Improvements in the Manufacture of Buckets and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: We, EDWARD HILL, THOMAS HILL, and WILLIAM CARVER SUTTON, all of
Shepherds Brook Galvanizing Works, Lye, near Stourbridge, Manufacturers, do
bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the manufacture of
buckets and the like articles to which this invention as hereinafter explained is
applicable, and more particularly refers to the hoop at the bottom of the bucket &c.,
that is to the fastening together the ends of the band or strip of metal which forms
such hoop.
It consists as follows:-The strip or band is cut to the required width and
length. At a short distance from the one end is made a parallel narrow cross slot
hole. At the other end of the strip two semicircular slits are made, whose round
portions face each other, that is, the metal in each case is cut through for the half
round portion only. This part is then pushed through or down so as to stand at
an angle to the strip, at say about an inch,-more or less-apart. Such distance
is equal however to the distance from the cross slot to the end of the other end of
the band, so that when the cross slot is hooked upon the outer upstanding pro-
jection, the end of this portion of the strip lies down immediately in front of the
second upstanding projection, the first one of the projections may now be turned
down or rivetted, and the second one is then turned down over the edge of the
slotted end, thus keeping the said down perfectly flat.
These bands or hoops are then secured to the buckets or like articles in the usual
manner.
Dated this 8th dox of Danamber 1906
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Buckets and the like.
We, EDWARD HILL, THOMAS HILL, and WILLIAM CARVER SUTTON, all of
Shepherds Brook Galvanizing Works, Lye, near Stourbridge, Manufacturers, de
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 or connected with the manufacture of
buckets and the like articles to which this invention as hereinafter explained is
applicable, and more particularly refers to the hoop at the bottom of the bucket &c.,
that is to the fastening together of the ends of the band or strip of metal which
forms such hoop.

page_text: In order to more clearly explain this our invention, we have appended hereunto
an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and numbers of reference,
similar numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or
part.
Fig. 1, shows the one end of the strip or band which is to form the hoop and
shows the metal slitted and such slitted portions pushed outwards at right angles
to the said band.
Fig. 2, is a sectional edge view of Fig. 1 on line A-B.
Fig. 3, ehows the other end of the band with piercings to receive one of the
projections of the first named end of the band.
Fig. 4, is a sectional edge view of Fig. 3 on line C-D.
Fig. 5, shows the two ends of the band placed together ready for the turning
down of the projections.
Fig. 6, shows the projections turned down which makes the fastening complete.
Fig. 7, shows the band applied to the bottom of a bucket.
The strip or band 9 is cut to the required width and length, Figs. 1 and 3
representing the two ends of such a band. At a short distance from the one end
(Fig. 3) is made a parallel narrow cross slot hole 10. At the other end (Fig. 1)
of the strip two semicircular slits 11 and 12 are made, whose round portions 13
and 14 face each other that is, the metal in each case is cut through for the half
round portion only. This part is then pushed through or down so as to stand at
an angle to the strip, at say about an inch,-more or less-apart, as shown in
Figs. 1 & 2. Such distance is equal however to the distance from the cross slot 10
in Fig. 3 to the one end of the band as indicated by double arrows and dotted
line 15, so that when the cross slot 10 is hooked upon the outer upstanding
projection 14 the end 16 of this portion of the strip lies down immediately in front
of the second upstanding projection 13. The projection 14 may now be turned
down or rivetted as seen in Fig. 6, and the second one 13, is then turned down over
the edge 16, of the end of the band, thus keeping the said end of the band down
perfectly flat. These bands or hoops are then secured to the buckets or like
articles in the usual manner.
We are aware that it is common practice to fasten the ends of sheet metal
bands together by means of one or more piercings in the one through which a
portion of the other end is passed and then turned down, and therefore we do not
claim that part of our device which is referred to as the projection 14, and hole 10,
but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
In fastening the ends of the bands or hoops of buckets and the like articles the
combination with the band 9 having the slot hole 10 and with it the turned down
part 14, of the turned down part 13 upon the end 16, all substantially as set forth
and shown.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1897.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicants' Agent.