Improvements in Apparatus for Tilting Casks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Tilting Casks.
I, ARCHIBALD BRUCE, of 67 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Plumber, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for tilting casks and it consists in using one
or more springs which is or are of such a strength that so long as the cask is full or
only partially empty the spring or springs would be inoperative but when the cask
was so far empty that it would require to be tilted to withdraw the liquid con-
tained in it the spring or springs comes or come into operation and automatically
raises or tilts the cask.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to use a single spring which is contained
within a suitable casing provided with a hook at its upper end and having working
in it a, preferably, square spindle. The spindle has a head on it against which the
spring bears. The lower end of the spindle is screwed for the reception of a screw-
coupling which is provided with a hook at its lower end.
The coupling is connected to chains which are in their turn hooked on to the
cask or barrel.
By screwing up the coupling the spring may be adjusted to any desired
tension.
If the apparatus is applied to, say, a beer cask containing 600 gallons of liquor,
the tension of the spring would be regulated so as to raise or tilt the cask whenever
its.contents were reduced to 100 gallons.
Dated this 26th day of September 1893.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Tilting Casks.
I, ARCHIBALD BRUCE of 67 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Plumber, 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 apparatus for tilting casks and it consists in using one
or more springs which is or are of such a strength that so long as the cask is full or
only partially empty the spring or springs would be inoperative but when the cask
was so far empty that it would require to be tilted to withdraw the liquid contained
in it, the spring or springs comes or come into operation and automatically raises or
tilts the cask.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the apparatus.
Figs. 2 and 3 show the apparatus applied to a beer cask.
Fig. 4 is a cross section and Fig. 5 a part side elevation of the screwed
spindle.
Fig. 6 is a detail view.

page_text: within a suitable casing & provided with a hook cat its upper end and having working
in it a screw spindle d which is, preferably, of the cross section shown at Fig. 4.
d¹ are the threads. The spindle has a head e on it against which the spring bears.
✓ is a screw nut which works on the spindle d. f¹ are arms for turning the nut.
is a swivel secured on the lower end of the spindle d and through which the chain h
is passed. The chain is provided as usual with hooks for securing it to the
⚫cask i.
As will be seen the lower end of the casing
cover is locked to the casing by means of its
pins of the casing, as shown at Fig. 6.
When the apparatus is to be used the nut
into the position shown at Fig. 2.
is provided with a cover b¹. This
bayonet slots 63 and the projecting
which serves as a stop is rolled back
Fig. 3 shows a cask tilted automatically by means of the apparatus.
If the apparatus is applied to, say, a beer cask containing 500 gallons of liquor,
a spring is provided of such strength that it will automatically raise or tilt the cask
whenever its contents are reduced to, say, 400 gallons.
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 I
consider novel and desire to claim is : ·
An apparatus for tilting casks constructed and operating substantially as
bereinbefore described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 25th day of June 1894.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.