US432181A

US432181A - ferris

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Publication number: US432181A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-15

Description

(No Model.)

H. L. FERRIS. EAR FOR SECURING BAI'LS T0 FAILS, &c.

No. 482,181. Patented July 15, 1890p WWW @W MMMM.

U ITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM d5 FERRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

EAR FOR SECURING; BAILS TO PAILS, 8L0.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 432,181, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed April 12, 1890. Serial No. 347,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, of Harvard, in the county of Mcl-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ears for Securing Bails to Pails and other Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for attachin g to pails and otherarticles the ears or parts to which the ends of the bail are secured, and it relates more particularly to that form of pails wherein the mouth is wired or enlarged by bending or folding. In this class of pails it has been necessary heretofore to bend the car around the edge of this fold or wired portion, thereby more or less weakening the ear proper. The ears heretofore have been riveted or soldered, or both riveted and soldered, to the pail for the purpose of giving additional stiffness to said ear as well as to secure it to the pail, and have been made of sheet and of cast metal. The latter is too heavy and expensive, and both, in the forms heretofore used, are too weak immediately above or at the wired portion of the pail.

The object of my invention is to overcome the objectionable features above pointed out by making a sheet-metal ear which shall have stamped therefrom a tongue adapted to fit over the wired portion of the pail. Said tongue when the ear is placed in position on the pail will be 011 one side thereof and the ear proper on the other side, thus holding the pail between them and giving additional stiffness to the car at the particular point where it is most needed. My construction also very greatly simplifies the manufacture and reduces the expense of producing said ears.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a blank from which my improved ear is stamped. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the car after being stamped and punched ready to be placed upon the pail. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the ear in position upon the pail and secured thereto.

In said drawings, A represents a pail having its upper edge a thickened by being turned about a wire a,in the usual or ordinary manner.

B is the ear stamped from the blank B. The general configuration of the blank B is T-shaped, the lower portion having lateral extensions, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In stamping the blank for use I prefer to punch holes I) I) through said lateral extensions at or near each end thereof, through which rivets b may be passed to secure the ear B to the pail A. The ear, however, may be soldered to the pail, if preferred, or may be both soldered and riveted. In the upper portion of the ear, I punch a hole or opening D in which the end of a bail or handle is secured. From the central portion of the blank B',I punch out a lip or tongue C,which tongue extends from the blank first horizontally and then downwardly into a position parallel with the lower portion of the blank. The portion of the blank B from which the tongue 0 is stamped is given a curve or bend in the opposite direction, as clearly shown at 0, thus leaving a space between said curved portion 0 and the tongue C for the insertion of the thickened or wired edge a a of the pail, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

In practice I first stamp the car from the blank B and then place the same vertically over the edge of the pail into the position shown in Fig. 3. I then rivet the ear to the pail, and sometimes secure it by soldering and sometimes by both, as above explained. I may also solder the depending portion of the lip C to the inside of the pail. By this construction it Willbe observed that greatstrength is imparted to the car at c by reason of a portion thereof passing in opposite directions around the thickened edge of the pail. It will also be noted that this construction is obviously very cheap and easy of being placed upon the pail.

I claim as my invention 1. The hereiirdescribed ear for securing bails to yessels, consisting of a sheet-metal body portion adapted to be rigidlysecured to the body of the vessel, an upwardly-extending part provided at its upper end with a suitable opening for attachment. to the bail, said outward from said body portion to form a re- I cess or shoulder in which the Wired edge of the vessel may rest, and a tongue stamped out from said upwardly-extended portion and said body portion and bent in the opposite direction to fit over the opposite side of the wired top of the vessel, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described T-shaped sheetmetal ear for securing bails to vessels, consisting of the body portion provided near its end with suitable openings 1), by which it may be attached to the body of the vessel, having near the upper end of its central and upwardly-extended portion a suitable opening b through which the bail may be attached to said ear, an intermediate curved portion 0, and a stamped-out tongue C, bent or curved in the opposite direction, substantially as and for the purpose specified,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

D. ARMSTRONG, LETTIE M. BLAKE.