US1336011A - Barrel - Google Patents

Description

W. W. WOOD.

BARREL. APPL\CAT1 ON man APR.28,19\9.

1,336,011. Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

INVENTOR J .2 9 W Wf/l/dMM f Waaaf ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. WOOD, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

BARREL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM W. WooD, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and tate of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates the manufacture of cylindrical containers, as barrels and the like and the object of my invention is to provide a wooden container that is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable in construction and may be made without the use of hoops.

A further object is to provide means for retaining the heads of thecontainer therein whereby the heads will beheld in a fixed position regardless of the rough usage the container may be Slll)]BCl36d to 111 handling the same. 1

With the above objects and other objects in view which will appear as the description roceeds my invention resides in the combmat1on and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in container embodying my invention;

same

g-13 i op plan view ofthe same. showing the. means for retaining the heads with-j" in said container; 1

Fig. 1 is a view in cross-section on broken line a, 4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective View of a detail of my invention.

Referring to thedrawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts the numeral 6 designates an outer cylindrical container member which is preferably formed of a single piece of veneered wood rolled into cylindrical shape and 7 \designates an inner cylindrical container member which is preferably formed of a single piece of veneered wood and is shorter in length than the outer contalner member 6 so that a shoulder or stop 8 is formed in each end upon which a head 10 may rest.

The container-members 6 and 7 may be formed of two or more plies of veneer and the inner container member 7 is of the cor- Specification of Letters Patent.

to improvements in front elevation of a Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed April 28, 1919. Serial No. 293,498.

rect diameter to fit snugly within the outer container member 6. The heads 10 may also be constructed of veneered material.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a fragment of a head retaining member 11 which comprisesa circular band of sheet metal that is split at-regular intervals along one edge to form lugs 12 every other one of which may be clenched over the top of the heads 10 as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. When the outer and inner cylindrical members 6 and 7 are put together the 'head retainers 11 are inserted therebetween as shown in Fig. 2, the

' ends of the lugs 12 being left flush with the .ends of the outer member 6. a

In the construction of my container the inner and outer members 6 and 7 are put together with the joined edges of the inner member substantially diametrically opposite the joined edges of the outer member and are held temporarily by bands or other con- .venient means, thehead retaining strips 11 are inserted in their proper positions and I the two members 6 and 7 are then stitched together with U-shaped metal fasteners or staples 13 which extend entirely throughboth of the members fand 7 and some of which extend through the head retaining "members 11.

In practice it has been found satisfactory to use only one fastener 13 near each end at Fig. 2 1s a View in vertical section of-th'e container member 7 come together as shown -.-'in Fig. 2, but it is necessary to use a plurality of such fasteners where the two edges the point where the two edges of the inner .of' the outer container member 6 come together as. shown in Fig. 1.

After the heads 10 are inserted every alterv nate lug 12 is bent downwardly on to the head, a wooden header 14 is placed on the downwardly bent lugs 12 and nails or tacks 15 are driven through the unbent lugs 12 and into the walls. of the outer container G.

\ The head retaining member 11 is prefers ably constructed of thin enough sheet metal" so that the tacks 15 may be driven therethrough but in case heavy sheet metal is used the upstanding lugs 12 may be punched as" indicated at 16 and the tacks .driven through the holes.

The upright lugs 12 reinforce the edges of Y the outer cylindrical member 6 and revent them from being battered up when t e bar'- rel is roughly handled and the downwardly turned lugs 12 support the heads 10 and at the same time serve to resist any tendency to drive the metal retaining members 11 inwardly.

The heads 10 are not nailed and may b removed without breaking after the headers 14: have been removed and the downturned lugs 12 bent upwardly.

Obviously changes in the precise form of construction and arrangement of parts of my container may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A container comprising two cylindrical members arranged to fit one within the other, the end of the inner member terminating short of the end of the outer member whereby a shoulder is formed, a head adapted to rest on said shoulder, and a metallic head retaining member interposed between said two cylindrical members and provided with a plurality of lugs that are flush with the end of said outer cylindrical member and a plurality of other lugs arranged to clench over said head.

2. A container comprising an outer member formed of veneered wood rolled into cylindrical form and having its edges secured together, an inner member formed of veneered wood rolled into cylindrical form and having its edges secured together said inner member being shorter in length than said outer member whereby is formed a shoulder adjacent each end of said container, a head adapted to rest upon each of said shoulders, a metal head retaining member interposed and secured between the walls of said outer and said inner members at each end and having its outer edge flush with the end of said outer member, the outer edge of each of said head retaining members being split at frequent intervals to form lugs certain ones of which may be left to project upwardly and certain ones of which may be bent downwardly on said heads, headers arranged to rest on said clenched lugs and securing means extending through said headers and said upright lugs and said outer member.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 23rd day of April A. D. 1919.

WILLIAM W. WOOD.

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