Improvements in Barrels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Barrels.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MUNNS, of Victoria Chambers, 55 and 56 Chancery Lane,
in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to nie from abroad by James Conway, of Spring
Gardens, Virginia, U.S.A., Inventor) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in barrels, and it has for its
object to provide a cheap but efficient means of securing the staves together
without the metal hoops at present used.
By this invention the staves are secured together by a wire which is slightly
more than double the length required to pass around the barrel. This wire is
doubled at its centre in such manner as to form a loop. The two ends are then
passed around the barrel and made to meet the loop through which they are passed,
and then twisted upon themselves, in order to secure them. By this means the
ordinary iron hoops are dispensed with.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrels.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MUNNS, of 106, 107, and 108 Victoria Chambers, Chancery
Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention (a communication to me from abroad by James Conway, of Spring
Gardens, Virginia, U.S.A., Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to a hoop constructed of wire; and it consists of certain
features of novelty, to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the double wire being passed round a
barrel.
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ends of the wire overlapping and ready to
be passed through the loop.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a barrel with my improved hoop applied thereto.
The hoop A is made from wire of sufficient length that when doubled to form
a loop B, as shown in Fig. 1, it will reach around the vessel to be hooped, and the
ends C C will lap over the loop, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends are turned over
the central loop or bend on each side of and as near the centre as practicable from
the outside inward, as at D, and are then turned back and each end wrapped two
or three times around the part immediately connected with the same, as at E, as
shown in Fig. 3, wrapping from the outside to the inside. Having done this, the
ends are firmly twisted together, as at F, and smoothed down. Strong and tough
wire is employed that will bend and twist without breaking. This hoop made of
double wire far surpasses the ordinary wooden and metal hoops, as it is stronger,
lighter in weight, and can be made at less cost; also, as the hoops are so light,
the cost of handling and transporting will be much lower than the ordinary hoops.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A barrel-hoop consisting of a single piece of wire doubled to form a loop
and bent around the barrel and having the ends of the wire engaging the loop and
secured by twisting them upon themselves, substantially as described.
2. A hoop for vessels, consisting of a doubled or bent wire having a loop, the
ends of said wire being bent around said hoop upon themselves and twisted
around their intermediate attached portions, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
3. A hoop for vessels, consisting of a doubled or bent wire having a loop, double
twists E, and a single twist F, made by bending the ends around said loop and
winding them around their intermediate attached portions and then twisting them
upon each other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 21st day of October 1891.