US1276362A - Head for barrels and the like. - Google Patents

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A. 1. HonGE'a H. RuGGLEs.

HEAD FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1.4' ISIS.

1,276,362. Patented'Aug.20,1918.

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A. 1. HODGEL H. amussus.- HEAD FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED 'APR.14. I9|5 1,276,362. L Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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ARTHUR J'. HODGE AND HENRY B. RUGGLES, 0F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO'THE .AMERICAN PRODUCTS'COMPANY, GF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HEAD FOR BABRELS TvI-IE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed April 14, 1915. Serial No. 21,432.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. HODGE and HENRY B. RUGGLES, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Pasa'- dena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements vin Heads for Barrels and the like, of which the following is a specication.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in heads for barrels and the like and has for its primary object, the provision of a form of removable head which mayy be readily placed in position and secured against movement and sealed to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to the contents of the barrel.

The invention has for another object, the provisionfof a head of this character including a pair of radiallysplit disks of concavoconvex form and means for retaining the same in a flattened position with their circular edges engaged `in the croze of the barrel to prevent movement or withdrawal of the head.

The invention has for a further object to provide novel supporting and securing means for the disks comprising the head and a simple and improved form of seal which not only serves to prevent withdrawal of the head without destruction of the seal but which also serves to retain the disks in flattened position with their circular edges pressing against the vertical wall of the croze. l

The invention has for a still further object, the provision of a novel form of staple car ried by a transverse supporting barfor the head and projecting through the central reinforced openings of the disks of said head to receive the seal after the central portions of said disks have been pressed downwardly to 'flatten out said disks with the lower disk pressing the upper face of the transverse supporting bar. v f

Vith these and otherobjects in view, the

invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as will be more in clearly and fully illustrate the invention Figure l is a top plan view of the upper portion of a barrel or keg with our improved form of head secured therein and sealed in position; l i

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, substantially onV the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. yl, showing the position of the disks of the head after removal -of the seal or before the seal has been applied; .l l Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the plane of line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

' Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the staple, removed.

Referring more particularly 'to the draws ings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l designates the upper portion of a barrel or the like'provided with an ordinary form of croze 2, thereby form-V ing the lower shoulder 3 and the upper shoulder 4 for the lower and upper hori zontal walls of the croze 2. Within'the barrel l is positioned a transverse horizontal supporting bar 5, which has its opposite ends resting in suitable recesses 6 located at diametrically opposite points of the barrel so that when the bar 5 is in position, the upper-face of the same is substantially flush with the face of the shoulder 3, the purpose of which will presentlyappear.

The horizontal ork transverse supporting bar 5`has a central opening 6 through which projectsv upwardly the body of the staple 7.

Beneath the horizontaltransverse support-VV ing bar 5, the opposite legs of the staple 7 are extended outwardly in a horizontal direction and longitudinally of the bar' 5, as shown at 8, then bent back upon themselves as lshown at 9. Each leg, after being bent back is extended and wrapped around the portion Vof the staple from whichthe opposite leg is first extended, as shown at 10 and bent at about a right angle to form an arm 11 extended transversely of the bar 5 and terminating in an upwardly directed prong 12 to be forced into the bar 5 to secure the staple 7 in position. 1t will be evident that by bending the legs of the staple 7 in thisr manner and wrapping them around the main portion or body of said staple 7, the same will be strengthened and prevented from spreading or turning after the prongs have been forced into the bar 5. i

The head comprises a pair of disks numbered 13 and 17 and formed preferably'oit compressed pulp lor liber, but it will be understood that these disks may be formed of any suitable material. The disk 13 is of concavo-convex form and has a radially extending slit therein, which is numbered 14 and is extended `inwardly from its outer or Circular edge to the central opening 15 ofY said disk 13, within which central opening` 15 is secured the reinforcing eyelet 1G. The eyelet 16 also serves to receive the staple 7 when'the disk 13 is placed in position in the receptacle, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings.

The disk 13 is shown as serving' as the inner disk or first disk and after the same has been placed in position, the second disk or outer disk 17 is placed upon the same, as shown in Fig.` f1. The second disk or outer disk 17 is also of concave-convex form and has a radially extending slit 18, which eX- tends from the outer or circular edge there-4 of inwardly to the central opening 19 ofsaid disk 17, within which is secured the reinforcingand staple receiving eyelet 20 similar to the eyelet 16 and directly above the same when yboth of the disks 13 and 17 are in position as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The disks 13 and 17 are placed in position so that the slit la of the disk 13 extends longitudinally above the bar 5 and toward one end thereof while the slit 18 of the disk 17 extends in the opposite direction and is therefore directly above a'solid portion of the disk y13 over the opposite end of the'bar 5. 1t `will be noted, by referring to Fig. l of the drawings, that the disks 13 and 17 are ofabout the same diameter and yequally spaced from the lvertical wall of the croze 2.

To secure the inner disk 13 and the outer disk 17 in position and seal the head or cover, the central portions of the disks 13 and 17 are pressed downwardly by applying the proper pressure to the outer face of the outer disk 17 until the disks 13 and 17 are flattened outY suciently to press the outer or circular edges of said disks 13 and 17 tightly against the vertical wall of the croze 2,.as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the draw-` ings. The protecting washer Y21 of metal or other Vsuitable material .is then placed over the projecting outer end of the staple 7 and the straight leg 22 of the substantially elliptical wire seal is threaded through the end of the staple 7. The leg 22 is moved through the staple 7 until the latter passes beneath the inwardly oliset stop portion 23 of the opposite or irregular leg and said staple reaches a point opposite the outwardly oli'set `portion 2i of the last mentioned leg Vof said seal. The seal proper 26 is formed Vend of the straight leg 22 and closes the space between said free end and the bent back end 25 of the `second mentioned leg. Vhen the sea-liproper 26 is in this position, it covers the teeth 27-cut in one face of the straight leg 22 adjacent the free end thereof and in an opposite portion of the second mentioned or irregular leg, and said seal proper 26 is ready tofbe pressedtogether by engagement'of pliers or any other suitable tool with opposite sides of said seal proper 26, to clamp the latter in this position and cause the teeth 27 to bite into saidseal proper and thereby prevent unauthorized parties from removingthe head withoutlirst destroying the seal `proper 26. lIt will be evident that when *the seal proper 26 is moved toposition to be clamped or squeezed upon the teeth 27 and thereby seal the head or cover in position, the opposite legs of the wire seal are drawn toward one another and the inwardly ollset stop portion 23 of the irregular leg will prevent movement of the seal in one direction rthrough the staple 7 The opposite end of the seal, owing to the small space between the legs thereof, will prevent the seal from moving in the opposite direction. 1t will therefore be impossible to move the wire seal in either direction through `the staple `7 after the seal proper 26 has 'beencompressed The last mentioned end ofthe seal where the straight and irregular legs yconnect at their inner ends is bent at labout a rightaugle to form the hook 2S whichmay be employed for the purpose of removing the disks 17 and 13 ot' the head after destruction ot the seal proper 26 and removal of the wire seal from the staple 7. 1t will be readily understood that, as soon as the wire seal is removed Jfrom the staple 7, the disks 17 Aand 13 will spring to their normal or original'positions, as shown in Fig. l and it will simply be necessary to engage the hook V23 through the eyelets 20 andfl of the disks 17 and v13 respectively I-to withdraw said disks from the receptacle and it will be evident `that the use of the hook v28 will .be desirable owing Ito the fliact that it vwill -be practically impossible to engage a finger or a tool between the edges of the disks :17; and 13 and the receptacleto remove said disks.

vlVhen. placing the head in position, the disks 13 and 17 .should be inserted one at a timeas it is necessary-to grasp the disk at opposite sides of the slit thereof and overlap the slit portions of the disk and'hold the same in this position untilthe-'disk is inserted, when it--may be released-and allowed to spring to normal position, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 with the edges-of the slit close together and practically parallel.l Vhen the central portions ofthe disks 13 and 17 are pressed downwardly and the disks thereby flattened out, however, the edges of the slits thereof will separate as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,

thereby permitting the outer circular edges of said disks 13 and 17 to move outwardly and press against the vertical wall of the croze 2.

It will be understood that while we have shown and described the use of two concavoconvex disks with the convex face of both positioned outwardly, any suitable number of disks may be employed, as desired and it will further be understood that many changes in the form, proportion and minor details of the construction which fall within the scope of the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What is claimed is 1. A head composed of a pair of radially slit disks, the slit of one disk' being opposed to the solid part of the other for completing the closure, a supporting member for said disks, said disks being adapted to be flattened upon said supporting member, and means for retaining said disks in flattened position with their edges expanded.

2. A head comprising a pair of disks restingone upon the other and having oppositely extending radial slits whereby a complete closure may be obtained, a transverse supporting member for said disks, the central portions of said disks being spaced above said supporting member normally, a staple member carried by said supporting member and projecting through said disks, and means threaded through and locked upon said staple member outwardly of said disks to retain the latter in flattened position upon said supporting member with their edges expanded.

3. A head comprising a pair of radially slit concavo-convex disks, the slit of each disk being extended in a direction opposite to the slit of the remaining disk, a supporting bar beneath said disks, said disks being positioned with their slit portions directly above said supporting bar, the center of said disks being normally spaced .from .and adapted to `be pressed toward said supporting harto flatten out said disks and-force slit expanding disks,l sleeves at the center'of 'the disks, the central portions ,of said disks being raised and being' radapted to yield downwardly for expanding the edges of said l disks, and means for retaining said disks against movement Vandv sealing the head7 in expanded position.

5. The combination with a receptacle; of a supporting bar within the same, a radially slit expanded head above said supporting bar and in binding engagement with the interior of said receptacle, and means rigid on said supporting b-ar and projecting through said head to prevent movement of said head.

6. The combination with a receptacle; of a head supporting bar positioned therein, a pair of radially split head forming disks resting upon one another and upon said supporting bar, strengthening rings at the center of each disk, said disks having their central portions pressed toward said supporting barl and their circular edges in blnding engagement with the interior of said receptacle, and means for sealing said head in position and preventing movement of the same.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a croze formed therein; of a stationary transverse supporting bar below said croze and having its upper face flush with the lower shoulder of said eroze, a head composed of a pair of disks and resting upon the ends of said supporting bar, the centersV of said disks being spaced a'bove said bar normally, said disks having registering central openings, a staple projecting through said supporting bar and into the central openings of sald disks, the lower ends of ysaid staple being bent around one another land forced into the lower face of said supporting bar to prevent spreading or movement of said staple, said disks being adapted to be pressed downwardly and expanded to force the `edges thereof into binding engagement with said croze, and means for engageouter edge of said head into `binding engagen ment with thewall ofsaid Croze@ wvrersealv 'useal'jand .compressed to prevent Withlrawal foraremovablenengagement throughfthejproo:':s`ali6{.Wirlfe"seal.k vjectedend idf said staple to retainsad head 11n testimony whereof-we afxfor vsignafin flattenedandfexpanded postomsad Wire "mires in :presence of twfo Witnesses.

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