Improvements in and in connection with Casks and Barrels.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept.; 1891-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Casks and Barrels.
I JOHN HENRY HALL Haverstock Villa 11 Slaithwaite Road Lewisham Kent
Manager of Cooperage do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a hand-hole or aperture of any shape, made for the
purpose of cleaning out by hand, or for filling casks and barrels also an appliance
for hermetically closing such hand-hole or aperture. This appliance consists of two
hollow metal or wood plates, one for the interior and one for the exterior of the
said hand-hole or aperture. Also a bolt fixed to the interior plate to connect the two.
Attached to the interior plate is a ring of india-rubber to make a tight joint. A
swivel bar is also attached to the interior plate, the ends of which rest on the
outside edge of the hand-hole or aperture aforesaid. The interior plate with india
rubber ring and swivel bar is introduced into the hand-hole or aperture and drawn
up so that the ends of the swivel bar rest on the outside edge of the hand-hole or
aperture the outside plate is then placed in position the bolt before mentioned
passing through it and the nut is screwed up thereby making a perfectly air-tight
and water-tight joint.
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JOHN HENRY HALL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Casks and Barrels.
1 JOHN HENRY HALL late of Haverstock Villa 11 Slaithwaite Road Lewisham
Kent but now of 47 West Bank Stamford Hill London N. Manager of Cooperage
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:-
This invention relates to and covers a hand-hole or aperture in casks and barrels,
and a stopper or door for closing it. The said hand-hole or aperture may be oval
or of any other shape or form and of any size, and made either in the head of the
cask or barrel or in any of the staves, for the purpose of, or which can be used for
the purpose of passing a person's hand through it and thereby reaching the interior
of the cask or barrel in order to cleanse out the same by hand, or it may be used
for filling casks and barrels, or for any other use or purpose whatever.
The invention will be understood by the annexed drawings in which
Fig. 1. is a part section of cask and stopper.
Fig. 2. is a plan of the above.
Fig. 3 is a full size view of bolt and swivel bar.
Fig. 4 is a plan of No. 3.
Figs. 5 and 6 are views of interior plate or bar with bolt attached.
The said stopper or door consists of two metal or wood plates or bars having
either hollow or flat surfaces a and b Fig. 1. (or one hollow and one flat) which
are connected by a bolt or stud c Fig. 3, attached to the interior plate or bar, Fig. 3
and 5. One of these is for the interior and the other for the exterior of the hand-
hole. The bolt aforesaid passes through the external plate. A band of india-rubber
is attached round the edge of one or both plates to make a tight joint. A
swivel bar e Fig. 3, with handle ƒ Fig. 3, made to rise and fall is also attached

page_text: to the interior plate and rests on the outside edge of the hand-bole. The manner
in which the invention is to be performed is as follows:
The interior plate or bar with bolt attached is put inside the hand hole, and is
brought to bear on the edge of the hand-hole. The outside plate is then screwed
down on the aforesaid bolt by a nut. The interior and exterior plates being thus
screwed together, the hand-hole is effectually closed, and is rendered perfectly
air-tight and water-tight.
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
claim is,
1. Hand-hole or aperture in casks and barrels to effect the object, and for the
purposes and uses substantially as herein described.
2. A door or stopper for closing the said hand-hole or aperture with the
apparatus and appliances connected with the same, all made and applied substantially
as herein described.
Dated this 1st day of September 1891.
JOHN H. HALL.