Improvements in Shives or Bungs for Barrels and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shives or Bungs for Barrels and the like.
I, CHARLES BUCKLEY, of the Firm of Charles Buckley and Co., of Longroyd
Bridge Brush Works, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Brush Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention refers to wood shives or wood bungs for beer, porter and other
barrels and the like, and consists in making cuts or indents or the like partly
through the shives or bungs centrally thereof, on both sides or faces in such
manner that, whenever required, the portions of wood enclosed within the cuts
or indents can, by a strong blow, be driven through the shive and leave a central
opening into which the vent peg or spile may then be inserted, this dispensing
with all necessity for boring or drilling the holes, and saving time and labour,
whilst the possibility of dirt collecting and being forced through the bung or
shive into the barrel, as is the case where the outer face of the shive or bung is
bored out or recessed centrally as at present, is effectually avoided
In carrying out my invention I make, by means of an edged tool or cutter,
or by a suitable saw, a deep cut or indent on both faces or sides of the shive or
bung, such cuts or indents enclosing the central portions of each face or side
and extending inward, that is to say, in depth, to within a short distance of the
middle of the shive or bung so that a substantial solid portion of wood remains
unsevered in the middle and of one piece with the shive, the cut or partly severed
portions being also integral therewith and retaining their positions in the shive
While thus having its central
or bung whose faces are thus level and unrecessed.
portions strongly indented or lined out, the hung or shive remains practically in
its solid state and will not leak but whenever it is required to apply a vent peg
or spile for venting the barrel, a blow of a hammer on a punch held against the
outlined central portion of the shive will break the solid middle portion and
drive it along with the cut out or severed portions through the shive into the
barrel, thereby leaving an opening for the reception of the vent peg. This is
accomplished without loss of time and needs no boring. The cut or indent or
indents on the inner face or end of the shive or bung is or are preferably made
0 at a greater distance from the centre than the cut or indent or indents on the
outer face or end, that is to say, if the cuts are made in a circle, the circular
of larger diameter than that in the outer or front face.
cut in the inner face
I may, if desired, remove the central portion of wood on the inner face or end
of the shive instead of making a cut or indent.
By the means above described I provide a shive or bung having its centre so
much indented on each side as to admit of same being driven out by a single
blow, this provision being made without weakening the shive or bung or render-
ing it liable to leakage, and without offering any opening or recess on the outer
face in which dirt or filth can lodge or accumulate, whereby all liability of filth

page_text: being driven into the barrel when making the opening through the shive, as
frequently happens at present, is avoided. The shive may be made of wood or
like suitable material.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents for the Applicant.
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Improvements in Shives or Bungs for Barrels and the like.
I, CHARLES BUCKLEY, of the Firm of Charles Buckley, and Company, of
Longroyd Bridge Brush Works, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Brush
Manufacturers, 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:
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This invention relates to wood shives .or-wood bungs- for beer, porter, and
other barrels, and the like, and consists in making cuts or indents or the like
partly through the shives or bungs, centrally thereof, on both sides or faces, in
such a manner that, whenever required, the portions of wood enclosed within
the cuts or indents can by a strong blow be driven through the shive and leave
a central opening into which the vent peg or spile may then be inserted, this
provision dispensing with all necessity for boring or drilling the holes, saving
time and labour, and avoiding the possibility of dirt collecting and being forced
through the bung or shive into the barrel as in the case where the outer face or
side of the shive or bung is bored out or recessed.
Referring to the annexed drawings:-
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Fig. is transverse sectional elevation of a wood shive or bung, shewing my
improvements therein, the shive or bung being intact, as supplied, and as driven
into the barrel;
Fig. 2 is a similar section shewing the central part of the shive or bung
driven out to admit of the introduction of the vent peg or spile.
My invention consists in making deep cuts or grooves or indents a b in both
faces or sides of the bung or shive e, these cuts or grooves being preferably
circular or annular and concentric with each other and described from the centre
of the shive or bung. The smaller circular cut or indent a in the outer face or
side of the shive or bung, and the larger circular cut or indent b in the inner
face or side, extend inwardly towards the middle of the shive to a suitable
extent or depth so as to leave between the extremities of said cuts or indents a
narrow but substantial solid portion of wood.
The shive or bung c is driven into the bung hole of the barrel as ordinarily,
the cut or partly severed central portion of wood lying within the cuts or
indents a b, forming an integral part of the shive which therefore remains prac-
tically in its solid state and is not liable to leak.
When it is desired to apply a vent peg or spile for venting the barrel, the
blow of a hammer on a punch placed against the central portion of wood inclosed
with the cut or indent a will break the solid middle portion of wood between
the two cuts or indents and drive the cut out or indented portion of the bung
or shive clear of same into the barrel as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby leaving an
opening d of the proper size to receive and hold the vent peg or spile.
As an alternative to the indentation of each side of the shive or bung as above
described, I may if desired, remove entirely the central portion of wood in the
inner face or side of the shive and make the indent a in the outer face alone,
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page_text: s shewn at Fig. 3; or the central portion of wood in the outer face may be
emoved or cut out and the indent 6 made in the inner face only as illustrated
n Fig. 4, the leaving of a recess in the outer face being, however, in most cases
undesirable, as dirt is liable to collect therein and, if not removed will be forced
into the barrel with the dislodged section of wood.
By indenting, cutting, or grooving portions of the shive or bung as before
described, the central portion thereof is sufficiently weakened to admit of sanie
being driven out by a single blow, while leaving a properly formed opening
for the reception of the vent peg or spile, the said provision being made without
reducing the strength of the shive or bung for the purpose it serves, or rendering
it liable to leakage, and in the preferred forms shewn at Figs. 1 to 3, leaving
no opening or recess in the outer face in which dirt or filth can lodge or
accumulate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be carried into effect, I declare
that what I claim is:-
(1) A shive or bung having deep cuts, grooves or indents made, preferably
concentrically of each other, in both faces or sides with an unsevered or integral
portion of wood between the ends of said cuts or indents, substantially as herein
shewn and described and for the purposes specified.
(2) A bung or shive having a deep circular cut groove or indent made centrally
in one face or side thereof and a recess or countersunk opening cut or formed
in the opposite face and concentric with the cut or indent, the recess or opening
and the cut or indent being separated by a suitable thickness of wood integral
or in one piece with the shive or bung substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of February 1900.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicants.