Improvements relating to Devices for Attaching Address or other Cards to Barrels or Casks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Devices for Attaching Address or other
Cards to Barrels or Casks.
I, FREDERICK GORDON THORNE, of The Brewery, Nine Elms, London, S. W.,
Brewer, 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:
At the present time it is usual for brewers and others supplying purchasers with
casks or barrels of beer or other beverages to leave with such casks, at the time
of supplying them, a post-card or the like for enabling the purchaser to
communicate with the brewer when it is desired to have a fresh cask supplied.
But it oftentimes happens that the post-card becomes mislaid or lost, owing to the
carelessness of the purchaser or some other cause, and consequently the address of
the brewer has to be ascertained with more or less trouble and delay and a special
communication has to be directed to him thereby entailing considerable incon-
venience and sometimes misdirection of the communication.
Now according to my invention I provide simple and ready means for permitting
a post-card or the like to be attached to the cask or barrel by the drayman or
carrier at the time of supplying the purchaser, in such a manner that it will be
almost impossible for the card to be lost and at the same time will enable the
purchaser to be always sure of finding a post-card on the cask ready for immediate
transmission in the ordinary way.
These means may consist of a plate or strip of metal adapted to receive and
hold the post-card, said plate or strip being of such dimensions and configuration
as to permit of its ready insertion into place at either end of the cask or barrel.
The drayman or carrier could be supplied with a number of these plates or
post-card holders one of which he would attach to each of the casks requiring it;
or if one already existed on the empty cask which he replaced by a full one, it
would only be necessary for him to remove the plate from the empty cask and
attach it to the full one, inserting at the same time a post card for the future use
of the purchaser.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect will describe the same more in detail with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Figure 1 is an end view of a cask or barrel with the detachable card holder in
place.
Figure 2 is a front elevation ;
Figure 3 a longitudinal section; and
Figure 4 a transverse section shewing the detachable card holder removed from
the cask.
Figures 5, 6 and 7, are similar views shewing a modified form of the detachable
card holder.
Figures 8, 9 and 10 are also similar views shewing a still further modified form
of the detachable card holder.
The detachable card holder consists of a plate or strip of metal a the ends a¹ a¹
of which are curved to conform to the circular shape of the inner circumference b
of the chine of the cask. The greatest length of the plate is somewhat less than
the diameter of the before mentioned inner circumference b so that when said
plate occupies the position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1 it can be readily
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page_text: removed from the cask, but by shifting it down into the position shewn by the
full lines it becomes firmly held in place by reason of its curved ends abutting
against the said inner circumference b.
The face of the plate a is provided with a frame which in Figures 2 to 4 is
open at the top to permit of the post-card being readily inserted thereinto or
withdrawn therefrom, said frame consisting in this construction of vertical strips
of metal a² a² of augular section soldered to the plate and of a longitudinal
portion a produced by bending up the metal of the plate a at this part.
In the construction shown in Figures 5 to 7 the frame is open at one end
instead of at the top, said frame being produced in this case by bending up the
portions as a at the top and bottom of the plate a and soldering on the vertical
strip of metal a³.
In the construction shewn by Figures 8 to 10 the strips of metal a³ a composing
the frame are dispensed with, and tongues a*, formed by stamping them out of the
plate a at the requisite places and bending them up into the position shewn by
Figures 9 and 10, are used in place thereof. The post-card is in this case held in
position between these tongues in the manner shewn by the dotted lines in Figure 8.
This construction although not so preferable as those already described will be
found advantageous when cheapness of production is a consideration.
If desired the front of the card-holder may be utilized for advertising or other
similar purposes.
It will be seen that by my invention there is no necessity to form holes in, or
otherwise interfere with, the cask or barrel for the purpose of attaching the
card-holder thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same 1s to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The use, with a cask or barrel, of a detachable card-holder consisting of a
metal plate or strip having curved ends and provided with a frame or support for
containing the card substantially as described with referen e to the accompanying
drawings and for the purpose specified.
2. A card-holder for use with a cask or barrel, constructed in accordance with
one or other of the forms herein before described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.