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J. W. WESTON REFRIGERATOR BARREL AND OTHER LIKE 'REOEPTAOLES.

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JAMES W. WVESTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REFRIGERATOR-BARREL AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,902, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed October 15, 1884. '(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. Wnsron, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator Barrels and other like Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7

This invention relates to barrels,tubs,pails, and other like receptacles mainly intended for holding and transporting articles of a more or less perishable character, and which receptacles are provided with approximately airtight and readily opening and closing heads.

The invention consists in a structure within the barrel or receptacle and extending throughout its length or depth, or thereabout, consisting mainly of a series of uprights,and diaphragms adjustable up and down said uprights, and constructed to divide the interior of the barrel or receptacle into a series of compartments for holding and separating from each other difierent articles-such as fruit, eggs, 85c. By the adjustment of the diaphragms or partitions,which are made remova ble, the capacity of the several compartments may be varied as required. The uprights of the structure may either be fixtures to the sides of the barrel, or be bound together to form an independent frame capable of fitting down within the receptacle, and of removal from it when required. Furthermore, said structure is or may be provided with a central tube extending up from its bottom for holding ice to assist in the preservation of the contents of the different compartments.

The invention also comprises apecu1iarlylocking device in connection with the removable and closefitting head or head-sections to the barrel, and a closing strip or strips fitting between the sections and on or over a remova' ble follower to provide for ready access to the barrel, and for securely fastening or looking the head thereof when closed, substantially as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an upper end view of a barrel when closed, embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same on the line m m in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, atransverse section on the line y y in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a perspective view of a key used to lock the head of the barrel when closed; and Fig. 5, a diagram illustrating the application of said key when inserted from or through the head end of the barrel. Fig. 6 is a view, on a smaller scale, from the head end of the barrel, illustrating the application of the key when inserted centrally of the barrel through a straight head-closing strip. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the compartment structure when made to provide for its removal bodily from the barrel.

Referring in the first instance, or more particularly so, to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings, A indicates the body of the barrel, or it might be any other like or suitable receptacle, provided with an airtight or closefitting head. The head, asin previous inventions of mine covered by Letters Patent Nos. 303,242 and 804,476, issued, respectively,August 5, 1884, and September 2, 1884, is a readily-removable one, and is mainly composed of opposite side sections held to their places by a wedge arranged on or over a follower,

substantially as hereinafter described.

Fitted within the cask or barrel, along or up its sides, are four or any other suitable number of uprights, B, which may be bent to conform to the bilge of the barrel, and when so constructed are designed to be fixedly secured to the barrel. These uprights, which extend throughout the length or depth of the barrel, or thereabout, are parts of an adj ustable compartment structure forming an interior fitting to the barrel and serving to divide up the barrel into different chambers orseparated spaces of either the same or different or varying capacities, for the purpose of holding different articles orsubstances,including eggs, fruit, &c. To form these compartments, combined with the-uprights B are any number of cross partitions or diaphragms, 0, extending across the interior of the barrel and notched at their edges to provide for their being slid up or down on and being guided by the'uprights B. Said partitions are adj usted to their places, according to the different depths of the compartments required, by pins I), inserted in holes (2, arranged at suitable distances apart in or through the uprights B, and in sufficient number to provide for any desired adjustment. A tube, D, fitted with a packing, holding, or other suitable cap, d, is arranged to extend freely up through the center of the partitions, and is intended to hold ice or any suitable frigorific or cooling mixture, to secure a more perfect preservation of the contents of the barrel when of a perishable nature. The partitions 0 should be so fitted or constructed, entire or in sections, as to admit of their ready and successive removal from the barrel to provide for packing the chambers or compartments as required, or for removal of the contents of the compartments.

If desired, the adjustable compartment structure or interior barrel-fitting may have its uprights B straight and be boundtogether by bands 6, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to admit of its being bodily inserted and removed from V the barrel as a loose or independent device,

and, if necessary, the same may be inclosed with bagging or other like material to keep the contents of the compartments from falling out when putting the structure in and out of the barrel. In other respects, however, the structure is the same as hereinbefore described, only being provided with a bottom board to make a bottom to the lower compartment.

After the compartment structure has been inserted or secured within the body of the barrel and the compartments and ice-tube filled, as required, a cover, E, is loosely inserted in the head end of the barrel and made to rest upon the tube-cap d. The head of the barrel is then closed. Said head, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is mainly made up of opposite side sections, F F, which fit within the usual groove or croze, f, and when adjusted to their places leave a tapering space, 9, between them for the insertion of a tightening-wedge, G, between them, which wedge rests on a removable lower support or follower, H, extending across the barrel and of suitable width to fully close the tapering space between the head-sections F F. This follower H may loosely rest at its ends upon the tops of the uprights B, or be otherwise suitably supported, and be braced laterally by removable cross-struts I I, similarly supported at their outer ends, and having a rabbeted fit at theirinner ends in the follower H, substantially as described in my former patent or patents, hereinbefore referred to. After the tightening-wedge G has been inserted and slightly slid longitudinally to tighten the head-sections F F, a turn-button-like locking-key, J, which consists of a shank having an outer thumb-piece or head and a lateral pin or projection, 8, near its inner end, is inserted with its pin end foremost down through a round hole, 8, in the wedge or closing strip G, and branch opening 8 at theside of said hole to receive the pin 8 through it. Said shank and pin are also passed through a corresponding hole and branch opening, 8, in the follower H, and the key then turned to lock the head by the pin .9 passing out of line with the opening 8 The lateral or branch openings s 5 may either be arranged in'line with each other or at right angles or other position out of line with each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and whereby two distinct partial turns will be necessary to remove the locking-key, thereby giving greater security.

If desired, the same locking-key J, instead of being applied from the outer face of the head, as described, may be entered from the exterior through a similar hole with lateral branch or opening in the side or chine of the barrel, and said key, entering the butt-end of the wedge G, be turned to establish the look by the position of the pin 8, out of line with the branch opening on the inside of the chine part of the barrel. This arrangement is not shown in the drawings. In some cases, too, instead of a single intermediate headclosing strip or wedge, G, duplicate reverse wedges might be used, tapering outward from the center of the barrel, and the key J be introduced through or between them at their butt-ends for engagement with or under the follower H, as in the case of the single wedge. Furthermore, it is not necessary that the head-closing strip G should its length; and in Fig. 6 of the drawings it is represented as a straight one and the headsectionsF F as cut to correspond. Said figure also shows the key-hole s s as arranged in the center of said strip over a centrally'arranged key-hole having abranch opening, 8 in the follower H, for locking the head by means of the key J, as in the other figures of the drawings, and as hereinbefore described.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a barrel or other like receptacle having a removable and closefitting head, of a compartment structure composed of uprights B and adjustable cross partitions or diaphragms G, constructed for arrangement within the barrel or receptacle, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the body A of the barrel, of the uprights B, secured to the sides of the barrel on its inside, and constructed to conform to-the' bilge of the barrel, and the partitions or diaphragms O, fitted so as to be capable of adjustment up and down said uprights, essentially as described.

3. In an adjustable compartment structure for barrels and other like receptacles, the combination of the uprights B, the adjustable par titions O, and the ice-tube D, substantially as shown and described.

4:. In a barrel or other like receptacle provided with an interior adjustable compartment 'be a wedge or of tapering form'in direction of structure, the combination, with the heading-strip G and follower H, constructed with sections F, the follower H, and closing-strip key-holes through them, and the turn-button- IO G, of the removable turn-buttonlike key J, like key J, substantially as and for the purmade with a lateral locking pin or projection, poses herein set forth.

5 s, and adapted. to lock the head of the barrel JAMES W. WESTON.

when closed, essentially as described. Witnesses:

5. The combination, with the barrel-body A. GREGORY,

Aand with the head-sections FF, of the closw G. SEDGWIOK.

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