IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR SECURING HOOPS - TO CASKS & THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: I NELSON NEWMAN of Springfield in the County of Sangamon and State of
Illinois one of the United States of America gentleman do hereby declare the.
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR SECURING HOOPS -
TO CASKS & THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the outer side of my device as preferably
constructed.
Figure 2 is a like view of the rear side of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are like views of a modification of said device, and
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a barrel having its hoops secured in place by
means of said fastening.
Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.
The design of my invention is to enable the hoops of barrels and other similar
articles to be easily secured in position without interfering with their freedom of
motion in the direction necessary for tightening them after shrinkage of the vessel,
and to this end said invention
Consists in a hoop fastening which is adapted to be driven between the hoops
and the stave, and is provided upon its inner side with means substantially as
shown for automatic engagement with the-stave and is adapted for engagement
with the chime edge of the hoop, substantially as and for the purpose herein-after
specified.
In the annexed drawing, A represents my fastening which consists of a plate of
sheet metal, but has, preferably, a width of about 3/8 of an inch and a length of
about 1/4 inches, and at one end a is pointed to enable it to be more readily
driven under a hoop B.
At two or more points the metal composing the fastening A is driven downward
so as to form upon the rear side or back, teeth a' which have a rearward rake,
while at the head of said device the metal is turned outward, so as to form at such
point a lug a. In place of said lug a², one or more teeth a³, raking forward, may
be formed upon the upper face, near the rear end of said plate, as shown in Figures 3
and 4 by punching the same from the rear, as in case of said teeth a!.
"
The device thus constructed is driven beneath a hoop B from the chime end of
the barrel C until the lug a² or teeth a³ engage with the edge of the former, when

page_text: by the engagement of the teeth a¹ with the contiguous stave, said fastening will
be prevented from moving rearward, and said hoop will be securely held in place.
Should a hoop become loosened by the shrinkage of the barrel, it may be driven
upward until tight in the usual manner, and the fastenings then driven to place so
as to hold said hoop in its new position.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A hoop fastening which is adapted to be driven between the hoop and the stave,
and is provided upon its inner side with means, substantially as shown for auto-
matic engagement with the stave, and is adapted for engagement with the chime
edge of the hoop, substantially as and for the purpose specified.