IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASKS AND BARRELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I FREDERICK ANDREW of St Mellion Burnt Ash in the County of Kent
Accountant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASKS AND BARRELS to be as follows:-
This invention, consists in the construction of cylindrical casks or barrels with
openings between the staves The width of such openings being regulated by the
use to which the casks or barrels are to be put. The staves of the cask or barrel
are connected and held in position by bands of iron or wood or both to which the
staves are fastened by nails rivets or screws. The ends of the bands or hoop strips
are jointed by rivets or in order that they may be readily unfastened they are
jointed by bolts and nuts or any similar fastening. The heads of the cask or
barrel rest upon lining hoops or segments of hoops or the ends of the staves are cut
away so as to form a shoulder. The heads are secured in place by a second lining
hoop or in order that they may be easily fixed and removed without the aid of a
cooper they are fastened to the cask or barrel by tongues and bolts. By this
invention a package is obtained peculiarly adapted to hold fish fruit vegetables and
other perishable articles requiring the admission of air during transit as owing to
its cylindrical form it allows when stowed a greater ventilation than any package
now in use for such purposes. It is also stronger and cheaper and it is more easily
handled. It also possesses this great advantage that the cylinder of the cask or
barrel may be flattened into a straight sheet by unfastening the ends of the hoop
bands when it occupies very little stowage space as an empty"
" and it is easily
re-formed into a cask or barrel when required.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I FREDERICK ANDREW of 42 Leyland Road Lee in the County of Kent
Accountant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASKS AND BARRELS and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention has for its object the construction of cylindrical casks or barrels
permitting ventilation of the contents and to this end the body of the barrel is
formed of staves placed apart from each other the distance separating them being
regulated by the nature of the intended contents.
In a barrel of this construction the staves are held in position by the external
bands or hoops to which they are fastened by nails screws or rivets This operation
as also the subsequent formation of the barrel I prefer to do in the manner
described in my specification AD 1884 21 February No 3701 though this is not
essential-The ends of the bands or hoops are jointed by nails or rivets or that
they may be readily unfastened and refastened, in the case of metal hoops, they are
jointed by bolts and nuts or any similar fastening.
The heads rest upon inner or lining hoops in the manner commonly employed or
the ends of the staves are cut away on their inner side so as to form a shoulder,
preferably a concave, upon which the heads find a bearing. The heads are held in
place by hoops secured over them in the usual manner or in order that they may
be easily fixed and removed, the heads are secured by tongues and bolts to staples
fixed in the body of the barrel. By the alternative methods of jointing the hoops
strips and fixing the heads a barrel is obtained that may be easily unfastened and
flattened for stowage and be again formed into a barrel when required. An
advantage that will be readily understood.
The annexed drawing represents the body of a barrel of this construction ready
to receive the heading hoops and the heads and shews the position in which the
staves "A" are placed relatively to each other and the manner in which they are
retained in that position by the external hoops D and E to which they are secured
as shewn. The hoops D are of metal and those marked E are of wood and are used
in combination with the metal hoops to give rigidity to the barrel as also a larger
diameter or a raised surface at the point where they are placed, so as to facilitate
the rolling and guidance of the barrel; but a larger or less number of hoops than
is shewn may be used and any desired space may separate the staves.
Having now particularly 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 to
1. The formation of a cylindrical cask or barrel the body portion of which
consists of staves so placed relatively to each other that their sides do not touch
and which are fastened to and held in position by external hoops substantially as
described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
*Dated this Twentieth day of July One thousand eight hundred and
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