US608087A

US608087A - John-watkins

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Publication number: US608087A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-07-26
Anticipated expiration: 1915-07-26

Description

No. 608,087. Patented July 26, I898.

J. WATKINS.

BARREL TAP.

[Application filed Feb. 21, 1898.) {No Model.)

JOHN -WATKINS, OF HEREFORD, ENGLAND.

BARREL-TAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,087, dated July 26, 1898. Applicatibn filed February 21, 1898- Serial No. 671,166. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN WATKINs, a citizen of England, residing at Pomona Farm, Hereford, in the county of Hereford, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cask or Barrel Taps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of a tap for a cask such that it can always remain in place without projecting beyond the boundary of the cask in such a way as to be injured by transport or handling of the cask.

I shall describe a tap. according to my invention, referring to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a front view with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a section with the plug and part of-the draw-off pipe shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a section.

On the end B of the barrel I fix a casing A, and within this casing and a hole bored through the end of the barrel I place a tapersleeve 0, of cork or like material, having through it a taper-hole, in which I fit a plug D. A semitubular part a of the casing is passed through a hole bored through the hoop II and stave S, and within this semitubular part is inserted a draw-off pipe E, which enters a hole in the cork sleeve, which when the plug is turned to open position coincides with a lateral hole d of the plug, leading from a longitudinal hole cl, which has near its end a number of lateral perforations. There is another longitudinal hole 01* in the plug with a lateral opening, which when the cock is open coincides with a hole 0 through the sleeve, this hole opening from an annular space, to which air can get access around the draw-off pipe E, so that while liquor runs out of the cask air can enter, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 4. 0

After the plug D has been inserted in the sleeve 0 a cover F is fixed over the plug, this cover having a central screw f, which bears upon the top ofthe plug, serving to tighten it it in the sleeve.

For turning the plug a key K is inserted from above into a space under the cover F, between it and the outer edge of the casing A. The key has a forked end, the gap of which fits a rectangular projection 70 on the end of the plug. In order to prevent the key from being withdrawn when the tap is open, the key has a stud k, which can pass through a slot k cut in the upper edge of the casing, so that when the tap is closed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the key K can be introduced or removed; but should the plug be turned so as to open the tap then the stud is, being within the edge of the casing A, prevents the key from being withdrawn.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the best means I know of carrying the same into practical effect, I claim- A tap for a cask comprising a casing fixed on the end of the cask, a tapersleeve of cork fitted with a'taper-plug, a draw-off pipe passed through the hoop and stave near the end of the cask into a lateral hole of the sleeve, a cover fixed on the casing, and a forked key, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WATKINS.

Witnesses:

OLIVER IMRAY, JNo. P. M. MILLARD.