Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887.
We CHARLES SKINNER BRAND, of Wolverhampton, Galvanizing Iron Manufacturer,
and WILLIAM HENRY HARPER, of Green lanes, Wolverhampton, Oliversmith, both
in the county of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of those parts of
buckets, or other similar articles by which the handles of such articles are connected
thereto, and generally termed ears; and has for its object the forming and shaping of
such ears, as that they shall be very much stronger than heretofore, affording large
surface of metal for wear where required, and reducing the transverse strain upon the
rivets which connect the said ears to the body of the bucket &c.
We take a bar of metal and form it by forging, stamping, or other process into an
car, having through its upper part a hole pierced so as to form the eye to receive the
handle, this part is left considerably thicker than the lower part of the ear, so as to
afford increased surface for wear. At the part where the junction of the eye is
merged into the part by which it is attached to the body of the bucket &c., which I
will call for description sake, the lower part of the car, the metal is thrown up rib
the inside
fashion, tapering from the upper into the lower part of the ear.
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of the ear at that part which comes underneath the (wired) rim of the bucket, the
metal is well thrown up, so as to form a support well underneath such rim, thereby
taking considerable transverse strain off the rivets, which connect the lower part, to
the bucket &c.
Also
In addition to the central rib, we may in some or most instances further form a
corrugated rib or ribs running in any desired direction upon the lower part of
the ear.
CHAS. T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Ears of Buckets and other similar Articles.
We CHARLES SKINNER BRAND of Wolverhampton, Galvanizing iron Manufacturer,
and WILLIAM HENRY HARPER, of Green Lanes, Wolverhampton Oliversmith, both in
the county of Stafford, 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 improvements in the manufacture of those parts of buckets
or other similar articles, by which the handles of such articles are connected thereto,
and generally termed ears, and has for its object the forming and shaping of such
ears, as that they shall be very much stronger than heretofore, affording larger surface
of metal for wear, where required, and reducing the transverse strain upon the rivets
which connect the said ears to the body of the bucket &c.
We take a bar of metal and form it by forging, stamping, or other process into an
ear, having through its upper part a hole pierced, so as to form the eye to receive the
handle, this part is left considerably thicker than the lower part of the ear, so as to
afford increased surface for wear. At the part where the junction of the eye is merged
into the part by which it is attached to the body of the bucket &c., which I will call
for description sake, the lower part of the ear, the metal is thrown up rib fashion,
tapering from the upper into the lower part of the ear. Also upon the inside of the
ear, at that part which comes underneath the (wired) rim of the bucket, the metal is
well thrown up, so as to form a support well underneath such rim, thereby taking
considerable transverse strain off the rivets, which connect the lower part, to the
bucket &c.
In addition to the central rili, we may in some or most instances further form a
corrugated rib or ribs running in any desired direction upon the lower part of
the ear.
We will now proceed to more particularly describe this our invention with the aid
of the accompanying drawings, upon which are figures and letters of reference.
Figs. 1 & 2, are front and side view of a bar, out of which, these our bucket ears
are made.
We take this bar, and with suitable tools, in an oliver or press, we produce by the
first process the shape similar as shewn in Figs. 3, 4 & 5. Fig. 3, being a front and
Fig. 4, being a side sectional view of the ear, after such process; and Fig. 5, a
sectional view of Fig. 3, upon line A. B.
We next proceed with similar suitable tools, and in a similar machine to process
number two, as shewn in Figs. 6, 7, & 8. Here it will be observed the metal is thrown
up in a hollow rib fashion at C which gives considerable strength thereto, while the
said metal is further tapered off as it approaches the edge as seen at D. Also the
metal is formed into a rib shape at E which is also indicated by dotted lines in
Fig. 6 & 9.

page_text: This rib is for the purpose of lying underneath the rim of the upper edge of the
bucket, and then assists or relieves the rivets in carrying the weight of the bucket,
besides further adding considerably to the strength of the ear itself, in its constructive
form. At F in this process, it will be seen that the eye or hole is partly formed, and
thus clearly indicates its position for the succeeding operation of punching the said
eye completely out, as in Figs. 9 & 10. Suitable rivet holes G are also made whereby
it is secured to the bucket &c.
Fig. 11 shew a section of Fig. 9 upon line H-I.
By these processes we are thus enabled to produce ears for buckets &c. out of a
much thicker bar than is ordinarily done, which gives plenty of wearing surface in the
bole at J.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. The improvements in the manufacture of ears for buckets, and other
similar purposes as herein set forth, that is to say, The manufacture of such
cars, from a rectangular bar, by means of the combination of processes shewn in
Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11.
2nd. The forming upon ears for buckets and other similar purposes, of the rib or
projection of metal at E Figs. 6, 7, 9, & 10, as and for the purposes specified.