US130600A - Improvement in barrel-heads - Google Patents

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rrnn STATES PATENT Orrron.

JAMES W. TAYLOR, OF ASHLAND, VIRGINIA,AS SIGN OR OF ONE-HALF OF HI RIGHT TO DUN CAN B. COX, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-HEADS- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,600, dated August 20, 187.

To all whom it may concern: dle of the cross-bar'a transverse slot is cut in Be it known that I, JAMES W. TAYLOR, of it, in which slides a key, E, one end of which Ashland, Hanover county and State of Viris made wedege-shaped, as shown at c, in orginia, have invented a new Improvement in der to fit, into'the space a, and expand the Barrel-Heads; and I do hereby declare the folring; while the other end is, preferably, headlowing to be afull,'clear and exact description ed or provided with-some form of handle 0 of the same, reference being had to the acby which it can be moved back and forth. A companying drawing forming part of this notch, e or slot may be provided, to which to specification, in whichattach a lock or seal that, when in place, will Figure l is a top plan, 'and Fig. 2 a vertical prevent the key from being slid back to libsection. erate the barrel-head. Suitable thumb-pieces Similar letters of reference in the accompaor catches, a, may be attached to or formed in nying drawing indicate the same parts. the ring, for convenience in contracting it The object of this invention is to provide when the wedge is removed, and lifting the for public use an improved barrel-head, which whole head out of the barrel. can be easily and readily inserted into and se- It is obvious that the same construction cured in the barrel, or removed therefrom withmay be employed in connection with the 00v out loosening thehoops. To this endthe inveners of fruit-cans and other jars and that, by tion consists in combining with the main porusing a packing around the edges of the rin tion of the barrel-head a circumferential ring, the whole may be sealed air-tight. adapted to fit the croze, and capable of being When constructed and used as a barrelexpanded or contracted. by the insertion or head, the arrangement above described is removal of a wedge between the segments very inexpensive. Every part maybe formed constituting the ring, substantially as I will of wood, and yet be strong and durable. The now proceed to describe. device will be adapted for use as a barrel- In the drawing, 0 is a circular piece of head during the transportation of the cask, wood or metal, constituting the main portion and may be readily locked or sealed, so that of the head, and fitting loosely into the barits contents cannot be tampered with. rel B while A is a ring of wood or metal or When the cask arrives at its destination, as other springyniaterial, divided at byawedgesoon as the lock or seal is removed, the head shaped opening, and attached to the upper can at once be taken out without starting the side of the head, so as to projectover it and hoops, andthereafter it may be employed as a fit into the, croze when sprung or. pressed outneat and convenient barrel-cover. For domesward. The ring A may be made in segments, tic use-for the purpose of covering the famibut preferably I make it a single piece, secured ly flour-barrel, sugar-barrel, &c.it will be to the barrel-head by a screw or nut at d, opvery convenient and valuable, as it closes the posite to the opening at a, as shown 5 and I barrel tight,-so that vermin, insects, &c., canmake the-opening a wide enough to permit not get in; and when not in use it can be the two ends of the ring to be sprung tolocked securely from the depredations of sergether, so as to liberate its outer edge from vants.

the croze, and enable the head to be removed The heads may be made of different sizes, from the barrel. In order to strengthen the and sold separately from the barrel, as a new ring and guide its movement when expanded article of manufacture,being adapted either or contracted I attach to the part 0 a crossto old or new casks.

bar, D, the ends of which are recessed under- Having thus described my invention, what neath to permit the play of the ring, while I claim is the upperside projects over the ring to hold The circular piece 0, ring A, key E, and it securely down in place, and prevent it from guide D, combined and operating substantialbeing wrenclied or broken in inserting or reas described.

moving the iiead. Other; guides, similar to JAMES W. TAYLOR. the ends of the cross-bar, may be employed i at other points around the barrel-head, if de- Witnesses: sired but in general the cross-bar will be snf- N. K. ELLSWORTH, ficient for all practical purposes. At the mid- M. CHURCH.

J..A'. THAYER.

Improvement in Apparatus for Melting Metals.

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