Improvements in Means for Uniting Together the Terminal Ends of the Hoops of Metallic Buckets, Casks, and other. Hollow Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Uniting Together the Terminal Ends
of the Hoops of Metallic Buckets, Casks, and other. Hollow
Articles.
We, CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS, EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER, and DAVID
WALTER COOPER, trading as The Wollescote Galvanizing Company at Brierley
Hill in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers of Galvanized and Tinned
Hollow-ware, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means for uniting together the terminal ends of the
strips employed in the formation of the hoops or bands of metallic buckets, casks,
milk and other cans, oil-drums and other hollow-ware articles embraced by or fitted
with bands.
Our said invention is particularly applicable to uniting the ends of the hoops or
bands of buckets.
Usually the ends of the strips forming such bands or hoops are united by headed
rivets, which stand away from the general plane of the said band or hoop, and in
consequence of which, the articles provided with them are incapable of fitting
snugly one within another or one over the other for transit or storage.
Thus, when packing buckets together so as to take up as little space as possible,
the packer usually pushes the articles down tightly one within another and the
consequence is that these headed rivets standing away from the plane of the hoops
or feet of the buckets rip or injure the surfaces thereof.
By our invention the means of connection lie nearly flat with the surfaces of the
hoop parts, in consequence of which, the buckets, when packed together, are not
injured by each other, and moreover, our means of connection is much more simple
than loose rivetting.
In carrying out one form of our invention, in connection with the bottom hoop of
a bucket, we take a strip of metal, and pierce the same near its ends with like-
shaped holes or piercings, which, on the strip being bent up hoop wise and the
terminal ends overlapped, come coincident, and through which holes, the ends of a
staple-shaped tie or strap are passed from the outside and are clenched, turned-
down or rivetted upon the inside.
We propose that the said tie or strap should consist of a strip of metal, and
should extend to nearly the breadth of the hoop, and that the piercings where-
through the end parts of the band lie should be disposed in the same general
direction as the hoop itself.
In producing a hoop pierce the end parts of the same, then bend the strip
hoopwise, with the ends thereof overlapping each other and with the holes or
piercings coming coincident. Now take the tie and insert their ends through the
coincident piercings from the front and then clench the ends at the back. The
loop or middle part of the tie forms a cross band to near the end of the hoop and
extends to nearly its breadth.
As a further form of our invention, the said ends may be united by one or two
strip metal ties directed in the longer direction of the band.
As a still further form, the sides of the overlapping ends may be coincidently
gapped, so that the ends of a cross strip metal tie might be bent over and pass
through the gaps and the ends then bent or clenched upon the inner side.

page_text: As still another form, one of the ends of the hoop may be partially slitted and
then raised into a bridge or loop which loop is then passed through a like coincident
hole in the other end and by passing a key or tie through the space left between the
inner surface of the band and the inside of the loop bridge, the said ends are united
together.
The application of our invention to the top and other hoops of metallic milk and
other cans, casks, tubs, oil-drums, pails and other hollow-ware articles differs in no
essential respect from its application to the bottom hoop of a bucket as hereinbefore
described.
The hoops are secured to the bodies or parts of the vessel in the usual way, and
the whole galvanized or covered with a protective coating.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1894.
CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS,
EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER,
DAVID WALTER COOPER,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
Improvements in Means for Uniting Together the Terminal Ends
of the Hoops of Metallic Buckets, Casks, and other Hollow
Articles.
We, CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS, EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER and DAVID
WALTER COOPER, trading as The Wollescote Galvanizing Company at Brierley
Hill, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers of Galvanized and Tinned
Hollow-ware, 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 means for uniting together the terminal ends of the
strips employed in the formation of the hoops or bands of metallic buckets, casks,
milk and other cans, oil-drums and other hollow-ware articles embraced by or fitted
with bands.
Our said invention is particularly applicable to uniting the ends of the hoops or
bands of buckets.
Usually the ends of the strips forming such bands or hoops are united by headed
rivets, which stand away from the general plane of the said band or hoop, and in
consequence of which, the articles provided with them are incapable of fitting
snugly one within another or one over the other for transit or storage.
Thus, when packing buckets together so as to take up as little space as possible,
the packer usually pushes or telescopes the articles down tightly one within
another and the consequence is that the sharp edges of these headed rivets
standing away from the plane of the hoops or feet of the buckets, rip, sear or injure
the surfaces thereof.
By our invention the means of connection lie nearly flat with the surfaces of the
hoop parts, in consequence of which, the buckets, when packed together, are not
injured by each other, and moreover, our means of connection is much more simple
than loose rivetting.
In carrying out one form of our invention in connection with the bottom hoop of
a bucket, we take a strip of metal, and pierce the same near its ends with like-
shaped holes or piercings, which, on the strip being bent up hoopwise and the
terminal ends overlapped, come coincident, and through which holes, the ends of a

page_text: staple-shaped tie or strap are passed from the outside and are clenched, turned-
down or flattened upon the inside.
We propose that the said tie or strap should consist of a strip of metal, and
should extend to nearly the breadth of the hoop, and that the piercings where-
through the end parts of the band pass should be disposed in the same general
direction as the hoop itself.
In producing a hoop, pierce the end parts of the same, then bend the strip
hoopwise, with the ends thereof overlapping each other and with the holes or
piercings coming coincident. Now take the tie and insert its ends through the
coincident piercings from the front and clench the ends at the back. The loop or
middle part of the tie forms a cross band to near the end of the hoop and extends
to nearly its breadth.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a bucket, with the terminal
ends of the metal strip forming the bottom hoop united by means in accordance
with this form of our improvements.
Figure 2 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a section of the hoop upon the
dotted lines - Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents a vertical section through the dotted lines A Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents a like section as Figure 3, but before the staple-shaped tie is
introduced through the coincident piercings in the overlapping ends.
Figure 5 represents a section of the strap tie separately.
Figure 6 represents a back elevation of the overlapping ends of the hoop,
showing the inward and turned-down tips of the tie.
Figure 7 represents a front elevation of the hoop and tie.
Figure 8 represents the overhanging ends of the hoop, with the piercings
brought coincident, prior to the passing of the ends of the staple-shaped tie
therethrough.
Figure 9 represents the ends of the hoop showing the piercings therein.
Figure 10 represents front and edge views of the blank from which the tie is
made, and Figure 11 is an edge view of the said blank turned up staple-wise.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
a is the bucket, and 6 is the bottom hoop, with the terminal ends 61, of the strip
of metal from which it is made, having equi-distant piercings 62, 63, through which,
the branched ends c, of a tie strap c, pass, when the said ends are overlapped,
and the piercings 62, therein brought coincident, and after being passed through
the said holes, they are clenched, turned down or rivetted, as represented in
Figures 3, 6 and 7.
As a further form of our invention, the said ends may be united by one or two
strip metal ties directed in the longer direction of the band, as represented in
Figure 12.
As a still further form, the sides of the overlapping ends may be coincidently
gapped, so that the ends of a cross strip metal tie may be bent over and passed
through the gaps and then bent or clenched upon the inner side, as represented in
Figure 13, while Figure 14 represents the ends brought together and before the
tie strap is passed round the gapped parts and Figure 15 represents the said ends
separately.
a is the bucket body, b the band, 6' the terminal ends, and 62 the gapped parts,
over which the ends c¹, of the tie c, pass and are then turned down flat upon the
inner side.
.
As still another form, one of the ends of the hoop may be partially slitted and
then raised into a bridge or loop, which loop is then passed through a like coincident
hole in the other end and by passing a key or tie through the space left between
the inner surface of the band and the inside of the loop bridge, the said ends are
united together.
Figure 16 represents a front elevation of such a form of connection.
Figure 17 represents the ends of the band separately.

page_text: Figure 18 represents a horizontal section upon the dotted lines & Figure 17.
Figure 19 represents a horizontal section of the connection upon the dotted line B
Figure 16.
a is the body of the bucket, is the band, with one of the terminal ends b',
pierced with an opening 62, and the other end 63, with a raised bridge or loop 6+,
over which the opening, takes, as in Figure 19 and the ends are then secured
together by a cross tie c, driven through the eye of the extending part of
the loop.
The hoops are secured to the bodies or parts of the vessel in the usual way, or
they may be connected by or through the medium of the ties, and the whole
galvanized or covered with a protective coating.
The application of our invention to the top and other hoops of metallic milk and
other cans, casks, tubs, oil-drums, pails and other hollow ware articles differs in no
essential respect from its application to the bottom hoop of a bucket as hereinbefore
described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. Uniting together the terminal ends of the strips employed in the formation
of the hoops or bands of buckets, casks, cans and other hollow-ware, by a tie-strap,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 12.
Secondly. Uniting together the terminal ends of the strips employed in the
formation of the hoops or bands of buckets and like hollow-ware by the means and
in the way substantially as described and set forth in Figures 13, 14 and 15.
Thirdly. Uniting together the terminal ends of the strips employed in the
formation of the hoops or bands of buckets and like hollow-ware by the means
and in the way substantially as described and set forth in Figures 16 to 21.
Dated this-12th day of November 1894
CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS,
EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER,
DAVID WALTER COOPER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.