US1051868A - Display attachment for barrels. - Google Patents

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Patented Feb, 4, 1913.

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JAMES XV. BUFFER, OF XVAS-HXFIGTGH CURT OHIO.

UISYLAY TTAHMENT FR BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom.. z'z may concern. l

Be it ltnoivn that l, JAMES W. Durme, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at- VVashington Court House, in the county ot' Fayette and State or" (liio, have invented certain new and useful improvements'in Display Attnclnnente for Barrels;7 ot which the tollowiiig` is a specitication.Y

My invention pertains to display attachments for barrels and is comprised of an improved structure of attachment for barrels of any size or forni, which is of such a nature that a glance at a barrel of any niaterial wherein iny devicel is utilized, `will indicate to the Casual oiieerver that the bar rel is filled with material and yet the nctunl quantity of material therein contained may vary in depth from a few inches to one or two feet. It is )Vireteralzlle in the use of devieee ot this` type to lnire a @our parati vely Slight depth of innterial in the barrel, since any coneiderable depth gein erally causes a deterioration in the n1nterial beneath the snrtate.

My invention contei'nplates the ilirorisitin ot a .etructure or device ot this nature which extremely simple and which is readily adjustable to varying sizes ot l arrels, being affixed with con'iparative rigidity in the desired position by prongs carrie-.d upon the .relatively movable elements ntilized therein. It will be understood from this that my device desirably eonii'iriees` a center piece and a plurality of radially adjustable elements, the whole eoi'nprining a supportingr surface of variable area. The elements in question are desiralily moved inwardly or outwardly by leverage inertia-- nient and are each de niilv provided 'with i prong'eI extending beyond their enter ed p The preferred embodiment ot iny im n tion is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similarT characters of reference designate coi-respondng` parte, and in Which-- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a barrel with my invention applied thereto.l Fig. 2 is a top plan View of my attaclnnent, 11ndl` Fig. 3 is a bottoni plan view thereof, showing the leverage mechanism and means of connection.

In the drawings.y the att as comprising a center pie sirahly of disto tori holt if ri i ther .el

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preferred embodiment of my in- Yvention7 I desirahly utilize tour segmental members which artl secured to the center piece l by holt. and lSlot coniiections. These four seeniental pieces are respectively designated T, 8, il) and l0 and the Slot and holt ronnectionfe are d signated o?.4 8b, Sii., l0, 1Gb. lhene slots nod bolt c=nixieetiene are such as to permit. o direct more ment radially outward. .ln my preferred ronstruction, the bolts are upon the renter piece` while the .slots are formed in thelsegmental member Mounted upon each. of the segmental members is a prong elei'nent and theSe prong` elen'ient-S :ire respectively designated 7, S, D and 10C. The ends of the segmental members overlap in the. torni shown and are connected by pin and slot conne-cileno, such pin and slot connections being designated in the drawings as ll, l2, 13 and lll. The segmental members 7, 8, t) and lt) are under the control ot' the collar member 4 and :ire individually and directly connected vtlnireto by poeh rode4 7, "i, it and i Three g illy wat tl" in the i upon in 'in opa on, the (levied which is shown in collapeed or comparatively eollapaedcondition in Fig. is placed Within a barrel and the handle nut. 5 is rotated to torce the collar or thimhle 4 upwardly. This acts to more the push rodel toward n horizontal position :ind thereby results in forcing the segmental members radially outward. The rndiallxY outward movement of theee segt i ltSin t'lriving 'the interior wall of the :i comparatively .ineens of attech- Ynin the barret it the removal of the device is effected by a reverse series of lsteps. elements being slidebly mounted upon Said It will be seen that I have provided a' center piece and being slidably connected l structure of false bottom for barrels which to earch other by a pin and slot connection.

radially extensible pronged elements, said 5 is of extreme simplicity and ready applica- In testimony whereof I affix my signa- 1.5 rtion to barrels of considerable variation in ture in presence of two Witnesses.

size. JAMES lV. DUFFEE.

What I claim, is- Witnesses: A. display attachment for barrels com- W. H. DIAL,

1o prismg a center piece, and a plurality of] ANNA PAssMoRE.

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