Improvements in or connected with Instruments or Tools for Boring Holes in Casks and the like, also applicable as a Vent Peg and Air Filter.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Instruments or Tools for Boring
Holes in Casks and the like, also applicable as a Vent Peg and
Air Filter.
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I, ALBERT BASIL CREES of Sunnymead, Ilminster, in the County of Somerset,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to the construction and employment of instruments, tools,
or devices capable of being employed for the combined purpose of boring holes in
wood, cork, or the like, and when so used and applied the same instrument is or
can be used as a vent peg and filter for filtering the air passing into the cask or
other vessel to which the instrument is applied.
According to my invention the instrument, tool, or device, is made in the form
of a gimlet at the point, or pointed end, and where there is a hollowed out portion
above the screw end or point, both preferably being of taper shape. This tapered
end is carried by a hollow shank having apertures say two, above the taper leading
to the central aperture in the shank, which latter at this part is also tapered
externally, so that as the tool is introduced into the wood or cork bung the same
keeps a tight joint and no air can pass between it and the wood or bung. At the
end of this conical portion there is a flange, and above this a continuation of the
shank for the desired length. The top is here threaded to receive a handle having
a corresponding thread. By removing the handle the hollow shank is open to the
atmosphere, the hollow shank as before explained leading to the apertures at the
base of the tool above the gimlet end. The hollow spindle is filled or partially so
with, for example, cotton wool chemically prepared, medicated or otherwise treated
to render same aseptic.
By my invention I provide simple and effective means for the purpose of
admitting pure and filtered air into casks and other utensils containing alcoholic
and other beverages requiring the same, thereby preventing acidity and fermentation
in the liquid.
To apply this new or improved tool, instrument or device, the lower end being a
gimlet is bored through the bung of the cask, or through the cask itself; it is then
pressed below the bung, which brings the two holes connected with the chamber to
a point below the bung. The flange pressing upon the top of the bung, and the
part below the flange being larger than any lower point prevents any air penetrating
between the instrument or tool and the bung. The cross-piece or handle at the
top is then unscrewed and air passes through the chamber, which is filled or
partially filled with cotton wool as before described, or any other suitable material
such for example as asbestos, into the cask, being cleansed in its passage.
By replacing the handle or cross-piece the hollow shank is closed and no air is
admitted to the cask or other vessel until the handle is again removed.
Dated this Orth daw of Novermbau 1005

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Instruments or Tools for Boring
Holes in Casks and the like, also applicable as a Vent Peg and
Air Filter.
I ALBERT BASIL CREES, of Sunnymead, Ilminster, in the County of Somerset,
Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention refers to the construction and employment of instruments, tools,
or devices, capable of being employed for the combined purpose of boring holes in
wood, cork, or the like, and when so used, and applied, the same instrument is or
can be used as a vent peg, and filter for filtering the air passing into the cask, or
other vessel, to which the instrument is applied.
According to my invention the instrument, tool, or device, is made in the form
of a gimlet at the point, or pointed end, and where there is a hollowed portion
above the screw end or point, both preferably being of taper shape. This tapered
end is carried by a hollow shank, having apertures, say, two, above the taper
leading to the central aperture in the shank, which latter at this part is also
tapered externally so that as the tool is introduced into the wood or cork bung,
the same keeps a tight joint and no air can pass between it and the wood or bung.
At the end of this conical portion there is a flange, and above this a continuation
of the shank for the desired length. The shank is at the top screw threaded, to
receive a handle having a corresponding thread.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood and readily carried
into effect will further describe same with reference to the accompanying
drawings, whereon Fig. 1 is an elevation of such an instrument, tool, or device,
and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of same, also shewing an example of its
application.
A is the gimlet or pointed end, B being the hollowed out portion with cutting
edges B B, both the screwed point and the part immediately above same, being
preferably tapered. C is the shank commencing at the shoulder B2 above the
part B, of a somewhat smaller diameter than the latter part, and this shank C is
also externally tapered increasing in diameter upwards (Fig. 1) to the flange D
above which the shank continues at E and at the top is externally shouldered and
screw threaded at F.
As shewn at Fig. 2 the stem is formed with the hollow G extending downwards
to the shoulder B³, above which are the apertures H H piercing the wall of the
stem. J is the handle, an aperture in which is fitted or formed with a screw
thread to take onto the top screw F, and when fully screwed thereon the hollow of
the shank is hermetically closed at its upper end, while by removing the handle J
the hollow shank G is open to the atmosphere, the said hollow shank as before
explained leading to the apertures H at the base of the tool but above the gimlet
end. The hollow G of the shank is filled, or partially so, with (for example)
cotton wool, chemically prepared, medicated, or otherwise treated to render same
aseptic.
By my invention I provide simple and effective means for the purpose of
admitting pure and filtered air into casks and other utensils containing alcoholic
and other beverages, requiring the same, thereby preventing acidity and fermentation
in the liquid.
To apply this new or improved tool instrument or device. The lower end A
having a gimlet screw is bored through the bung L, Fig. 2, of the cask Mor
through the cask itself; the part B is then pressed below the bung L which brings

page_text: the two holes H H connected with the chamber G to a point below the bung L.
The flange D pressing upon the top of the bung L or the part C below the flange,
being larger than any lower point prevents any air penetrating between the
instrument or tool and the bung. The cross piece or handle J at the top is then
unscrewed and air passed into the cask through the chamber G, which is filled or
partially filled, with cotton wool as before described or any other suitable material,
such for example as asbestos, being cleansed in its passage.
By replacing the handle or cross piece J, the hollow shank is closed and no air
is admitted to the cask or other vessel, until the handle is again removed, or
loosened.
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 as my improvements in or connected with instruments or tools for boring
holes in casks and the like also applicable as a vent peg and air filter, is as
follows:-
1. A spindle having a taper gimlet point, formed with cutting edges, and an
upper part C, commencing of a smaller diameter than the gimlet point and tapering
to a larger diameter than such point, and a collar or flange above the part C, in
combination with a central bore or chamber G, apertures H H from the chamber G
above the taper point, and a handle capable of being fixed to the top of the spindle,
and utilized for opening and closing the chamber G, and for driving the tool
through a bung or cask substantially as and for the purposes described and
illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a tool or instrument as claimed by Claim 1 the filtering medium located
within the interior air passage G, whereby the air entering the barrel is filtered
substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of August 1896.