US1092062A - Sanitary bung and tap. - Google Patents

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1). LONEY & M. P. EGAN.

SANITARY BUNG AND TAP.

- APPLIOATION FILED 111111.21, 1913 Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

UVV'ENTORS DAVID LONEY AND MICHAEL F. EGAN, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA.

SANITARY BUNG- AND TAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914:.

Application filed March 21, 1913. Serial No.755,849.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, DAVID LONEY and MICHAEL F. EGAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Bungs and Taps; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in taps and bungs for barrels for dispensing liquid therefrom and comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view through a keg with our improved bung and dispensing device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the bung, with the handle in place. Fig. 3 is a view of the lower end of the bung with the plug N removed. Fig. 4: is a detail view of an apertured disk showing the lug with which the handle engages, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the operating handle.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a plate having a central screw-threaded opening A and which is adapted to be secured about the bung hole of a barrel B. A bung C has its circumference threaded as at C and is adapted to engage the threads of said plate and extend into the barrel. At the upper end of said bung there is an annular groove C with recesses C in the outer flange leading through into said groove, said recesses being diametrically opposite each other. The ends of said bung are countersunk as at D and D and three apertures or ducts, designated by letters E, E and E are formed through said bung, the former E of which is for the purpose of allowing liquid to pass therethrough, while the central opening E receives a stem F to which are secured the disks F and H so that they will turn with it. The disk F" is rigidly secured to the stem F by any suitable means, while the disk H is keyed to it. The key E on the stem F engages with a slot in the disk H. The said disks have apertures F and I and F and I which register with the apertures or ducts E and E when in open position. A portion of the circumference of the disk H is cut away to form a recess 1 (see Fig. 3) and a lug K projects from the bottom of the lower end of the bung and is adapted to contact with the ends of said recess to limit the rotary movement of said disk H. A bur nut O is fitted to the threaded end of the stem F and a coiled spring 0 is interposed between said nut and the disk H, serving to hold both disks against the ends of the bung body. It will be noted that a raised projection J is formed on the outer face of the disk F.

A handle, designated by letter Q, has a head Q with a circular-outlined portion Q having a slot Q corresponding in shape to the shape of said raised portion on the disk F which it engages for the purpose of allowing the disk to be turned by the swinging movement of the handle. Hook shaped lugs R, formed diametrically opposite each other on said head and handle, are adapted to pass through the recesses 0 into the annular groove 0 in which they may be turned and serve to hold the handle in place when it is given a partial rotary movement for the purpose of turning the disk to bring the apertures and ducts, before referred to, into or out of registration, accordingly as it may be desired to dispense liquid or cut off the dispensing thereof. It will be noted that the head of said handle is provided with two apertures S and S, which register at all times with the apertures F 2 and F.

A screw threaded plug, designated by letter N, engages threads formed in the walls of the countersunk recess in the lower end of the bung and a tube W leads centrally from an opening in said plug and is adapted to extend into the bottom of the barrel to which the device is attached.

The operation of our device will be readily understood and is as follows :-When the bung is attached in place, its apertures are sealed by being out of registration with the corresponding apertures in the disks F and H. When it is desired to dispense liquid, no

projection J upon the disk F engaging the transverse slot Q in the'projection upon the head of the handle. When the handle is turned, the disk F, stem F and disk H will turn therewith. While the liquid is dispensed, the handle may be removed, thereby closing the apertures and making it inconvenient to allow furtherli'quid to be Withdrawn from the barrel to which the device is attached without the use of the peculiarly constructed handle.

"What weclaim to be new is 1. A liquid dispensing device for barrels, etc., comprising a bung fitted Within the bung hole of a barrel, said bung having countersunk ends and ducts leading through the bung, an apertured disk with a stem which passes through an aperture in said bung, a secondapertured disk keyed to said stem, a projection upon one of'said disks, a handle having a recess adapted to receive said projection, and'means for limiting the rotary movement of the disk,- as set forth.

2. A liquid dispensing device for barrels, etc., comprising a bung fitted within the bung hole of a barrel, said bung having countersunk ends and ducts leading through the bung, an apertured disk with a stem passing through an aperture in said bung, a second apertured disk keyed to said stem, a projection upon one of said disks, a handle having a recess adapted to receive said pro j ection, said bung having an annular groove in its circumference with slots leading thereinto, a handle With hooks thereon adapted to engage said groove, a projection upon the face of the head of the handle which is recessed to receive the projection upon said disk, and means for limiting the rotary movement of the disk, as set forth.

3. A liquid dispensing device for barrels, etc., comprising a bung fitted within the bung hole of a barrel, said bung having countersunk ends and ducts leading through the bung, an apertured disk with a stem passing through an aperture in said bung, a second apertured disk keyed to said stem, a projection upon one of said disks, a handle having a raised portion with a recess therein adapted to receive said projection, said shell having an annular groove in its circumference with slots leading thereinto, a handle with hooks thereon adapted to engage said groove, one of said disks having a recess formed in its circumference, and a lug projecting from the bung and adapted to contact with the ends of said recess to limit the rotary movement of the disk, as set forth.

A. A liquid dispensing device for barrels, etc., comprising a bung fitted within the bung hole of a barrel, said bung having countersunk ends and ducts leading through the bung, an apertured disk with a stem passing through an aperture in said bung, a second apertured disk keyed to said stem, a nut fitted to the threaded end of said stem, a coiled spring interposed between the nut and said disk which is keyed to the stem, and means for rotating the'disk, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LONEY."

MICHAEL F; EGAN.

l/Vitnesses:

THOMAS lV. RUssELL, JOHN L. SCHULTZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents,

Washington, D. C.

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