Improvements in or relating to Bungs or Shives for Barrels or Casks.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 6th Sent 1897 Accepted. 16th Oct.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bungs or Shives for Barrels or Casks.
I, CHARLES LANGTON LOCKTON of The Laurels, Warlingham, in the County of
Surrey, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved bush or shive for barrels or casks adapted
to contain beer or other liquids and it has for its object to combine with the shive
a vent thus dispensing with the ordinary vent peg, and to provide a shive which can
readily be fixed, is easily cleaned and overcomes the many objections to the use
of bungs and shives as now generally employed.
My improved bush or shive consists essentially of a bush adapted to be driven,
screwed or otherwise fixed in the barrel or cask, threaded internally and provided
with a small projecting flange on its inner surface. In this bush is screwed a plate
carrying an annular washer of rubber or other suitable material adapted to form a
tight joint on the flange on the inner side or surface of the bush when the plate is
screwed home. This plate carries a vent which takes the form of a plug screwed
into a hole in the centre of the plate and carrying a projecting rubber bush which
engages with the restricted end of the hole and thereby closes it. This vent, plug
is provided with a suitable head to enable it to be screwed up or unscrewed by
hand and it is pierced with one or more holes for the air to enter or escape through
when it is unscrewed sufficiently to free the flexible plug it carries from the
restricted end of the hole in the plate. Over this vent plate a covering plate is
screwed into the bush. Both the vent plate and its closing plate are adapted to
be operated by means of a pin-spanner or key so that their faces are flush and have
no projecting parts.
It will be understood that the covering plate is only used for protection when
the barrel or cask is in transit or stored and that it is removed when it is in use.
To prevent the covering plate from being surreptitiously removed I prefer to.
use a locking device but this is not obligatory. A convenient form of locking
device is a small bell-crank lever pivotted in a recess in the side of the covering
plate, one end of the said lever being adapted to engage with a recess in the side
of the bush, and the other end projecting into an extension of one of the holes
for the pin spanner or key. One of the pins of the said spanner or key is made
longer than the other so that it engages with the one end of the bell-crank lever
and depresses it causing its other end to be lifted clear of the recess in the bush
with which it engages thus allowing the covering plate to be unscrewed from the
bush. The outer face of both the bush and the covering plate may be marked so
as to indicate when they are in a position with respect to each other to allow the
locking device to come inta operation..
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ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Bungs or Shives for Barrels or Casks.
I, CHARLES LANGTON LOCKTON of "Littlecote" formerly of The Laurels,
Warlingham in the County of Surrey, Clerk, 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 an improved bush or shive for barrels or casks adapted
to contain beer or other liquids and it has for its object to combine with the shive
a.vent thus dispensing with the ordinary vent peg, and to provide a shive which can
readily be fixed, is easily cleaned and overcomes the many objections to the use
of bungs and shives as now generally employed.
In the accompanying drawing which iliustrates this invention:-
Figure 1 is a view in transverse section, and
Figure 2 is a view in plan with the covering plate removed.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The improved bush or shive consists essentially of a hollow bush A adapted to be
driven, screwed or otherwise fixed in the barrel or cask. This hollow bush is
threaded internally and has a small inwardly projecting flange a at its inner side.
In this bush is screwed a plate B, an annular washer C of rubber or other suitable
material being interposed between the said plate and the flange a to form a tight
joint when the plate is screwed home. The plate B carries a vent which takes the
form of a plug D screwed into a hole in the centre of the said plate and carrying
a projecting rubber bush E which engages with a shoulder formed by reducing the
size of the hole at its lower end, and thereby closes it. This vent plug D is pro-
vided with a suitable head d to enable it to be screwed up or unscrewed by hand,
and it is pierced with one or more holes d' for the air to enter or escape through,
when it is unscrewed sufficiently to lift the bush E carried by it from the shoulder
in the hole in the plate. Over this vent plate is a covering plate F which is
screwed into the threaded part of the bush A. Both the vent plate B and the
covering plate F are adapted to be operated by means of a pin-spanner or key
so that their faces are flush and have no projecting parts.
It will be understood that the covering plate F is only used for protection when
the barrel or cask is in transit or stored and that it is removed when it is in use.
The smaller end of the hole in the plate B is threaded to receive the apparatus
used for injecting the fining liquid.
By the use of this invention the following advantages are obtained:-
(a). Barrels or casks are delivered to the customer with the vent peg in position.
(b). The use of bungs and cloths which are liable to become dirty and so
contaminating the beer or other liquid is avoided.
(c). The barrels or casks can easily and readily be cleansed without removing
the bush, and
(d). The parts being metal can be easily and readily cleansed.
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). The improved bush or shive for barrels, casks or the like, as herein
specified.
(2). A bush or shive for barrels, casks or the like, consisting essentially of a
hollow bush such as A adapted to be fixed in the barrel cask or the like, of a plate

page_text: such as B adapted to be screwed in the bush A, of a vent plug such as D threaded
in a hole passing through the plate B, as set forth.
(3). A bush or shive for barrels casks or the like, consisting essentially of a
hollow bush such as A adapted to be fixed in the barrel cask or the like, of a plate
such as B adapted to be screwed in the bush A, of a vent plug such as D threaded
in a hole passing through the plate B, and of a covering plate such as E screwed
into the bush A as set forth.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.