US393833A - Barrel - Google Patents

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(No1-Model.) u l T. H. JACOBS.

BARREL, BUGKET, 0R TUB. Nn.v 393,833.

Patented Dec. 4, ,-1888,

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THOMAS H. JACOBS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL VIRE HOOP COMPANY, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

BARREL, BUCKET, OR TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,833, dated December 4, 1888.

Application filed April 18, 1887.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels, Buckets, Tubs, and Like Hooped Vessels; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying 1o drawings, wherein- Figure l is an elevation of a barrel em bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the chine-hoop. Fig. 3 is a detached view of a hoop for use as a quarter and bilge hoop. Fig. 4 is a section of the hoop shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a bucket which embodies the invention.

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur. y

My invention relates to the construction of barrels, tubs, buckets, and like hooped wooden vessels, and has for its objects to facilitate the setting up or putting together of the vessel, to secure a neater, stronger, and cheaper Vessel-one wherein the joints between the staves can be readily made tight and will remain tight-a vessel which, in the case of casks andvbarrels, will permit of the ready removal and replacement of the heads with the least 'separation of the staves, and'which will remain tight notwithstanding all the rough handling incident to transportation,

Generally stated, the invention consists in a barrel, tub, or like article, constructed with broad or band chine-hoops and wire quarter and bilge hoops, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In order that the nature and advantages of my present invention may be more apparent, I will first briefly review the present state of the art.

In dry coopering, or the manufacture of flour and like barrels, wooden hoops are commonly employed; but such a construction is objectionable for several reasons: first, owing to the growing scarcity of suitable hoop material and the necessary destruction of young timber for hoop-poles; second, because of the difficulty experienced in making and preserving tight joints in the barrels, the hoops being naturally inclined to slip-on the taper of Serial No. 235,219. (No model.)

the barrel under rough handling incident to transportation; third, lack of strength and durability in the barrel, and, fourth,necessity for employing' skilled labor and the conse- 55 quent cost of production.

In wet or tight coopering hoops of metal or hoop-iron are commonly employed, and while tight joints and strong work are thus obtained it is at a greatly-enhanced cost and 6p weight, which renders the'vessel unsuitable for many purposes.

In both the foregoing constructions shrinkage of the staves is a fruitful element in rendering the vessel useless. 6 5

All the above-recited objectionable features can be measurably remedied by the use of wire for hooping purposes; but as the wire hoops used at the chine must necessarily be 4sulistantiall)f the diameter of the vessel at 7o its end great diiiiculty is experienced in put ting on the hoops originally or in setting up, and also in .replacing them after filling the barrel. l `urthermore, the crozed and chamfered ends of the vessel are constantly liable 7 5 to be broken and defaced in handling and transportation. i

For the above reasons wire-hooped vessels as heretofore constructed have not been considered practicable or desirable, though con- 8o ceded to be lighter, tighter, neater, and cheaper than other constructions.

I will now proceed to specifically describe my invention, so that others may apply the same.

In the drawings', A indicates the staves composing the barrel or other vessel, which are shaped, set up, leveled, chamfered, and crozed after the manner commonly practiced in the art, according to the particular wooden 9o vessel to be produced.

B indicates the chine-hoop, which may be of metal or wood, but is preferably of wood,

.as the same is more readily secured than a metal hoop and adds less to the weight of the 9 5 vessel, while in some respects it protects the end of the vessel better. It should be sufficiently broad to fully protect the chine-say an inch and a half wide, more o'r less, so that it may, if desired, be loosened or driven up 10o far enough to allow the head of the vessel to be taken out and replaced without entirely the vessel on whieh it is driven.

removing sueh chine-hoop from the vessel while the wire hoops below remain in place and undisturbed, and it should have a proper taper ou the inside surface to iitthe end of The outer edge of the chine-hoop B maybe flush with the end of the vessel, or may projeeti slightly beyond the same to protect the ends ot` the vessel from injury in handling and transportation.

The (plarter-hoop C and the bilge-hoop l) are made of suitable wire,preferably flattened on one side, as indicated at c, to enable it. not only to hug the vessel closely, but also to em- 15 bed itself inthe staves A when driven home,

all of which causes the quarter and bilge hoops to firmly retain their places and facilitates the n'iaking and preserving of tight joints, as the shrinking of the staves will not loosen the hoops. The plane or flat sides e ot' the wire quarter and bilge hoops C I) lie against the barrel.

A neat appearanee and good result will be obtained it' the hoop-wire is flattened atthe i ends and a ribbon wrap-joint made, as indicated at d, Fig. 2S.

The wire quarter and bilge hoops C D may be readily passed over the broad fiat chine hoop B, and should then be driven home so as to tit tightly on the vessel, and if this is properly done no staples or like devices will be required, owing` to the fact that the chine is properly supported by the broad chine-hoop and the wire hoop will embed itself in the staves of the vessel.

hoops, C, and two bilge-hoops, D, or a total ot' six hoops, will be adequate for any barrel,

thereby securing greater strength and neati ness than eau be done by wooden hoops aloney a much lighter, cheaper, and neater barrel than can be donewith iron hoops, and a more serviceable and durable barrel than ean be obtained by any number ot' wire hoops alone.

Among the advantages incident, Ato my invention are, first, the eombination of the broad or band chine-hoops with the wire quarter and bilge hoops renders it practicable to use wire as hooping material; second, it produces a neater, cheaper, stronger, and better finished vessel; third, it enables the vessel to be set up more easily and rapidly by tirst pressing together the ends of the staves and applying the broad or band chine-hoops and then passing' the wirequarter and bilge hoops over the chine-hoop; fourth, it enables wirehooped barrels to be readily filled and closed, and, finally, it enables cheap barrels and like vessels to'be made with close joints.

llaving thus described the nature and advantages of my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

l. ln a barrel or like hooped vessel, the cmnbination, with the staves thereof, of a band chine-hoop and wire quarter and bilge hoops, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a barrel or like hooped vessel, the combination, with the staves thereof, of a wide Chine-hoop and quarter and bilge hoops made of wire flattened on oneside or of semi elliptic cross-section, substantially as and for the purposes specified. v

Il. A hooped vessel having a band chinehoop and wire quarter and bilge hoops, sub stantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this lith day ot' THOMAS Il. JACOBS.

Witnesses:

RIPLEY I). SAUNDERs, Crus. IIoPIUNs.

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