Improvements in or relating to Barrels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Barrels.
I, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CORNELL, C.E., of 44, Broadway, New York, in the
County and State of New York, United States of America, 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; —
My invention relates to barrels, and has for its object the construction of barrels
which can be crated and shipped at small expense and put together or set up
wherever it is desired to use them without the employment of skilled labor and
consists in certain improvements in construction which will be fully disclosed in
the following specification and claims:-
In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification: -
Figure 1 represents an elevation showing the outside of the staves of a barrel
connected to hoops.
Figure 2 a perspective view of a barrel.
Figure 3 a transverse section of part of a barrel on an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 a side view of a modification of the locking hook on one end of the
hoops; and
Figure 5 a section through one of the staves.
Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicates the
staves of the barrel which are preferably provided with straight parallel sides
beveled inwardly to form a circular body, and provided at their ends with the
ordinary croze (not shown) to receive the heads B of the barrel. C indicates the
hoops, preferably made of wire secured to each stave by means of staples a which
form loops over the hoops and in which the hoops are free to move or slide, so
that the slack of the entire length of the hoops may be taken up and the staves
drawn closely together and the ends of the hoops interlocked and securely fastened
together.
One end of the hoops is provided with an elongated loop 6 formed in the wire
and the end twisted or wrapped about the hoop adjacent to the loop to form a
collar b₁, and the opposite end is provided with a hook c provided with a plurality of
teeth d and the hook may be made of the wire of the hoop, as shown in Figures 2
and 3, or it may be made of a separate piece of metal e with teeth f formed in it.
as shown in Figure 4 and one end of the hoop C secured thereto by a loop 62.
The heads B, only one of which is shown, may be made in one, or in several
pieces g, h, i properly secured together by a batten k and small nails which will
admit of the pieces of the head being drawn together, should they become separated
by shrinkage of the wood or from any other cause, by the upper and lower hoops
of the barrel.
D indicates a lever having a claw which engages the hoop C back of the
collar 61 adjacent to the loop b, and is provided with an arm m having a hook n
at its outer end which engages a tooth of the hook c on the lock and by which the
hoop is drawn taut, and the loop 6 is then engaged with one of the teeth d of the

page_text: hook c which lies in close engagement with the surface of the barrel to prevent
interference therewith in handling the barrel.
The barrel thus constructed may be prepared in rough shops in the woods or
forest, packed in large quantities for shipment on cars or vehicles and conveyed to
where they are to be used, when the parts may be assembled and the barrel completed
by unskilled labor, thereby causing great saving in the expense of hauling.
After a barrel has been used it may be knocked down and returned for refilling
at a very small cost.
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. An improved article of mamufacture, a barrel composed of staves and a
plurality of hoops with interlocking ends, one of said ends having an elongated
loop and a collar adjacent to the loop formed by twisting the wire around the hoop,
said loop and collar being integral with the hoop and the opposite end of the hoop
provided with a serrated hook, and loops connecting the hoops to the staves to
slide thereon.
2. An improved article of manufacture, a knock down barrel composed of staves
and a plurality of hoops, each having a loop at one end integral therewith and a
collar adjacent thereto, and a serrated hook attached to the opposite end of the
hoop, the hoops connected to the staves to slide thereon by loops on the staves
and the hooks in. contact with the surface of the barrel.
3. A barrel provided with wire hoops having a loop and a collar adjacent there-
to and integral with the loop at one end thereof, and a serrated hook attached to
the opposite end of the hoop by a loop, and loops to connect the hoops to the
staves to slide thereon; in combination with a lever having a claw, and an arm
attached to the lever and having a hook at the outer end thereof.
Dated this 5th day of December 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.