Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 16th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Dec., 1887
ELI HOLDING Grocer and Draper Brinscall near Chorley Lancashire, and JAMES
HOLDING Overlooker of Power Loomis Wheelton near Chorley Lancashire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is a round taper peg with a hole bored in the Centra of the peg, going nealy
through lengthways leaving the thickest end of the peg solid another hole is bored
through the Diameter of the peg breaking through the former hole. Then we pull a
India Rubber Cord with a head on one end; through the hole in the Diameter of the
peg this complets the invention we claim the India Rubber Cord. The peg is now
diven into the Barrel &c. and the thicker part of the peg where the India Rubber
Cord goes through always stands outside the Barrel &c. When requireing air pull at
the India Rubber Cord get hold of one end and pull the India Rubber. It goes small
in the hole then air gets down in the Barrel. Let the India Rubber free it fills the hole
up again making it air tight as before.
Dated this 28th day of December 1886
ELI HOLDING.
JAMES HOLDING.

page_text: ELI HOLDING Grocer &c. Brinscall near Chorley Lancashire JAMES HOLDING
Overlooker of Power Looms Wheelton near Chorley Lancashire We 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:-
An Improved Vent Peg for admitting air into Barrels and other Vessels to replace
Liquid or Liquids withdrawn from them: This Improved Vent Peg is constructed as
followsA a Taper Peg made of Wood or Metal is bored nearly through lengthways,
a short length at the thicker end being left solid. Then through the thicker end of
the peg a hole is bored to cut through the first hole at right Angles: In this second
hole a Plug made of Solid or tubular India Rubber is placed the Plug being made long
enough to project out at one side of the Peg half an inch or more as required.
The mode of useing this Improved Vent Peg is as follows:-The Peg with Plug
attached is driven tightly into the Vent Hole of the Barrel or other Vessel to which
it is applied when the Liquid is withdrawn from the Barrel or other Vessels by means
of a tap or otherwise, air is admitted into the barrel or Vessel to replace the liquid by
pulling at the projecting part of the plug and causing the plug to contract in diameter
thus causing air to pass down the Vent Peg into the barrel or other Vessel to which
it is applied. When the plug is released it will at once resume its normal position in
the Vent Peg and render the Barrel or Vessel air tight as before.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. When the Vent Peg is once put in the Barrel or other Vessel it never requires
taking out until the Barrel or Vessel is empty.
2nd. As the Vent Peg is never taken out untill the Barrel or Vessel is empty users
will not have liquids spoiled and rendered unsaleable as with other pegs by omitting
to replace them in the barrel or other vessel after taking them out to allow liquid to
be withdrawn.
3rd. We claim as noveltys the way in which the Peg is bored and the adoption and
mode of use of the India Rubber Plug to admit the air through the Vent Peg into the
Barrel or other Vessel to which the Peg is applied.
4th. The aforesaid India Rubber Plug is flanged or enlarged at one end thus
preventing the plug from being pulled through the hole in the peg when pulled at
from the other side of the peg, when air is required.
JAMES HOLDING.
ELI HOLDING.