US88564A - Improvement in barrel-trucks - Google Patents

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S 4x L :I ,Stima @gama l EUGENE GROSJEAN, OF IITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF, JACOB WEAVER, JR., AND ALFRED H'. JONES.

.teem Parent No. 88,564, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N BARREL-TRUCKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

T0 n whom it 'mail 0071067 Now, by turning the cam-clasp D over, or tight down Be it known that I, EUGENE GROSJEAN, of the city on the strap E, the lever is firmly attached to the barrel, of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennthe flanges, or jaws O C shut fast against its heads, and sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improved it is held immovable by small teeth-points, projecting Barrel-Roller, or Truck, which is of great utility and on tbe inside of the flanges, or jaws, marked in the convenience, and in the use of which time and labor drawing l, 2, and 3`one at each of their triangles.

are saved; and in orde-r to convey a knowledge of t-he The barrel, keg, or log thus caught tight, can be practicable operation of the same to those skilled in rolled, pushed, or pulled'in any direction.

plied and combined, I hereby The flanges, or jaws C C are made loose and movathe principles thus ap declare the following to be a full and exact description ble, with a hole in the centre, markedgure 4, and are of the same, reference being had to the accompanyattached to the ends of the levers through these holes,

ing drawing, and to the letters and Vfigures marked by riveting or otherwise.

The anges revolve, but cannot get off these ends These ends form the axle upon which the angcs,

, thereon.

The drawing is a perspective view of the machine. vof the levers.

i The machine may be made of wood or metal. The anges may be made any shape, with or with- A are the handles, or the end of the levers. out the teeth-points.

B is thebolt, or fnlcrum which holds the levers tol gether, and upon which they move.

The holes in each lever are for changing the bolt B, logs.

to enlarge ordimuislrthe opening of the anges, or Having now described my invention,

jaws O O, according to the size of the barrel to be What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure handled. by Letters Patent ofthe Unit-ed States, is-

D is a earn-clasp. The attached strap E, combined with the cam-clasp E is a strap. i D,in their action with the leversA, bolt B, and flanges, F is a ring on the end of the strap E. or jaws C G, as shown, for the purposes set forth, sub

By loosing the cam-clasp D, the strap E is released, stantially as described.

when, by pulling the levers A apart, the anges, or EUGENE GROSJ EAN.

Y jaws O O open. y Witnesses:

Vi'hen thus open, and held over a barrel, by catch- ALFRED H. JONES, `ing the ring F, pulling the strap tight, compresses the J. WEAVER, Jr.

ends of the levers A and 0.

or jaws revolve, with the barrel or cylinder, kegs or

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