Improvements in Barrels and Casks for Dry or other Goods.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels and Casks for Dry or other Goods.
I MARTIN GRAY of 95 Windsor Road Forest Gate in the County of Essex
Manufacturers Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvements have reference to barrels and casks for dry and other goods,
these being so arranged that one or both ends may be removed for packing and
refilling or other purposes without removing any hoops or in any way interfering with
the stability of such barrel or cask.
When preferred one end of the barrel or cask may be arranged in the ordinary way
or both ends may be fixed in position as follows
I provide a groove by cutting the inside of the staves at each end, or by inserting
hoops of wood, iron, or any other suitable material forming a groove for the ends of
the boards constituting the complete ends of the barrel or cask to rest between. The
said hoops to be secured to the staves firmly with screws, rivits, or nuts and bolts.
I employ three or more pieces of wood or any other suitable material to form the
ends of the barrels or casks. The centre bar or board to be secured when in its final
position by one or more locks or bolts placed at the end or side of the centre bar
or board. The said locks or bolts to be shot from a cavity formed in the centre
bar or board, one end of the bar or board having been placed in the groove
formed in the staves or between the hoops and the other end having been passed
through a slot made in the upper part of the groove formed in the staves or by means
of hoops, the groove to be so constructed as to allow the complete end of the barrel
or cask to be moved round after placing the said bar or centre board in the slot, until
it becomes in a transverse position to the slot formed in the groove, or if desired the
centre bar or board can remain in a direct line with the slot, and the slot to be filled
in with a moveable piece of wood or any other suitable material which can be secured
when desired with screws or lock and key, or by a lock placed in the cavity in the
bar or centre board.
The barrel or cask can be made of wood or any other suitable material and I
claim this particular construction for making the same to be my sole invention.
Dated this 27th day of November 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels and Casks for Dry or other Goods.
I MARTIN GRAY of 95 Windsor Road Forest Gate in the County of Essex,
Commission Agent 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 :-
My improvements have reference to barrels and casks for dry and other goods,
these being so arranged that one or both ends may be removed for packing or
refilling or other purposes without removing any hoops or in any way interfering
with stability of such barrel or cask.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be completely understood reference is given
to the accompanying drawings and to the letters marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections respectively through lines P. Q and R S.
Figure 3, is a plan looking at the top.
When preferred, one end of the barrel or cask, may be arranged in the ordinary
way, or both ends may be constructed and fixed in position, as follows ;-
I provide a groove, A, by cutting the inside of the stave, B, at each end, or by
inserting hoops, D, of wood, metal or any other suitable material forming the
groove, A, for the ends of the boards, C, constituting the complete ends, H, of the
said barrel or cask to rest between, the hoops to be secured firmly to the staves, B,
with screws, rivits or bolts and nuts, J.
1 employ three or more pieces of wood or any other suitable material to form
the complete end, H, of the barrel or cask. The centre bar or board, E, if it be
formed of one piece of material, to have a square hole or cavity, G, formed either by
cutting completely or partly through the centre of the said bar or board, E, from
which the bolt, O, can be shot into the staves, B, or the centre bar or board, E,
if so desired can be made in three sections as shown in Fig. 1. The middle
section shutter, N, covering in the cavity, G, and secured with a lock and key, F.
The said bar or board, E, to be mitred on both edges to fit the adjoining boards
forming the complete ends, H, of the barrel or cask.
One end of the centre bar or board, E, having been placed in groove, A, the
other end of the board, E, when composed of three sections, can be slid from
cavity, G, into groove, A, or if one piece of material be used to form the centre
board, E, the end can be passed through the slot, L, formed by cutting away a
portion of the upper part of groove, A, as shown in Fig. 5. The groove to be so
constructed as to allow the entire end, H, of barrel or cask to be moved round
after placing the said centre bar or board, E, through the cavity, G, or slot, L,
until it becomes in a transverse position to the slot, L, formed in or on the
staves, B.
The slot to be filled in with a moveable piece of suitable material and secured
with screws
or bolts, J, after shooting bolt, O, or lock, F, at cavity, G, or
shutter, N.
The shutter being secured on one side or end by hinges, I, attached to one of the
end sections of the centre bar or board, E, when formed in three sections.
The barrel or cask can be made of wood or any other suitable material, and I
claim this particular construction for making the same, to be my sole invention.
Having now described the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
The construction of barrels and casks, these being so arranged that the end or
ends can be readily removed for packing, refilling or other purposes or retained
in position shown in drawings substantially as herein set forth and illustrated and
described.
Dated this 17th day of August 1896