Improvements in Faucet Bungs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th F.b., 1895-Acce.ted, 20th July, 1895
Improvements in Faucet Bungs.
I, DILLON BEEBE, of 1137 Broad Street, in the City of Newark, and State of
New Jersey, United States of America, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in faucet bungs, the objects of the
said improvements being to secure greater impermeability to the valves when
subjected to the strain of the compressed fluid, to simplify and reduce the cost of
construction, as compared to other devices now in use, and to secure other
advantages and results, some of which will be referred to hereinafter.
The invention consists in the improved faucet bung and in the arrangements and
combinations of the parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and finally
embraced in the clauses of the claim.
Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures,
Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the bung and key faucet, when in their
relative positions, the parts being shown as formed for beer barrels more
particularly;
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the parts formed for ale barrels ; and
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are detail plans of an inner valve disc, an outer valve disc,
and a screen, respectively.
In said drawing a, indicates the barrel, 6, the bushing adapted to be arranged in
the bung hole thereof, said bushing being interiorly and exteriorly threaded to
receive the bung and to be secured in the barrel in the manner ordinary in this
class of invention; c, indicates the bung, which is outwardly flanged as at d, and
threaded as at e, to engage the bushing. Interiorly, at its inner end, said bung is
provided with a perforated valve seat, j, next toward the centre of the interior and
distant from the valve seat, are threads, y, on which a raucet seat may be
adjustably arranged and, toward the front end of the bung are disposed inclined
grooves, . The valve seat is preferably fat on its outer and inner sides, although
said sides may be slightly inclined, and the dise valves bear against the same. The
dise valves are perforated in correspondence with the perforation in the valve seat,
and are adapted to be turned simultaneously to open and cut off communication
from the interior to the exterior of the barrel as will be understood.
The several perforations in the valve seat and dises are formed at points a greater
distance from the axial centre of the valve than the outer periphery of the key end
of the faucet, the discs being enlarged in diameter to provide such arrangement.
The perforations may thus be made more ample in passage capacity to admit a
freer flow than if the passages were nearer the axial centre and led the fluid
directly into the faucet passage as in certain devices heretofore provided.
The bung chamber outside of the key end of the faucet, when the same is in
place, and between the valve seat and the forward lancet seat is also of ample
capacity to receive the flow from the several or plurality of large valve passages
and store a limited amount of Huid therein and transmit a steady flow into and
through the large openings, y, in the side of the faucet forward of its key end,
without producing a too sharp change in the direction of How. By this construction,
the fluid is given an easy and full flow through the faucet, the openings are
capacious and are not easily clogged by solid matter contained in the Huid, and

page_text: withal, and notwithstanding the distance of the valves openings from the centre, the
flow is fully and completely checked by the oppositely disposed discs bearing on
the sides of the valve seat.
The capacity of the large valve openings, outside bung chamber and passage y,
being substantially equal to or greater than the passage through the faucet, the
flow through the latter is rendered full and yet free from bubbles or "splutter."
The outer disc valve i, is formed integral with a spindle or hub k, the said
spindle or hub being, at its outer end, angular as at 1, (Figure 4) to receive the key
end of the faucet. Back of this end, the bung is provided with the disc valve
seat, the bearing m of the hub & entering the central opening in the valve seat,
the said hearing admitting of a pivotal operation of the valves. Back of this again,
as at n, the said hub provides a bearing for the inner valve , the said bearing being
shaped to prevent independent pivotal movement of the valve. At the inner
extremity, as at o, the hub is threaded to receive the nut p, by means of which the
dises are held in close or impervious relation to the valve seat. The inner valve
disc serves as a washer for the nut, as well as giving increased impermeability to
the valve. I prefer to provide the engaging surface of the inner valve dise with a
packing y.
By employing the inner and outer valve discs in relation to the one
valve seat as described, I secure greater engaging surface of valves and valve seats,
so that there is less opportunity for leaking because of imperfect engagement or
interference produced by the introduction of extraneous matters tending to hold the
surfaces apart.
The inner valve, i', takes the strain or pressure of the compressed
fluids, and relieves the outer valve of the same, so that the said outer valve simply
serves in the event of the inner valve being imperfect, the purpose of preventing
the escape of fluid due to leakage. To enable the outer disc valve to be arranged
in relation to the seat as described, and yet to provide the bung with a seat against
which the faucet may bear and produce an impervious joint, I have formed on the
interior of the bung, forward of the valve seat, the threads g, before referred to,
on which is secured a removable and adjustable faucet seat ring, r, which secures
with its packing, an impermeable joint of faucet and bung, and lies considerably
distant from the valve sent, so as to form a chamber between the faucet seat and
valve, through which the fluid passes to the perforated side of the faucet. Said
ring may, however, have a flat bearing surface as in Figure 2.
The removable ring, r, which provides a seat or bearing for the flange of the
faucet may also be adjusted by means of the screw threads so that the outer bearing
face may be brought nearer to or further from the angular end, 1, of the hub, so
that the packing ring on the outer face, or other means for producing an
impervious joint may be likewise adjusted and the faucet be changed in its relation
to the angular head.
The adjustment of the seat also serves a useful purpose in taking up wear.
Outside of said ring r, the bung is provided with inclined grooves and these
receive lugs, w, on the faucet, so that when the said lugs are inserted in said grooves,
and the faucet is turned, the latter is brought into close engagement with the faucet
seats, so that there can be no escape of Huid through the joint. The inner, or key
end of the faucet is provided with an opening or aperture, corresponding more or
less closely in shape to the angular end, 1, of the valve bub, so that when the faucet
is inserted into the bung, it is guided into such relation to the end . as that, when
the faucet is turned, it also turns the valve, as will be understood. The faucet is
provided with the ordinary spigot, r, adapted to turn off the outflow when the bung
valves are open.
When the bung is to be employed in connection with an ale
barrel, and I desire to screen the fluid, I prefer to form at the end of the bung a
threaded flange w, and, in the same, I screw a perforated disc, which covers the
openings through the valves as will be understood.
In operating the device, the same being closed, I first insert the faucet and turn
the same ninety degrees more or less, which action throws the said faucet into
impervious relation to the seat s, and the valves to their opened positions. The
fluid from the barrel is thus free to flow through openings in the valves to the

page_text: opening y, in the faucet. A reverse action closes said valves and brings the faucet
to a position allowing a removal, all as will be understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In a faucet for casks, the combination of a bung having, near its inner end, a
perforated valve seat, and threads, g, forward of said seat, a hub having discs
extending on opposite sides of the valve seat and each of said discs having
perforations coinciding with those in the valve seat, and lying beyond the radial
point of distance of the key-end of the faucet from the axial centre of the device,
said discs both turning simultaneously with the hub to and from open relation with
said seat, and allowing an outflow to the chamber outside of said key-end, a faucet
seat forward of the outer disc valve and at a distance therefrom, said chamber being
formed between, and a faucet, having a key end engaging said hub, a side
passage y, forward of said key end, and opening from the said chamber into the
faucet, a seat or bearing, s, to engage and form an impervious joint with the faucet,
and means for forcing said faucet into impervious relation to the faucet seat, all
substantially as set forth.
2. In a faucet for casks, the combination of a bung having near its rear end, a
valve seat and forward of said seat threads, g, and bearings, h, a hub, having a disc
valve on the inner side of said valve seat toward said threads and a head turning
said dise valve to and from open relation, and an adjustable faucet seat arranged on
said screw threads at a distance from said inner disc valves, a chamber being formed
between, and a faucet having a key end, a lateral opening into said chamber, a
flange adapted to bear imperviously upon said adjustable faucet seat and a bearing
to engage the bearing, h, and force the faucet into impervious contact, substantially
as set forth.
3. In a faucet for casks, the combination of a bung having a valve seat near its
inner end, faucet retaining bearings near its outer ends, and, at an intermediate
point a faucet seat having a dished inner surface and, upon its outer surface, a
projecting annular flange, the faucet seat being so placed as to leave a chamber
between it and the valve seat, with a disc valve engaging said valve seat provided
with a head in said chamber whereby it may be turned, and with a faucet con-
structed to engage said faucet-retaining bearings and having a key-end to engage
said head, lateral ports communicating with said chamber, and a face forward of
said ports in which is an annular recess to engage the flange on the faucet seat,
substantially as described.
Dated this Oth day of Kebruary 1805
DILLON BEEBE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.