Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 27th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
1, CLAYTON FIELDEN, of The Foresters Arms, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire, Licensed Victualler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
This invention consists in the improved vent peg for casks and the like hereinafter
described which is simple to manufacture and certain in its action.
The said improved vent peg consists of a tubular shank or spigot having fixed to
one end a flat steel spring which is bent forward and folded back so as to form a
spring lever which lies over and covers that end of the tube. Attached to the said
spring lever and between it and the said end of the tube is an india-rubber pad or
valve which by the action of the spring is pressed upon the end of the tube and
effectually closes it.
The said tubular shank is inserted in a hole in the cask or other vessel or in the
cork or bung and for facility in doing this a screw thread may be formed around it.
Air is admitted to the cask or other vessel by simply raising the lever and with it
the india-rubber valve or pad through a short space so as to uncover the end of the
tube or spigot when air will pass through the tube or spigot as required and when
sufficient air has been admitted the spring on being released presses the valve on to
the end of the tube and effectually closes it.
In a modification of my invention the spring lever which carries the valve or pad
is not fixed to the tubular shank or spigot. but is jointed thereto by having for
instance a projecting pin at each side which work in ears formed on a piece of metal
fixed to the end of the tubular shank or spigot and between which and the lever is a
spring which presses the valve on to the end of the tube.
Dated this 26th day of January 1887
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, CLAYTON FIELDEN, of The Foresters Arms, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire, Licensed Victualler, 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 consists in the improved vent peg for casks and the like hereinafter
described which is simple to manufacture and certain in its action.
The said improved vent peg consists of a tubular shank or spigot having fixed to
one end a flat steel spring which is bent forward and folded back so as to form a
spring lever which lies over and covers that end of the tube. Attached to the said
spring lever and between it and the said end of the tube is an india-rubber pad or
valve which by the action of the spring is pressed upon the end of the tube and
effectually closes it.
The said tubular shank is inserted in a hole in the cask or other vessel or in the
cork or bung and for facility in doing this a screw thread may be formed around it.
Air is admitted to the cask or other vessel by simply raising the lever and with it
the india-rubber valve or pad through a short space so as to uncover the end of the
tube or spigot when air will pass through the tube or spigot as required and when
sufficient air has been admitted the spring on being released presses the valve on to
the end of the tube and effectually closes it.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. shews in elevation one form of vent peg
constructed according to my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional end view and Fig. 3 is
a plan of the same; Figs. 4 and 5 represent sectional elevations of the same closed
and open respectively and Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the spring levor and valve
or pad of the vent peg.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, both inclusive, in which similar
letters refer to similar parts, a is the tubular shank or spigot and b is the steel spring
lever fixed to one end of the shank and bent so as to cover the hole d in the end
thereof. c is the india-rubber pad or valve which is attached to the spring lever
by the teeth formed on the lever and turned down so as to clip the india-rubber.
The spring lever 6 presses the india-rubber valve c upon the end of the tube and
effectually closes it. The shank a is preferably made taper and screw threaded so as
to be more readily and securely fixed in a hole in a cask or other vessel or in a cork
or bung. By lifting the spring lever b, as shewn in Fig. 5, the valve c is raised
from the end of the spigot a and the vent opened, and on the lever being released it
will spring back and press the valve c again on to the vent and effectually close it.
In a modification of my invention the spring lever which carries the valve or pad
is not fixed to the tubular shank or spigot but is jointed thereto by having for
instance a projecting pin at each side which work in ears formed on a piece of metal
fixed to the end of the tubular shank or spigot and between which and the lever is a
spring which presses the valve on to the end of the tube.

page_text: This modification of my invention is illustrated by Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of
which Fig. 7 represents in elevation, Fig. 8 in plan and Fig. 9 in sectional elevation
the said modification of my invention and Fig. 10 is a sectional elevation of the same
open. Figs. 11 and 12 represent details of the same separately. e is the piece of
metal which is fixed to the tubular shank or spigot a having the two side cars, f
and a tail piece el. The spring lever g works between these ears, projecting side
pins g, working in holes e in the ears. To one end of the lever g is fixed the
india-rubber valve or pad c for closing the hole in the end of the spigot and the other
end of the lever is pressed upwardly by the free end of the spring / the other
end of which is fixed to the piece of metal e. By pressing the tail end g³ of the
lever downwards the vent is opened (see Fig. 10) and on it being released the vent
is closed by the pad c pressed on to the end of the spigot by the lever g.
The ears, and the piece e are preferably formed together of a single piece of
sheet metal and fixed to the spigot a by the spigot passing through a hole therein
and being soldered thereto see Fig. 12.
In conclusion I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
form or shape of the parts shewn on the accompanying drawings as the same may
be varied without departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1st. A vent peg for casks and the like consisting of a tubular spigot fixed at or
near one end to a spring lever, the spring lever covering that end of the spigot and
provided with a valve or pad which by the action of the spring lever automatically
closes the end of the spigot all substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
2nd. A vent peg for casks and the like consisting of a tubular spigot fixed at or
near one end to a metal top piece provided with ears between and to which a spring
lever is pivotted, the spring lever having a valve or pad which by the action of the
spring lever automatically closes the end of the spigot all substantially as herein-
hefore described and illustrated by Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying
drawings.
3rd. In a vent peg for casks and the like the combination with the tubular metal
spigot a of the piece of sheet metal e fixed to the spigot and provided with side
ears for the purpose and substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 7th day of October 1887.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.