US243295A - Barrel-cover - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

W. R. PALMER.

Barrel Cover. v No. 243,295. Patented June 21,188I.

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WALTER R. PALMER, OF BOND HILL, OHIO, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO HENRY \V. BURLEIGH, OF GREENOASTLE, INDIANA.

BARREL-COVER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Iletters Patent No. 243,295, dated June 21, 1881.

Application filed December 13, 1680. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER R. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bond Hill, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,havein-vented certain new and useful Improvements in Transferable Barrel-Covers, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in transferable covers for barrels, casks, and other similar vessels, most especially that class of covers which are constructed in two parts or sections hinged together, one part thereof being temporarily secured to the chine of the barrel, and the other at liberty to oscillate on the hinges connecting the two parts.

The objects of my invention are to produce a barrel-cover which is symmetrical, light, strong, durable, and economical in construction and cost, and which is provided with simple, durable, and economical means of adjustment, the whole of which will be more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bottom of the cover, showing it applied to a barrel which is in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line a: at, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the fastening devices.

Arepresents the upper. part or rim of a barrel or cask upon which the cover B O is to be used. 7

B represents the oscillating or free section, and G the fixed section, of abarrel-cover, which is constructed of two or more layers or thicknesses of wood, 11 b, in the part B, and 0 c in the part 0, the grain of the layers be running at right angles to thatot' the layers I) 0', glued or cemented together similar to the manner of constructing wooden cross-veneered chairseats.

D D represent clamping brackets or nuts, which are screw-threaded at one of their ends respectively, as shown at d e in Fig. 3, by which they are secured at suitable distance apart to the bottom of part 0 of the cover, on a line with the periphery thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The brackets D D are provided with thumb-screws d, which turn into the croze of the barrel, or thereabout, for securing a firm hold, and operate in connection with bracing and gripin g bracket E, which is secured at or near the periphery of the part 0 of the cover in the same, so as to pass on the outsideof the rim of the barrel. The bracket E has also a screw-threaded end, 6, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, for securing it to the cover, the opposite lower end being provided with a projecting spur or claw, e, on the inside thereof, so that it \villcatch on the edge of the hoop of the barrel or sink into the stave, as shown in thedraw- 6o ings. These brackets D D E are each made of but a single piece of metal,'and being provided with screw-threaded ends,as above described, the use of separate screws or other independentfasteniug means is entirely dispensed with, 6 5 and renders them readily applied without the assistance of tools or skilled workmen necessary in the employment of other fastening devices hitherto in use, being much neater in appearance when finished and applied.

Instead of arranging two brackets having fastening thumb-screws on the inside of the barrel, two bracing or griping brackets might be used either on the outside or inside of the rim of the barrel,and but one clamping-bracket having a fastening screw used in connection therewith.

Heretofore various modes of adjustably attaching covers to barrels have been employed, which at sight are somewhat similar to my present improvements, but in construction, arrangement, and operation are materially different, the tbrmerconsisting,in mostinstances, of clamps havingopenjaws,between which the rim of the barrel is secured by thumb-screws and spurs, but which are secured to the cover by independent fastening means, the face of the same being first countersunk for the accommodation of the supporting part of the clamp to admit of the proper close fitting of the cover to the barrel-top. In several instances, also, sliding clamps are used in connection with rigidly-secured spurred brace-brackets, to permit the use of the cover on different sizes of barrels or casks. Now, in constructing these 9 5 devices in so many parts and applying them, as hereinbefore described, many objections are evident, such as skilled labor must necessarily be employed to apply them, and they would be easily impaired when so intricate and rendered 10o unfit for use.

In my cover I can construct a number of screw-holes at different points in the bottom of the fixed part for the attachment of the brackets, so as to adapt them to fit various sizes of barrels within range of the periphery of the cover. No countersinkingof the wood is necessary; neitheranyfastening means other than the screw-threaded ends of the brackets for attachment to the cover.

My cover being constructed of several layers or thicknesses of wood, arranged and connected as above described, a thin, neat, strong cover will be produced, which is impossible to break or warp, while in the instance of others a thick, heavy, unsightly block of material is used, which will break and warp, and hence become useless.

I prefer to construct and arrange my cover, as shown and described herein, with the clampbrackets D D, having thumb-screws d on the inside of the barrel and the bracing and griping-bracket E c on the outside thereof. When so arranged nothing can come in contact with the thumb-screws to break or bend them, as has heretofore been the case when located on the outside of the barrel.

WVhat I claim is r The combination of the brackets D D, having the screw ends (1 and thumb-screws d,and the bracket E, having screw end a and spur 0, all constructed, arranged, and operating in connection with a hinged cover to attach it adjustably to the top of the barrel or other similar vessel, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' WALTER R. PALMER.

Witnesses:

JNo. E. JoNEs, J. H. CHARLES SMITH.

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