IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS & OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME (APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN OTHER ARTICLES).
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Stout, of Bootle, in the County of Lancaster, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS & OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME
(APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN OTHER ARTICLES)."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Stout at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd August 1877.
CHARLES STOUT, of Bootle, in the County of Lancaster. IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS & OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS
FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME (APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN
OTHER ARTICLES)."
In cutting barrel heads by the band saw it is usual to mark them out and guide
them by hand; now my Invention is designed to cut them by machinery without
marking.
It consists in placing on the table or bracket of a band saw (or other firm support)
a moveable centre or its mechanical equivalent moveable in a line at right angles to
the side of the saw. On this centre is fixed the table on which the article to be
cut is laid. The diameter to the circle cut is regulated by the distance of the
moveable centre from the edge of the saw; this distance is regulated by screw or
otherwise.
The heads to be cut are placed in the table against a moveable fence or series of
pins in the position with reference to the cutting circle corresponding to that in
which they would be on the cask. The table is now rotated and the saw cuts off
all parts projecting beyond the circle to be cut.
The fence can be regulated by a screw, the same as the centre pin.
Instead of a centre pin a quadrant or other mechanism could be substituted.

page_text: One advantage of this machine is that by cutting the various pieces, with the
fence always in the same position for the particular piece, an infinite number of
heads can be manufactured with pieces interchangeable at pleasure, though no
trouble has been taken.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Stout in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd February
1878.
CHARLES STOUT, of Bootle, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS AND OTHER SIMILAR-ARTICLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS
FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME (APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN
OTHER ARTICLES)."
In cutting barrel heads by the band saw it is usual to mark them out and guide
them by hand; now my Invention is designed to cut them by machinery without
marking.
In the ordinary table A of a band saw, preferably capable of swivelling to an
angle so as to cut on the bevil, I construct a screw B, held in position by collar C
or otherwise. This screw is preferably placed in the cut left to insert the saw D
into the table; but while in the same line with the edge of the saw and at right
angles to the side of the same, the screw does not extend up to the saw. On this
screw is a slide block sliding in the slide, or cut, and having a pin I or axes on its
upper part, upon which works a table E. If only one size of head is required to be
made in the machine the screw B can be omitted, and the pivot on which the
table E works can be fixed immoveably in the swivelling table A or any other firm
support. In E again is a screw F similar to B, and in this works a sliding nut
carrying a fence G; or, instead of this screw nut, fence holes H, H, can be drilled
in the table for the insertion of pegs, any two of which will act for a fence.
The mode of action is as follows:-The centre I, being fixed at a distance from
the edge of the saw, equal to the radius of the circle to be cut if it is wanted that
the pieces shall be interchangeable, the fence G is placed at the exact distance from
the centre of the table that the joint between two boards is to come from the centre
of the barrel head. One or more boards are then placed on table E against fence G,
or pegs placed in holes H, H, at the right distance, and are pressed down by hand
or otherwise onto two or more little points projecting from table E, so as to keep
the bottom one steady, though this precaution is not absolutely necessary, and the
table is turned slowly round till the edges overlapping the cutting circle are cut off.
Then other boards are placed on, and so on.
So long as the boards are the same width, and the positions of the centre I and
fence G adjusted correctly, every board will be cut true, so as to be interchangeable
from one head to another. If seven-inch boards, for instance, are to be cut the
fence is preferably placed three and a half inches or ten inches from the centre, then
the two sides of the head are interchangeable.
The table E is not bound to be a solid disc; a quadrant or other segment of a
circle would do; or a mere clamp on arms extending from the central pivot might
in certain circumstances be made to act, but I prefer a solid disc as simplest,

page_text: I might also state that I am well aware that boards fitted roughly into a head
have been clamped down on a rotating disc and rotated against a reciprocating saw;
but this was found not to answer in practice, was abandoned, and I do not wish to
claim it; but what I believe to be new, and desire to claim under the herein-before
in part recited Letters Patent is,―
I. The combination of the table E or its mechanical equivalent, rotating round a
fixed or moveable axis at a regulated distance from the band saw D, corresponding
to the radius of the barrel head or other article to be cut, for the purposes described.
II. The combination of the fence G or its mechanical equivalent, such as a series
of pins H, H, with the revolving table (or quadrant or its mechanical equivalent) E,
with the saw D, for the purposes described.
III. The manufacture of cask heads or other round or partially circular discs in
separate segments by placing them on a support rotating on an axis fixed tempo-
rarily or permanently at a distance from the saw, equal to the radius of the circle to
be cut.
IV. The manufacture of interchangeable pieces or other segments in the construc-
tion of cask heads or other similar structures, substantially as herein described, by
sawing or cutting them out when placed on a rotating support against a fence or
line, imaginary or actual, upon the rotating support or table.
V. The special arrangement of machinery, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Stout, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
W
P. THOMPSON,
British & Foreign Patent Agent,
6, Lord Street,
Liverpool.
CHARLES STOUT. (LS.)

page_text: In the Matter of the Letters Patent granted to CHARLES STOUT, of Bootle,
in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN
THE APPARATUS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME (APPLICABLE ALSO FOR
CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN OTHER ARTICLES)," bearing date the Twenty
third day of August 1877, No. 3205.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION proposed to be
entered and filed by the said Charles Stout to portions of the title and
Specification of the said Letters Patent, according to the Statutes in that case
made and provided.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
I, CHARLES STOUT, of Bootle, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, bý Her Royal Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty third day of August 1877, did grant unto me,
the said Charles Stout, my executors, administrators, and assigns, the sole privilege
to make, use, exercise, and vend the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPING
HEADS OF BARRELS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS FOR
ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME (APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CUTTING CIRCULAR ARCS IN
OTHER ARTICLES)," within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, during the term of fourteen years then next
ensuing:
And whereas I, the said Charles Stout, on the Twenty third day of February 1878,
within the time prescribed by the said Letters Patent, caused a Specification in
writing under my hand and seal to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office:
And whereas after the date of the application for the said Letters Patent, and
since the filing of the Specification in pursuance thereof, I have been informed or
given to understand that some portions of the title, Specification, and claims are of
little value, or are dangerously wide, and embrace matter which is analogous to
Inventions made before the date of the said Patent:
And in order to render the said title and Specification more definite, clear, and
distinct I propose to make the several alterations, erasures, and corrections therein,
hereinafter specified.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed 2
by the said Charles Stout in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd day of
Rohmar 1878
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES STOUT,
of Bootle, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent,
hearing date the Twenty third day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy seven, in the forty first year of Her reign, did for
Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Stout,
Her special license that I, the said Charles Stout, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Stout, my 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 vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHAPING HEADS OF BARRELS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN THE
APPARATUS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others),
that I, the said Charles Stout, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, 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 I, the said Charles Stout, do hereby declare the nature
of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In cutting barrel heads by the band saw it is usual to mark them out and guide
them by hand; now my Invention is designed to cut them by machinery without
marking.

page_text: In the ordinary table A of a band saw, preferably capable of swivelling to an
angle so as to cut on the bevil, I construct a screw B, held in position by collar C,
or otherwise. This screw is preferably placed in the cut left to insert the saw D
into the table, but while in the same line with the edge of the saw and at right
angles to the side of the same, the screw does not extend up to the saw. On this
screw is a slide block sliding in the slide or cut, and having a pin I or axes on its
upper part upon which works a table Ẹ. If only one size of head is required to be
made in the machine the screw B can be omitted, and the pivot on which the
table E works can be fixed immoveably in the swivelling table A or any other firm
support. In E again is a screw F similar to B, and in this works a sliding nut
carrying a fence G; or instead of this screw nut fence holes H, H, can be drilled
in the table for the insertion of pegs, any two of which will act for a fence.
The mode of action is as follows.-The centre I being fixed at a distance from
the edge of the saw equal to the radius of the circle to be cut, if it is wanted that
the pieces shall be interchangeable, the fence G is placed at the exact distance from
the centre of the table that the joint between two boards is to come from the centre
of the barrel head. One or more boards are then placed on table E against fence G,
or pegs placed in holes H, H, at the right distance, and are pressed down by hand
or otherwise onto two or more little points projecting from table E so as to keep
the bottom one steady, though this precaution is not absolutely necessary, and the
table is turned slowly round till the edges overlapping the cutting circle are cut off;
then other boards are placed on, and so on.
So long as the boards are the same width and the positions of the centre I and
fence G adjusted correctly, every board will be cut true so as to be interchangeable
from one head to another. If seven-inch boards, for instance, are to be cut the
fence is preferably placed three and a half inches or ten inches from the centre,
then the two sides of the head are interchangeable.
The table E is not bound to be a solid disc, a quadrant or other segment of a
circle would do.
I might also state that I am well aware that boards fitted roughly into a head
have been clamped down on a rotating disc and rotated against a reciprocating
saw, but this was found not to answer in practice, was abandoned, and I do not
wish to claim it; but what I believe to be new and desire to claim under the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1. The combination of the fence G or its mechanical equivalent, such as a
series of pins H, H, with the revolving table E, with the saw D, for the purposes
described.
2. The manufacture of interchangeable pieces in the construction of cask heads or
other similar structures, substantially as herein described, by sawing or cutting
them out when placed on a rotating support against a fence upon the rotating
support or table, in the manner herein described.
3. The special arrangement of machinery, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Stout, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy eight
Witness,
W P. THOMPSON,
British & Foreign Patent Agent,
6, Lord St., Liverpool,
& 323 High Holborn London.
CHARLES STOUT. (L.S.)

page_text: Letters Patent, and that these presents shall not extend the said exclusive right in
any way whatever.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Stout, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
I
Signed, scaled, and delivered in
the presence of
W. P. THOMPSON,
of the Firm of W. P. Thompson & Co.,
Patent Agents,
Liverpool and London.
CHARLES STOUT. (L.S.)
I hereby grant my fiat, giving leave to the above named 'Charles Stout to file
in the Great Seal Patent Office, with the Specification to which the same relates, 1
the above written Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration. .
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