Improvements in Casks or Barrels.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification, Left, 8th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Casks or Barrels.
I, ALEXANDRE PATERNOSTER. of Antoing, in the Kingdom of Belgium, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention a cask or barrel is made as will be described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig 2 a part transvere section. A metal plate
is bent round to form a cylinder its edges being jointed together by a hook joint A
secured if necessary by rivets. A strip of caoutchouc or other suitable. packing
material may be engaged in the joint when the cask is intended to contain liquid.
The ends of the cylinder are folded inwards, and inwardly flanged as shewn at B and
G, the flanges G forming seatings for wooden ends C. These ends are fixed in position
by metal rings H driven in over them and firmly secured by hammering in the rounded
edge at B so as to swell it inwards over the rings H.
When the cask has to contain liquid a washer of caoutchouc or other suitable packing
is introduced between the wooden ends and the flanges G.
By constructing casks or barrels in this manner, they are made of great strength at
less cost than wooden casks of equivalent capacity, they are more convenient and stable
in stowage and not liable to shrinking and leakage under the influence of heat and
drought. The wooden ends give great stiffness, so that the cask is not liable to the
deformation to which casks entirely of metal are subject, and, when the casks are taken
to pieces after transport, the sheet metal is available for other uses.
Dated this 19th day of January 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Casks or Barrels.
I, ALEXANDRE PATERNOSTER of Antoing in the Kingdom of Belgium, 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 :-
According to this invention a cask or barrel is made as will be described with
reference to the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 apart transverse section. A metal plate
is bent round to form a cylinder its edges being jointed together by a book joint A
secured if necessary by rivets. A strip of caoutchouc or other suitable packing
material may be engaged in the joint when the cask is intended to contain liquid. The
ends of the cylinder are folded inwards, and inwardly flanged as shewn at B and G,
the flanges G forming seatings for wooden ends C. These ends are fixed in position
by metal rings H driven in over them and firmly secured by hammering in the
rounded edge at B so as to swell it inwards over the rings H.
When the cask has to contain liquid a washer of caoutchouc or other suitable
packing is introduced between the wooden ends C and the flanges G.
By constructing casks or barrels in this manner they are made of great strength at
less cost than wooden casks of equivalent capacity, they are more convenient and
stable in stowage and not liable to shrinking and leakage under the influence of heat
and drought. The wooden ends give great stiffness, so that the cask is not liable to
the deformation to which casks entirely of metal are subject, and when the casks are
taken to pieces after transport the sheet metal is available for other uses.
LD.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
Constructing casks or barrels with the body formed of a single metal plate bent
into cylindrical shape with its meeting edges jointed by a hook joint and rivetted, while
its end edges are folded inwards so as to form seats for the two ends made of wood
which are secured in position metal rings, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 8th day of October 1889.
ABEL & IMKAI,
Agents for the Applicant.