IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL HOOPS FOR CASES, TUBS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METAL HOOPS FOR CASES, TUBS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS."--A communica-
tion from abroad by John Louis Alberger, of Buffalo, New York,
United States of America, Provision Packer.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration,
on the 23rd May 1866, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent
Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METAL HOOPS FOR CASKS, TUBS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS," and have petitioned
Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration

page_text: that the same has been communicated to me from abroad by John Louis
Alberger, of Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Provision
Packer.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do bereby declare
that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully 5
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, in and by the following statement, referenco
being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings making a part of this
Specification:
The nature of the said Invention consists in forming metal hoops for casks, 1
barrels, tubs, and other similarly constructed vessels from strips of iron or
other suitable metal corrugated or creased lengthwise, and afterwards turned
or bent into hoops or bands of the required shape and size.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a cask or barrel having hoops thereon made according
to the principle of my Invention; Figure 2 represents an edge view of a
hoop having a flange on either side of the corrugation; Figure 3 is a side view,
and Figure 4 a cross section of the same; Figure 5 is a side view of a
modified form of hoop, and Figure 6 a cross section of the same.
A represents the hoops formed from strips or bands of metal, the width
and thickness of which may be varied to suit any sized cask or other vessel.
The said strips are corrugated or creased in the direction of their length, and
afterwards formed into hoops of any required diameter. The hoops are so
formed that the concave portion of the corrugation or crease is inside the
hoop or upon that side thereof to be placed in contact with the cask, barrel,
or other vessel, and centrally and lengthwise of the strip of iron or other
metal, as represented at a', and so as to leave a flange as on either side of the
said corrugation, as shewn in Figure 1; or, if preferred, the corrugation or
crease may be formed without a flange, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The
corrugation or crease is preferably made broad and deep, so that the hoop
will present the form of an elevated rib or projection around the cask, barrel,
or other vessel upon which it is placed. The said cask or barrel therefore
when lying upon its side, as shown in Figure 1, will be supported upon the
hoops, upon which it may also be rolled from place to place without bringing
the staves or wood part B of the said cask into contact with the ground or
floor upon which it is rolled. The corrugation or crease is formed most easily
and perfectly at the rolling mill where the metal strips or bands are manu-
factured. After the metal is rolled into flat strips or bands of the proper

page_text: width and thickness the said strips or bands are passed through dies or
Several smaller
rollers to form the required corrugation or creases therein.
corrugations, instead of one deep and broad as represented, may be formed
in the metal strips without departing from the principle of my Invention;
and the said corrugations or creases instead of being of a curved section may
be rectangular, or of any other desired form.
I consider the strip corrugated with one deep and broad groove or channel
with a flange on either side, as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the best
adapted to the purpose herein specified; but when thicker metal is
used the hoop may be formed without a flange, as shewn in Figures 5
and 6.
Hoops made upon the principle of this Invention have much more strength
and stiffness than hoops made of flat strips wherein the same quality and
thickness of metal is used, and also afford much greater protection to the
wood staves of the cask, barrel, or other vessel upon which they are placed.
Hoops of this character also grip the staves more tightly, and are less liable to
slip thereon than the common hoops formed of flat strips. If necessary
nails b may be driven through the flanges a³ into the staves, as shewn in
Figures 1 and 3, to further prevent slipping, but ordinarily the said nails
are not needed. When these hoops are made of iron the iron may be
galvanized, zinced, or tinned to prevent corrosion. The ends of the strip or
band forming the hoop are overlapped and rivetted, as shewn at c, Figures 2,
8, and 5. Two or three rivets are sufficient for this purpose.
Having thus described the said Invention, and shewn how the same may bo
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I claim a corrugated or
creased metal boop for casks, barrels, tubs, and other similar vessels formed
substantially in the manner described.
In witness whereof, I, the sail George Haseltine, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.s.)
Witness,
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE.