Year: 1888

page_text: I, FREDERICK ANDREW of 20 Great Winchester Street in the City of London
Managing Director of the Stave-Street Barrel Co. Limited do hereby declaro the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to Casks. and. Barrels of cylindrical shape or that are not
bulged and has for its object the construction of a cheap barrel adapted to hold
contents partly liquid and partly solids as Herrings when packed for transport
requiring a liquor tight barrel the head of which can be readily fastened in after the
barrel has been filled. But though I have indicated the nature of the contents to
hold which the barrel is specially designed I do not limit its use thereto and it is
not of the essence of my invention that a barrel should be wholly constructed
according to it as one part of the invention can be applied to the construction of
a barrel independent of the remainder:
A barrel according to my invention has staves with a tongue and groove or
similar device to that when formed into the barrel the tongue or projecting side
of one stave shall enter the groove in the next stave which will make a covered
joint and permit the head to be forced tight into its place without opening the
barrel and in order the better to secure the staves from shifting by pressure acting
upon them endways they have grooves preferably only partly across their outer
face into which when the barrel is formed certain of the hoop strips enter holding
them at a level line.
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The heads of a barrel according to my invention have a spiral groove around
their periphery and the barrel has grooves to correspond around inside at the place
where the heads are to be held and with which the heads engage upon being
inserted into the barrel and turned as in the manner when making an ordinary
screw joint or fastening. But it is not essential that both heads should be fixed
in the manner described as the head that is put in before the barrel is filled can be
held in a croze or otherwise and that head only be fixed according to this invention
that is put in after the barrel is filled when a rapid simple and efficient method of

page_text: heading up is of most importance. That the heads may be readily entered and with-
drawn from the barrel they have two or more holes in their outer surface from which
purchase.can be obtained for a lever key to be operated or they have a raised centre
by which they can be turned by the hand.
Barrels of this construction when made according to the process and by the
apparatus for which Letters Patent were granted me 21 Feb. 1884 No. 3701 and
30 Septr. 85 No. 11644 will cost much less than the Herring Barrel now in use-they
are more easy to head up and being cylindrical will measure less for freight whilst
the "Stave-Street" offers great facilities for storage and so provides the means of
supplying the frequent lack of barrels at the time of a heavy catch.
Dated this 30th day of April 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
.Improvements in Cylindrical Herring Barrels and the like.
1 FREDERICK ANDREW, now of St. Georges House Eastcheap London E.C.
Managing Director 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 :—
This invention relates to certain improvements in the manner of constructing
cylindrical barrels from flexible sheets of connected staves prepared as described
in the specification of my Patent. No. 3701 of 1884 the primary object of this present
invention being to enable barrels so constructed to be capable of being used for semi-
liquid goods particularly herrings.
To enable my invention to be properly understood I will proceed to fully describe
the same with aid of the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 partial perspective view of connected staves according to part of this
invention,
Figure 2, plan view of barrel of connected staves.
Figure 3, elevation of barrel partly broken away.
Figures 4 and 5, detail views of mode of fastening hoop strip and of fastener
respectively.
A, represents tlie staves and to enable a tight joint to be made the edges are formed
with tongue and groove and bevelled to correspond to circumference of barrel cylinder.
On the inside of staves near top and bottom a groove B is cut in any of the usual
ways. To form a barrel the requisite number of staves prepared as described are laid
flat side by side as at figure 1, and nailed to hoop strips C, the sheets of connected

page_text: staves is then placed in the machine described in the specification of my patent
No. 11644 of 1885 and pressed into a barrel cylinder and at the same time or after.
the cylinder is formed a hoop D, is pressed into the groove B, at each end of the staves
and nailed thereto. This hoop assists in preventing the longitudinal shifting of the
staves and forms a shoulder for the head and bottom to rest upon; these are fastened
in, in the usual way. The ends of the hoop strips C, are formed with a slot to enable
them to be fastened round the barrel cylinder. This fastening is effected by means of
the fastening device described in the specification of my Patent No. 1648 of 1885 the
incline on one side of the T fastener E, drawing the ends of the hoop strip tight
round the barrel cylinder when the slot in the overlapping end is forced over the
projecting end of fastener the latter being then laid over as shown at figure 4.
By joining each stave with a tongue and a groove enables a barrel to remain tight
oven if the staves are rather forced apart by the insertion of a tight head. Instead of
inserting the head in the usual way the upper part of inside of barrel may have a
rough screw thread F, formed in it and the head a corresponding thread on its
periphery the outside of the head having suitable projections to enable it to be screwed
in. Or instead of the bottom being held in and screwed upon the ring D it can
be held in a croze as described in my specification No. 11644 of 1885. This mode of
making barrels offers great facility for transport and storage purposes as sheets of
connected staves can be prepared and packed, in layers and formed into barrels as
required.
Having now 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. The improved constructions of cylindrical barrels herein described.
2. In the manufacture of cylindrical barrels from sheets of connected staves; a
sheet of staves consisting of straight staves having their edges tongued, grooved
and bevelled nailed to hoop strips, as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1888
⚫ FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.