Improvements in Faucet Bungs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1896--Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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 :-
The objects of this invention are to secure greater impermeability in a valve
and thus more perfectly prevent leakage, to render the valve more durable, to
provide more durable means for operating the valve, and to secure other advantages
and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the
description of the working parts.
The invention consists in the improved fancet bang, and in the arrangements and
combinations of parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth 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 several figures,
Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the improved faucet bung when the
same is made particularly for ale barrels or casks; Figure 2 is a plan of the
same;
Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the bung adapted for beer barrels or kegs;
Figure 4 is a section on line .c, and Figure 5 is a section on line y, Figure 1;
Figure 6 is a rear view showing a certain cap removed and a transverse back
plate for closing the entrance of the port and preventing pitch from entering when
the barrel is being interiorly coated therewith;
Figure 7 is a sectional view showing certain detail modifications;
Figure 8 is a detail showing a flushing key in co-operative relation thereto; and
Figure 9 is a section on line z.
In said drawings, a indicates a body of the bung which is exteriorly threaded as
at a', and interiorly provided with a valve seat-a¹, and inclined faucet bearings, all,
such as are adapted to receive and hold the key faucet, or the tubular connection
through which the keg is filled.
At the opposite sides of the valve seat a", which may be slightly funnel shape
on the inner side, as indicated in Figures 1 and 3, are arranged discs valves c and d,
which bear oppositely against said valve seat so as to produce therewith impervious
joints through which the beer, ale or other fluid cannot escape.
The outer valve disc provides integral ineans such as the key projection e, by
which the valves are turned and opened or closed simultaneously, and, at the rear,
means such as the integral threaded hub e', and nut f, for clamping the two valve
discs against the seat a. The valve seat a", and the discs c, d, are correspondingly
perforated to provide outflow passages for the fluid, and said seat and the inner
valve disc are centrally perforated to receive the hub or pivotal extension of the
forward valve.
To prevent the outflow passages or ports of the valve seat from being clogged
with dirt, and to prevent manipulation of the valve from the outside by means of
sticks or instruments being inserted in the open valve ports, and furthermore, to
prevent injury to the faces of the valve or valve seat, I provide guard plates k, k',

page_text: Figures 1, 3, 4, 6, which lie against the faces of the discs c, d. Said plates extend
transversely across the said discs and are preferably inserted in position after said
discs are placed upon the valve seat, by first bending the plates slightly to reduce
their lengths and then, after placing them in position, straightening them, so that
their ends enter retaining notches in the side walls in the bung body provided for
them as indicated in Figure 3.
When the valve is turned to its closed position, the ports thereof pass beneath
the plates k, and are thus thoroughly and effectually. protected.
The transverse plate k', on the inside of the bung against the inner valve disc,
as shown in Figure 6, serves to cover the valve passages or ports from the inside,
when the valve is closed and thus prevent the perforations or ports from being
clogged when the barrel is being coated interiorly with pitch or other substance
commonly employed in the lining of barrels; it serves as a knife or scraper for
removing the pitch from the exposed part of the valve when the latter is
turned.
These transverse plates, are in the preferred construction, each perforated
centrally, in the one case to allow the passage for the key-projection e, and in the
other of the hub projection e', on which the nut f, is seated.
To prevent more effectually any leakage from the cask or barrel, I provide the
inner or rear valve disc c, with the threaded hub c', to which is removably secured
a cap g, which extends over and around the ends of the hubs e¹, and c', the nut f,
and spring washers h. The said cap g, is interiorly threaded in correspondence
with the hub e', and when the parts are secured together, they provide a very close
and impervious joint, through which fluid is prevented from passing between the
valve hubs, and out through the valve ports as will be apparent.
The cap g, preferably serves as a nut for holding a strainer m, in place over the
ports or passages through the valve, the said strainer being of a cap-like form
and centrally perforated to pass over and around the bub. To secure a more
perfect impermeability, I prefer to provide the interior key seat o, where it receives
the packing ring p, with a plurality of annular ridges g, and, as indicated in
Figure 7, I prefer to form the inner ridge of a greater projection than the
outer one so that the pressure will first be brought near the inner edge of the
packing.
In connection with the bung, I have provided a flushing key, shown in Figures 8
and 9, adapted to open and close the valves and be removed from the bung
while the said parts or passages are still open to allow water to be directed into
the barrel for rinsing or cleansing purposes.
Said key comprises a centrally perforated collar, r, having at its periphery
ridges, which correspond with the grooves on the inside of the bung into
which the lugs, of the faucet key are first inserted when fastening said key
faucet, into the bung. Said collar is also provided with forward projections 11
Figure 8, serving as stops for limiting the movement of the handled shank s. Said
shank is pivotally arranged in said collar and is held therein by a nut t, and spring
washer u, which latter presses the collar against a shoulder q', 'formed on said
shank.
At its outer end, said key is provided with the handle v and at its opposite inner
end is formed to engage the valve projection to turn the same. At one side, it is
provided with a lateral projection w, to engage the projection 1.
The limited movement of the key shank corresponds with that of the key faucet
and thus, when the valves are closed by said shank, the valve projection e, will
be in position to receive said faucet key as will be understood.
In operating the flushing key to turn the valves, the said key is inserted in the
bung, the peripheral ridges entering the grooves of the bung and guide the
shank so that its inner or forward extremity enters into proper engagement with
the valve, the shank is then turned until stopped by the projections, at
which point the valves will be fully opened so as to allow a full flow of water
therethrough.

page_text: The key is then withdrawn and the barrel flushed, the key is again inserted and
by a reverse action the valves are again closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the bung body having an interior valve seat and a valve
arranged at the upper outer side thereof, and adapted to be turned thereon to open
or close the bung, of a plate k, covering and protecting the opening in the said
outer valve from outside interference and dirt, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the bung body, having interiorly inclined faucet
bearings and a valve seat, a valve having outflow passages or ports and a transverse
plate, secured at its opposite ends to the interior of the bung body, and adapted to
cover the ports of the valve when the latter is closed, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination with the bung body having a valve seat and an interior valve
arranged on the inner side of said valve seat, and a covering plate fixed to the
bung body and covering the closed valve passage and preventing the entrance of
pitch or similar coating material when the barrel to which the bung is applied is
being rendered impermeable by such coating material, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination with the bung body having a valve seat, a valve having
ports and a central projection or extension of a centrally perforated protecting
plate to cover said ports and allow a passage for the centre part of the valve,
substantially as set forth.
5. The combination with the bung body having a valve seat and a valve lying
against the outside of said seat, said bung body being interiorly recessed of a
transverse protecting plate having its ends in the recesses of said body and its
face covering the ports in the valve when the valve is closed, substantially as
set forth.
6. The improved faucet bung herein described comprising the bung body
exteriorly threaded and interiorly provided with inclined bearings, a¹, and a valve
seat a", disc valve arranged on opposite sides of said valve seat and held against
the same by a nut f, the forward valve seat having a projection e, and a transverse
protecting plate for covering the ports of the interior disc valve, all combined
substantially as set forth.
7. The improved faucet bung herein described comprising a bung body having
interior inclined bearings for the faucet key and a valve seat, disc valves arranged
on opposite sides of said seat, with ports exteriorly and interiorly exposed, and
plates k, k, against the interior and exterior faces of said valves for covering said
exposed parts, substantially as set forth.
8. The combination with the bung body having a valve seat having ports, a seat
for the faucet key and means for fastening said faucet key upon said bung body, a
valve engaging said valve seat and a hub like projection central to said valve and
means for actuating said valve by the faucet key and means for holding said valve
to its seat, and a protecting plate lying against the valve and centrally perforated
to provide for the hub like projection and covering the ports in the valve to protect
the same when closed, substantially as set forth.
9. The improved faucet bung comprising the body portion having a valve seat
and faucet seat, an inner and an outer valve and means for holding each to the
valve seat, a strainer covering the inner valve and a cap secured to the hub of the
inner valve and holding said strainer in place and covering said holding means, all
combined substantially as set forth.
10. The combination in a faucet bung with the bung body portion adapted to be
fastened into the bung hole of the barrel, and having a key seat and valve seat, of
a valve disc d, having the hub e', and projection e, a valve disc c, arranged on the
hub e', and having a hub c', and a cap covering the end of the hub e', and fastened
to the hub c', substantially as set forth.
11. The combination in a faucet bung with the bung body portion adapted to be

page_text: fastened into the bung hole of a barrel and having a key seat and valve seat, of a
valve disc d, having the hub el, and a projection e, a valve disc c, arranged on the
hub e', and having the hub c', a nut f, spring washer h, and a cap g, enclosing said
nut and washer and fastened to said hub c', substantially as set forth.
12. The combination with the faucet bung body having the interior grooves to
receive the faucet lugs, a valve seat and a valve having means to receive the
key faucet, of a flushing key comprising a collar adapted to be set into the said
bung body and having peripheral ridges corresponding with and extending into
said interior grooves and having forward stop projections, corresponding with
said ridges and handled key shank working in said collar and having an integral
flange or shoulder q', having at its periphery a lateral projection w, limited in its
oscillating movements by the forward projections, and means for holding the
-collar and shank in operative relation, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1896.
DILLON BEEBE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.