IMPROVEMENTS IN BARRELS OR VESSELS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Lewis Eyre, of Surry Street, in the County of
Middlesex for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN BARRELS OR VESSELS FOR
HOLDING LIQUIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES " a communication to him from
abroad by Gardiner Spring Spofford, of the City, county, and State of New
York, United States of America
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Lewis Eyre at the.
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th July 1883.
"
CHARLES LEWIS EYRE, of Surry Street, in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BARRELS OR VESSEL FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES
[a communication to him from abroad by Gardiner Spring Spofford, of the City,
county, and State. of New York, United States of America]
This invention relates more especially to that form of metal barrel or vessel in
which an inner vessel of sheet iron or other suitable metal is enclosed within a
corresponding exterior vessel of sheet metal, the space between them being filled
with a material nonconducting of heat and serving to preserve the interior vessel
from injury. It has for its object improved methods of making and finishing the
compound barrel or vessel described, and improved compositions of material to be
used for filling the space between the exterior and interior barrels in the way
described.
.
I make the inner barrel or vessel of sheet iron, copper, or other suitable metal,
perferably coated in the usual way with tin or zinc in order to prevent oxidation.
This barrel may be cylindrical or more or less taper or conical, and it is provided
with ends of similar material soldered or otherwise attached to it, so that the
entire vessel is watertight. The barrel described may be made of any desired
dimensions to suit the purpose to which it is to be applied, and it is provided
with an opening at the side to serve as a bung hole, as well as one at the end into
which is introduced a faucet or cock by which the contents can be drawn off in the
usual way

page_text: The barrel or vessel made as described is introduced into an exterior vessel or
barrel of corresponding shape but of larger dimensions, so that a space is left
between the two vessels, the width of which space may be varied according to the
purpose to which the barrel is to be applied.
The outer barrel is fitted with an end preferably of sheet iron fixed to it by
means of an angle iron rivetted to it and fitted into the end of the barrel to which
it is also rivetted. The inner barrel or vessel is then introduced from the opposite
or open end, and is retained in its proper central position by means of a suitable
ring or bush. fitted between the corresponding bung holes in the inner and outer
barrels, and also by a similar ring or bush fitted between the barrels opposite the
end holes for the cock or faucet.
These rings or bushes are fixed in their respective places by rivets, screws, solder,
or other convenient means. For instance, the rings may be provided with inner
flanges by which they are rivetted to the inner barrel before the latter is completed,
similar outer flanges being provided by which they are also rivetted or screwed to
the outer barrel. Or they may be soldered to the inner barrel and connected by
screws or rivets to the outer one.
The space between the two vessels forming the compound barrel as described is
filled with a suitable non-conducting. material such as plaster or cement made into
a paste with water containing preferably a sufficient quantity of glue or gelatine in
solution. This composition is introduced and forced down until it fills the entire
space between the two vessels, and a second head of sheet metal similar to that
already described is then fitted into the open end of the outer vessel and forced
down upon the compound, being then fixed by an external angle iron fitting into
and rivetted to the edge of the external barrel.
In order to impart additional strength and elasticity to the compound described
which fills the space between the two vessels, I add to and mix with it a quantity,
which may be varied according to the purpose to which the barrel is to be
applied, of cork shavings, sawdust, or flexible shavings or strips of wood, or woody
fibre.
In this way a very strong, light, durable, and cheap metal barrel is obtained,
capable of withstanding great wear and tear and hard usage, without indentation
or breakage.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Lewis Eyre in the Patent Office on the 19th January,
1884.
CHARLES LEWIS EYRE, of Surrey Street, in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BARRELS OR VESSELS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES
"
(a communication to me from Abroad by Gardiner Spring Spofford of the City,
County, and State of New York, United States of America)
This invention relates more especially to that form of metallic barrel or vessel in
which an inner vessel of sheet iron or other suitable metal is enclosed within a
corresponding exterior vessel also of sheet metal, the space between them being.
filled with a material non-conducting of heat and serving to preserve the inner
vessel from injury by falls, blows, or other causes. It has for its object improved
methods of making and finishing the compound barrel or vessel described, and
improvements in the composition of the material used for filling the space between
the external and internal barrels or vessels in the way described.
In order to put the invention in operation I make the inner vessel or barrel of
sheet iron, copper, or other suitable metal, preferably coated with tin or zinc in the
usual way, or with varnish or other preservative material, in order to prevent:
oxidation.
This vessel may be cylindrical or more or less taper or conical towards one or:
both ends, and it is provided with ends of similar material soldered or otherwise
attached to it so that the entire vessel is watertight. The barrel or vessel described
may be of any desired dimensions and thickness of metal to. suit the purpose to
which it is to be applied, and it is provided with an opening at the side to serve as
a bung-hole, as well as one at the end into which is introduced a faucet or cock by.
which the contents can be drawn off as desired.
The barrel or vessel made as described is introduced into an exterior vessel or
barrel of shape more or less corresponding with the inner one but of larger.
dimensions, so that a space is left all round between the two vessels, the width of
which space may be varied according to the purpose to which the barrel is to be
applied, and the conditions, under which it is to be used. The outer barrel is fitted
with an end, preferably of sheet iron fixed to it by means of an angle iron rivetted
to it and fitted into the end of the barrel, to which it is also rivetted. The inner
barrel or vessel is then introduced from the opposite or open end, and it is retained
in its proper central position by means of a suitable ring or bush fitted, in the
manner hereinafter described, between the corresponding bungholes in the inner
and outer barrels, and also by a similar ring or bush fitted, in the same way,
between the ends of the barrels at the holes for the faucet or cock.
These rings or bushes may be fixed in their respective places by means of
external flanges screwed or otherwise fixed to the outer barrel, whilst the inner
ends project into the inner one to which they may be fixed by solder or other
convenient means. Or, they may be provided with inner flanges by which they
are rivetted or fixed to the inner barrel before the latter is completed and
inserted into the outer one, similar flanges being provided at their outer ends
fitting inside the outer barrel to which they are attached by rivets or screws.
they may be soldered to the inner barrel, and attached by screws to the outer one.
The space between the vessels forming the compound barrel as described is filled
with a suitable material nonconducting of heat consisting of plaster or cement made
into a paste with water containing in solution a sufficient quantity of glue or
gelatine to give the compound when dry a certain amount of flexibility and
Or

page_text: elasticity. To the mixture may be added flexible strips of wood in the manner
.sometimes heretofore proposed to be used for the like purpose, but I prefer to add
shavings or fragments of cork, peat or other elastic woody fibre, or sawdust, one or
more of them, the proportions being varied to suit the purpose and conditions in
which the barrel is to be used.
In this way a very strong, light, durable and cheap metal barrel is obtained,
capable of withstanding great wear and tear and hard usage, without indentation
or breakage.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention, figure 1 being a
longitudinal section of a compound barrel, and figure 2 a transverse section of the
same. a is a cylindrical outer vessel, and b the inner vessel made watertight by
soldering or otherwise. c, c, are the heads of the outer vessel a and d, d, are angle
irons rivetted to the heads c, c, and also to the sides of the vessel. e is the com-
position above described pressed into the space between the outer vessel a and the
inner one b. A bush for the bunghole is shewn at f projecting into the inner
vessel band having an outer flange g by which it is screwed or rivetted to the
outer vessel a, and h is the bush for the cock or faucet. Figure 3 shews (broken
off) the outer and inner vessel tapering towards their ends instead of being
cylindrical and figure 4 shews. the inner vessel cylindrical and the outer one
tapering.
At figure 5 the bush f is shewn with flanges attaching it to both the inner and
outer vessels; and figure 6 shews it fixed to the inner one and attached to the outer
one by a flange inside the latter.
Having now described the invention and the manner in which it is to be.
performed, I claim :-,
The combination of the outer case a, the inner barrel b, the ends or heads c, c,
and angle irons d, d, and the compound of plaster or cement and gelatine, with or
without the addition of cork, peat or other woody fibre, or sawdust, filling up the
space between the outer case and the inner barrel, substantially as described and
shewn in the drawing.
Also, in combination with the compound barrel so formed, the methods of
attaching the bushes between the inner barrel and outer case, substantially in the
manner described and shewn in figures 5. and 6.
In witness whereof, I, the said. Charles Lewis Eyre, have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 19th day of January in the year of our Lord 1884.
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