IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC CASKS. BOTTLES, AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS. AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John Wood, of
Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey Iron Cask Manufacturers, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC CASKS.
BOTTLES, AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS. AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED
THEREIN."
Sealed the 19th April 1864, and dated the 22nd October 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Noakes and
Frederic John Wood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 22nd October 1863.
We, BENJAMIN NOAKES and FREDERIC JOHN WOOD. of Bermondsey, in the
County of Surrey, Tron Cask Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC
CASKS. BOTTLES, AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED
THEREIN," to be as follows:-
Hitherto in the construction of what are known as metallic "taper" casks
or bottles, the shoulder has been attached to the body by hand soldering. One
object of our Invention is to dispense with the hand process, and to effect the
union of the shoulder with the body by mechanical means. We first stamp
the flange of the shoulder in a die (as hereafter described.) and corrugate the
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page_text: shoulder to the body. This corrugation is effected by means of a machine
consisting of two cylindrical arms placed one above the other, projecting from
the side of a suitable frame; upon the outer end of each of these projecting
arms a corrugated roll is rigidly attached, the space between these two rolls
being regulated by an adjusting screw. One side of the body of the cask
is now passed between these projecting arms and rolls sufficiently far, the
precise distance being fixed by a face plate or gauge to bring the junction
of the taper top and body between the corrugated rolls. The necessary
pressure being given to the rolls by the screw before named, and rotary
motion being imparted to the cylindrical projecting arms and rolls by means
of a fly wheel and suitable toothed gearing, the cask is caused to rotate
between the rolls and the desired corrugation effected. The taper bottle is
now removed from the machine, and the top immersed in a bath of molten
metal to a point above the corrugation, and thereby rendered perfecily sound.
By this arrangement of machinery we are also enabled to corrugate in any
desired part the bodies of all descriptions of metallic casks, whereby additional
strength is imparied to the cask.
Our Invention also consists in stamping the flange of the shoulder of the
taper top in a die, the top die or plunger being bevilled to produce the flange;
the bottom die, which corresponds in form with the top die or plunger, having
pins, hooks, or other suitable projections near the inner edge thereof, which
take on the edge of the taper top and firmly hold it in position for the recep-
tion of the top die or plunger.
Our Invention also relates to a new arrangement of folding machine for
turning the edges of the metal to form the grooved seam which runs from the
neck to the shoulder of the taper top, and consists in the use of a hooked
handle or bent lever, whereby that part of the taper top which is not required
to be folded is passed over in the upward movement of the handle.
Our Invention also consists in forming handles for metallic taper botiles by
stamping them somewhat in the form of the letter S. This is effected by
means of two bars or pieces of iron connected by a rivet or pin at one end.
The under piece. bar, or bed has a portion removed at or near the centre
thereof of the form and size of the handle required, and the upper piece or
bar has a projection corresponding with the hollow or recess in the under
piece or bed, the hoop iron being placed in a proper position in the hollow or
recess; the upper piece or bar is forced down, and at one blow forms the handle

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John Wood in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 22nd April 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, BENJAMIN
NOAKES and FREDERIC JOHN WOOD, of Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey,
Iron Cask Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John Wood. Her special licence
that we, the said Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John Wood, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Benjamin Noakes
and Frederic John Wood, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC CASKS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER
SIMILAR VESSELS, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John
Wood, or one of us, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or one of our, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Benjamin Noakes and Frederic John
Wood, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:-
Hitherto in the construction of what are known as metallic taper casks or
bottles, the shoulder has been attached to the body by hand soldering. One
object of our Invention is to dispense with the hand process, and to effect the
union of the shoulder with the body by mechanical means. We first stamp
the flange of the shoulder in a die, (as hereafter described,) and corrugate the
shoulder to the body. This corrugation is effected by means of a machine

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consisting of two cylindrical arms placed one above the other, projecting from
the side of a frame; to the outer end of each of these projecting arms a cor-
rugated roll is rigidly attached, the space between these two rolls being
regulated by an adjusting screw. One side of the body of the cask is then
passed between these projecting arms and rolls sufficiently far (the precise
distance being fixed by a face plate or gauge) to bring the junction of the
taper top and body between the corrugated rolls.
being given to the rolls by the screw before named, and rotary motion being
imparted to the cylindrical projecting arms and rolls by means of a fly wheel
and suitable toothed gearing, the cask is caused to rotate between the rolls.
and the desired corrugation effected. The taper bottle is now removed from
the machine, and the top immersed in a bath of molten metal io a point above
the corrugation, and thereby rendered perfectly sound. By this arrangement
of machinery we are also enabled to corrugate in any desired part the bodies
of all descriptions of metallic casks, whereby additional strength is imparted
to the cask.
Our Invention also consists in stamping the flange of the shoulder of the
taper top in a die. the top die or plunger being bevilled to produce the flange;
the bottom dic, which corresponds in form with the top dic or plunger. having
pins, hooks, or other suitable projections, which take on the edge of the taper
top and firmly hold it in position for the reception of the top die or plunger.
Our Invention also consists in forming handles for metallic taper bottles by
stamping them somewhat in the form of the letter S. This is effected by
means of two bars or pieces of iron connected by a rivet or pin at one end:
the upper piece, har. or hed has a portion removed at or near the centre
thereof of the form and size of the handle required, and the under piece or bar
has a projection corresponding with the hollow or recess in the upper piece or
bar; the hoop iron being placed in a proper position, the upper piece or bar is
forced down, and at one blow forms the handle.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a view of so much of a corru-
gating machine as is necessary to explain the first part of our Invention.
A, A, are the cylindrical projecting arms carrying the corrugating rolls B. B;
C is a lever, which on being pressed or forced down slightly raises the outer
end of the upper cylindrical arm, thereby allowing space for the body of the
cask or bottle to be passed between the rolls: D is an adjusting screw for
forcing the rolls tightly together when the cask or bottle has been placed
between them: E is a sliding or adjustable circular face plate or gauge
against which the cask or bottle presses during the corrugating process, in
order that the corrugation may be truly effected. The fly wheel and toothed

page_text: gearing for giving motion to the corrugating rolls are not shewn in the
Drawings. Figures 2 and 3 are respectively cross sections of a bevilled
plunger and die for stamping the flange of the shoulder of a taper bottle
according to this Invention. a. a, a, are hooks or projecting pieces which
take on the edge of the taper top and retain it in the correct position for the
reception of the plunger. Figure 4 is a side view of the handle-making
machine. The under part of the machine is secured to a bed or box, and
the upper part G is also secured at b by a pin or bolt upon which it works;
on the upper part of the machine being raised at c, a piece of hoop iron of
the requisite length is placed in the aperture d, and bent back over the pro-
jection c; the upper part of the machine is then forced down, and the handle
formed at one blow.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim,-
First, the manufacture of metallic casks, bottles, and other similar vessels
substantially as herein-before described.
And, second, the machinery employed in the manufacture of metallic
casks, bottles, and other similar vessels, herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederic John Wood, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of April, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
FREDERIC JOHN WOOD. (L.S.)