A Combined Vent-peg and Filling Funnel for Casks, Barrels, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Vent-peg and Filling Funnel for Casks, Barrels, and
the like.
I CHARLES CHIDLEY MALLETT of Carbis, Muswell Avenue, Muswell Hill in
the County of Middlesex Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a combined vent-peg and filling
funnel by which any quantity of liquid drawn from a cask or other receptacle, in
excess of what is at the time required, can be easily replaced in the cask without
detriment to the liquid remaining in the cask, thus saving waste.
The vent-peg part is formed in the shape of a tapered tube with a partition down
the inside; Of the two spaces formed by this partition one is for the liquid to
pass through into the cask and the other is an air passage by which the displaced
air in the cask escapes, or this result can be obtained by having two small tapered
tubes encased in a larger one.
The mouth of the vent-peg is formed to take the shoe of the funnel when in
work and a cap or stopper when not working.
The funnel and stopper can be of any suitable shape; The shoe of the funnel
being made to fit into the mouth of the vent-peg on one side of the aforenamed
partition and leaving the air passage free. The stopper is made to close both
passages.
The vent-peg, stopper and funnel can be made of steel or other suitable material
and of any convenient size.
Both the stopper and funnel may be attached to the vent-peg by chains, or the
stopper may be fixed to it with a spring hinge so as to automatically keep the
vent-peg closed when the funnel is not in position.
It must be understood that the forms or dimensions and the constituent materials
of the different parts of the apparatus may be varied without limit, without
altering the principle of it, as also the details of construction and of arrangement
of the divers parts.
Dated this 6th day of February 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Vent-peg and Filling Funnel for Casks, Barrels, and
the like.
I CHARLES CHIDLEY MALLETT of 22 Elder Street Norton Folgate London E.
(late of Carbis, Muswell Avenue Muswell Hill Middlesex) 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a combined vent-peg and filling funnel
by which any quantity of fluid, drawn from a cask, or other air-tight receptacle
of fluids, in excess of what is, at the time, required, can be easily replaced in
the cask without detriment to the fluid remaining in the cask and thus saving
waste.
The manner in which I prefer to carry my invention into effect is shewn by the
accompanying drawings.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew the vent-peg part which is formed in the shape of a tapered
tube with a partition down the inside,

page_text: Figs. 3 and 4 shew the funnel part.
Of the spaces (a) and (b) (Figs. 1 and 4) formed by the partition (c), a is for
the fluid to pass through into the cask, and b is an air passage by which the
displaced air, or gas, in the cask can escape.
The same result can also be obtained by one or two small tapered tubes being
encased in a larger tapered tube.
The side of space (6) is lipped, or cut away a suitable distance at the bottom
(as shewn at "d") to prevent the uprushing air from causing the decending fluid
to spray from the bottom of space (a) and impede the escape of the air.
The mouth or top of vent-peg part is formed to take the cap or stopper (e)
when not in work, the partition (c) being left short enough to allow the cap to
close down and stop both passages (a and b) (as shewn in Fig. 2).
The packing () of cap (e) can be of cork, rubber or any other suitable
material to ensure the vent-peg being air-tight when fixed.
The shoe (g) of funnel part is made to fit into space (a), leaving the air space (b)
free, when in work, (as shewn in Fig. 4).
The vent-peg cap and funnel can be made of steel, pewter, tinned iron or other
suitable material, and of any convenient size and shape.
The cap and funnel may be attached to the vent-peg by chains, or the cap
may be attached to the vent-peg by a spring hinge to close it automatically when
the funnel is removed.
It must be understood that the forms or dimensions and the constituent materials
of the different parts of the apparatus may be varied without limit, without altering
the principle of it, as also the details of construction, and of arrangement of the
divers parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1.) A combined vent-peg and filling funnel, by means of which fluids can be
easily replaced in casks and other receptacles of fluids, substantially as described
in the foregoing Specification and in the accompanying drawings.
2.) The method by which the displaced air escapes from the cask while the
fluid is being poured in.
3.) The arrangement for preventing the decending fluid from choking, or
blocking the air passage.
Dated this 7th day of November 1892.
CHARLES CHIDLEY MALLETT.