US1611133A - Drum - Google Patents

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Dec. 14, 1926;

M. MAU RAN DRUM Filed Nov. 8, 1924 INVENTOR %W 4,. v ,5 f" B i 5 I mfvflfggg NEYf Patented Dec. 14; 1926.

v 'stanceybyi double seajming. 1 When; these ;MA 'URAN, or NIAeARArA -Ls; isnw Y01iK,--AssIc roR T or f-im'riimson j n ALrWoR s, mo or {NEW YORK, N. n, A CORPORATION or-VIRGINIA; f

DRUM.

,App1ieat ion filed Noveinber 8. 1924. Serial N o. 7483538 Thi in e tion r ate -t9 ifr ri hodfb tonsh pp ng h m l li hmu b proec d fr m t e a m phcr iia d also, i l a drum made according to thismethod which fi rd manyia-clv n eges y t dr s. rt -l viouslynsed. i

iohsmicas. piivaitsiiisas; wafers; sta ce, as enhyp chlqritep lime, comm nly used: .i'Qf"blca9hi g Put-Poses, ar i'shlp'pd .i

me all con a ne swh ch ar i e ed s i s t protect the contents from the atmosphere The e. n aine o dinarily r in. th fb imr offiyl nrlri a d ums Ii d v of h sh et meta a n; oheibrm h cqntai rf 1 01 sists of a tubularhody portionwith circular ldisc heads which are united to the hody'por non in any convenient manller, as, ,forf ndrums areused for export; purposes the heads; nust :bereinforced on' account of the irough han ing to w ich the d m fi -.1 1? quen'tly subjectedduring transportation, and

ior this purpose onetypeofi drum which hasillequently beenusedconsists of a tubular body which has disc'heads closing either end 'oithe bod ynand these heads arereinforeed ibyii ob e p a e o h adswhic have. bee

head in the bottom is lplacedin p o'sitiOn be-' iforejhe, contents are introduced and is held thereby means of'nails driven throughthe sidewall of; the drum;. The Wooden head. in A fthef-bottohiis placed directly against the metal headand, afterebeing put in,position the chemicals to be transported are intro:

tightly it ha's been customary to solder lover tbQ heElC1S Qf thenailswhiehare usedto' hold thQ fYOOdQII heads in position; ,iilhis type of drum, While satisfacltory ion.- some -pi rposes',;has numerous d sadvantages. It

is expensive to manufacture on acoountoi" the amountiof manual labor which is; in-

' and it hasbeenfound that. under certain eonditionsthe Wood insidethe drum .gets

' soggy and induces the rusting; of the drum.

The present invention is intendedto proslightly modified form,

n p vide anininroi ed torrii t which ai oids m king clrnm i nd'mor par icular y;.d ums the disadvantages of {the previo-us-construm tion, 'Which cheapjo; manufacture, and

which has the necessary reinforcement; and:

t ed at a relatively low cost In .the y'accompan'ying drawing s that 8111 s an also cer ai s p i iffihe method. by: which such a a'drum' is cQnstruotedJare illustrated, f

4 In these drawings; I

h imp ypcof r h la; 2 is ect ona View o eaz iliof Fig.1. is a longitudinahflsectional" iew ithefiniproveddrum at one. stage inthe course of its manufacture, g .e V :1

-F1g. 3is a view similar to Fig, 2, but showingthe completed operation,

I Fig; 4 isa sectional iew of 521 drum-in" Fi-gl 5' is a sectional view of a detail of the drum illustrated in Fig. 4,. p;

Fig. '6 is a sectional vielw of a detail of ,a"

inodified; form offdrum; and;

' Fig. 7 is a sectional-view otladetailof another modifiedfornrof the druni. placed vvithintheimetalheads The ooden In'theseudravvings the drum is, shown to consist of a 4 body portion (iwhichsordinarily is in the; form otfa metal; cylindeig; This body, in a drume. Which isjfrequently; used for: commercial purposes fis made of; #22

Ga. sheetsteel, .black orv galvanized, and

usually the drum is in the form of ,a cylinder. :The ends of the drum are closed by metal heads/Z, these heads-beingma'de of the-same material as the" sid wall of the drum; Asshown in. Fig- 3, the headrf has :an upstanding. inarginalyfiange 8 which .fits ithinfthe endofthebodyiand to secure the head in position so as to close thedrunithe edg'e of the flange QQand-the edge of the bIOCly 1O are turned outwardlygand seamed together,- as indicated generallyat 11 eWith f' this arrangement the flange. and the-edge'of lvolved in placingthe Wooden reinforcing heads in position ,and further manual. labor I i is required insealing'the nailholes, aspreiously referredto. Furthermore, thewood-v en reinforcing headslie Within the container the bodyportionform a chime, and as this chime is made up fof severiilthickn'esses of metal itisquite stiff and rigid. As heretofore constructed, when the lower 3 'lclaimz I I 1. A drum comprising the combination of; a metal bodyportion, "a metal head having a marginal .flange', a wood reinforcing plate,

of a thickness less than, the width of the marginal flange lying on the outer, surface 'ofthe head, the portion of the flange which .reinforcing plate to compress the i wood 7 whereby the plate is held against displacement."

2. A drum which-comprises the combination of a metal body, a metal head therefor having a diameter substantially the same in contact withfthe inner face of the body,

the edge of the flange being folded outwardi'ly over the edge of the body and the two a a edges crimped together to form a chime lying beyond the face of the head, this chime as the inner diameter of the body andplaced within the end of t-hebody, a peripheral 26 flange onsthe head having a lportlon lying having an inner diameter less thanthat of 7 the body; and a wooden plate of substantially the same diameter as the head disposed on the latter and held in place by the inner surface of the-chime which enters theedge of the plate,-the' plate having a thickness such that no portion of it projects outwardly-beyond the edge of the chime.

' In testimony whereof I- affix my signature.

' MAURAN.

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