Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Hooping Casks, Barrels, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Hooping Casks,
Barrels, and the like.
I, JOHANN ANTHON of Flensburg, in the German Empire, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in machinery or apparatus
for hooping casks, barrels, and the like (all hereinafter intended to be included
in the word "cask ").
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, illustrating the application of my
invention to a cask.
Figure 2 is a section on the line y of Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is a section on the line vz of Figure 1.
is a platform
The platform is
To the upper part
The short arms
a is the frame of the machine, and a¹ is the head of the frame.
formed with guides 6' to enable it to slide in the frame a.
supported and worked by the plunger c of a hydraulic press.
of the frame a number of three-armed levers are pivoted at /.
of these levers are fitted with weights g. The arms d are formed with segmental
ends e which work in a grooved movable head i. The long arms t are so formed
that their lower ends, which are fitted with steel claws, grip the hoop of the cask.
The weights 9 cause these lower ends to impinge against the cask and retain
contact with the hoop.
As each
The outer portions of the head a¹ are slotted to receive the adjusting bolts a*..
These bolts secure the adjustable plates k, which carry the fulcrums 11 of the
levers dt. By adjusting the positions of the bolts a² in the slots of the head a',
the positions of the levers d t can be readily adjusted to suit the cask.
lever is thus held independently, their lower ends accommodate themselves to any
form of cask whether circular, elliptical, or irregular in section. f is a bolt
passing through the head a¹ and connected with a rod m which is pivoted to the
lever o. This lever is pivoted to a link at u. A vertical rod p is also pivoted
to the lever o. On depressing the pedal at the lower end of the rod p, the
grooved head i is lowered, causing the levers t to move outwards to the position
shown by dotted lines.
For regulating the height of the grooved head i, and further governing the
motions of the levers t, the screw shaft q is provided. The upper end of this
screw shaft is fitted with a chain wheel r, coupled by an endless chain with a
similar wheel at the upper end of the vertical screw shaft s, which is worked by a
hand wheel, as shown in Figure 1.
The position of the cask upon the platform b is regulated by the hand wheel 23,
operating, by bevel gearing, the horizontal shaft, fitted with right and left hand
pinions Two axles 2 (Figure 3) are fitted at each end with pinions y
(Figure 1), which gear into racks x, to which are fixed the segmental bars w w.
The worms
gear with the pinions y at one of the ends of each axle, and thereby

page_text: actuate the bars w in opposite directions, whereby the bars w are caused to grip
the lower end of the cask and secure it in a central position. The bars w are
made movable so that bars of various curvatures may be fitted to the racks to
suit casks of various sizes and forms.
The operation is as follows:-The platform b is lowered and the bars w are
separated so as to receive the cask to be hooped. The lower ends of the levers t
are expanded by means of the lever o. The cask is then gripped by means of the
bars w, actuated by the hand wheel 23. A hoop is then placed over the cask.
The claws of the levers t are caused to seize the hoop. The plunger c is then
raised by hydraulic power, whereby the cask is lifted until the hoop is driven to
its proper position on the cask. The platform b is then lowered, and the operation
is repeated with another hoop.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. The improvements in machinery or apparatus for hooping casks, barrels, and
the like, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. In machinery or apparatus for the purposes aforesaid, the combination of a
suitable number of adjustable three-armed levers pivoted to the head frame, the
short outer arms being loaded so as to carry the long arms towards the cask and
grip the hoop by means of steel claws fitted thereto, the inner arms d being fitted
with segmental enlargements e engaging in a grooved sliding head i, together
operating substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In machinery and apparatus as aforesaid, the combination therewith of the
vertical screw spindle s fitted with a hand wheel; a corresponding screw spindle g;
each spindle being fitted with a chain wheel, and an endless chain for operating
the regulating screw spindle 9; substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the drawings.
4. In machinery or apparatus as aforesaid, the combination therewith of the
appliances for fixing the cask in a central position upon the platform b, substantially
as hereiubefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated Lot Tanna 2007
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.