US443147A - Ole pederson - Google Patents

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0. PEDERSON. RARRRL RANGER.

`PRtented Dec. 23,1890.

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' OLE PEDERSON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SLEIGl'l'l MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,147, dated December 28, 1890. Application inea 'June 9,1890, sel-ai No. 354,749. N0 man.)

To alwtom it may concern,.- to the barrel and also permit the jaws to bc Be it known that I, OLE PEDERSON, a citiadjusted to tit barrels of different sizes. zen of the United States, residing at Moline, Upon the rod F is mounted a casting G, in the county of Rock Island and State ot' which consists of a central sleeve g, through 55 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and usewhich the rod passes, provided with a setfullmprovements in Barrel-Hangers,of which screw for adjusting the sleeve upon the rod. the following is a full and clear description, From the sleeve portion extends in opporcference being had to the accompanying site directions two curved arms h, which are drawings, forming part of this specification, adapted to extend around the barrel to a 6o 1o in whichpoint at about or slightly beyond the center Figure l represents a front elevation showthereof, and have holes formed in their outer ing the barrel suspended in position. Fig. 2 ends which are adapted to be engaged by the is a horizontal sectional view on the lines X lower ends of the rods hanging from the brack- X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ets in the upper portion of the stand. 6 5 15 clamping mechanism detached. From this description it will be seen that My invention relates to certain new and the rods may be readily slipped into engageuseful improvements in means for suspendment with the ends oi' the curved arms 7i, and ing a barrel or like device, so that it may be that when so engaged they cause the barrel readily tilted to discharge its contents, and to be suspended and slightly tipped forward 7o zo my invention consists in the constructions at its upper end, as shown.

and combinations of devices which I shall The mechanism described is readily aphereinatter fully describe and claim. plied, maybe iitted to barrels of various sizes, To enable others skilled in the art to which and may be removed when desired by simply my invention appertains to make and use the removing the rods and releasing the thumb- 75 2 5 same, I will now describe a preferred connut.

struction and indicate the manner in which Having thus described my invent-ion, what the same is carried out. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- In the accompanying drawings, A repreters Patent, is-f sents a stand or frame, in the upper portion l. The combination, with the stand, the 8o 3o of which I secure two brackets B, each consuspending-rods therein, and a vessel or barsisting of a flange a and a depending arm b, rel, of the rod F, having a jaw at each end having an inwardly-projecting iiange c proadapted to clamp the heads of the vessel or vided with a notch or seat d, in which the upbarrel, and a casting adjustably fitted upon per ends of the rods O are loosely and resaid rod and having curved arms adapted to S5 3 5 movably hung. extend part way around the vessel and to be D represents a barrel or vessel, the oppoengaged by the suspending-rods, substansite ends of which at one side are engaged by tially as herein described. the jaws E and E of the clamping mechan- 2. The frame or stand, the rods hung there ism, the said jawE being fastened to the lower in, and the barrel or vessel, in combination 9o 4o end of a rod F and having its lower edge with the rod F, having one end threaded, turned up, thereby forming a channel or reclamping-jaws upon opposite ends of the rod cess into which the ends of the staves may adapted to engage the heads of the barrel or pass, as shown. The upper and lower jaws vessel, a thumb-nut upon the threaded end of are alike, and both have teeth on their outer the rod, and a casting having a central sleeve 95 45 edges adapted to firmly engage the heads of mounted to slide upon said rod and provided the barrel. with oppositely-extending curved arms pass- The rod F is threaded at its upper end, and ing part way around the barrel, and having upon said threaded portion the upper jaw E holes in their outer ends for the reception of is mounted, while a thumb-nut e or like dethe lower ends of the suspending-rods, subroo 5o vice is tted on said threaded end and is destantially as herein described.

signed to cause the jaws to be rmly clamped The combination of the stand, the brackets secured therein having' inwmdly-extending flanges, the rods loosely hung upon said flanges, the barrel or Vessel to be Suspended, a rod secured to the barrel and having L jaw at each end, n casting having,r a Central sleeve mounted upon the rod and oppositely-eurved arms partially encircling the barrel and hawing holes in their outer ends for the lower ends of the suspending-rods, and a set-screw adjustnoly securing the sleeve upon its rod, lo substantially as herein described.

OLE PEDERSON.

Witnesses:

MIRAR PEDERSON, E. H. SLEIGHT.

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