Construction or Arrangement of Condensing Cylinders used for Aerating Malt and other Liquors
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Novel Construction or Arrangement of Condensing Cylinders used
for Aerating Malt and other Liquors.
I DENNIS WICKHAM of The Star Brewery, Ware, Hertfordshire, Brewer and
Manufacturer of Mineral Waters do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to a novel construction or arrangement of Condensing
Cylinders used for Gasating Malt and other liquors and consists in mounting the
cylindrical portion of a cask or barrel between two heads or ends having a packing
joint between them and kept tight by rim frames and tie rods or their equivalents.
The cylinders and the heads or ends are lined with sheet copper and each barrel
contains an agitator capable of being rotated by crank handle or otherwise from one
end the stirrer or agitator effecting the admixture of the carbonic or like gas with the
liquor simultaneously with the bottling with which apparatus the casks or barrels arc
in connection.
Dated this 19th day of October 1880.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said D. Wickham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Novel Construction or Arrangement of Condensing Cylinders used
for Aerating Malt and other Liquors.
I DENNIS WICKHAM of The Star Brewery Ware, Hertfordshire, Brewer and
Manufacturer of Mineral Waters 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 relates to a novel construction or arrangement of Condensing
Cylinders used for aerating or charging with gas, beers, wines or other liquors, and
consists in attaching to the cylindrical portion of a cask or barrel two heads or ends,
having each a packing joint, and kept tight in their position by rim frames and tic
rods or their equivalents in such a manner that they can be easily removed for
cleansing.
The cylinders and the heads or ends may be lined with sheet copper, tinned or
silvered, or with pure tin; and each barrel contains an agitator capable of being
rotated by a crank handle or otherwise from one end, the stirrer or agitators effecting
the admixture of the carbonic or like gas with the liquor simultaneously or otherwise
with the bottling, with which apparatus the cask or barrels are in connection.
The invention will be clearly understood by the annexed drawings in which
Figure 1 indicates a section of two condenser vessels A, B, on adjoining
standards C, D, and in connection by the pipe E.
Each condenser is of tubular shape and each end has a head Fas seen more
particularly in the perspective elevation Figure 2. These have edge lugs G, G, with
holes for rods H, H, to bind the two heads of each condenser to the barrel, said
rods H, H, being outside and readily releasable when a head has to be removed from
any cause.
The heads support axles I, I, on which agitators J, J, are mounted in any required
number and turned by hand or otherwise from the outside for mixing the
liquid in said vessels or effecting what is termed "carbonating the liquid.”
gas with the
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-Gas is supplied from a generator by

page_text: the pipe K Liquid is forced into the barrels by the pump L the internal pressure
being shown by the gauges M, M.
The handles N, N, are then turned to carbonate the liquid and make it ready for
bottling purposes.
The bottling may be accomplished by the apparatus described in the specification of
my previous Patent No. 17080-of 1888-or by any other system or apparatus but I
prefer to use my own previously patented apparatus from its compactness and ease of
action. For enabling this to be understood 1 show such a bottler at P Figure 2.
The bottle to be filled is arranged on the cup a and this by a foot lever raises the
bottle up for its mouth to enter the socket b, the hand lever c is next turned a given
distance to push the pipe d down into the bottle by the quadrant and rack and as the
pipe & descends the liquor tap is opened. A further movement of the hand lever
returns the pipe d, shuts off the supply tap and simultaneously forces the plunger e
down the neck which causes the cork previously in the neck to be pushed into the
hottle. The hand lever is then let go and it falls to its first or normal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
The construction of condenser cylinders with heads or ends secured by long bolts
arranged on the outside of the barrel portion and provided with agitators worked
from the outside as hereinbefore described and substantially as shewn on the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 19th day of July 1.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said D. Wickham.