Casks, and for Corking same when Empty.
Year: 1885

page_text: Casks, and for Corking same when Empty.
HENRY WILLIAM ROBINSON of 25 St Georges Terrace Northampton Dairy.
Farmer and CHARLES JOHN SMITH of the "Half Way House" Kingsthorpe Road
Kingsthorpe Licensed Victualler both in the County of Northampton do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
We first form a piece of iron or other suitable material in any convenient form,
preferably in the form of the figure eight the centre of one half of the figure eight
is counter sunk on the under face to near the edge to allow of a stout ring of
india rubber or other flexible material to be placed loose therein the other half of
the figure simply carries a cork, on the upper face are two scotches, we then form
a catch of iron or other suitable material to be fixed on the cask to stop the
aforesaid rings exactly over the cork hole at the back of catch is a hole'to hold a
wind peg, The figure can be attached with a pivot to the cask at such distance
from the cork hole that either half can be stopped exactly over the cork bole.as
the tap is inserted the flexible ring expands effectually preventing waste and
entirely dispensing with paper round the tap on withdrawing the tap, the
figure eight is then turned on the pivot bringing the aforementioned cork directly
over the hole of the cask.

page_text: Casks, and for Corking same when Empty.
We HENRY WILLIAM ROBINSON of 25 St George's Terrace Northampton Dairy
Farmer and CHARLES JOHN SMITH of the Half Way House Kingsthorpe Rd,
Kingsthorpe, Licensed Victualler in the County of Northamptonshire do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for PREVENTING WASTE IN TAPPING CASKS AND
FOR CORKING SAME WHEN EMPTY and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
In one method of carrying out our invention we proceed as follows we first form
a piece of iron, or other suitable material in any convenient form, preferably in the
form of a figure eight the centre of one half of the figure eight is recessed on the
under-face to near the edge to allow a stout ring or washer of india-rubber or
other flexible material to be placed loosely therein, the other half of the figure
eight simply carries a cork, either in a recess and is forced against the cork over
cork hole by an inclined plane or other suitable device, or is carried in an open
ring and may be pushed through into cork hole by hand on the upper face of
figure eight are two scotches or stops we then form a catch of iron or other suitable
material to be fixed on the cask to stop the aforesaid ring, or washer exactly over
the cork-hole, at the back of catch is a hole to carry a wind peg or spile. The
figure eight can be attached with a pivot to the cask at such distance from cork-
hole that either half can be stopped exactly over the cork hole.
As the Tap is inserted through the flexible ring, it expands effectually preventing
any waste,
On withdrawing the tap the figure eight is then turned on the pivot bringing
the aforementioned cork directly over the hole of the cask.
For domestic or private use, we form a catch of iron or other suitable material
in any convenient form to hold in its place a flexable ring over cork hole, a piece
of leather or other suitable material being fixed at the back and a suitable mode
of easily affixing same to cask being provided, this is for tapping purposes only,
dispensing in this case with the corking arrangement. --
DESCRIPTION OR DRAWINGS

page_text: Figures 3 and 4 are section and front view of same arrangement as described,
substantially the same as Figures 1 and 2 but carrying corking arrangement in
ring instead of in recess.
Figures 5,and 6 are section and front view of domestic or private arrangement,
for tapping purposes only, without the corking arrangement, in which
A is flexible washer.