Improvements in Barrels used for Packing Solid Substances or Materials.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels used for Packing Solid Substances
or Materials.
I, WALTER SELLEY, of 297, Stockport Road, Manchester, in the County of
Lancashire, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Butter, margarine lard, fruit or other solid substances or materials packed in
barrels, heretofore has generally been examined or emptyed by taking off the top
hoops and thereby facilitating the removing of the top or bottom of the barrel, which
is very troublesome and takes up a deal of time.
Now my invention has for its object to obviate the said defects and consists
principally in providing the barrel with means for either removing the bottom or top
in one piece, or in parts without disturbing the hoops and to permit of an easy
replacing of the same.
This, when making the bottom or top in one piece removable, I preferably carry
out, by forming the barrel end with a shoulder to receive the bottom or top, which is
secured in position by placing thereon a ring, the ends of which are made to overlap
each other and which is fastened to the barrel by means of pegs.
When arranging the top or bottom removable in parts I form as usually a groove
in the barrel ends for the bottom or top to fit in, but instead of forming it in one part
I arrange the same in three sectional parts. The round edge of each of the outer
parts fits into the groove in the barrel and the inner straight edge is bevelled so
as to receive a filling piece, the edges of which are formed correspondingly. This
filling piece is secured between the outer parts by means of one or more bars
placed over the same and secured to the outer parts by means of screws.
One end of the said filling piece may also be made to fit into the annular recess
in the barrel or the said bar itself may be made to fit into the same so as to make the
barrel air tight as much as possible.
The said bars may be hinge like attached to each side part or arranged to slide on
the middle portion or filling piece and afterwards respectively secured in position by
means of screws.
Dated thin 321
1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels used for Packing Solid Substances
or Materials.
I, WALTER SELLEY, of 297, Stockport Road, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, 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 :-
Butter, margarine, lard, fruit or other solid substances, or materials, such as,
chemicals, paint, oysters, pastes, grain, powdered materials, fish, cement, plaster of
Paris and other articles of merchandise, packed or stored in barrels, heretofore have
generally been examined or emptyed by taking off the top hoops so as to be able to
remove the end of the barrel, which is a proceeding of considerable difficulty and
trouble, takes up a deal of time, and often damages the barrel for future use.
Now my invention has for its object to obviate the said defects and consists
principally in providing the barrel with means for either removing the top or hottom
(in one piece, or in parts) without disturbing the hoops, and to permit of an easy
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page_text: replacing of the same in a quick and easy manner, so as to facilitate the examining,
sampling and partly or totally emptying of the contents of the barrel and at the
same time preventing the deterioration of the goods therein by being too much
exposed to the atmosphere or light, as heretofore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood, I have caused to
be appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1, sheet L, and Figs. 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 13, sheet II, are vertical sections. Figs. 2 &
3, sheet 1, and Figs. 5, 8, 10, 12 & 14, sheet II, plins of the end portion of a barrel,
showing my improvements carried out in various ways.
By the word "solid" I mean any substance or material not in a thin liquid state.
By the word "packing" I mean placing inside for storage or carriage. By the word
"barrel" I mean barrels, casks, tubs, drums, or other similar receptacles of any
shape.
In carrying out my invention and when making the top or bottom in one piece
removable, see Figs. 1, 2 & 3, sheet 1, 1 form the barrel end with a shoulder a to
receive the top or bottom b, which is secured in position by placing thereon a ring c
the ends of which are made to overlap each other and which is fastened to the barrel
by means of pegs or projections el passing into the barrel end. The ends of the
ring c,
I preferably fix to the barrel end by means of a screw c². In lieu of forming
the ring c in one part, as shown in Figs. 1 & 2, the same may be formed with a
hinge c³, see Fig. 3, which facilitates the fixing of the same to the barrel end.
When arranging the top or bottom removable in parts, see Figs. 4 to 14, I form
as usually a groove a¹ (preferably square) in the barrel ends for the top or bottom b
to fit in, but instead of forming the top or bottom b in one part, I arrange the
same preferably in three sectional parts 61, 62, 6. The round edge of each of the
outer parts 62, 63 fits into the groove a' in the barrel and the inner straight edge is
bevelled, see more particularly, Fig. 6, or rabbetted, so as to receive a filling piece b',
the edges of which are formed correspondingly. This filling piece is secured
between the outer parts 2 & 3 by means of one or more bars or plates d placed over
the same and secured to the outer parts 62, 63 by means of screws e, e¹. By preference
1 employ only one of the said bars or plates d over the end of the said filling piece 6',
the opposite end of which I fit into the groove a¹ in the barrel or the side of the said
bar or plate d itself may be made to fit, partly or wholly, into the groove a¹.
Figs. 4, 5, 7 & 8 show the side of the bar or plate d only partly fitting into the
groove a¹, being formed with one or more projections d', while Figs. 9 & 10 show
the whole of the side of the bar or plate d entering the groove a¹, so as to make the
barrel air tight as much as possible.
The said bars or plates d may be hinge-like attached to each side part ¿² & 1³,
see Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, or arranged to slide on the middle portion or filling piece b¹,
as shown in Figs. 9 & 10, and afterwards respectively secured in position by means
of the screw e¹ or a boli e².
When the side of the said bar or plate d is not intended to enter the groove a¹ in
the barrel, I may form the same with a socket d² to receive the end of the filling
piece 61, the bar or plate d being formed with an eye c² to permit of screwing it to
the barrel side, as well as to the side pieces 62 & 3, by means of the screws e.
When employing the said bar or plate d in the middle across the filling piece b¹, I
may form it with a double socket d², see Figs. 13 & 14, so as to receive the filling
piece b¹ in two parts, the respective ends of which I give a little play in their sockets
so as to permit of lifting the filling piece bout, as shown in dotted lines, in Fig. 13,
it being retained in position between the side pieces 62, 63 by means of the bar or
plate d and the screws e.
In order to facilitate the placing of the pieces b', 62, 63 into the groove a¹ in the
barrel I may provide the said groove a' with stops which cause the said pieces to
take up their proper positions.
1 may here remark that I do not confine myself to the particular formation of
barrel end or head, as the plate d may be employed equally as well with a barrel end

page_text: or head formed otherwise in sections, and as the groove a¹ may be a recess of any
kind other than hereinbefore described and illustrated by annexed drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
In barrels and analogous receptacles.
1st. The general combination and adaptation of parts constituting my improvements
operated substantially as set forth.
2nd. The barrel end formed with a shoulder a, adapted to receive the barrel end
or head b, in combination with a ring e placed thereon and secured to the barrel side,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3rd. The barrel end or head formed in any suitable sections, in combination with
a bar or plate d entering the groove a¹ and adapted to secure the filling piece of the
barrel end or head in position and permit an easy removal of the whole or part
thereof, substantially as set forth.
4th. Constructing the barrel end or head with a straight filling piece b, extending
across the barrel, having bevelled side edges and fitting between two side pieces 62, 63,
the straight edges of which are formed to correspond with the side edges of the filling
piece b', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5th. The combination with the barrel head, constructed as specified in the preceding
claim, of a bar or plate d secured to the said pieces 62, 63, and adapted to secure the
filling piece 6' in position and permit an easy removal of the whole or part of the
barrel head, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of June 1890
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.