US1130434A - Barrel. - Google Patents

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E. W. ROBINSON.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 1914.

Patented Mar. ,2, 1915.

INVENTOR EDWARD w. .ROBINSON WQTNESSES BY Hi5 ATTORNEY EDWARD W. ROBINSON, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL BAR-REL COMPANY, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed January 12, 1914. Serial No. 811,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. Ronnvson, a citizen of the United States, residing in Savannah, Georgia, have invented certain Improvements in Barrels, of lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a package for finely powdered or liquid material which package will be at once cheap, strong and proof against leakage and against injury due to rough handling. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which shows, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, a package made in accordance with my invention.

A barrel composed of bilged woodenstaves interwoven with pairs of wires twisted between successive staves and retained in barrel form by twisting together the opposite ends of each pair of wires at the point where the end staves of the series meet, constitutes a very cheap package for certain classes of material, but is not what is termed a tight barrel available for the reception, storage and transportation of finely powdered or liquid material. type, however, constitutes an effective casing, covering or armor for a bilged sheet metal barrel since it can be wrapped around the latter prior to the twisting together of the ends of the pairs of wires and, when the latter have been twisted, will fit snugly to said sheet metal barrel and protect the same from injury due to rough handling.

In the accompanying drawing, 1-1 represent the bilged staves of the wooden barrel, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the pairs of wires with which said staves are interwoven, and 6 the twist ed ends of the pairs of wires whereby the staves are retained in the barrel form. The opposite heads of the wooden barrel are represented at 7 and 8. One of these heads, say the head 7, may be permanent but the other is expansible and contractible so that it can be readily inserted after the wooden barrel has been applied to the metal barrel 9 and as readily removed when it is desired to gain access to the corresponding head of the metal barrel. The latter head has therein, by preference, a threaded opening closed by a removable plug 10 and adapted for the reception of a spigot when said plug has which the fol- A barrel of this.

been removed. In order to prevent unauthorized access to this plug the head 8 may, 1f desired, be sealed, after being expanded into place, so that it cannot be removed without destroying the seal.

The internal metal barrel 9 is bilged correspondingly with the bilge of the outer wooden barrel and fits snugly thereto so that the latter backs up the metal barrel at all points, there being no unsupported portion of said internal metal barrel upon which injurious strain can be exerted by the weight of the contents of the barrel, consequently said metal barrel can be made of relatively light and consequently inexpensive sheet metal so as to reduce to a minimum the total cost of the barrel.

The wooden barrel is preferably provided with four pairs of wires, the pairs 2 and 3 being near the ends of the barrel and the pairs 4 and 5 between said ends, and at points coincident with the pairs of wires 4 and 5 the internal metal barrel 9 is provided with grooves 11 which receive the internal wires of the pairs i and 5 and thus permit the metal barrel to fit snugly to the inner faces of the staves of the wooden barrel on each side of each wire.

When it is desired to permanently secure the wooden barrel upon the metal barrel, the meeting ends of the pairs of wires 2, 3, 4 and 5 may be permanently connected.

The purpose of bilging the barrels is to permit of the easier handling which distinguishes a bilged barrel from a straight or cylindrical barrel.

I claim:

The combination of an outer wooden barrel composed of-bilged staves interwoven with pairs of wires united at their opposite ends, and an internal bilged metal barrel having grooves therein to receive the inner wires of the intermediate pairs of wires of said wooden barrel, whereby the metal barrel fits snugly to and is supported by the staves of the wooden barrel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWVARD W. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

E. M. Jomvson, Jr., J. A. Coonvorsnr.

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