US328808A

US328808A - Barrel

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Publication number: US328808A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1902-10-20

Description

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. M. REED.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE. N0. 328,808. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

(N0 Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

O .O O 2 WITNESSES (No Model.) a Sheets-Sheet a. L. M. REED.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

No. 328,808. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

TUNETED Srnrns LEMON M. REED, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE.

SPE Z A forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,808, dated October 20,1885.

' Application filed July 14, 1885. Serial No. 171,572. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMON M. REED, of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Making Machinery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in barrel-making machines; and it consists in certain features of construction, and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved machine. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a small hand-machine. Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations, respectively, of spiders D and E. Figs. 6 and 7 are views in perspective, illustrating the jaws of the clamping devices. Fig. 8 is a View in perspective of reducing ring or bushing. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the apparatus for elevaitng the table. Fig. 10 is a view in perspective of the device for holding the upper head, the head also being shown in position.

A suitable frame-work for my machine may be constructed as follows: A and A are upright posts set in pairs and embraced by and firmly secured to heavy sills A the respective sets of posts being connected by cross-pieces a and provided with suitable braces, as shown. The frame may be modified according to circumstances or the judgment of the builder; or an iron frame may be substituted, if preferred.

B are tubes that have external screw-threads, the latter in cross-section being preferably of the rectangular variety. Suitable nuts, B, for engaging the threads of the tubes are set, respectively, in the posts A. Pulleys b are mounted on the tubes,with an easy fit, so that the threaded portions of the tubes may slide through the bore of the pulley-hub mounted thereon. Each pulley and tube is provided, the one with a spline and the other with a groove, arranged in the usual manner, by

means of which the pulley and tube are made to turn together.

0 are screw-rods having engaging-nuts 0, set, respectively, in the posts A. The inner ends of these rods pass, respectively, through the tubes B. On the rods 0 are mounted the pulleys c, with the same arrangement of grooves and splines as aforesaid. The pulleys b and c are held endwise by the hubs of the respective pulleys engaging at one end the respective contiguous posts and at the other end engaging the respective stops a, that are secured to the cross-pieces a. With this arrangement of parts, when a pulley is rotated the rod or tube on which such pulley is mounted is screwed in or out, according to the direction given to the pulley.

On the inner ends of the tube B are respectively mounted the spiders D, and on the inner ends of the rods 0 are respectively mounted the spiders E.

Suitable collars, c and 1/, arranged to sus tain the end-thrust of the screws, are shrunk on the tubes B and rods 0, and set-screws and c engaging, respectively. grooves b and 0 to hold the respective spiders when the screws are backed out, by means of which the spiders are held cndwise on the rods and tubes, but are free to revolve on their respective bearings.

The spiders D have broad arms I), with elongated holes D and cross-arms (Z with lateral holes d, and Vertical threaded holes that receive the set-screws d. The spidersE have short broad arms E, with elongated holes E and lateral arms 0 with lateral holes 0, the latter being of the same dimensions and distance from the axial bore as are the holes d.

When the parts are assembled, rods F pass throughtho holes (2 and e, and are fastened in one of the arms by a set-screwfor instance, at f-and are free to slide through the other holes, and by means of these rods F the four spiders are kept in line and made to turn together when the clamping device' is reversed.

The clamping device is as follows: Jaws Gr are secured to one of the spiders D, and jaws G are secured to the other spiders, D. These jaws are alike, except that the jaws G, at g,

hook over the outer edges, 9, of the jaws G, forming guides for thelatter. The jaws have flanges g at right angles to the plane of the jaws,and the flanges are secured,respectively, to the arms D, the securingbolts passing through the elongated holes D by means of which the jaws are adjustable toward or from each other. When the jaws are pressed togcther, as shown in Fig. 2, a circular opening is had in the center,corresponding in size with the external dimensions of a barrel near the chine.

The jaws H and H are similar to the jaws G and G, except the former are larger internally to correspond with the dimensions of j the barrel near the bulge, and are secured in pairs to the respective spiders E, in the manner just described.

I is a table that is notched to embrace the posts A, so that the latter serve as a guide for the vertical movement of the table.

Rods J, bent in the form shown in Fig. 9, and coupled by the bar j, have their axial ends j ournaled in boxes j, attached to the sills A One of these rods extends outside the sill, and has a hand-lever, K, mounted thereon, and secured by a set-screw, 70, by means of which the lever may be adjusted.

By operating the lever K the table is raised until it strikes the depending set-screw (Z and the lever is adjusted on the rod J, so that the spring-dog K engages the lever and holds the table in its elevated position, that, by means of the adjustment of the set-screw d is in proper position to receive the ends of the staves, and support the latter centrally in the clamps. The clamps having been distended a suitable distance, the staves are placed in position therein, the staves having previously been dressed and the crozing cut. Small rods, L, pass through holes in the jaws G. These rods are located on the same side of the respective jaws, and in the same 'ver-, tical plane. The inner end of the rods have a hook, Z, and the outer end a handle, Z. When these rods are shoved in, as shown in Fig. 6, the hook ends form abutments to set the first stave against and bring the same in avertical position. The second stave is held against the first, and the third against the second, and so on until the staves are all in position, after which the hook ends Z are turned in a vertical position and withdrawn from between the staves. The central portion of the staves being broader than the end portions, there is always a sufficient space for the rods L to occupy when the last stave is inserted. Next the pulleys c are set in motion in the direction to close the jaws H and H, by means of which the staves are brought in firm contact at the bulge. The lower head is next inserted from the top of the barrel. A blocking, 1', is permanently secured to the table for the lower head to rest upon to bring the head Nat a suitable height to enter the lower crozing. Next aboard, M, is laid across the top of the barrel. This board has ablocking,m, and points at that are pressed into the head N, by means of which the latter is suspended in position to enter the upper crozing. Next the pulleys b are set in motion,and thejaws G and G brought together, by means of which the ends of the staves are bent and brought in position. The chine -hoops on the top end are next placed in position and driven home. The table I is then depressed, after which the clamping apparatus is reversed to bring the other end of the barrel uppermost to receive the other chinehoops. The respective pulleys are then given a reversed movement to open the jaws, after which the barrel is removed and the bulge-hoops are placed in position while another barrel is being erected in the clamps.

Bushing 0 may be used to reduce the size of the jaws suitable for receiving smaller barrels, casks, 8m.

In Fig. 3 is shown a small hand-machine suitable for kegs, &c., in which but one set of jaws is used, and the screw for tightening the jaws is operated by a crank. The opposite jaw is connected by a rod with the hand-lever P, that is secured in its upright position by the bail p.

When the jaws are loosened by backing the screw by means of the hand-lever, the jaws may be quickly opened wide to remove the work without resorting to the slow process of turning back the screw by hand.

A cheap machine can be constructed on this plan that is suitable for light work.

What I claim is- 1. In a barrel-making machine, the,combination, with a reversible clamping device for bending and compressing the staves to forma barrel, of an adjustable table for receiving the staves as the latter are set in the clamp, a blocking connected with the table to support the barrel-head in position to enter the crozing, substantially as set forth.

2. In a barrel-making machine, a clamping device consisting of clamps for engaging the barrel-staves near the chine, and clamps for engaging the barrel-staves near the bilge, and suitable means for operating the clamping device, the said clamps being arranged with a common axial line and made reversible to bring either end of the barrel uppermost, substantially as set forth..

- 3. In a barrel-making machine, the combination, with clamps for engaging the barrelstaves near the chines, said clamps being mounted on screw-tubes, a clamping device for engaging the barrel-staves near the bilge, and mounted on screw-rods that pass through the said screw-tube, the said screw-tube and screw-rods having a common axial line, and the clamping devices being made reversible to bring either end of the barrel uppermost, substantially as set forth.

4. In a barrel-making machine, the combination of shafts or rods, clamping-jaws secured to said shafts or rods and adapted to grasp the barrel on opposite sides and be rotated in their bearings, and devices for moving said rods and the clamping-jaws, substantially as set forth.

5. In a barrel-making machine, the combination,with a clamping device made reversible on its axis, of a vertically-movable table and suitable mechanism foroperating the same, and

ing the jaws to the desired internal dimensions, substantially as set forth.

7. In a barrel-making machine, the combination, with clamping-jaws adapted to grasp the barrel on opposite sides, and devices for moving said jaws toward and away from each other, of a board provided with projecting points and adapted to engage the head, said board being adapted to rest on one end of the barrel or staves and hold the head in position for engaging the crozing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of July, 1885.

LEMON M. REED. WVitnesses:

CHAS. H. DORER, ALBERT E. LYNCH.