Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 3rd June, 1887.
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE RHODES NAFIS, of 266, Monroe Street,
and WILLIAM CALVIN DUNN, of 108, Rutledge Street, both of the City of
Brooklyn, in the State of New York, United States of America, Engineers.]
1 PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 6 Breams Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, 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 :—
The inventors describe their invention as follows:-
The invention is applicable to barrels or other casks and also to tubs and analogous
vessels in which the staves are formed with a croże or groove for receiving the head
or bottom; and the object of the invention is to secure the bottom or head against
outward displacement and also to support the staves beyond the croze against any
force or blow delivered upon the exterior of the staves and which will tend to break
off their ends projecting beyond the croze.
The invention consists in the combination with a cask or tub composed of staves
and a head or bottom fitting a croze or groove in the staves and beyond which the
staves extend to form a chine or analogous projection of an angle iron hoop secured
within the staves and outside the head or bottom and having one flange overlapping
the head or bottom and the other flange lapping the chine or projection of the staves
and terininating at or inwards of the ends of the staves whereby the head or bottom is
held in place and the ends of the staves are sustained beyond the croze or groove
which receives the head or bottom. Such a hoop of angle iron may be employed in
connection with the outer hoop which encircles the staves at their ends and rivets or
other securing devices common to both hoops may be inserted directly through the
inner and outer hoops and the interposed staves. In connection with the hoop of
angle iron as applied to the bottom of a tub we may also provide a second angle iron

page_text: hoop arranged upon the inner side of the bottom and rivets or securing devices may
be inserted directly through both the angle iron hoops the outer hoop and the
intervening staves.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a barrel embodying the
invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is detail sectional view upon a
larger scale showing one corner portion of the barrel. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of
a tub or ash receiver also embodying the invention and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional
view upon a larger scale showing one lower corner portion of the tub shown in Fig. 4.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all Figures.
Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 A. designates the staves and B the heads of a
barrel or cask the heads being fitted to a groove or croze, b, in the staves, as usual.
Intermediate between the ends of the cask or barrel are hoops C and at the ends are
hoops C which encircle the end portions of the staves that project beyond the heads B
to form the chine ..
Upon the outer side of each,head and within the chine or circular projection of
the staves we place a hoop D which is made of angle iron bent into circular form.
One flange of this hoop overlaps the outer side of the head B while the other
flange d laps upon the inner side of the chine b' or circular projection of the staves
beyond the head. The flange d¹ which laps upon the chine does not project beyond
the edge of the chine but terminates at or inward of said edge and the hoop D of
angle iron is entirely distinct from the outer hoop C. In this example of the
invention the inner hoop D is secured in place by rivets e or analogous securing
devices which are inserted through the flange the outer hoop C¹ and the inter-
vening staves or chine of the cask. If desired the flange d of the inner hoop D
might be secured to the head by screws e¹ or analogous devices as is shown in Fig. 3
but this is not necessary as the angle iron hoops D have simply to resist the outward
pressure upon the heads.
In Figs. 4 and 5 A designates the staves and B the bottom of a tub or analogous
vessel which may be used for an ash or garbage receptacle or for containing an ice
cream freezer. The staves A project beyond the bottom to form a chine projection 61
and the head B is inserted in a croze or groove b as before described. In this
example of the invention the hoops D of angle iron are secured upon both the inner
and outer sides of the bottom and have their flanges d', lapping upon the staves.
The tub has at the bottom an outer hoop C which encircles the staves and as
here shown the two angle iron hoops are secured in place by rivets or securing
devices e inserted directly through the bottom and the flanges d of the upper and
lower hoops D and by rivets or analogous securing devices e inserted through the
flanges, of both the angle iron hoops the outer hoop C and the intervening staves A.
By this construction the bottom B is held both against downward pressure which
would result from the weight of the contents of the tub and against any upward
pressure or blow which would result from the tub being thrown down upon a stone
or other obstruction which would strike the bottom before the chine projection 61
comes in contact with the ground.
The invention without materially increasing the cost of manufacture of casks
and tubs adds greatly to their strength. The ends of the angle iron employed to
form the hoops D may be welded together if desired, but it is not necessary that
they be united and the hoops may be made by simply bending a piece of angle
iron of proper length to form a circle of the desired size the ends being left
unconnected with each other.
It is advantageous to employ the angle iron hoop or hoops as above described
because by the outer and inner hoops, D, D, the head or bottom is prevented from
becoming displaced and by the outer hoop D, the end portions of the staves which
project beyond the croze or groove receiving the head or bottom are sustained against
breakage.
The angle iron hoops D have a broad bearing on the head or bottom and the
securing devices e extending through their flanges, the staves and the outer hoop C¹¹
may be comparatively short.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is
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1. The combination with a cask or tub composed of staves and a head or bottom
fitting a croze or groove in the staves and beyond which the staves extend to form a
chine or analogous projection of an angle iron hoop secured within the staves and
outside the head or bottom and having one flange lapping the chine or projection of
the staves and terminating at or inwards of the ends of the staves whereby the head
or bottom is held in place and the projecting ends of the staves are sustained beyond
the croze substantially as herein described.
2. The combination with a cask or tub composed of staves and a head or bottom
fitting the croze or groove in the staves and beyond which the staves extend to form
a chine or analogous projection of an outer hoop C' encircling the staves at their ends,
and a second hoop made of angle iron separate from the first secured within the staves
and outside the head or bottom and having one flange lapping the head or bottom and
the other flange lapping upon the chine or projection of the staves and securing
devices inserted through both said hoops, and the intervening staves substantially as
herein described.
3. The combination with the bottom or head B and the staves A projecting beyond
the same and formed with the croze or groove receiving the bottom or head of the
outer hoop C, the inner hoops D, D, made separate from the outer hoop and of
angle iron and applied at opposite sides of the bottom or head and securing devices
inserted through the outer hoop, the flanges of the inner hoops and the intervening
staves, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 1st day of Fahruary 1007