Improvements in Barrels for Beer and other Liquids, and in Appliances for Use in Connection with same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1889-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels for Beer and other Liquids, and in
Appliances for Use in Connection with same.
I, PETER COLLIGAN of Hunslet Road, Leeds in the County of York, Publican, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
My improvements have reference to barrels for beer and other liquids, these being
arranged so that one or both ends may be removed for cleansing or other purposes
without taking off the hoops or in any way interfering with the stability of such
barrel.
When preferred one end of the barrel may be arranged in the ordinary way, or
both ends may be constructed and fixed in position as follows:-
I provide metal pieces supported on the staves forming the barrel, by which the
end or ends of the barrel are secured and held tightly up to a flange or flanges in the
barrel by means of screws or studs and nuts, the screws or studs being attached to
the ends of the barrel.
In order to draw the ends of the barrel into position to be held by the metal pieces
I employ a crosshead, which may be supported on the edges of the staves of the
barrel, such crosshead having a hand screw passing through with bar below, the
latter being provided with hooks to take into loops attached to the barrel end
or ends.
By turning the hand screw the end or ends are drawn tightly up into position, and
afterwards held there by the abovementioned metal pieces and screws or studs and
nuts. This done the crosshead is removed. When preferred 1 employ a loose hand
hooked piece, whereby the operator can draw the end or ends tightly into position for
the fixing operation.
The parts forming the barrel end or ends may be hinged together for the purpose
of more conveniently withdrawing the same from the barrel, provided with a rush or
packing of india-rubber at the joint, thereby preserving the same water and air
tight.
Dated thin 6th day of Angust 1889
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels for Beer and other Liquids, and in
Appliances for Use in Connection with same.
I, PETER COLLIGAN of Hunslet Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Publican, 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 improvements have reference to barrels for heer and other liquids, these being
arranged so that one or both ends may be removed for cleansing or other purposes
without taking off the hoops or in any way interfering with the stability of such
barrel.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections respectively
through lines A. B and C. D. Fig. 3 a plan looking at the top.
When preferred one end of the barrel may be arranged in the ordinary way, or
both ends may be constructed and fixed in position as follows:
I provide a metal ring or rings A supported by angle pieces B on the staves C
forming the barrel, by which the end or ends D of the barrel are secured and held

page_text: tightly up to a flange or flanges E in the barrel by means of screws or studs F and
nuts G, the screws or studs F being attached to the ends D of the barrel by a fixed
hinged plate or ring H.
In order to draw the end or ends D into position to be held by the ring or rings A
I employ a hooked lifting piece J provided with a handle K, which is hooked into
loops Lattached to the barrel end or ends D. By this arrangement the end or
ends D are drawn tightly up into position, and afterwards held there by the above
mentioned ring A with its angle pieces B, and screws or studs F and nuts G.
When preferred I employ a crosshead which may be supported on the edges of the
staves of the barrel, such crosshead having in connection therewith a hand screw and
suitable hooks whereby the barrel end or ends are drawn into position.
The parts forming the end or ends of the barrel may be hinged together at M for
the purpose of more conveniently withdrawing the same from the barrel.
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 is
1st. The construction of barrels, and the means employed for retaining the end or
ends thereof in position, such means or apparatus being so constructed that the ends
of barrels may be readily removed for cleaning and other purposes without taking off
the hoops or in any way interfering with the stability of such barrels, substantially as
herein set forth.
2nd. The means or apparatus employed for drawing the barrel end or ends into
position, substantially as and for purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1889.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.