US654597A - Siphon. - Google Patents

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Patentadjuly 3l, |900. C. M. BRADY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters resent No. 654,597, crateri July 31, reco.

Application inea April 248.19010.:V

To all w/"tom t may concern:

Beit known that LCLYDE MORDICA BRADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brunswick, in the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, have invented new and usefullrnprovements in Siphons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in siphons, and pertains to a siphon adapted to be attached to a barrel, cask, or other vessel for drawing the liquid thereform and adapted to be hermetically sealed for the purpose of preventing the evaporation of the liquid within the vessel, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional View of a siphcn embodying my invention, showing it applied to a b arrel, cask, or other vessel. Fig.2 isa horizontal sectional view of the top or faucet which performs the double function of a pump connection and an air-vent when the faucet is in operation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bung through which the siphon passes.

Referringnow to the drawings, A indicates a barrel, cask, or other Vessel to which the siphon is to be applied, the said cask or tank havinga bung-opening B, here shown as provided with screw-threads.

C is my improved siphon-bung, which hasl the lower screw-threaded portion adapted to iit in the screw-threaded opening B of the cask or barrel andwith a central longitudinal openinghaving an enlarged upper internallyscrew-threaded end E. This bung C isprovided with one or more handles F, by means of which it is screwed into the barrel-opening B for the purpose of attachingit or unscrewed therefrom for the purpose of detaching it.

The siphon proper consists of an essentially U-shaped pipe I, having the straight portions c and b, the portion c adapted to pass through and longitudinally move through the opening D of the bung C for the purpose of adjusting it to tanks or casks of different sizes and also for the purpose of enabling the U-shaped pipe to have a swiveling action for adjusting it over any receptacle to receive the liquid from the exit end 't' thereof. For the purpose of making an air-tight connection between the stem of the pipe l and the Serial Ila-14,738. (No model.)

bung C the upper enlarged screwjthreaded portion E serves as a packing-box and which receives a gland or nut G for the purpose of compressing a suitable packing c against the said pipe and making a tight joint.4

The bung O is provided with anjair inlet and outlet opening D', which is essentially l shaped, as here shown, the horizontal upper end M being internally screw-threaded for the purposebf receiving a cock or valve N. This cock or Valve N is a three-way valve and is constructed with two openings d and c, the opening d being an air-vent, as will hereinafter appear, and the opening e being a pipe connection. The valve is so constructed that either of the said openings can be thrown into communication with the interior of the tank or both of them cut oit, the objeetof which will be described hereinafter. The vertical portion L of the opening through the bung is made in the form shown in dotted lines, Fig. ,3, and communicates at its lower end wi th the interior of the barrel or cask and atlits Lipper horizontal end with the cock or valve N.

The stem b of the Siphon-pipe has its lower end extending below the bottom ofthe cask, and hence below the lower end of theustem rt of the said pipe, and is provided with a suitable controlling-valve Q for the purpose of opening and closing the outlet endiof the said pipe in the operation of the Siphon.

Connected with the pump-valve connection e' is a flexible pump connection S, with which any desired form of air-pump (preferably of the well-known bicycle-pump) may be connected. The lower `end of the stem tot the Siphon-pipe l is beveled oft, as shown at f, for the purpose of enabling the lower end of the pipe to be carried in contact with the lower end of the barrel'or cask'without closing the same. l

The operation of my improved Siphon is as follows: The valve N is turned so that com munication is established through the vpump connection and the opening L in the bung to the interior of the cask. Air is forced within the cask until the proper compression isob tained, when the valve is turnedso aste close both the pump-connectionfopeninge and `the air-vent d. The'compression necessary to start the siphon is that amount which will be required to force the liquid within the Ioo Cask up through the pipe I and out the lower end, when the valve Q will be closed. The

Siphon is now ready to operate Without any further use of the pump. When it is desired to operate the Siphon, the exit-valve Q of the Siphon-pipe is opened and the valve turned to open the air-inlet d. Then the liquid will ow through the Siphon into the receptacle placed th erefor,and it can be instantlystopped by the closing of the valve Q. When the valve Q is closed, the air-vent N is also closed, and When the Siphon is not in operation it Will be Seen that the hermetically-sealed cask or barrel for the reception of volatile liquids of al1 kinds is provided and Which Will prevent the evaporation thereof.

From this construction it will be Seen that the siphon-pipe I can be readily adjusted vertically by a slight loosening of the packinggland G to Suit barre-ls of different Sizes and that the pipe I being a continuous rigid pipe I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A Siphon adapted to be hermetieally attached to a Cask or vessel comprising a bung having a Siphon-pipe opening, a Siphon-pipe passing through the said opening into the barrel and having its outer end belowits inner end and provided With a Valve, the said bung having an opening With its inner end in communication with the barrel independent of the said Siphon-pipe, the outer end of the said opening having an independent air-outlet and pump-connection inletin communication therewith, and a valve adapted to independently control the said passages by throwing either of them in communication with the interior of the cask or closing both of them against communication therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony Whereoit` I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CLYDEMORDICA BRADY.

VVitnesSes:

ALBERT O. ANDERSON, GUsTAvUs KING.

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