Improvements in the Manufacture of Casks, Barrels, and other Vessels, and in Means for Stopping or Closing and Tapping the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Casks, Barrels, and other
Vessels, and in Means for Stopping or Closing and Tapping the
same.
I, ADÈLE MICHAUX, of 31, Boulevard Henri IV, Paris, in the Republic of France,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of casks, barrels and other vessels and to
means for stopping or closing the same and it consists mainly in stamping casks,
barrels and other like vessels from iron and sheet metal.
In carrying out my invention I stamp the two halves or ends of the vessel out
of sheet or other metal, so that one can be introduced for a short distance within
the other and I then solder these two parts together by means of tin, copper or
other suitable metal and thus entirely dispense with the use of rivets. Or the
vessel can be made of three pieces, the two ends being stamped out and the
middle portion made cylindrical; the connections are made in a similar manner to
that herein before described.
I find it advantageous to make each end of the vessels with a semi-cylindrical
flange intended as a substitute for the usual hoops, which, in casks as hitherto made,
are liable to come off. I sometimes also form each end of the vessel with two similar
inner semi-cylindrical portions for the purpose of receiving a soldered plate, to which
is attached a handle.
For closing or stopping vessels I employ a hollow stud soldered to the vessel and
provided with a screw-thread in its interior; the bottom of the stud forms a valve-
seat, on which is placed a thin lead ring serving to receive a valve and to form a joint
between it and its seat.
This valve is provided with a spindle over which is placed a screw-threaded
stopper screwing into the stud. By screwing up this stopper the valve will be
forced against its seat and the lead ring, being thereby compressed, a hermetical
joint will be obtained.
When it is required to apply a tap or cock to the vessel the stopper and the valve
must be removed. The tap is made with its inner end of the same shape as the valve
and the said end carries a threaded-stopper loosely thereon in order to allow of its
being screwed into the stud. By screwing up the stopper the tap will be forced
against the lead ring and a tight joint will be formed.
Dated the 4th day of October 1889.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
other
Improvements in the Manufacture of Casks, Barrels, and
Vessels, and in Means for Stopping or Closing and Tapping the
same.
I, ADELE MICHAUX, of 31, Boulevard Henri IV, Paris in the Republic of France,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of casks, barrels and other vessels and to
means for stopping or closing and tapping the same, and it consists mainly in stamping
casks, barrels and other like vessels from iron and sheet metal.
In order to make the invention fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing in which―
Figure 1 represents a vessel made in two stamped out cylindrical parts.
Figure 2 represents a vessel made in three cylindrical parts.

page_text: Figure 3 represents a cask made in two truncated conical parts.
Figure 4 shews a vessel of cylindrical shape protected by a number of plaited ropes
or cords passed around it.
Figures 5 and 6 are a longitudinal section and an end view respectively of a cask
similar to that shewn in figure 3 placed within an ordinary wooden cask-body S
without ends which serves to protect it against blows or shocks.
Figures 7 and 8 and Figures 9 and 10 shew details drawn to a larger scale.
In carrying out my invention I stamp two parts A, A' of the vessel out of sheet
or other metal in such a manner that one can be inserted for a certain distance
within the other, as shewn in figure 1 at a, a, b, b', and I then solder these two
parts together by means of tin, copper or other suitable metal. In some cases the
vessel is made in three parts, as shewn in figure 2, the two ends A A' being
stamped out and the middle portion B made cylindrical.
Figure 3 shews a vessel of the shape of an ordinary wooden cask, which shape it
has hitherto been impossible to give to metal vessels.
Each end of the vessels is formed with a semi-cylindrical part D, for the purpose of
protecting such vessels, and which part serves the purpose of the band or hoop
employed with casks of ordinary construction. Two other semi-cylindrical parts G, H
are also formed in each end of the vessel and are for the purpose of receiving a
soldered plate K having a handle.
This method of construction allows for the first time of the ordinary enamelling
process being utilized for casks.
Figure 4 shews a cask protected by ropes R R R.
Referring to figures 9 and 10 for closing or stopping vessels I employ a socket L
soldered to the vessel A and provided with an internal screw-thread; the bottom of
the socket I forms a valve seat on which is placed a ring or washer N of lead or other
soft metal to receive the valve M and form a tight joint between it and its seat.
The valve M is provided with a spindle over which is placed a screw-threaded
stopper O.screwing into the socket L. By screwing up this stopper the valve M will
be forced against its seat and the lead ring or washer being thereby compressed a
hermetical joint will be obtained.
When it is required to draw off the liquid contained in the vessel the stopper O is
unscrewed and the valve M is removed and is replaced by a tap or cock P (as shewn
in figures 7 & 8) the inner end M of which is of the saine shape as the valve M, and
carries a threaded stopper O loosely thereon to allow of it being screwed into the
socket L; the tap is provided with a passage through which the liquid passes. By
screwing up the stopper O it will be forced against the enlarged part M of the tap P
in the same way as against the valve M (figure 9) and a tight joint will be formed.
The bungs or stoppers L¹ (figure 1) are constructed similarly to those above
described.
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
1. The manufacture of casks, barrels and other vessels by stamping them out of
sheet or other metal, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. Enamelling casks, barrels and other vessels constructed as herein before described.
3. The method of stopping or closing and tapping vessels, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the accompanying
drawing.
4. The use of plaited hemp or other suitable textile material or wooden casings for
protecting casks, barrels and other vessels from shocks, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
LA TRA
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.