Buckets, Tubs, Milk and other Cans, and other Vessels.
Year: 1885

page_text: Buckets, Tubs, Milk and other Cans, and other Vessels.
I GEORGE HILL of the Hayes Galvanized Iron Works near Stourbridge in the
County of Worcester Hollow Ware Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR THE METALLIC
" to be as
HOOPS OF BUCKETS TUBS MILK AND OTHER CANS AND OTHER VESSELS
follows:-
:-
My invention is especially applicable to the fastening together of the ends of the.
metallic hoops used at the bottoms of sheet iron buckets tubs and cans but is also
applicable to the fastening together of the ends of metallic hoops used with
metallic and wooden vessels of all kinds.
The ends of the metallic hoops of buckets and other articles are usually con-
nected together by rivetting or welding. By my invention a rivetless and weldless
hoop is produced there is no projection at the junction of the ends of the hoop and
the fastening is very secure.
I will describe my invention as applied to a metallic hoop for the base of a
bucket.
I take a piece of hoop iron of the required length to form the hoop and I cut
from one end of the said hoop iron a flat tenon-like projection or head of less
breadth than the hoop iron from which it is cut. This tenon like projection or
head joins the hoop iron by a contracted part so as to leave a neck between the
projection or head and the end of the hoop iron. The hoop iron is slit for a
short distance in lines coinciding with the edges of the contraction or neck
described. I next form near the opposite end of the hoop iron a tongue made by
piercing the hoop iron and bending the pierced part out of the plane of the hoop
iron the said tongue having nearly an external configuration the counterpart of
that of the tenon like projection or head and neck on the other end of the hoop
iron. An opening is thus made in the end of the hoop iron of a sufficient size for
the passage through it of the tenon like bead on the opposite end of the hoop iron.
The middle of the front or free end of the tongue is cut away the said cut away
part nearly extending to the sides of the tongue. The two ends of the hoop iron
are now ready to be fastened together. This is effected by passing the tenon like
projection or head on one end of the hoop iron through the opening in the other
end of the hoop iron so that the extreme ends of the hoop iron overlap one

page_text: another and then raising the tongue by press tools or otherwise into the same plane
as the hoop iron. The opening in the hoop iron through which the tongue was
passed is thus closed the cut away part at the front end of the tongue embracing
or enclosing the neck of the tenon like projection or head.
The two ends of the hoop iron are in this way fastened together by a flat junction
which is very secure. The fastening of the ends of the hoop iron may be effected
before or after the said hoop iron is fashioned into a circular hoop.
The fastened hoop is fixed to the conical foot or base of the bucket by driving or
forcing it thereon by hand or by machinery.
A
NEW ог improved Fastening for тде metalic Hoops or
Buckets, Tubs, Milk and other Cans, and other Vessels.
I GEORGE HILL of the Hayes Galvanized Iron Works near Stourbridge in the
County of Worcester, Hollow Ware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for. "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR THE METALLIC HOOPS
OF BUCKETS TUBS MILK AND OTHER CANS AND OTHER VESSELS and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
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My invention is especially applicable to the fastening together of the ends of the
metallic hoops used at the bottoms of sheet iron buckets, tubs and cans but is also
applicable to the fastening together of the ends of metallic hoops used with
metallic and wooden vessels of all kinds.
The ends of the metallic hoops of buckets and other articles are usually con-
nected together by rivetting or welding. By my invention a rivetless and weldless
hoop is produced, there is no projection at the junction of the ends of the hoop and
the fastening is very secure.
I will describe my invention as applied to a metallic hoop for the base of a
bucket.
I take a piece of hoop iron of the required length to form the hoop and I cut
from one end of the said hoop iron a flat tenon like projection or head of less
breadth than the hoop iron from which it is cut. This tenon like projection or
head joins the hoop iron by a contracted part so as to leave a neck between the
projection or head and the end of the hoop iron. I next form near the opposite
end of the hoop iron a tongue made by piercing the hoop iron and bending the

page_text: pierced part out of the plane of the hoop iron, the said tongue having an external
configuration nearly the counterpart of that of the tenon like projection or head
and neck on the other end of the hoop iron. An opening is thus made in the end
of the hoop iron of a sufficient size for the passage through it of the tenon like
head on the opposite end of the hoop iron The two ends of the hoop iron are now
ready to be fastened together. This is effected by passing the tenon like projection
or head on one end of the hoop iron through the opening in the other end of the.
hoop iron so that the extreme ends of the hoop iron overlap one another and then
raising the tongue and tenon like head by press tools or otherwise into the same
plane as the hoop iron.
The opening in the hoop iron through which the tongue was passed is thus
closed the cut away part at the front end of the tongue embracing or enclosing the
neck of the tenon-like projection or head.
The two ends of the hoop iron are in this way fastened together by a flatjunction
which is very secure.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation a bucket
to which a rivetless or weldless hoop fastened according to my invention is applied;
Figure 2 represents in front elevation the hoop unfastened drawn to a larger scale;
Figure 3 represents the same in the act of being fastened and Figure 4 represents
in front elevation and Figure 5 in edge view the same fastened; Figure 6
represents the fastening ends of the hoop drawn to a larger scale than Figures 2,
3, 4 and 5; Figure 7 represents in section and Figures 8 in back or inside eleva-
tion the two ends of the hoop in the act of being fastened and Figures 9 and 10
represent the same views as Figures 7 and 8 after the ends of the hoop have been
fastened.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing; a is the sheet metal hoop and b is the flat tenon like projection or
head cut from one end of the hoop. The said tenon like head b is of less width
than the hoop iron from which it is cut and joins the hoop iron by a neck or
contraction c. The said tenon like head band its neck or contraction care
slightly bent out of the plane of the hoop iron as best seen in Figure 7; d is the
pierced tongue on the other end of the hoop iron the said tongue being bent out
of the plane of the hoop iron as seen in Figure 7. The piercing e, e in the said
tongue d has an external form nearly the counterpart of the tenon like head band
neck c on the other end of the hoop iron. That is to say, the wide part of the
opening or piercing has a width proper for the passage through it of the tenon
like head b and the narrow part e2 of the opening has the same width as the neck
or contracted part c. It will be seen by an examination of Figure 6 that the hoop
iron is slit for a short distance in lines coinciding with the narrow part e² of the
opening in the tongue d and the part fin front of the narrow opening e is slightly
raised out of the plane of the hoop iron In front of the ends of the wide part e of
the opening are shoulders g, g for the purpose hereinafter described. The ends of
the hoop having been thus prepared are ready to be fastened together. To effect
this the two ends of the hoop are brought together and the tenon like head b is
passed through the wide part c of the opening in the tongue & in the manner
represented in Figures 7 and 8. The whole of the tenon like head b having been
passed through the opening e the said head is situated on the inner side of the
hoop and the extreme ends of the hoop overlap one another as represented in the
drawing. The perforated tongue d, e, e² and tenon like head b are then raised or
pressed back into the same plane as the hoop iron by means of press tools or other-
wise as illustrated in Figures 9 and 10. By the opening out or flattening of the
two ends of the hoop iron the larger part e of the opening in the tongue d is closed
by the tenon like head band the neck c of the said head made to engage with the
narrow part 2 of the opening, the extreme ends of the tenon like head b over-
lapping and taking a bearing upon the shoulders g. g on either side the narrow
part 2 of the said opening as seen in Figure 10 and so long as the tenon like
head b is in the position represented in Figure 10 it cannot be withdrawn from the

page_text: tongue part d through the opening in it. The two ends of the hoop are thus
fastened together by a flat junction which is very secure.
The fastening of the ends of the hoop iron may be effected before or after the
said hoop iron is fashioned into a circular hoop.
.
The fastened hoop is fixed to the conical foot or base of the bucket by driving or
forcing it thereon by hand or by machinery.
I do not limit myself to the shapes represented of the tenon like head and the
opening in the tongue through which the said head is passed as other shapes may
be used. I prefer however to form the engaging parts of the hoop in the manner
represented in the Drawing.
I apply my invention to metallic hoops for tubs, milk and other cans and other
vessels substantially as herein before described and illustrated with respect to a
hoop for a bucket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The new or improved fastening for the metallic hoops of buckets tubs milk and
other cans and other vessels herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawing; that is to say, a fastening consisting of a tenon-like head or
projection on one end of the hoop and a pierced or perforated tongue at the other
end of the hoop the said tenon like head being engaged with the pierced tongue
end so as to fasten the two ends together substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this Nineteenth day of December 1885.