IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS OF GLASS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon, of Liege,
Belgium, Gentlemen, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS OF GLASS, AND
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
Sealed the 24th April 1860, and dated the 24th November 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Hubart and
Victor Cantillon at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 24th November 1859.
We, ALFRED HUBART and VICTOR CANTILLON, of Liege, Belgium, Gen-
tlemen, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS OF GLASS,
AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows, that
is to say:
This Invention consists in making casks of glass of all sizes by moulding
them in separate parts or halves, and afterwards joining such parts with a band
of glass by means of blow pipes. The machine employed for moulding and
joining consists of a frame composed of two uprights or standards arranged at
a suitable distance apart, each standard having a horizontal shaft working in
bearings therein. Upon the end of each of the horizontal shafts, and between
the two standards, are fitted cast iron moulds, which are made in three parts,
two of such parts forming the sides of the mould, and the third forming a

page_text: movable bottom which is adjustable by a screw. The moulds are caused to
rotate during the soldering or joining operation by means of toothed wheels
fitted on the shaft behind the moulds, such wheels gearing into pinions upon
a shaft above. To the toothed wheels are fitted hoops and bars for holding
the moulds in their places, when the bottoms are removed. In connection
with the toothed wheels, and upon each of the shafts which carry the
moulds, are two counterpoises for purpose of keeping the moulds in a proper
position for soldering, and while they are receiving a rotary motion. The
moulds are drawn together or in contact by means of set screws upon the ends
of each of the horizontal shafts, and have a swing motion imparted to them so
as to cause them successively to assume the position for moulding and sol-
dering. Upon vertical guides in the upper part of the frame are two cast-iron
cores for distributing uniformly the liquid glass round the inner sides of the
moulds, and giving the required thickness and form to each half cask.
Movable rings are attached to the cores, and rise with them; such rings
serve to lengthen the mould, and also leave uncovered the parts of the cask to
be joined. The cores are moved upon the guides by means of a three-
threaded screw; pulleys and cords are arranged upon the upper part of the
machine for raising the cask after being soldered, and for conveying it to the
oven for rebaking.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 23rd May 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, ALFRED
HUBART and VICTOR CANTILLON, of Liege, Belgium, Gentlemen, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight bundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon, Her special licence that we,
the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Can-
tillon, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise and

page_text: vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF CASES, BARRELS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS OF GLASS, AND IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon, our executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing
hereto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say:-
Our Invention consists in making casks of glass of all required sizes by
moulding them in separate parts or balves, and afterwards joining such parts
with a band of glass by means of blow pipes with several jets or burners.
The machine employed for moulding the halves of the cask and holding them
while being joined consists of a frame composed of two standards arranged
at a suitable distance apart, each standard having a bearing in which works a
horizontal shaft. Upon the end of each of the horizontal shafts, and between
the two standards are fitted cast-iron moulds, which are made in three parts,
two of such parts forming the sides of the mould, and the third a movable
bottom, which is adjustable by a screw. The moulds are caused to rotate
during the joining operation by means of toothed wheels keyed to the shaft,
and gearing with pinions upon a shaft above. To the toothed wheels are
fitted iron frames and rods for holding the moulds in their places when the
bottoms are removed. Upon each of the shafts which carry the moulds is
placed a counterpoise; these shafts serve to place the moulds in the proper
position for the joining operation whilst they are receiving a rotatory motion.
The moulds are placed in contact by means of set screws, one upon the end
of each of the horizontal shafts, which work on pivot shafts so as to cause
the moulds successively to assume the position for the moulding and joining
operation. Upon vertical guides in the upper part of the frame are two cast-
iron cores for uniformly distributing the liquid glass round the inner sides of
the moulds, and giving the required thickness and form to each half cask.

page_text: Movable rings are attached to the cores, and ascend with them; such rings
serve to lengthen the mould, and also to leave uncovered the parts of the
cask to be joined. The cores are raised or lowered upon the guides by means
of a three-threaded screw; pulleys and cords may be arranged upon the
upper of the machine for raising the cask after being soldered, and for con-
veying it to the oven for rebaking.
To make our Invention better understood, we will now proceed to describe
the apparatus by reference to the accompanying Drawing.
Figure 1 shows an end view in partial section of the apparatus in the
position for moulding the two halves of a cask or barrel; Figure 2 shows a
side view in partial section of the same in the position for these halves to be
joined together. A, A, are cast-iron moulds made in three parts; two of these
parts forming the sides of the mould are joined together by hinges; the third
part forming the bottom is movable, and can be adjusted or replaced at will
by means of a screw B. C, C, cast-iron cores for uniformly distributing the
liquid glass round the inner sides of the moulds, and giving the required
thickness and form to each half cask; D, D, movable rings sliding in the
guides E, E, fixed to the core and moving with it. These rings serve to
lengthen the moulds, and also to leave uncovered the parts of the cask to be
joined, F, F, three-threaded set screws for driving the cores to the bottom of
the moulds; G, G, iron vertical guide rods for guiding the cores in their travel
in and out of the moulds; H, iron shaft, furnished with two pinions I, I,
gearing into the toothed wheels I¹, I¹, for imparting a rotatory motion to the
two moulds during the joining operation; B screw for adjusting or removing
the bottoms of the moulds when it is desired to withdraw the cask; K, K,
iron frames and rods fixed to the toothed wheels for keeping the lateral parts
of the moulds in their place, when the bottoms are removed. L, L, horizontal
shafts provided with counterweights L', L'; to these shafts are fixed the
toothed wheels I', I', and the moulds A, A. The counterweights serve to
place the moulds in the required position for the joining operation, and to keep
them in that position whilst they receive a rotatory motion. M, M, cast-iron
guides or supports for keeping the shafts L, L, in a horizontal position; N, N,
set screws for adjusting the moulds and toothed wheels until the uncovered
parts of the glass to be soldered come in contact, when they are joined together
by a band of glass being applied thereon by means of a blow pipe having
several jets or burners surrounding the parts to be united; 0, 0, bearings in
which slide the shafts L, L, supporting the moulds A, A; these bearings are
fixed to the shaft P, which turns on pivots in the cast-iron brackets Q, Q, so
as to give to the moulds a swinging motion, and cause them to assume

page_text: successively the position for moulding and joining, as required; R, rod to
which may be connected pulleys, cords, and hooks for removing the cask after
being joined, and conveying it to the oven for rebaking.
Casks of a capacity of or exceeding five gallons and a half are moulded in
parts, and afterwards joined together, as herein-before described, the moulding
operation being conducted by the ordinary method for running looking
glasses.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we would observe that we do not confine ourselves to the
precise details of construction; what we claim as new, and desire to secure by
Letters Patent, is,
First, the manufacture of casks or barrels and other like vessels of glass of
any required form and dimensions by moulding the same in two parts, and
afterwards joining the said parts together by the application by heat of a band
of glass, as herein-before described.
Secondly, the construction and employment of the apparatus for moulding
casks or barrels and other similar vessels of glass in two parts, and for holding
or supporting the said parts during the operation of joining, as herein-before
described, and represented in the Figures of the annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, we, the said Alfred Hubart and Victor Cantillon,
have hereto set our hands and seals, this Fifteenth day of May,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.