,
on which shaft are fitted two excentric discs, capable of being adjusted to any
required distance apart by means of screws or otherwise, and on applying
power to the shaft the excentrics are turned so as gradually to. bring their
greatest diameter in a vertical line with the centre of the shaft. By this
means the end of the cask which rests on the excentrics when at their lowest

page_text: position, is gradually raised until the excentrics arrive at their highest posi-
tion, the further turning of the shaft being prevented by a stop fixed in the
supporting frame. The tendency of the shaft to return by the pressure of
the cask on the excentrics is counteracted by a ratchet wheel on the shaft
and a pall fixed in the frame. A stop is or may be fixed in the supporting
frame for the purpose of preventing the end of the cask which rests on the
said frame from moving forwards as the cask is raised. The power is or may
be applied to the shaft by means of a lever worked by hand. The excentrics
are adjusted to such distance apart as may be required to suit the size of the
cask intended to be tilted, so as to counteract any tendency to lateral move-
ment during the operation of raising the end which rests on the excentrics.
And when my Invention is applied to the lifting of both ends of the cask
a second shaft and pair of excentrics and another retaining ratchet wheel are
used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Octavius Staunton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd August 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
OCTAVIUS STAUNTON, of 3, Paulton Square, Chelsea, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Octavius Staunton, Her special licence that I, the said
Charles Octavius Staunton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Charles Octavius Staunton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIPTING AND TILTING
CASES CONTAINING LIQUIDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Charles Octavius Staunton, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed

page_text: in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Octavius Staunton, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention of "Improvements in Apparatus for Lifting and Tilting
Casks containing Liquids," relates in the first place to the tilting of casks
containing wine, beer, and other liquids, by raising one of their ends while
their other end rests on the trestles or frame on which they are supported.
For this purpose a cross shaft is mounted in the ordinary supporting frame
or trestles, on which shaft are fitted two excentric discs capable of being
adjusted to any required distance apart by means of screws or otherwise, and
on applying power to the shaft the excentrics are turned so as gradually to
bring their greatest diameter in a vertical line with the centre of the shaft.
By this means the end of the cask which rests on the excentrics when at their
lowest position, is gradually raised until the excentrics arrive at their highest
position, the further turning of the shaft being prevented if necessary by a
stop fixed in the supporting frame. A stop is or may be fixed in the
supporting frame for the purpose of preventing the end of the cask which
rests on the said frame from moving forwards as the cask is raised. The
power is or may be applied to the shaft by means of a lever worked by hand.
The excentrics are or may be adjusted to such distance apart as may be
required to suit the size of the cask intended to be tilted, so as to counteract
any tendency to lateral movement during the operation of raising the end
which rests on the excentrics.
.
And when my Invention. is applied to the lifting of both ends of the cask
a second shaft and pair of excentrics and another retaining ratchet whee!
are used.
:
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed, by
reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a sectional
elevation of the apparatus shewing the excentrics at their lowest point. Fig. 2
is a similar view shewing the same at their highest point; and Fig. 3
represents the two excentrics at a suitable distance apart, for the purpose of
preventing the lateral movement of the cask as it rests upon them while they
are turned in order to tilt the cask.
A is the ordinary supporting frame or trestles, which is intended to be

page_text: made low for the convenience of placing casks upon it; B is a shaft fixed so
as to have its bearings at each end; in the frame C, C, are two excentrics
fitted on the shaft B, and capable if necessary of being adjusted to any
required distance apart to suit the diameters of different casks; D is a ratchet
wheel fixed on one end of the shaft B, outside the frame A, such wheel being
retained as required by a pall E. fixed in the frame; or instead of using a
ratchet wheel for this purpose the excentrics may be retained in their position
as required by means of a chain fastened to a lever employed to turn the
shaft B; F is the cask. The mode of using the apparatus is as follows:-The
cask required to be tilted is placed upon the supporting frame or trestles when
the excentrics are at or near their lowest point, as shewn in Fig. 1, and on
turning the shaft B by means of a lever applied to one end of it, or otherwise,
the excentrics C, C, are turned until they arrive at their highest point as
shewn in Fig. 2. By this means the end of the cask resting on the excen-
trics is gradually raised and the tilting of the same effected as required. G is
a stop fixed in the frame to prevent the end of the cask which rests on the
frame from shifting its position when the cask is tilted. And there is or may
be a stop fixed in the inside of the frame for preventing the excentrics
from turning beyond their highest position, by a projecting pin on the shaft B.
being brought in contact with such fixed stop. When it is required to lift
both ends of casks a second shaft B, with a pair of excentrics C, C, and a
second ratchet wheel D. may be used.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that what I claim as of my
Invention is the combination of a shaft with two excentries applied to the
ordinary supporting frame or trestles for the purpose of lifting and tilting casks
in the manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Octavius Staunton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
8, Quality Court,
Chancery Lane.
CHAS. OCT. STAUNTON. (L.S.)