Improvements in and relating to Barrels to Aid and Facilitate the Venting of the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Barrels to Aid and Facilitate the
Venting of the same.
EMMANUEL BALL Professor of Music 112 Lichfield Street Walsall do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention to aid and facilitate the venting of barrels, consists of a barrel having
a permanent vent hole bored or made through it, similarly permanent to the tap or
bung hole of a barrel. This permanent vent hole as I have terme! it, will be plugged
with cork (or any other suitable material) similar to the tap hole, so that when one
wished to vent a barrel containing a liquid which required venting, they might by
inserting an ordinary vent peg (or any other suitable tool) and giving the same a few
taps (with anything suitable) knock the plug out of the vent hole, and so vent the
barrel, and afterwards insert the vent peg into the vent hole.
This vent hole may be bored or made in any part of the barrel, desired.
To protect the vent hole, a bush (with or without a rim round it) male of metal or
any other suitable material, may be inserted in the vent hole. This vent hole bush,
may be made to screw or drive in, in fact the thread of a screw bush, may be so made
(if desired) as to admit of being driven in the vent hole.
The plug which is inserted in the vent hole, may be coloured or painted any colour
at its outer end. This would make the plug less porous and also enable one to see
more readily where to insert the vent peg.
This permanent vent hole as stated above, would not only avoid the public at large,
the laborious task of boring vent holes (with oft times very inferior tools) but it would
be found most ready and useful for inserting finings, and for tasting purposes. To
ensure one having a vent peg and tap hole cork, a metal stamping or cast ng may be
made with two compartments (to receive the vent peg and tap hole cork) and attached
to the tap end of the barrel. If desired, two small holes (apart from the bung and tap
hole) may be made permanently in any convenient part of the barrel, and plugg so
that the plugs would drive out readily when one wished to vent the barrel, or insert
finings, or vent pegs (porous or not) or taste the contents of the barrel.
Why I mention that two small holes may be made in barrels, is for the following
reasons, Porous pegs are generally much thicker round at their points than vent pegs,
consequently require a larger hole. It is also usual to insert porous pegs through the
top of a barrel so that no liquid might escape during transit. Finings al-o are
generally inserted through a small hole bored in the top of the barrel, but the hole to
receive the vent peg would answer well, if bored in the tap end of the barrel. this
same hole would then be most useful for tasting purposes.
Any barrel fitted up with two small holes in the manner described would not only
be of great advantage to the public at large, but would save inuch destruction done to
barrels from boring numerous holes about them for venting and other purposes.
It is no uncommon thing to see a barrel bored and pegged in twenty or thirty
different places.
Dated this 13th day of August 1896.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Barrels to Aid and Facilitate the
Venting of the same.
I, EMMANUEL BALL, of 112 Lichfield Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Professor of Music do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention to aid and facilitate the venting of barrels, consists of a barrel
having a permanent vent hole bored or made through it, similarly permanent to the
tap or bung hole of a barrel. This permanent vent hole as I have termed it, will be
plugged with cork (or other suitable material) similar to the tap hole, so that when
one wished to vent a barrel containing a liquid which required venting, they might by
inserting an ordinary vent peg (or any other suitable tool) and giving the same a few
taps with anything suitable, knock the plug out of the vent hole, and so vent the
barrel, and afterwards insert the vent peg into the vent hole.
This vent hole may be bored or made in any part of the barrel desired.
To protect the vent hole a bush, (with or without a rim) may be inserted in the
vent hole. This vent hole bush, may be made to screw or drive in, in fact the thread
of a screw bush, may be so made if desired as to admit of being driven in the
vent hole.
The plug which is inserted in the vent hole inay be coloured or painted any
colour at its outer end. This would make the plug less porous and also enable one
to see more readily where to insert the vent peg.
This permanent vent hole as stated above would not only avoid the public at large,
the laborious task of boring vent holes with oft times very inferior tools but it
would be found most ready and useful when inserting finings and also for ta-ting
purposes. To insure one having a vent peg and tap hole cork, a metal sta uping
or casting may be made with two compartments to receive the vent pez and tap
hole cork and attached to the tap end of the barrel. If desired two small holes,
apart from the bung and tap hole, may be made prmanently in any convenient
part of the barrel and plugged so that the plugs would drive out readily when one
wished to vent the barrel or insert finings, or vent pegs porous or not, or taste the
contents of the barrel. Why I mention that two small holes may be made in barrels
is for the following reasons:-
Porous pegs are generally much thicker round at their point than vent pegs
consequently require a larger hole. It is also usual to insert porous pegs through the
top of a barrel, so that no liquid might escape during tran-it. Finings also are
generally inserted through a small hole bored in the top of the barrel, ut the hole
to receive the vent peg would answer well if bored in the tap end of the birrel.
This same hole would then be most useful for tasting purposes.
Any barrel fitted up with two small holes in the manner described would not only
be of great advantage to the public at large, but save much distruction done to barrels
from boring numerous vent holes about them for venting purposes.
uncommon thing to see a barrel bored in twenty or thirty different places.
It is no
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more e-ily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet o. drawings
upon which I have illustrated the same.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel A part of which is in section showing my
improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of part of the top of the barrel A with my improved
vent hole and bush applied thereto.
Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view of metal flange for protecting the vent les
in barrels.

page_text: In carrying my invention into practice I bore or drill a hole either straight
or tapered in the top part of the barrel A and insert a plug & made of cork or other
suitable material and when it is necessary to vent the barrel I drive the cork out
into the interior of the barrel by inserting the ordinary vent peg a or by other
means. In order to protect this vent hole from being enlarged by constant use I
insert a screwed bush 63 (see Fig. 2) either with or without the flange but when
the flanged bush is used I prefer to countersink the barrel round the top of the vent
hole so as to sink the flange flush with the outer surface of the barrel. Instead of
inserting a screwed bush in the permanent vent hole I may form the bush so as
to admit of being drawn in, the outer circumference of which may or may not be
serrated..
In place of a screwed or plain bush I may secure a metal flange around the
mouth of the vent hole as shown at Figure 1 and in this case I also prefer to
countersink the barrel around the top of the vent hole so as to allow the flange to
lie flush with the outer surface.
I may make two three or more of these permanent holes in any part of the barrel
one for inserting the ordinary vent peg one for the porous vent peg and one by
preference formed in the head of the barrel for tasting purposes.
Any one of these permanent hole may be used for inserting finings after the barrel
has been filled by driving out the plug which is inserted in each and then plugging
the hole again. The permanent holes may be bushed or protected by the metal
flange an enlarged view of which is shown at Fig. 3 as also the tap liole 6. For
the purpose of clearly indicating the position of these permanent holes I may paint the
head of the plug a bright colour which would also answer the purpose of more
effectually sealing them.
Barrels fitted with these permanent holes in the manner as hereinfore described will
not only be found to be of great advantage to the public but then will save them from
being constantly bored in different places for venting, tasting and other purposes
which very soon makes them worthless.
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
First. Improvements in and relating to barrels to aid and facilitate the venting
of same substantially as hereinfore described and shown on the accompanying
drawings.
Second. Forming in a barrel one or more
protecting the same by a screwed bush such as
as in the manner substantially as hereinbefore
panying drawings at Figure 2.
permanent vent or other holes, and
either with or without a flange such
described and shown on the accom-
Third. In a barrel protecting the vent or other permanent hole by a metal flange
such as substantially as herein before described and shewn on the accompanying
drawings at Figures 1 and 3.
Dated this 24th day of August 1896
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.