US1332245A - Collapsible barrel - Google Patents

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'minessea Q. G. CHURCH. COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 29. l'9l8- Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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QUINCEY G. CHURCH, OF ALTA, IOWA.

COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed June 29, 1918. Serial No. 242,636.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUINCEY G. OHUROH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alta, in the county of Buena Vista and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a collapsible barrel and the object is to provide an article of the type indicated comprising a plurality of staves connected together by means of jointed hoops, preferably formed of metal and secured to the individual staves, the ends of the barrel being closed by means of heads formed and applied in the manner indicated below.

A further object is to provide a barrel constructed of a plurality of staves having plane surfaces, these staves being connected together by means of jointed hoops formed of metal, and a series of staves so connected being adapted when the barrel is collapsed to lie flat or to be rolled up into compact form.

A still further object is to provide a barrel constructed as indicated and including a plurality of detachable heads similarly formed and retained in position by means of spring bolts projecting radially from the head and engaging apertured plates on the staves, said staves being chamfered as indicated below to provide engaging means for the respective heads.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a plurality of strips or staves connected by hoops formed in sections.

Fig. 4: is a similar view, from the opposite side of the staves.

Fig. 5 shows several sections of one of the hoops, and the pivotal connection between the sections. Fig. 6 is an edge view of one of the staves.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view, in section, showing the manner of connecting the staves at opposite ends of the series, when assembling the device.

The staves 10 are formed of strips of material having plane surfaces, so that the barrel to be constructed shall be of uniform cross section, these staves being of wood of suitable quality, and being provided at the ends with chamfered portions 12 against which each head rests when the barrel is set up. Each stave carries at the end portion thereof a slotted plate 13 adapted to be engaged by a spring bolt 14:, several of which are mounted on the respective heads. These bolts 14 may be mounted within sleeves 14 and encircled by springs 13, the ends of which are suitably retained, in order to provide for the movement of the bolts within the sleeves.

It is the intention that the barrel shall be used for the purpose of shipping dry material of all kinds, and not for liquids.

The heads 15 may comprise a plurality of sections suitably connected and reinforced by means of segmental portions 16 at the edges thereof. The spring bolts 14 are mounted in approximately the positions shown and when the heads engage the shoulders 17 the bolts are in position to engage the slots 18 of plates 13.

The staves at each end of the series connected as described below are provided with laterally extending plates 20 arranged in approximately the positions shown, in order that the plates on each of the aforesaid end staves may overlap the edge of the adjacent stave when the barrel is set up. The staves forming the ends of the series are positively connected by means of hooks 22, the bill of each hook engaging an apertured plate 23 in one of the end staves, and the shank of the hook passing through the apertured offset portion 25 of plate 28 secured to the other end stave. A nut 25 engages the threaded shank of the hook on one side of the portion 25, and a thumb nut 28 engages the threaded shank on the other side of the plate.

The several staves are hingedly connected by means of hoops 30 each formed of jointed plates 31, the individual plates having cutaway portions 32, tongues 33, and rolled portions designated 34., the pin or pintles being shown at 35.

The heads are similarly formed and are interchangeable, these heads being compactly arranged in crates, or otherwise, for shipping purposes, and the series of jointed staves being shipped in a flat condition after disengaging hooks 22, or each set of staves Ifnay be tightly rolled and shipped in that orm.

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a plurality of staves hingedly connected and adapted to lie in fiat condition for shipping, and to be assembled to form the sidewalls of a receptacle, heads for the ends of the receptacle hoops connected with the several staves, apertured plates carried by the staves at opposite ends of the series and on the inner sides ofsaid staves, and a threaded hook member engaging the apertured plates and retaining ,the staves last named With their edges in engagement, said hooks being inaccessible prior to the removal of the heads.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my" signature.

QUINCEY G. CHURCH.

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