US140430A - Improvement in staples for securing the ends of barrel-hoops - Google Patents

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Staples for Securing the Ends of Barrel-Hnops- N0. 140 430, v Paentedlul 1,?873v UNITED STATES APATENT OFFICE.

HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAMUEL WATSON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STAPLES FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF BARREL'HOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,430, dated July 1, 1873; application tiled June 20, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Staples for Securing the Ends of Barrel-Hoops, Baling Hay, and other purposes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, sutiicient to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part ot' this specification.

Figure l is an elevation ot' a barrel on which my hoops are used. Fig. 4 is a view. of a section of the head chine and hoop. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the hoop and attachments. Fig. 3 is a modification of the same. Fig. 6 is a view of the staple. Fig. 5 is a moditication of the same.

The object of my invention is to construct a strong, cheap, and dura-ble device for permanently uniting the ends of hoops together for barrels, baling hay, and other purposes, whether sawn, split, shaved, or otherwise made, and ot' whatever shape, size, length,or width; and consists in a new and improved staple for securing the ends of hoops for barrels and other purposes.

Figure 1 represents a barrel in which staves are used in the usual manner. B B are hoops, of which I usually use four on a barrel. They may be made of any width and thickness required. These hoops are generally sawed from the plank, with a bevel to tit the bilge of the barrel. The thickness of the plank from which they are sawed should be equal to the width of the hoop required. The corners of the hoop may be chamfered, if desired. Theinner end of the hoop should be cut thin, but left full width, the slope running ont some distance from the end, while the end forming the outer lap should be tapered, as shown in the draw-V ing, but left nearly or quite full thickness to the end. The staple may be cut out of sheet metal and bent in the form shown.

To prepare the hoop for use, metal forms maybe used, onefor each size of hoop required, around which, eitherwith or without steaming,

the hoops are bent, the thin end under and the taperV end outside. The hoop being held in place, the staple is placed so that-the outer prongs will embrace the taper end of the hoop, and is driven through the under lap of the hoop by a hammer or other tool or device, while the inside prongs of the staple pass direetly through both t-he outer and inner ends of the hoop, when all the points are clinched on the inside, and the outer surface of the sta-ple forced down even with the outside of the hoop. This sta-ple has a hole through its middle part, through which a clinch-nail or rivet Inay be driven still more securely to lock and clamp all the parts together, thus preventing slipping, splitting, or starting up of the ends ofthe hoops, and holding all the parts together in the most perfect manner. Two or more staples may be used, or one staple used near the, end, and a number of clinch-nails driven through both ends ot' the hoop. In case more than one sta-ple is used, all of them, except the one nearest the end, should be driven so that all the points will pass through both ends of the hoop, as shown in the drawings, and be clinched on the inside.

These hoops may be applied to a barrel and driven on with great force without danger of breaking them, the hold on the barrel being more firm, tenacious, and e'ective as the hoop tightens uniformly over its bea-ringsurace. The end hoops should project slightlyr beyond the sta-ves to protect them from breakage.

When a'series of small hoops are used and driven on a barrel against each other one may receive all the strain, and break, while the others are loose.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, what I claim therein as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The staples constructed substantially as shown and described, for the purposes and uses indicated.

HARRISON OGBORN. Witnesses:

EDW. W. DoNN, IVI. GARDNER.

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