New or Improved Lid or Cover for Barrels for the Transport of Fish.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Lid or Cover for Barrels for the Transport of Fish.
I, FRANZ KÖHN, of Ploen, in the Empire of Germany, Lessee of Fishery, 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:
Barrels which are intended for the transport of fish are usually provided with
large openings to enable the fish to be conveniently put in, which openings can
be closed with lids or covers during transit.
This invention consists of a lid or cover for barrels of this description, which
only requires a simple movement of the hand to fasten or unfasten it, instead of
the manipulation of several binding-screws and the like, as in covers heretofore
in use.
The separate parts of the improved cover are also so simple, that there is no
liability to injury, neither does the cover act injuriously on the parts of the barrel
itself, as is more or less the case with the covers at present in use.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Figure 2 a section
of one form of cover constructed in accordance with this invention.
The lid or plate, forming this cover, consists of two parts a and b, hinged
together by strong hinges c. A lever e is centred at d to the part a and its move-
ment is guided and limited by the stirrup piece f, which is also firmly attached
On the part 6 of the lid a catch or hasp g is fastened, the conical nose of
which catches over the lever c.
to a.
On the undersides of the lids or plates a and b are rivetted the hasps or
catches and air-holes i, of suitable size and number, are provided as usual for
the purpose of admitting air to the barrel.
The mode of closing depends on the wedge-like action exerted on the lids a
and by the slightly flexible lever e, when being moved under the nose of the
catch g, the edges of the lids lying on the edges of the opening in the barrel,
whilst the hasps or catches h engage with the inner edges of such opening as
shewn, and prevent the lids a and b from being pressed out. If the lever e is
moved away from under the catch or hasp g, the lids a and b, with the hasps or
catches h, can be lifted up, as the halves of the cover hang together by the
hinges and only project slightly over the edges of the opening in the staves of
the barrel.
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In order to close the cover it is only necessary to move the lever e, which is the
work of a moment only, and entails no appreciable wear of the parts.
In order to prevent theft in transit, the lever e and the catch or hasp g can be
easily secured by sealing, by a padlock, or other suitable device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A cover for barrels for the transport of fish, which consists of two hinged
lids a b which cover the opening in the barrel, and are furnished with hasps or

page_text: catches h engaging with the inner edges of such opening, and are held in position
by a lever e, pushed under a catch or hasp g, substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1050.
Per W. H. Beck,
F. KOHN.
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.