Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Barrels or Casks and to Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM ERICHSON, of 24 Victoriastrasse, Hamburg,
in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.]
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Barrels or Casks and
to Apparatus therefor.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of barrels or casks and to machinery or
apparatus therefor and the same is particularly adapted for forming such barrels or
casks which are made from a continuous board provided with lateral interstices to
adinit bulging of the cask.
The said invention comprises an improved method of, and means for, automatically
rolling up the board so that its two ends meet one another, drawing the cask in at the
chimes and placing auxiliary truss-hoops on the barrel, which then is released to drop
out of the machine.
The essential parts of the machine which I employ to carry my invention into effect
are the board or stave-supporting or retaining discs supported by the frame of the
machine, guided between the standards and actuated by special mechanism to slide in
the frame in the direction of the axis of the barrel to be formed. The said discs are
provided with a notch for passing the staves or continuous board from a table into the
circular cavity of the said discs, wherein the ends of the staves or the scalloped lateral
edges of the board, forming the cask, are received and guided while they are carried
around by means of a toothed intermittently rotated yielding ring.
The said supporting or retaining discs also serve to receive and carry one or more
auxiliary truss-hoops, which are to be placed on the cask or barrel after it is drawn in
at the chimes. This will be effected by moving the said dises toward one another
whereby the ends of the staves or the lateral edges of the board will enter into the
truss hoops, whereby they are pressed firmly on the barrel to bring the staves or the
scalloped parts of the board into close contact with another.
The yielding ring which consists of two or more toothed segments on their outer
periphery is slipped over a periodically rotated dise upon which it is prevented from
turning. The said segments are connected with one another by bolts sliding within
suitable notches in order to allow a contraction of the ring when its supporting disc is
withdrawn, so that the finished barrel with the yielding ring may be removed from
the machine.
The machine is set in motion from a shaft which is transversely arranged at one
end of the machine where it rests in suitable bearings. The shaft is provided with a
friction wheel or bevel gear adapted to engage with either one of two wheels movable
upon a shaft in front of the machine, so that a so-called change-gear is formed by
these three wheels. By means of a treadle pivoted to the frame of the machine the
said two wheels are caused to slide upon their shaft in such a manner that either one
will mesh with the bevel wheel upon the aforesaid driving shaft in order to transmit
motion from the same through a chain-gearing upon the shaft of the said feeding-disc
and the contractible ring.
Upon the said driving shaft is mounted a second wheel operating another wheel
which freely turns on another shaft located parallel to the former and it is adapted to
be periodically coupled with a disc firmly mounted upon the same shaft and thereby
to transmit motion to this shaft and to cams and cranks fixed thereon. These cams
or excentrics are directly connected by the aid of their respective rods with the said
stave-supporting or retaining disc and truss-hoop carriers located next thereto, while

page_text: the cranks at the ends of the said shaft transmit motion by means of suitable connecting
rods upon the other stave-supporting-disc in such a inanner, that both the stave-
supporting discs are simultaneously moved in their guides either approaching to, or
departing from another.
In order to periodically actuate the shaft carrying the actuating cams and cranks
by coupling the said loosely turning wheel with the firmly mounted disc a bolt guided
in the latter, tends to enter, under the action of a spring into claws, projecting from
the hub of the said loose wheel, unless it is prevented from so doing by the wedge-
shaped noses engaging behind a projection of the said bolt and thereby retaining the
latter from the claws of the loose wheel. These wedge shaped noses are secured to an
oscillating arm pivoted to the frame of the machine and actuated by a troadle. If
when in the position, in which the stave supporting discs, hereinafter also called
truss-hoops carriers are farthest from one another, the said bolt is withdrawn from the
claws of the said loose wheel by means of the incline of one of the said wedge-shaped
noses, so that its shaft is at rest, and the treadle is prossed down for a short time and
thereby the said arm carrying the said noses is elevated, the said bolt is then released
from the respective nose and will be instantaneously pulled against the hub of the
said loose wheel under the action of a spring and engage with the claws of the wheel.
The latter is now arranged to turn the said disc and the shaft whereon it is firmly
secured until the said bolt is again withdrawn from the claws of the loose wheel
by one of the said noses whereupon the shaft will be instantaneously brought to
a stand-still.
During this short period of the motion of the said secondary shaft both truss-hoop
carriers are moved from their extreme position towards one another under the
co-operation of the said excentrics and crank discs on the shaft in such a manner, that
the inner border of the truss-hoop carriers will grasp over the ends of the staves or
the scalloped sides of the board intended to form the wall or body of the barrel,
thereby simultaneously. pressing the inner face of the board or staves upon the
periphery of the said contractible ring or disc. On actuating a separate treadle the
disc carrying the said contractible ring is rotated together with the latter and thereby
the board or staves rolled up and drawn into the cavity of the truss hoop carriers
until a complete cylinder is formed.
If the said treadle is then released, the disc with the contractible ring is caused to
stand still, whereupon the other treadle is again operated so that the said coupling
bolt will be released from the corresponding nose of the said arm and engage with
the claws of the said loose wheel on the said secondary shaft. In consequence thereof
the shaft together with the said cams and crank discs are again caused to rotate and
thereby advance the truss-hoop carrier a certain distance while the scalloped sides of
the board or the staves are. bulged, and drawn in at the ends of the cask and the
truss-hoops placed firinly on the same. The truss-hoop carriers are then withdrawn
by operating again the respective treadle that they may return into their initial
position in order to release the finished barrel together with the truss-hoops, while the
said coupling bolt by means of the respective nose of the arm is withdrawn from
the claws of the said loose wheel and the said secondary shaft comes to a stand-
still.
The shaft and the disc carrying the said contractible ring may be withdrawn
by hand or this may be effected automatically in order to release the said con-
tractible ring, which is adapted to contract or fold together and be removed together
with the finished barrel from the machine, as soon as the said disc is received by the
cavity of the respective truss-hoop carrier.
Before starting the machine again for forming a new barrel, new truss-hoops must
of course be put into their rest within the truss-hoop carrier.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1880.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Barrels or Casks and
to Apparatus therefor.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents.
Sonthampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of barrels or casks and to the machinery
or apparatus therefor and the objects of the said invention are an improved method
and means for feeding particularly continuous boards provided with lateral interstices,
into the apparatus and for automatically rolling up the said board or boards so that
the two ends meet one another, drawing the cask in at the chimes and placing
auxiliary truss hoops on the barrel which then is released to drop out of the machine.
These improvements are obtained by means of the apparatus illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the entire machine on the line II II in Figure 2,
which is a top view of the entire machine, part of the feeding table being broken off,
to better show the device, which serves for feeding the board.
Figure 3 shows a front view of the machine partly in section.
Figures 4 to 6 are a cross section and two detailed views representing different
positions of the slightly modified feeding device.
Figures 7 and 8 are two detailed views of the mechanism employed to draw in the
cask at the chimes and to release the finished barrel from the machine.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The essential parts of the machine which is employed to carry this invention into
effect are the board or stave-supporting or retaining dies, supported by the
frame of the machine guided between the standardsk k¹ and actuated by special
mechanism to slide in the frame in the direction of the axis of the barrel to bo
formed. The said dises are provided with a notch a* for passing the staves or
continuous board g' from a table g into the circular cavity of the discs wherein the
ends of the staves on the scalloped lateral edges of the board g', forming the cask,
are received and guided while they are carried around by means of a toothed inter-
mittently rotated yielding ring O.
The said supporting or retaining discs also serve to receive and carry one or
more auxiliary truss-hoops P, which are to be placed on the cask or barrel after it is
drawn in at the climes. This will be effected by moving the said dises b₁₁ toward
one another whereby the ends of the staves or the lateral edges of the board will
enter into the truss-hoops P, whereby they are pressed firmly on the barrel to
bring the staves or the scalloped parts of the board into close contact with one
another.
The yielding ring 0, which consists of two or more segments o¹ Figure 1 toothed in
their outer periphery, is slipped over a periodically rotated disc Y, upon which it is
prevented from turning by means of a tooth or feather o° fitting to corresponding
notches of either one or more of the said segments o¹. These segments o' are con-
nected with one another by bolts sliding within suitable notches in order to allow a
contraction of the ring O when its supporting disc Y is withdrawn, so that the finished
barrel with the yielding ring O may be removed from the machine.
Instead of placing a yielding or contractable ring O over the intermittently rotated
disc Y and releasing the same on withdrawal of the disc together with the barrel,
toothed sectors ox, radiating from the centre of rotation, are connected to the said
disc Y. These sectors are guided by projections of of the disc y extending through
radial notches of of the sectors o* mounted under corresponding angles to another
upon a rod of which extends through the hollow shaft y of the disc and may be
operated by the hand wheel o' at the end of the shaft y' opposite to the disc Y.
The excenters or cams o engage either one with one of the sectors o* by the aid
of a notch o, so that on turning the rod o' by the hand wheel o, the sectors will be

page_text: radially moved on the disc y as may be understood from Figures and 6 of the
drawing showing both the extreme positions which the sectors may occupy in relation
to the rotating disc Y.
The machine is set in motion from a pulley A mounted upon the shaft A¹ which is
transversely arranged at one end of the machine where it rests in suitable bearings Aº.
The shaft A is provided with a friction wheel or bevel gear B adapted to engage
with either one of two wheels C C movable upon a shaft in front of the machine,
so that a so-called change gear is formed by these three wheels. By means of a
treadle E pivoted to the frame of the machine the said two wheels C and C¹ are
caused to slide upon their shaft in such a manner that either one will mesh with the
bevel wheel B upon the aforesaid driving shaft A' in order to transmit motion from
the same through a chain
and the contractible ring bearing D D1 upon the shaft y² of the said feeding disc Y
Upon the said driving shaft A is mounted a second wheel F (Figures 3, 7 and 8)
operating another wheel G which freely turns on another shaft G located parallel to
the former A' and it is adapted to be periodically coupled with a disc I firmly
mounted upon the same shaft G₁ and thereby to transmit motion to this shaft and to
cams K, K' and cranks L fixed thereon. These cams or excenters are directly con-
nected by the aid of their respective rods with the said stave-supporting or retaining
disc and truss-hoop carrier located next thereto, while the cranks at the ends of
the said shaft G¹ transmit motion by means of suitable connecting rods L'. upon the
other stave-supporting-disc in such a manner, that both, the stave-supporting-discs
are simultaneously moved in their guides either approaching to, or departing from,
one another.
In order to periodically actuate the shaft G₁ carrying the actuating cams K, K' and
cranks by coupling the said loosely turning wheel G with the firmly mounted
dise I a bolt M M guided in the latter, tends to enter, under the action of a spring N
into claws projecting from the hub of the said loose wheel G. unless it is prevented
from so doing by the wedge shaped noses S or S¹ engaging behind a projection M
of the said bolt and thereby retaining the latter M M from the claws of the loose
wheel against the tendency of the spring N. These wedge-shaped noses S S₁ are
secured to an oscillating arm R pivoted to the frame of the machine and actuated
by a treadle H under the intermediation of the shaft H¹, lever H2 and connecting
rod H. If, when in the position, in which the stave supporting discs herein-
after also called truss-hoop-carriers are farthest from one another, the said bolt M M'
is withdrawn from the claws Q of the said loose wheel G by means of the incline of
one of the said wedge-shaped noses S so that its shaft (4' is at rest, and the treadle H
is pressed down for a short time and thereby the said arm R carrying the said noses
is elevated, the said bolt M M' is then released from the respective nose S and will
be instantaneously pulled against the hub of the said loose wheel G under the action
of the spring N, and engage with the claws of the wheel. The latter is now
arranged to turn the said disc I and the shaft G₁ whereon it is firmly secured until
the said bolt M, M is again withdrawn from the claws of the loose wheel G by one
of the said noses S S₁ whereupon the shaft will be instantaneously brought to a
stand-still.
During the short period of the motion of the said secondary shaft both truss-hoop-
carriers are moved from their extreme position towards one another under the
operation of the said eccentrics K K¹ and crank discs L on the shaft G¹ in such a
manner, that the inner border of the truss-hoop-carriers will grasp over the
ends of the staves or the scalloped sides of the board intended to form the wall or
body of the barrel, thereby simultaneously pressing the inner face of the board or
staves upon the periphery of the said contractible ring or disc Q. On actuating a
separate treadle E the disc y carrying the said contractible ring O is rotated together
with the latter and thereby the board or staves rolled up and drawn into the cavity of
the truss-hoop-carriers until a complete cylinder is formed.
If the said treadle E is then released the disc Y with the contractible ring O is
caused to stand still, whereupon the other treadle H is again operated so that the said

page_text: coupling bolt M M will be released from the corresponding nose S' of the said arm R
and engage with the claws Q of the said loose wheel G on the said secondary
shaft G In consequence thereof the shaft G' together with the said cams K K' and
crank discs L are again caused to rotate and thereby advance the truss-hoop-
carriers b', a certain distance while the scalloped sides of the board or the staves are
bulged and drawn in at the ends of the cask and the truss-hoops P placed firmly on
the same.
The truss-hoop-carriers, are then withdrawn by operating again the
respective treadle H that they may return into their initial position (Figure 7) in
order to release the finished barrel together with the truss-hoops P, while the said
coupling bolt M M by means of the respective nose $ of the arm R is withdrawn from
the claws Q of the said loose wheel and the said secondary shaft comes to a
stand-still.
While the truss-hoop-carriers b' baro moved towards one another the shoulder T¹
of a rod T connected to one of the former will meet a lever V which is thereby caused
to swing around its pivot and to turn a lever W pivoted at one end to the frame of
the machine, and at the other end ongaging with the rotating shaft Y2 of the disc Y.
In consequence of the oscillation of the lever W the shaft Y together with the disc Y
are withdrawn into the position indicated by dotted lines and thereby the yielding
ring O is released from the latter so that it is enabled to contract or be folded together
and to be removed together with the finished barrel from the machine, as soon as the
operator has entirely withdrawn the disc Y into the cavity of the respective truss-
hoop-carrier ¹.
Before starting the machine again for forming a new barrel, new truss-hoops must
of course be put into their rest within the truss-hoop-carriers & b¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The method of automatically feeding and rolling up continuous boards or
staves to form casks or barrels by means of a toothed yielding or contractable ring or
rings or toothed segments o* rotated intermittently between two truss-hoop-
carriers, substantially as herein before described.
Second. In combination with barrel making machines toothed yielding or
contractable ring or rings O or toothed segments o* rotated between the truss-hoop-
carriers substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. In barrel making machines the combination of the feeding table with the
toothed yielding or contractible ring or rings 0 or toothed segments o* rotated
intermittently between the truss-hoop-carriers b', 6' substantially as and for the purpose
described.
Fourth. In barrel-making machines the construction of the yielding or contractible
toothed ring or rings 0, or toothed segments o* with a supporting disc Y firmly
mounted on a rotated shaft Y' substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
Fifth. In barrel-making machines the combination of the yielding or contractible
toothed ring or rings O or toothed segments ox, and a supporting disc Y firmly
mounted on an intermittently rotated shaft Y2 with the rod T connected to one of the
truss-hoop-carriers and acting by means of a shoulder T and levers V and W on
said shaft Y substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Sixth. In barrel making machines the combination of the truss-hoop-carriers b' b
with the eccentrics or cams K K' and cranks L on a shaft GI intermittently rotated
from a shaft A' by means of the wheels F and G, the latter one turning loosely on the
shaft G, and being periodically coupled with a firmly mounted disc I ou said shaft G¹
by means of a bolt M M substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.