Improvements connected with Apparatus for Drawing Off the Liquid Contents, such as Beer, Stout, and the like, from Casks or Barrels.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1898
Improvements connected with Apparatus for Drawing Off the Liquid
Contents, such as Beer, Stout, and the like, from Casks or Barrels.
I, JOSIAH SPENCER, of the Station Hotel, Talbot Road, Blackpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Cellarman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements connected with apparatus for drawing
off the liquid contents, such as beer, stout, and the like, from casks or barrels,
and has reference more particularly to apparatus used in conjunction with what
are known as beer pumps." The ordinary practice is to place the full cask or
barrel on its side on a stillage the said cask or barrel requiring to be tilted from
time to time the contents thereby sometimes becoming disturbed and muddied.
According to my invention the cask or barrel is placed on end and through the
upper head of the cask or barrel I introduce through a hole a pipe of suitable
metal stopped up at its lower end and extending downwardly so as to rest upon the
lower head of the cask or barrel. Preferably at about three quarters of an inch
from its bottom or closed end the pipe has one two or more annular rows of
fine perforations. The pipe where it passes through the upper head of the cask
or barrel is made airtight therein and the upper open end of the pipe is screwed
on to a tap or union and connected to the ordinary beer pump pipe.
By the above described arrangement the cask or barrel requires no tilting or
disturbance from beginning to finish and the contents may be drawn so as to
leave a less quantity than usual of "bottoms" or so much wasted liquor.
Dated this 14th day of October 1897.
Improvements connected with Apparatus for Drawing Off the Liquid
Contents, such as Beer, Stout, and the like, from Casks or Barrels.
JOSIAH SPENCER, Cellarman, Station Hotel, Talbot Road, Blackpool, County
of Lancaster, 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 improvements connected with apparatus for drawing
off the liquid contents, such as beer, stout, and the like from casks or barrels

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and has reference more, particularly to apparatus used in conjunction with what
are known as beer pumps." The ordinary practice is to place the full cask' or
barrel on its side on a stillage the said cask r barrel requiring to be, tilted from
time to time the contents thereby sometimes becoming.disturbed and muddled.
According to my invention the cask or barrel is placed on end and through the
upper head of the cask or barrel I introdce through a hole a pipe of suitable
metal stopped up at its lower end and extending downwardly so as to rest upon the
lower head of the cask or barrel. Preferably at about three quarters of an inch
from its bottom or closed end the pipe has one or two more annular rows of
fine perforations. The pipe where it passes through the upper head of the cask
or barrel is made airtight therein and the upper open end of the pipe is screwed
on to a tap or union and connected to the rdinary beer pump pipe.
By the above described arrangement the skir barrel requires no tilting or
disturbance from beginning to finish and the contenta may be drawn_sc-as to
leave a less quantity than usual of bottoms" or so much wasted-liquor.
A. Self-fitting tapping cock.
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B. Tube length according to size of cask or barrel.
C. Circular perforated wire gauze to prevent hops. and seeds. from entering
tube.
D. Corrugated screw with male and female end to fasten wire gauze to bottom
of tube.
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
claim is;-
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It is for tapping casks or barrels end up, and is for drawing beer, stout and
other liquids from them and it dispenses with stillaging or tilting.
Dated this 7th day of November 1898.