US686961A

US686961A - Barrel-heading machine.

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Publication number: US686961A
Application number: US5788501A
Authority: US
Inventors: Job W Angus
Original assignee: ERASTUS H BARNES
Current assignee: ERASTUS H BARNES
Priority date: 1901-04-29
Filing date: 1901-04-29
Publication date: 1901-11-19
Anticipated expiration: 1918-11-19

Description

Patented Nov. l9, I90l.

J. W. ANGUS.

BARREL HEADING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 29, 1901.)

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Unites STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOB \V. ANGUS, OFELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND ERASTUS H. BARNES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BARREL-HEADING MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,961, dated November 19, 1901.

application filed April 29, 1901- $erial No. 57,885. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OB WINANS ANGUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,haveinvented an ImprovementinBarrel-Heading Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of that class of barrels known in the trade as slack barrels, such as are usually employed for sugar, flour, cement, and similar merchandise; and my invention relates particularly to devices for inserting the heads in such barrels, said heads consisting of loose pieces-that is, pieces not doweled or otherwise fastened together.

In carrying out my invention I employ devices for receiving, guiding, and supporting the open end of the barrel, an adjacent stationary circular platform for supporting the loose pieces forming the heads, devices for forcing the staves of the barrel into smaller circumferential area at the time when the parts forming the head are brought into their relation with the ends of the staves, and a device for supporting the hoop and means connected therewith for forcing the hoop upon the end of the barrel outside of the staves and adjacent to the head. These devices act automatically and progressively in the performance of their various functions, and they are actuated by a rack and vertically-movable cross-head, all of which are hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial elevation and vertical section representing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan and partial section at the line mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan and partial section at the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a plan and partial section at the line 2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aplan and partial section at the line to 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a partial elevation and vertical section at the lower part of the machine with one end of the barrel held in position engaging the parts forming the head and preparatory to the hoop being raised and forced aronndpver the end of the staves. Fig. 7 is a plan and partial section of the parts at the upper end of Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a plan and partial section at (11' y of Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a partial elevation of the ad jacent meeting edges of two of the ring-segments hereinafter described; and Fig. 10 is a cross-section through one of said ring-segments and the circular platform serving as a support therefor at z 2, Fig. 2.

The metal base a, of any desired configuration, is provided with angle-iron standards I) c at spaced-apart intervals in connected pairs, the lower portions of said standards being fastened to the base by angle-iron brackets and rivets and the upper ends carried up and connected to any desired means of support. A rack d is connected at its lower end to a cross-head e, movable vertically between the pairs of angle-iron standards I) c, the ends of the cross-heads extending beyond the standards and having connected to them the vertical bars h h, which bars depend from the ends of the cross-head. A cross-head f is located below the cross-head e and is connected thereto by bolts 2 and spaced apart therefrom by helical springs 3, the respective ends of the cross-head f being located between the angleiron standards I) c. The cross-head fis thus yieldingly supported from the cross-head e. A part of the cross-headf is an elliptical flange, to which a flanged driving-plate g is bolted. This driving-plate g in the crosssection, Fig. 1, has the appearance of an inverted saucer, and it is of a size approximately corresponding to one end of a barrel, so that the upper end of the barrel is received in this drivingplate, which not only moves the barrel downward, but at the same time centers the barrel in the machine. Thelower ends of the vertical bars h h are made slightly narrower in Width and provided with mortises 4 and curved lower ends, and I provide and connect to the angle-iron standards I) 0 guidebrackets 5 6, the said vertical bars h It being received between the parts of the guidebrackets, and the outer faces of these vertical bars rest against the peripheries of friction-rollers 7, mounted upon short pins extending between the brackets 5 6. The crosshead t' is provided with end plates 8, securely fastened thereto and in which are pins 9, said pins passing through the mortises 4 in the lower ends of the Vertical bars h 71., this cross-headt' being normally suspended by the said vertical bars and its pins 9.

I provide a steel cylinder 7c, vertically slotted at spaced-apart intervals, and bracketarms 10 below the lower edge of the cylinder and connecting the said cylinder to the said cross-head 11 and by which the same is supported. This steel cylinder surrounds the platform Z, upon which are placed the separate pieces forming the barrel-heads, and said cylinder may be constructed of one or more pieces or parts connected or otherwise. The platform Zis made integral with a ring-base Z and with arms Z extending therefromin opposite directions, and which arms pass between the anglc-iron standards I) c and are securely connected thereto by bolts 11, so that the platform Z and the parts connected therewith are fixed in the machine, or said platform Z may be otherwise supported, if found desirable. A ring m surrounds the steel cylinder 7c and normally rests upon the arms Z Posts 12 are connected to and depend from this ring m, and the posts 12 are in turn connected to cross-bars 13. The crossbars have a sectional hub integrally threaded and surrounding a threaded portion of a centor-post 14:, upon which threaded portion are nuts 15, coming above and below the hub of the cross-bars, so as to lock the position thereof with reference to the post 14: and yet permit of the adj ustability of the cross-bars with reference to the post, so that the ring m may occupy the desired position in the machine. The lower end of the post 1a is guided in a socket on the base a, and the upper end is guided in an inverted socket on the under side of the platform l, there being an opening in the center of the crosshead 7; for the free movement of the post 14 in relation to the cross-head t, or vice versa, and it will be noticed from Fig. 3 of the drawings that the posts 12 come outside of the ring base Z and vertically beneath the ring m, so that there is no interference in the movement of the parts.

16 represents the hoop to be forced around outside of the staves of the barrel adjacent to the head in the operation of heading a barrel, and this hoop rests upon the ring m, and it is raised into position by this ring m, the posts 12, cross-bars 13, and center-post 14, and upon the lower end of the post 14 is a cross-pin 17, coming above one end of a lever n, pivotally connected to a standard 18, secured to the base a, the other end of said lever being made with a curved or hookshaped portion adapted to receive the curved lower end of one of the vertical bars 71 in the position of the parts represented in Fig. 6.

Upon the inner surfaces of the angle-iron standards I) c I secure brackets 19, which serve as supports for the circular platform 0. This circular platform 0 is provided with a series of parallel mortises 20, (see Figs. 2 and '10,) andit supports the ring-segments 7, there being four of these segments, by preference, which surround and are adapted to be brought forcefully into contact with the surfaces of the barrel-staves. These ring-segments are provided on their under surfaces with pins in the mortises 20, the object of the mortises and pins being to insure positive radial movements for the ring-segments. These ringsegments are made with inclined convex inner surfaces with flat bases to rest upon and move over the surface of the circular platform and with central flanges 21 coming outside, and around the said ring-segments I provide peripheral grooves 22 23, the one above the other.

Flanges 24, four in number, are securely bolted to the platform 0, two of them adjacent to the angle-iron standards 17 c and two intermediate thereof, and the vertical faces of the flanges 24 and the flanges 21 meet and coincide in the normal position of the ringsegments, and I provide bolts 25 in pairs, and the bolts are securely fastened at one end in the flanges 21, made integral with the ringsegments, and extend loosely through the flanges 24. Around the bolts are springs 26 and on the free ends of the bolts tension-nuts 27. The offlce of the springs is to draw the ring-segments away from the center of the machine, so that their flanges 21 come up against the flanges 24 upon the platform 0, and these springs yield as the ring-segments are forced toward one another and toward the center of the machine, and in these movements of the ring-segments they are guided by the pins in the mortises 20, as hereinbefore stated.

I provide short shafts 28, extending through bearings formed upon the angle-iron standards Z) 0. Upon said shafts and between said standards are cranks 29, and upon the ends of said cranks, outside of said standards, are cranks 30, in pairs, the cranks 30 being placed at right angles to the cranks 29, and tensionropes s 6, extending around the ring-segments and received in the peripheral grooves 22 23 thereof, are connected at their respective ends by fastening devices 31 to the cranks 30, the tension-rope .9 passing around in one direction and the tension-rope t in the opposite direction, and the respective ends of the ropes are connected by the fastening devices to the cranks at the opposite sides of the machine.

Fig. 1 represents the devices in the position occupied as the barrel is placed in the machine, and in the operation of the machine the cross-heads e andf are forced downward by the rack 61 and the mechanism operating the same. In this movement the upper end of the barrel passes into the driving-plate g, is centered thereby and moved down therewith, and the downward movement of the vertical bars h h with the cross-head e permits the cross-head i to descend by gravity and carry with it the steel cylinder 7t, and the slots in the steel cylinder receiving the cross-bars 13 provide for the downward movement of the steel cylinder independent of the said cross-bars and any movement that may be imparted thereto or thereby to the ring m. The steel cylinder 7c is within the open end of the barrel and forms a guide therefor, and said parts may move downward to an appreciable extent before they are frictionally bound and held in place and prior to the barrel being forced down with and by the driving-plate g. As the olfset portions of the vertical bars h h come in contact with the ends of the cranks 29 these cranks are moved downward, the shafts 28 are turned, the cranks 30 are moved outward and tension thereby applied to the ropes s t to draw the ring-segments 9* toward the center of the machine and toward one another and in contact with the surface of the barrel-staves'to force the same together into a more intimate and close relation and at the same time to slightly bend the said staves and bring the end of the barrel with the descent of the steel cylinder 1; into engagement with the pieces forming the head upon the platform. This position of the parts is shown in Fig. 6, and in this position it will be noticed that the upper edge of the steel cylinder is is now below the ends of the barrel-staves and that the groove formed on the inner faces of the barrel-staves is in contact with the edge of the parts forming the cover, being. held in this position by the tension applied by the ropes s t to the ring-segments r. In this position of the parts the lower end of the vertical bar 72 at one side of the machine, rests in the curved end of the lever n, and the further downward movement of the parts from the position Fig. 6 brings the steel cylinder against the arms Z simultaneously swings the lever 'It, raises the center-post 14, the cross-bars 13, the posts 12, and thereby the ring at and hoop 16, forcing the same around outside of the staves upon the end of the barrel adjacent to the head, completing the operation of heading the barrel at one end,

the upward movement of the parts thereafter Y crossheadf, and the arms h h, releases the lever n, the center-post 14, and the parts connecting the same to the ring m, so that said parts fall by gravity to their normal position in Fig. 1, in which the ring m rests upon the arms P. In the upward movement, the pins 9 are engaged by the lower ends of the arms h, the cross-head t is elevated together with. the steel cylinder 7t, and as the parts return to the position Fig. 1 the reduced lower ends of the arms h It release the

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29 and 30, so that the springs 26 act to separate the ring-segments r, returning the same, the tension-ropes, and the

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29 and 30 to their normal position preparatory to repeating the operations. has been removed from the machine, other strips placed upon the platform for another head, and the barrel overturned to insert the other head by a repetition of the operations of the machine as hereinbefore stated.

The relation of the cross-heads f and e is Meanwhile the barrel made Variable by means of the yielding helical springs 3, so that the cross-head 6 may approach the cross-head f as the springs automatically yield at the end of the downward movement of the barrel and while the same is firmly held and during the final movements of the cross-head e and arms h, when the strain is applied at the moment of connecting the head and putting on the hoop by forcing the same upward around the end of the barrel.

I have not in my invention shown or described the devices for operating the barrelheading mechanism through the intervention of the rack d and cross-head 6 as prime movers, because the same form no necessary part of my invention and may be varied without changing the barrel-heading mechanism. I have shown and prefer to employ guides 32, projecting from opposite sides of the ringbase Z and straddled by the steel cylinder it, these guides 32 and the arms Z acting together to control the Vertical direction of the cy1inder 70. I have also shown and prefer to employ stop-bolts 33, secured to and extending across between the standards to limit the downward movement of the cross-head f and the driving-plate carried thereby.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a support for the pieces forming the barrel-head, of devices passing within and supporting and guiding the barrel at its open end, means for permitting the same to move downward, a series of devices substantially as specified and acting around the staves to press the same together and against the pieces forming-the head, means actuated diametrically and moving circumferentially for contracting the said devices, a support for a hoop and means for elevating the same and forcing the hoop around the end of the barrel adjacent to the head, substantially as set forth.

2. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a platform for supporting the pieces forming the head, of a guide for the barrel passing Within its open end, yielding devices receiving the upper end ofthe barrel and for forcing the same down, devices for permitting the said guide to move downward with the movement of the barrel, so that the ends of the stares are brought into connection with the pieces forming the head, a series of devices surrounding the end of the barrel and means acting in opposite directions for moving the same toward one another and compressing the staves and holding thesame with the head of the barrel in position, devices for supporting a hoop and other devices for elevating the same with the movement of the mechanism and forcing the hoop around outside of the staves at the end of thebarrel and adjacent to the head, substantially as set forth.

3. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a fixed circular platform support ing the pieces forming the head, a surround- IIO ing vertically movable cylinder extending Within and forming a guide for the barrel and means for moving the said cylinder, a ring surrounding the cylinder and acting as a support for the hoop, and means for raising the said ring to force the hoop over the end of the barrel, a circular platform and supports therefor, a series of ring-segments upon said platform and surrounding the barrel, means for forcing said ring-segments together to compress the barrel-staves and to hold the same with the head in place during the movement of the hoop and means for returning the said ring-segments to their normal position, substantially as set forth.

4:- In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a fixed circular platform supporting the pieces forming the head, a surrounding vertically-movable cylinder forming a guide for the barrel and means for moving the said cylinder, a ring surrounding the cylinder and acting as a support for the hoop, and means for raising the said ring to force the hoop over the end of the barrel, a circular platform and supports therefor, a series of ring-segments upon said plat-form and surrounding the barrel, tension-ropes surrounding the ring-segments with their respective ends adjacent to opposite sides of the machine so that the pull is in opposite directions, means for operating the same to draw the segments toward one another and springactuated devices for returning the ring-segments to their normal position, substantially as set forth.

5. In a barrel-heading machine, the combition with a circular platform supporting the pieces formingthe head, a cylinder forming a guide for the open end of the barrel and means for supporting and moving the same, a ring outside of the cylinder for supporting the hoop, means for raising and lowering the ring to force the hoop to place, vertical bars h h at opposite sides of the machine, a crosshead to which they are connected and means for moving the cross-head and the bars vertically, the lower ends of the bars being provided with mortises and offset edges, guidebrackets and friction-rollers at their ends between which the said bars move vertically, cross-shafts in the standards of the machine and cranks thereon actuated by the downward movement of the said vertical bars, and devices brought into operation by the movements of said cranks for forcing the barrelstaves toward one another and holding the same in engagement with the head while the hoop is being forced to place and devices for returning said parts to their normal position when released, substantially as set forth.

6. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platform supporting the pieces forming the head, a cylinder forming a guide for the open end of the barrel, and means for supporting and moving the same, a ring outside of the cylinder supporting the hoop, means for raising and lowering the ring toforce the hoop to place, vertical bars'h h at opposite sides of the machine, a cross-head to which they are connected and means for moving the cross-head and the bars vertically, the lower ends of the bars being provided with mortises and offset edges, guide-brackets and friction-rollers at their ends between which the said bars move vertically, cross-shafts in the standards of the machine and cranks thereon actuated by the downward movement of the said vertical bars, tension-ropes and devices connecting the same with said cranks, radially-moving ring-segments Within the grasp of the tension-ropes and springs for returning the ringsegments to a normal position when released, substantially as set forth.

7. Ina barrel-heading machine, the combination with a rack d, of a cross-head 6 connected thereto and movable vertically thereby, a cross-head fand bolts 2 by which the cross-head f is suspended from the cross-head e, and helical springs 3 between the crossheads 6 and facting as cushions providing a yielding movement for the cross-head f, and a driving-plate 9 connected to and supported by the cross-headf, substantially as set forth.

8. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with the base and angle-iron standards in connected pairs supported upon and connected to the base, a circular bed supporting the parts forming the head of the barrel, arms carrying the platform and extending between and connected to the standards, the cross-heads'e f and t' extending across the machine between and guided by the said standards,devices connecting the cross-heads e and t' and devices connected to and brought into operation by the movement of said crossheads and parts for effecting the operation of heading the barrel, substantially as set forth.

9. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platform supporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of a ring surrounding the said platform, a verticallymovable post, cross-bars connected to the post and short posts connecting the crossbars to said ring and means for raising the said center post and ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platform supporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of a ring surrounding the said platform, a verticallymovable post, cross bars connected to the post and short posts connecting the crossbars to said ring, and a pivoted lever, a crosspin on the center post above the lever and devices having a vertical movement in the machine and adapted to come in contact with the free end of the lever for raising the post and the said ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with a vertically-movable post having ICO an exteriorly-threaded portion, of the ring m, the depending posts 12 connected thereto, the cross-bars 13, an interiorly-threaded hub portion connecting the cross-bars 13 and surrounding the threaded portion of the post whereby the position of the ring m may be vertically adj usted,and clamping-nuts 15 also upon the threaded portion of the post for locking the position of the parts after-adjustment, substantially as set forth.

12. In abarrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platform supporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of the steel cylinder k surrounding the platform forming a guide for the open end of the barrel and vertically slotted at spaced-apart intervals to permit the steel cylinder to straddle other movable parts, a cross-head t' and connections therefrom for supporting the steel cylinder, and means for imparting a vertical movement to the cross-head, substantially as set forth.

13. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with vertical standards, of brackets connected thereto, a circular platform 0 supported thereby, ring-segments carried by the said platform, flanges bolted to the platform and forming stops in one direction for the outward movement of the ring-segments, devices for holding the ring-segments against said flanges and devices acting in opposite directions around and against the said ring-segments to draw the same toward one another and toward the center of the machine around the barrel, substantially as set forth.

14. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with vertical standards, of brackets connected thereto, a circular platform 0 supported thereby, flanges 24 secured to the circular platform adjacent to the standards and intermediate thereto, ring-segments supported by the platform and each provided with integral flanges adjacent to the flanges 24, bolts connected to the flanges of the ring-segments and extending through the flanges of the platform, springs around the bolts and nuts for applying tension for holding the ringsegments normally with the flanges together, and devices acting independent of the said springs and against their force and surround ing the ring-segments from opposite directions and adapted to force the said segments toward one another and the center of the machine and around the barrel substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

15. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with vertical standards, of brackets connected thereto a circular platform 0 supported thereby, flanges 24 secured to the circular platform adjacent to the standards and intermediate thereto, ring-segments supported by the platform and each provided with integral flanges adjacent to the flanges 24:, bolts connected to the flanges of the ring-segments and extending through the flanges of the platform, springs around the bolts and nuts for applying tension for holding the ringsegments normally with the flanges together, and tension-ropes surrounding the ring-segments from opposite sides of the machine, shafts in the standards of the machine,eranks at the ends of the shafts and to which the respective ends of the ropes are connected, cranks placed centrally of the said shafts and between the standards, and means operating by vertical movement for swinging the cranks and the shaft to apply tension to the ropes and force the ring-segments toward one another, substantially as set forth.

16. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with the standards,brackets connected therewith and the circular platform supported thereby, of a series of ring-segments each comprising a flat base, an inclined convex portion, an integral flange and peripheral grooves upon the outer surface of the convex portionjfsubstantially as set forth.

17. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with the standards,brackets connected therewith and the circular platform supported thereby, of a series of ring-segments each comprising a flat base, an inclined convex portion, an integral flange and peripheral grooves upon the outer surface of the convex portion, and pins extending downward from the said ring-segments in parallel mortises in the said platform, and means for moving the said ring-segments in opposite directions, the said pins and mortises compelling the said movement to be in radial lines, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 23d day of April, 1901.

J. W. ANGUS.

Witnesses:

GEO. '1. PINCKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.