An Improved Automatic Vent-peg for Casks, Barrels, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: An Improved Automatic Vent-peg for Casks, Barrels, and the like.
We, THOMAS VARLEY, of West Marton, near Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, Estate
Agent, and JOHN BENJAMIN MOORHOUSE of Skipton-in-Craven, aforesaid, Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the construction of a vent-peg in such a manner that
when it is applied to a cask, or barrel, etc., the contents of same may be withdrawn
without necessitating the manipulation of the said vent-peg for the purpose of allowing
the atmosphere to act as is well understood.
This is attained by forming the peg, hollow, or as a tube, and continuing its hollow
or tubular part to its outer end, where it is formed for the reception of a ball. The
said ball acting, by a suitable seating being provided, as what is commonly known
as a ball-valve; the aperture or opening beyond which being of a suitable size.
From this it will be seen that when the tap or other article, is opened for the
purpose of withdrawing the contents of the barrel, etc., the pressure of the atmosphere
outside, will press the ball from its seating and so equalize the external and internal
pressures. And again when the said barrel, etc., is closed, by the pressure of the
internal gases or fluids the ball is pressed against its seating.
Dated this 21st day of October 1886.
THOMAS VARLEY.
J. B. MOORHOUSE.
By their Agents,
Moorhouse & Hey.

page_text: We THOMAS VARLEY of West Marton near Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, Estate
Agent and JOHN BENJAMIN MOORHOUSE of Skipton-in-Craven aforesaid, Ironmonger,
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:
That is to say it consists of a vent-peg constructed in such a manner that when it
is applied to a cask, barrel etc., the contents of same may be withdrawn without
necessitating the manipulation of said vent-peg for the purpose of allowing the
atmosphere to act in the manner well known, and in order that this said invention
may be more readily understood we have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings
illustrative thereof, the same bearing letters and figures of reference which are used
in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a vent-peg constructed in accordance with this said invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on line A B, of fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section
of fig. 1.
The object of this invention is attained by forming the peg a of a hollow or tubular
shape, said shape being continued and made to form a suitable receptacle at the outer
end for the ball b; a detachable cap c being fitted to the outer end of said peg a in
order to allow the ball 6 to be inserted. In the cap c beneath the ball b an aperture d
is made.
From this it will be seen that when the tap or other device is opened for the purpose
of withdrawing the contents of the cask, the pressure of the atmosphere outside will
lift the ball from its seating as shewn by dotted lines fig. 3, the projections e ee
preventing it from rising too far up the tube, in this manner making an opening for
said atmosphere to equalize the external and internal pressures as is well understood.
And when the said tap or other device is closed to discontinue the withdrawal of the
contents of the cask, by the pressure of the internal gases or fluids or by gravity,
the ball 6 descends and covers the aperture d, in this manner preventing the
continuance of the atmospheric influence upon the contents of the cask until their
withdrawal is again commenced.
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 :
1. The combination of the ball and the tube a formed as herein shewn, with a
cask or barrel or similar other vessel wherein another and separate outlet is utilized
for the withdrawal of the contents thereof substantially as and for the purposes herein
specified.
Dated this 11th day of July 1887