Improvements in Hoops for Barrels, Drums, and other like Containing Vessels.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hoops for Barrels, Drums, and other like
Containing Vessels.
I, EDWARD REDMAN, of Black Bull Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, 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:-
My Invention relates to improvements in hoops for barrels, drums and other
like containing vessels by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
My invention consists essentially of two parts which for the purposes of this
The said crown
specification I shall term respectively the crown and the base.
consists of one or more annular hollow arches arranged, when there are more than
one, in planes parallel to one another and the said base consists of one or more
annular flanges which bear upon the body of the barrel or of the drum.
The hoops may be produced in any convenient way, as for example by rolling,
pressing or casting.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I shall now pro-
ceed to describe, by way of types or examples, certain forms thereof, which
forms I have illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings. In the drawings
Figure I is an end elevation,
Figure II a side elevation and
Figure III a cross section of one form of my invention as adapted for a cylin-
drical drum.
Figures IV, V and VI are respectively an end elevation, a side elevation and a
cross section of a form similar to that shown in Figures I, II and III but adapted
for a barrel shaped body.
Figures VII, VIII, IX, X and XI are cross sections of modified forms of hoop.
Figures XII, XIII, XIV, XV and XVI are end elevations of modified forms
of hoop.
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Referring now to Figures I, II and III it will be seen that the hoop consists of
an annular arch 1 and that the base consists of two flat annular flanges 2. 2.
These hoops may be made in any convenient manner but preferably from sheet
steel by rolling. When such a hoop is passed over a drum or other cylindrical
body it can be attached thereto by means of the flanges 2, 2 and a hollow space
now exists between the body or wall of the said drum and the curved wall of the
arch 1. The hoop may be attached to the drum by its flanges by sweating,
rivetting or the like as will be well understood.
The form illustrated in Figures IV, V and VI differs from that illustrated in
Figures I, II and III in that the hoop is larger at one side 3 than at the other
side 4 so as to adapt it to the contour of an ordinary barrel body, the side 3 being
placed, as will be readily understood towards the bilge of the barrel body and the
side 4 towards the end or head thereof.
Figures VII and XII illustrate in cross section and end elevation respectively a
case which differs from Figures III and I, and VI and IV in that the crown
consists of two arches 1, 1 instead of one arch, the said arches being separated by

page_text: an annular trough or depression 5. In this case the base consists of flanges similar
to those already described. The number of arches may be increased at will if it
be necessary:
Figures VIII and XIII illustrate in cross section and end elevation respectively
a case differing from Figures III and IV in that the base instead of consisting
of two outwardly extending flanges consists of two flanges 2, 2 extending inwardly.
In the cases hereinbefore described the base has consisted of two flanges. In
Figures IX and XIV I illustrate in cross section and end elevation respectively a
hoop in which the base consists of a single flange 2.
Figures X and XV illustrate in cross section and end elevation respectively a
case differing from Figures IX and XIV in the fact that instead of consisting of
the combination of a single arch and a single flange, it consists of the combination
of two arches separated by an annular trough or depression and a single flange.
Figure XI illustrates in cross section a form which differs from that shown in
Figure VII in that the depression 5 is brought down to a level with the flanges 2,-2
so as to form a third flange 6. Figure XVI illustrates the said form in end
elevation.
It will be noticed that whereas the cross section Figures VII, VIII, IX, X
and XI illustrate hoops adapted for drums or cylindrical bodies, the end elevation
Figures XII, XIII, XIV, XV and XVI illustrate hoops adapted for barrel shaped
bodies.
When I manufacture the forms illustrated in Figures I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII,
VIII, XI, XII, XIII and XVI, I prefer to do so by rolling or spinning from.
sheet metal whilst I prefer to make the forms illustrated in Figures IX, X, XIV.
and XV from metal tube after the manner well known in the art of manufacturing
cycle rims.
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My invention although primarily intended for metal barrels and drums, such
for example as those at present made from sheet steel, is equally applicable in the
case of wooden barrels or drums built up of staves or planks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said a
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a hoop for barrels, drums and other like containing vessels, the com-
bination of a crown and a base substantially as set forth.
2. A hoop for barrels, drums and other like containing vessels, consisting of a
crown and a base, and having one side 3 of greater diameter than the other side 4
substantially as set forth.
3. In a hoop for barrels, drums and other like containing vessels the combina-
tion of a crown consisting of a single arch and a base consisting of two or more
flanges substantially as set forth.
4. In a hoop for barrels, drums and other like containing vessels, the combina-
tion of a crown consisting of two or more arches and a base consisting of a single
flange, substantially as set forth.
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5. The specific form of hoop set forth with reference to Figures I to III.*****''
6. The specific form of hoop set forth with reference to Figures IV to VI.
7. The specific forms of hoop set forth with reference to Figures VII, XII, VIII,
XIII, IX, XIV, X, XV, XI and XVI respectively.
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Dated this 20th day of June 1897.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Norfolk House, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.
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