US78897A

US78897A - Improvement in faucets

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Publication number: US78897A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 1885-06-16

Description

A. HOOKER.

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Patented June 1-6, 186:8.

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ALFREDROOKER, or LO-N'DON, ENGLAND Letters PatentlV'o. 78,897 dated June 16, 1868; patented in l'ngland, September 25, 18 67.

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TO ALL TO WHOM. IT MAY eononnn= Be it known that I, ALFRED ROOKER,'0f East street, London, England, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Taps for beer-casks and other vessels;

end I do hereby declare the following to be a true, full, -nnd "exact description thereof, reference being bad to' the annexed drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon; that is to say- Figure 1 is a side view, pertlyin section,

to the tap-hole of ucask.

Figure'fl is ai'side view, partly in section, ofn modification of fig. 1.

Figure 3 shows a tap suitnblefor drawing oh liquids from champagne and other bottle's.-

The chief object of my invention, in so far as it relntes to taps for cnsks,'is to avoid the necessity of driving in, by means of thetap itself, the bung or cork which closes the tap-hole ot the cask; and my improvement consists in constructing the inner. end of the stem of the tap hollow, it will cut out a cylindrical piece of-the hung or cork, and at the same timeclose-the aperture thereby formed inn-the bung, i

:A, fig. 1, is the stem of the tap, which is formed with the usual holes'a to allow the beer or liquid to enter 'the stem, The inner endB of the stem has a cutting-edge, b, for the purpose before explained, and :is hollow, as shown, to receive the-cylinder of cork, as cut bythe cutting-edge. G is a stop in the stem, to prevent the cylinder of cork reaching and closing the holes a. This step may sometimesbedispensed with.-

The action is as follows; When it is required to tap a. cask, the cutting-edge b is forcibly pressed against the cork, 1), while the top islmede to rotate until the edge I; has cut'through the cork. The cylinder of cork thus removed is received in the-portioniB of the stem. The tap is then pushed in until the holes a reach the inside of the cask. The tap maybe fitted with an ordinary key,--.und formed witha vent-aperture. The cutting-edge b may, if desired, .be made of or faced' with steel, and -in that case itmay'be used .to form n 'hole for the tap in the wood of the cask. .When them is removed from thecask, the-cylinder of cork may be extracted from the part B by a cork-screw, or'otherwise. Y

i In the modification shown in fig. 2, the cutting-edgeis mode sew-toothed or serrated.

The tap shown in fig. 3 is constructed in the same manner. its that shown infig. 1, but is made suilieiently nerrow to be passed through the cork of a. bottle, as'shown, to allow the contents to be drawn oii'. -,C is a. hole, to admit ail-appliance to push out the corkcylihderfrom the end of'the stem, when required.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The annular cutting-edge 6 and the hollow.pert' B, npplied: to a tap having perforations therein, and acting substantially as herein described.

2. The cutting-edge b of the hollow part B of the stem,- which receives .the excised plug, in combination with the stop C, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. p

In witness whereof, I, the said ALFRED ROOKER, have hereunto set hand, this twelfth'day of-Deccmhcr, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. V

ALFRED HOOKER".

.j Witnesses:

J, G. NEWBUBN, 166 Fleet Street, London, E. M. Dunn, 166 Fleet Street; London.-

and with an annular cutting edg e, so that of a beer-tap constructed according to my invention, and epplied