US1335258A - Barrel-agitator - Google Patents

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P. J. RILEY.

BARREL AGITATOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 19x9. 1.335,.258.- Patented Mai. 30, 1920.

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BARREL AGITATOR.

APPLICATION. FILED MAY 14. I919.

1,335, 258v PatentedMar. 30, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK J. RILEY, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASS IGNOR TO ERIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF'CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BARREL-AGITATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented luau. 30, 1920.

Application filed May 14, 1919. Serial No. 297,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRIoKJ. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Barrel-Agitator, of which the following The prime object of the invention is to' produce an agitator which can be assembled to permanently remain in a barrel or the like without removing the heads or staves of the barrel, and which, if desired, can be disassembled and removed from the barrel with its heads andstaves intact.

Another object of the invention is the production of a device of the above character possessing few parts of extremely simple construction which results in a very cheap article.

The invention further resides in sundry details of construction hereinafter more fully pointed out in the following description and claims. 7

In the drawings which illustrate the invention in its preferred form, as at'present devised, and also the method of assembling:

Figurerl is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through a barrel illustrating the manner of assembling. the elements of the agitator therewithin without the removal of any of the parts of a completed barrel or hogshead,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section v1ew taken through a barrel equipped with the invention after it has been assembled therewithin,

F 3 is an enlarged view of the agitator in elevation with parts broken awayand in section to illustrate its detail construction,

F 4 is a sectional View ofthe bearing for the shaft of the agitator and illustrating the manner of assembling the agitator within the barrel,

Fig. 5 shows side elevation and plan views respectively of the agitator blade,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the modified form of agitator blade,

Fig. 7 illustrates an elongated tubular tool for positioning the bearing A within the barrel through which the screw-driver J may be extended, and

Fig. 8 illustrates a combination tool used for extending the parts 0 and (Z within the barrel.

Referring in detail to the drawings, G indicates a barrel of ordinary shape and construction having heads 9" and g and the usual bung-hole g in its side.

The invention comprises a hearing A,

preferably cast, having an enlarged central chamberM- therein and a reduced threaded opening N in its upper side communicating with said chamber. This bearing is secured within the barrel and to one of the heads,

.preferably g, by a screw at extending through a screw hole 0 in the lower side of the bearing and centrally alined with the threaded opening N, there being also pr vided on the lower side of the bearing projecting lugs 03 which bite into the head 9 to prevent rotation thereof on the screw a.

A shaft D, preferably angular in cross section, extends longitudinally within.the

barrel and has one end journaled in the bearing A and the other end extending through an opening P in the head 9 The end of the shaft journaled in the bearing A has a threaded extremity d and a reduced cylindrical neck portion at between the thread extremity and the body of the shaft. The threaded portion 65 is of such a diameter as to thread into the opening N of the bearing, but in the normal assembled position of the parts, as shown in Figs. *1 and'3, the threaded portion 0? is wholly received in the chamber M of the bearing and the reduced portion cl lies in the threaded opening N, but being of less diameter than the latter; By this arrangement, the shaft D can be freely rotated in the bearing A and the weight of the shaft is suiiicient to prevent the threaded portion d thereof from engagingwith the threads N. The opposite end of the shaft extends beyond the head 9 only for a slight distance in order that it may be engaged by a crank handle E.

Mounted on the shaft D is an agitator or stirrer of any suitable construction. However, in the present form of the invention, it is constructed of two metallic strips Z) and b overlapped at one of their ends and secured together by rivets or other suitable means 6 The central portions of the overlapped ends are spread apart to provide, preferably, an angular opening b to fit the shaft D andthrough which it extends. The blades 6 and b are corrugated longitudinally to increase their strength and rigidity and may be twisted or curved to any desired position which may be found to give the best agitating results. Also, a number of agitators B may be arranged on the shaft in such relation as may be desired. Collars C are arranged on the shaft D either above or below the agitator, or both, tomaintain it in the desired position on the shaft. These collars are retained in adjusted position by set screws a threaded therein and engageable with the shaft.

When shipping the barrel or container the handle E is removed from the projecting end of theshaft and a cap F is threaded into the opening P. This cap is provided with a recess 7 into which the projecting end of the shaft D extends and with a threaded nipple f which engages the walls of the opening P in the head g in order to close the opening.

It can be readily seen that when the cap. F is removed and the crank handle E applied to the top or exposed end of the shaft D, the latter can be rotated to cause the blades of the agitator B to stir the contents of the container. As has been above stated as many agitators B as is desired may be arranged on the shaft in whatever position or relation desired to accomplish the purposes of the invention. When comparatively light materials are contained in the barrel only one agitator may be found sufficient and the provision of collar C may not be necessary, the agitator being permitted to rest upon the top edge of the hearing A.

To assemble the agitator within a completed barrel and without removing the 35 'ceptacle, the opening P is first bored into the headsor staves thereof or into any like recenter of the top head 9 The screw a is then inserted through the opening 0 in the base of the hearing A which in turn has the threaded end of the tool H (Fig. 8.) threaded in the opening N thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. The bearing A being car ried by the tool H is then inserted through the opening P and allowed todrop perpendicularly to the center of the bottom head g of the barrel. When the bearing strikes the bottom head and a slight pressure is applied upon the upper end of the tool H the lugs a? will project into the head. The elongated screw-driver J is then inserted into the tool H and engages the screw a to secure the hearing A to the head 9. After this has been done the screw-driver J is removed and the tool H unthreaded from the hearing. The next step is to insert an agitator blade end- Wise through the bung-hole g and to insert the threaded end of the shaft D through the opening P, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. By the use of the tools K the elements B and D may be brought to such position as to permit the shaft D to pass through the opening b of the agitator. Then the lower end of the shaft is threaded into the opening N of the bearing A until the threads d thereof drop into the chamber M and bring the neck portion d of the shaft in the opening N of the hearing, as can be clearly seen from Fig. 3.

'When it is desired to place a plurality of agitators on the shaft B the barrel or receptacle is laid upon its side in order that the shaft D will lie substantially horizontal. A collar C is then first placed upon the sh aft in the same manner as the agitator, illus-, tratedin Fig. 6, by means of the tool-K. Then the desired'number of agitators are sembled on the shaft, in the manner illustrated in Fig. '6, and to meet the purposes for the use intended collars C may be interposed between each of the agitators and their adjustment made, all of which will be readily understood and is Within the scope of the invention. And, as a final step the threaded end of the shaft D is then inserted into the bearing in the manner-above described. 'The shaft D being of a length substantially that of the barrel, requires the use of a tool, such as K, when inserting it' in position in order that a firm grip can behad and the assembly of the parts facilitated.

Having thus fully described the invention in the foregoing specification, it is pointed out that certain changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made which fall within the legitimate scope of the appended claims.

WVhat is claimed is 2- r r 1. An agitator comprising a journal hearing tobe secured within a container and having a restricted opening therein, a shaft having one end ins'ertible in said bearing, interengaging means in said opening and on the extremity of said end of the shaft, said extremity being movable through said bearing beyond said opening therein, and a reduced portion on said end of the shaftto extend and liein said opening when theextremity of the shaft has passed the interengaging means in said opening, whereby the shaft may freely rotate in the bearing, and agitating means on said shaft, l

2. An agitator comprising a journal bearing to be secured within a container and 1m. ing a restricted opening therein, a shaft having one end insertible in said bearing, interengaging means in said opening and on the extremity of said end of the shaft, said extremity being movable through said hearing beyond said opening therein, and a reduced portion on said end of the shaft to eX- tend and lie in said opening when the extremity of the shaft has passed the interengaging means in said opening, whereby the shaft may freely rotate in the be; ring, and

agitating means on said shaft, the opposite end of the shaft being adapted to project through an opening in the container, and a cap member to inclose said last mentioned end of the shaft and to close said opening, when desired. 7

3. An agitator adapted to be inserted in containers comprising a bearing having a central enlarged chamber therein, and a threaded opening communicating with the chamber, means for securing said bearing in position in the container, a shaft having one end threaded to engage with the threaded opening of the bearin and having an adjacent reduced portion, the threaded end of the shaft being adapted to normally lie in said chamber of the bearing and the reduced portion of the shaft being adapted to normally lie in said threaded opening whereby the shaft is fixedly rotatably mounted in the bearing, the opposite end of said shaft being adapted to extend through an opening in the container and to have the lateral movement thereof limited by the walls of said opening,

means for the extended end of the shaft for i rotating the latter, and agitating means on said shaft.

4. An agitator of the kind described, com prising a bearing insertible through a rela tively small opening in a barrel or the like, an agitator blade insertible through the bung of the barrel, a shaft insertible through said first opening and to connect with said blade, whereby the latter will rotate with the shaft, said shaft being adapted to be rotatably attached in said bearing, the other end of the shaft being accessible through said firstmentioned opening, and means whereby the shaft may be rotated.

5. An agitator of the kind described, comprising a bearing insertible through a relatively small opening in a barrel or the like and adapted to be secured to the opposite wall of the barrel by instruments inserted in said opening, an agitator blade insertible through the bung of the barrel, collars insertible through the bung of the barrel, a shaft insertible through said first opening and to pass through said collars and said blade, mean on said collars for adjustably securing them to the shaft, whereby the blade may be maintained on the shaft at any desired position, said shaft being adapted to have its inner end rotatably attached to the bearing, the opposite end of the shaft being adapted to extend outwardly from the barrel through said first opening and to have the lateral movement thereof limited by the walls of the opening, means on the extended end of the shaft for rotating the latter and being removable therefrom, and a cap member adapted to inclose the last-mentioned end of the shaft when said last-mentioned means is removed therefrom and to be threaded in said opening to close the latter.

6. An agitator of the kind described, comprising a shaft insertible through a relatively small opening in a barrel or the like, an agitator blade insertible into the barrel through an opening therein extending substantially at right angle to said first mentioned opening, said shaft being adapted to be passed through said blade, whereby the latter will extend substantially radially from the shaft, means for rotatably securing the shaft to an inner wall of the barrel, one end of said shaft being adapted to project outwardly from the barrel through said first-mentioned opening, and means on said end of the shaft whereby the latter may be rotated.

7. An agitator of the kind described comprising a relatively mall bearing insertible through an opening in a barrel by the medium of instruments removably engageable with the bearing, said bearing having means engageable with tools for securing it to'a wall of the barrel remote from said opening, a shaft insertible through the same opening in the barrel, an agitator blade for the shaft insertible through an opening in the barrel at right angles to said first opening, whereby the blade may be attached to the shaft, said shaft being removably engageable in said bearing, means for retaining the shaft in the bearing against unintentional removal, one end of the shaft projecting slightly from the first-mentioned opening in the barrel, and means engageable with the projected end of the shaft for rotating the latter.

8. The combination with a completed assembled barrel, consisting of side, top and bottom walls, said barrel being provided with spaced and relatively small openings therein, of a shaft inserted into the barrel through one of said openings, an agitator member inserted into the barrel through the other of said openings and in position to be engaged by the shaft whereby said member is connected to the shaft to-rotate therewith, a bearing mounted in the barrel to engage with the shaft for maintaining it in position.

9. The combination with a completed assembled barrel, consisting of side, top and bottom walls, said barrel being provided with spaced and relatively small openings therein, of a shaft inserted through one of said openings into the barrel, an'agitator member inserted into the barrel through the other of said openings and having means thereon engageable' with the shaft whereby it is connected with the shaft to rotate therewith a bearing inserted through one of said openings and mounted within the barrel, an interengaging means on said bearing and shaft whereby the latter is rotatably and'detachably secured in position in the barrel, said shaft being operable from the end thereof adjacent said first-mentioned opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PATRICK J. RILEY.

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