US1679676A - Barrel-head-seating machine - Google Patents

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Aug. 7, 1928.

J. MIELE BARREL HEAD SEATING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 23, 192 6 IA'VENTOR.

MEI-1 Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

\ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

muss 'EIELE, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB or onE-roun'rn 'ro mcmuu. mama AND ONE-FOURTH TO THOMAS MIELE, BOTH or BROOKLYN, NEW 103x.

BABREIi-HEAD-SEA'IING MACHINE.

Application filed August 23, 1926. Serial No. 181,005.

This invention relates to rooving or seatmg machines and in partic ar to a. machine adapted for the )ur ose of providlng in a metallic barrel ea a suitable holding ridge.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a machine which can be operated with a minimum of effort and which will effectively seat a barrel head in the end of a barrel or keg.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a machine having few parts and which will be substantially automatic in its operation and which will effectively secure the metallic barrel head in position on the end of the barrel.

A further, particular object of the invention is to provide a machine which can be quickly operated to effectively seat the head and then can be reversed in its operation to relea e the work performing parts thereof so that the machine can be quickly lifted away from a barrel head after the head itself has been properly seated therein.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine which may be clamped in place over the end of a barrel and will have its parts so arranged that when the same is clamped in position, a quick manipulation of the parts of the machine will cause crimping or ridging of the metallic barrel head to cause it to securely seat in the ridge in the end of the barrel so that the head will be secured in position and will not be forced out by weight of the contents of the barrel.

It is well-known that the provision of a suitable barrel head has long been a problem to manufacturers using kegs or small barrels for the shipment of rivets, bolts and the like and with a view to overcoming this objection, I have provided a. metallic head for the end ofa barrel, which is placed in position over the barrel end and is clamped thereto. The machine is provided with suitable expanding arms carrying rollers at their ends which will form in the side wall of the barrel head, a suitable ridge which. will be securely seated in the groove formedon the inner end of the barrel body, this groove and its ridge securing in place the metallic barrel head and preventing it being forced out by the heavy contents of the barrel or keg, which as before stated, usually consists of bolts; nuts or other heavy machme parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to fullv comprehend the underlying features of my lIlVeIltlOIl that they may embody the same in the various modifications in structure and relation contemplated, a drawing depicting a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosure and in such drawing,s1milar reference characters denote correspondmg parts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 1s a view in section, taken on the llne 11 of Figure 2, showing in cross sectlon, a barrel and head therefor after the same has been seated in place and grooved by my improved machine which is also shown partly in cross section to illustrate the nterior construction thereof.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of my improved barrel head seating machine showing the clamping arrangement through the medium of which the same is secured to theend of a barrel, a portion of the metallic head being shown in section to show the position of the rollers when they are in their ridge forming position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section of a portlon of the upper end of the barrel and the cover and the barrel head seating machine, the ridge forming roller arms being shown in their grooved or ridge forming position and the arm operating screw being shown in its lowermost position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the crimping or ridging disk and 1ts carrying arm, and

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Figure 3 showing in cross section the construction of the gear spoke arranged to provide a slot in which the disk carrying arm is slidably held.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates the upper or lower end of a barrel which is ordinarily formed of wooden staves grooved at their upper end as at 6 to form a continuous interiorly disposed groove. In order to hold the staves of the barrel together at their ends and to provide a head for the end of, the barrel, I make use of a metallic plate 7 which is bent to provide an outer flange 8 which encompasses the upper ends of the barrel staves and forms, together with the inner wall 9, a receptacle into which the end of the barrel projects when the cover of the barrel and is provided at its ends with suitable brackets 12 and--13 in both of which are openings through which passes a draw bar 14 the end of which is threaded as at 15 and provided with a locking nut' 16. The opposite end of thedraw bar 14 is pivoted as at 17 in the forked end 18 of a locking lever 19, the locking lever having its forked end'providcd with the feet 20 so that an inward push on the lever 19 draws the draw bar 14 to cause the hoop 11 to tightly grip the end of the barrel. The lever, when in the position shown in Fig. 2, serves to lock the hoop 11 securely about the barrel so that the machine is secured in position on the barrel head by reason of its connection to said hoop 11 through the medium of the straps 21, which are secured as at 22 to the outer ends of the frame 23, this frame 23 being provided with suitable extending arms 24 to the ends of which the straps or connecting strips 21 are secured. The strips 21 may be fastened in any manner to thehoop 11 so that when the'hoop is secured on the barrel end, the machine frame 23 is prevented from having revolving movement or longitudinal movement relative to the barrel end. The frame is provided with a housing 25 in which is journalled a driving shaft 26, the outer end thereof carrying a handle 27 and the shaft being provided at its intermediate portion with a driving pinion 28, this driving pinion 28 meshes and drives a bevelled gear 29 which is castto provide a-central sleeve 30 and radially disposed spokes 31. It will be noted that the frame arms 24 are provided at their ends with the downwardly extending feet portions 32. These feet portions are adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the barrel and to hold in position on the upper edge of the barrel, the barrel end 7. When, the machine is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, manipulation of the handle 27 will rotate the driving gear 28 and consequently the bevelled gear 29. The sleeve 30 of the bevelled gear is provided with an internal bore 33 which has cut therein a coarse thread into which is positioned, an operating screw 34, the lower end of which is of conical shape 35 'and the intermediate portion of which is provided with a fine adjusting thread 36, it being of course understood that the lower portion of the screw is provided with the coarse threads 37 ,which operate in the mating threads 33', formed in the bore of the sleeve 30. The portion 36 of the operating screw has threaded thereon, the adjusting collar 38, which is arranged to rotate with the adjusting screw 34 through the medium of a key 39, which is seatedin suitable slots formed both in the collar 38 and in the screw 34. The upper end of the screw 34 is provided with a handle bar 40, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

The spokes 31 of the bevelled gear are under-cut as at 41 to provide a slot for the disk carrying arms 42, the inner end of the arms belng normally disposed at the center of the bore in the sleeve 30, the sleeve, of course, being formed integral with said spokes. The inner ends of the arms 42 are cut arcuately as at 43 and are also bevelled as at 44 so that they will fit snugly about the conical end 35 of the operating screw 34, so that a downward movement of the operating screw will force the arms 42 outwardly a distance, depending upon the downward movement of said operating screw. In order to normally maintain the arms in their retracted position, I provide in connection therewith, a suitable projection 45 carrying a pin 46, this pin 46 acts "as a guide for a coil compression spring 47, disposed in a suitable cut-out in each gear spoke 31, the opposite end of the coil spring abutting against the inner, peripheral edge of the spokes and being guided by another pin 48, positioned in the body of the spoke. The opening in which the coil spring is disposed is closed through the medium of a suitable cover plate 49 held in position in any suitable manner. The outer end of the arms 42 are provided with revolvable crimping or ridging disks 49, which are shaped to suitably crimp the inner wall of the barrel head as at 10 to provide therein, an outwardly extending ridge 10, which is securely seated in the groove 6, formed in the inner end of the barrel, as already referred to.

The action of the machine after it has been placed in position over the end of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1, is accomplished by the turning of the handle 27 in the direction indicated by the arrow, which causes a revolving movement of the bevelled gear 29 in the direction also indicated by the. arrow. This revolving movement carries with it, the operating screw 34 until the handle bar 40 on the operating screw comes into contact with the vertical stop pin 50. This stop pin is shown in Fig. 2 as seated in a boss 51, formed integral with the frame 23, the pin being held in adjusted, vertical position through the medium of a suitable looking or set screw 52. When the handle bar has come into cont-act with the stopping pin, it will be prevented from revolving and the continued operation of the bevelled gear 29 will cause the downward movement of the disk carrying arms 42 to forcibly seat the disks against the barrel head to cause them to roll lntothe wall of the barrel head an. outwardly projecting rid e 10, as before described, which seats in the groove 6 in the upper end of the barrel.

It will, of course be apparent that the operation of the bevelled gear 29 causes also the travel of the crimping or ridging disks 49 around the inner periphery of the barrel head so that the crimping disks will completely revolve and will thoroughly form a deep ridge which will be securely seated in the corresponding groove in the barrel end. The crimping operation will cease as soon as the handle 27 is reversed in the direction of its rotation, and when such is the case, the gear 29 and sleeve30 will carry with it, the operating screw 34 in the re verse direction. Durlng this reverse rotation, there will be no relative adjustment of the disk carrying arms 42 so that the ridge will be thoroughly pressed by a return or reverse movement of the disks therethrough until the handle bar 40 on'the upper end of the adjusting screw again comes into contact with the opposite side of the vertical stop pin 50.

It will be noted that the collar 38 serves to limit the movement of the operating screw 34 because when the operating screw 34 has a downward movement to expand the arms 42, the same will continue to move downward until the collar 38 comes into contact with the end of the sleeve 30, at which time, further operation of the device will be revented due to the locking of the operatmg screw 34 and the gear sleeve 30. However, a reverse movement of the handle, as before described, causes the revolving of the operating screw 34 in the reverse direction until the opposite side of the stop pin 50 is engaged, at which time the operating screw 34 .will have an upward movement. This can be readily understood by inspection of Fig. 3 when the handle bar 40 is in engagement with the stop pin 50, the screw will be prevened from rotating and will consequently move upwardly, at which time the coil springs 47 will retract the arms 42 to withdraw the disks 49 from out of the groove which they have formed in the barrel head. The unclamping of the lever 19 will permit the removal of the machine from the end of the barrel and thus complete the operation.

It will be noted, therefore, that I have provided an improved machine which will be efficient in its operation and which can be used to securely seat the head in the end of a barrel without the exertion of enormous pressure, which is the case at present, in the application of metallic barrel heads to the ends thereof.

I have also provided an efliciently operating machine, which will do the work of two men and will do it much quicker and will also seat the head in the barrel more securely than has heretofore been possible by chisel or other manually operated means which have been used for the desired purose.

It will also be noted that I have provided a machine which will effectively form an outstanding ridge peripherally of the interior wall of the barrel head so that the same is securely seated in the groove formed in the interior end of the barrel itself so that any extraordinarily heavy material, such for instance, as bolts, nuts, or the like, usually shipped in kegs will not be able to force the head of the barrel out of position through their own weight. 1

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of 'particularity, I realize that in practice various Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. A barrel head seating machine comprising a plurality of revolvable radially movable arms adapted to form a ridge in a barrel head whereby the same is securely seated in the end of a. barrel, and means for adj ustably locking the machine to the end of the barrel.

2. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, means for locking the frame to the end of a barrel over a head, disc carrying arms for forming a locking projection in the head, a revolving member for advancing said arms, and means whereby a reverse movement of the revolving member will alarms automatically upon a reverse rotation of said arm revolving means.

4. A barrel head seating machine comprising a plurality of revolvable arms adapted to expand radially during their revolving movement in one direction to form a. ridge in the barrel head whereby the same is secured to the endof a barrel, means IOPCZLUS- ing the radial movement of said arms, and means for varying the radial movement of the arms.

5. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, outwardly movable arms, a gear for revolving said arms around the upstanding flange of a barrel head, disks on the ends of sa-id,arms for forming in the head, an outstanding ridge adapted to seat in the groove of a barrel end and securely lock the head in position, means for operating said gear, an arm advancing member carried by the gear, and means on the frame engaging said advancing member to prevent the rotation thereof whereby a vertical arm advancing movement will be imparted thereto.

6. A. barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, an adjustable means for locking the frame to the end of a barrel over a head, and a plurality of arms having ridging disks revolvably operable around the inner periphery of said head for forming therein a.

locking projection adapted to seat in a groove formed in the end of a barrel, means for rotating the arms, means for moving the arms radially and means for varying the radial distance of movement of said arms. 7. A barre'l head seating machine compristhe frame to the barrel end and over a head seated in said end, a plurality of revolving, yieldable arms in said frame, ridge forming rollers on said arms for forming an out wardly projecting peripheral extension on the head adapted to seat in a. groove in the inner end of the barrel when the arms are projected outwardly, and an operating member for simultaneously moving said armsoutward radially.

8..In a barrel head seating machine, a frame, a gear revolvable'in said frame, radial arms carried by said gear, means for normally retracting said arms, an operating mg a frame, an adjustable lock for securing screw for causing radial projection of said arms, means for operatingthe gears, and means for limiting the rotary movement of saidscrew whereby a vertical movement will be imparted thereto to operate said radial arms.

9. In a barrel head seating machine, a frame, a. gear revolvable in said frame,

dial arms carried by said gear, ridge forming disks on said arms, means for normally retracting said arms, an operating screw for causing, during its vertical movement, a radial projection of said arms, means for operating the gear, means for limiting the rotary movement of said screw whereby a vertical movement will be imparted thereto to operate said radial arms, and means for limiting the vertical movement of said operating screw.

10. A barrel head seating machine comprising a. frame arranged to be positioned on the barrel end and over a head seated therein, a gear, arms carried by the gear, crimping rollers carried by the arms and arranged to engage the head to form a seating flange therein, a pin member threaded in said gear androtatable therewith and a projection on the frame arranged to have contact with said pin member to prevent its rotation with the gear whereby a vertical operating movement is imparted thereto, through its threaded connection with the gear.

11. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame arranged to be positioned on a barrel end and over a head seated therein, means for locking the frame to the barrel, a gear, means for driving said gear, radially expandable arms earried by the ear,

crimping discs carried by said arms and arranged to engage the head to form a seating flange therein, an arm expanding member in said gear, and rotatable therewith, and a projection on the frame arranged to have contact with said operating member to prevent its rotation with the gear whereby a vertical arm operating movement is. imparted thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. JAMES MIELE. [11. 5.]

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