US514733A

US514733A - Siphon

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Publication number: US514733A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1911-02-13

Description

(Nolviodelj) r G. SEIFERT.

SIPHON.

Patented Peb. 13, 1894;

ration.

A'rnNr GEORGE SEIFERT, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' No. 514,733, dated February 13, 1894.

' Application nea Jun@ 7,1893. semina/176.834. oto model.)

the accompanying drawings, whichl form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements inthe construction of siphons for drawing off wines and other liquids from casks or barrels, and consists in the mattershereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention: Figure l. is a verticaltransverse sectional view of a cask or barrel, illustrating my improved device in operative position therein, said section being taken on line ll, of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal detail sectional view of the same taken on line 2.-2, of Fig. l. t Y A Referring by letter to said drawings, A designates the barrel or cask, which is provided in its upper side, with the usual bung hole B. C designates a suction pipe, adapted to be passed vertically down through the bung hole to the lower part of the barrel or cask, and connecting at its upper end, with a hose or other suitable tube D, as in Fig. l, of the drawings. At the lower end of the suction pipe C, is provided a suitable valve casing E, within which a downwardly closing valve F is arranged to operate, said valve being arranged to engage with an annular seat e, within the casing E, and to be opened upwardly by suction within the pipe C. This valve F, is provided with a vertically disposed stem f, arranged to play up or down, within suitable guides f2 in a transverse spider frame at the upper end of the casing E, and is provided with a. suitable stop or shoulder f for engagement with said guide, to limit the upward movement of the valve.

p Upon the lower end of the casingE, are provided suitable pins or spikes e e', arranged to be pressed into the wood at the lower side of the cask or barrel, so as to hold the suction pipe and the casing E stationary and prevent any lateral movement of the same while in position in thecask or barrel.

At one side of the casing E, is provided a lateral extension, G, which hasan upwardly directed pipe g, for engagement with a tubular fitting H, as in Fig. l, and this tubular fit-I ting H is provided with an upwardly extending handle or rod h, arranged to extend up through the bung hole B, so as to be within reach of the user.

The pipe O together with the casing E, and the lateral extension G, are made of such size, as to enable the same to be readily passed down through the bung hole.

The tubular fitting H, upon the end'of the' extension Gr is made to fit closely to the outside of the said extension but is made removable therefrom, for a purpose to be presently described.

Considerable difficulty has been heretofore experienced in drawing off wines or otherliqnids from barrels or casks, from the fact that the sediment at the bottom of the barrel or cask is Very liable to be stirred up and drawn off with the clear liquid, and this is liable t0 result from the least agitation of the pipe or tube which is inserted for the purpose of drawing off the liquid. Moreover, the least backward flow of the liquid contained inthe suction pipe, will tend to stir up the sediment at the bottom of the barrel or cask, and thus prevent the clear liquid from being drawn off.

It is the object of my improvement to effectually prevent the stirring up of the sediment at the bottom vof the barrel or cask, while drawing off the clear liquid at the top, and also to enable the user to draw off the clear liquid at the top of the barrel or cask, v

before the entire amount of said liquid has been permitted to settle, and in use,the operation of my said improved device, is as follows: The user carefully inserts the device into the barrel or cask through thebung hole, and l presses it down so as to cause the pins or spikes e e to enter the wood at the lower side of the said barrel or cask, the tubular part H being previously fitted to the outside of the upper end of the upwardly extending pipe g, as in Fig. l. Then, by means of the usual hose or other tube D, he starts the siphon, so

as to draw off the liquid. As soon as a suc- IOO tion is created in the pipe C, the valve F, will open upwardly in an obvious manner, for the passage of the liquid and the said liquid will be permitted to flow freely out through the pipe D. So long as the passage of said liquid through the pipe D, remains unobstructed, the valve F will remain open, but in case the discharge end of said pipe is closed, the flow of the liquid will cease, and the valve will close against its seat. Bythis means,in case the discharge end of the pipe D, is raised, so as to permit the liquid to flow back into the barrel or cask, the downward pressure of the liquid will instantly close the valve F, against the passage of the liquid, so as to prevent the liquid in said pipe, from tlowingback into the bottom of the cask and stirring up the sediment therein.

It will be understood, that while the tube H is in position upon the upper end of the cX- tension of the casing, the liquid will only be drawn oft to the level of the upper end of said tube H. If it is found that the liquid is clear, to a short distance from the bottom, the user may, withdraw the tube H, by means of the rod or handle 7L, so as to enable the liquid to be drawn oii down to the level of the opening in the lateral extension G.

By the arrangement of the pins or spikes e e at the lower end of the easing E, the device is effectually prevented from moving so as to agitate the liquid during the operation of drawing oit1 the same from the barrel or cask.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A Siphon for drawing off wines and other liquids, comprising a suitable suction pipe provided at its lower end with au upwardly opening valve, and adapted for engagement at its upper end with a suitable discharge pipe, and an upwardly extending inlet or supply pipe, communicating with the lower end of the suction pipe, below said valve, substantially as described.

2. A siphon for drawing oit wines and other liquids, comprising a suitable suction pipe, provided at Vits lower end with an upwardly opening valve, and adapted for engagement at its upper end with a suitable discharge pipe, an upwardly extending inlet or supply pipe communicating with the lower end ot the suction pipe, below said valve, and a tubular extension adapted for removable engagement with the upper end of said inlet or supply pipe, substantially as described.

3. A siphon for drawing off wines and other liquids, comprising a suitable suction pipe provided at its lower end with asuitable valve casin g, an upwardly opening valve in said casing, a lateral extension at one side of said casing having a tubular supply pipe at its upper end, and a tubular part adapted to removably tit over the upper end of said supply pipe, and provided with a suitable handle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SEIFERT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILEs, C. F. J. MoLLER.