US48625A - Improved process for lining oil-barrels - Google Patents

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Patented July 4,- 1865.

Jimmie/ZZZ)" 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. HUTOHINSON, OF AUBUBN, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. H. VVOODRUFF, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED PROCESS FOR LINING OlL-BARRELS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 48.625, dated July 4, 1865.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. I-1Uron1N- SON, of Aubnrn,-in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Process for Applying Air-Tight Solutions'tothe Interior of Oasks, Barrels, 820.;- and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the-accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,in which Figure l is a vertical central section of the means employed for carrying out my invention 'Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line as a, Fig. 1. I

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved mode for applying solutions to the interior of casks, barrels, 860., for the purpose of rendering them perfectly tight iuorder to prevent leakage and the evaporation of their contents. {:The invention is applicable to barrels or casks yfor holding coal-oil, turpentine, and all volatile in a warm, liquid state, is poured into the cask or barrel and the latter turned, so that its interior surface will be perfectly coated, and the hot air is again forced into the cask or barrel, and by means of pressure forces the solution into the open pores of the wgod and into every crevice and crack, the hot air at the same time keeping the solution warm and liquid, so thatthe pressure to which it is subjected will cause it to effectually close every opening and render the interior surface of the barrel or cask perfectly tight.

I will now proceed to describe the means I employ for carrying out my invention, although ing with the air-pump. In the lower part of this cylinder there is a lire-grate, O, and in the upper part of said cylinder, above the fire-grate, there is placed an air-heatin g ch amber, D, h aving a safety-valva'E, at its upper end. This chamber D communicates with the space I) by means of a pipe, F, which enters the upper part of D and extends down within'it to its lower end, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and the upper part of said chamber has a pipe, G, communicating with it, which passes out through the side of the cylinder, and when the device is in operation is inserted in the cask or barrel being operated upon. This cask or barrel is shown in red in Fig. 1.

I will no w proceed to describe the operation.

The pipe G is inserted in the bung-hole of the'cask or barrel, but not tightly. If tight therein, a vent should be in the cask or barrel. The fire is then made in the cylinder A, and when sufficiently under way air, by means of the pump B, is forced into space I) and up through said space into pipe F, and thence into the lower part of chamber D and out through pipe G into the cask or barrel. This air, which in its passage up space I) and through chamber D becomes heated, forces, under pressure, the cold air out from the cask or barrel, and the vent or opening in the cask or barrel is then closed and the pipe Gr closely fitted in the bun g-hole, so as to prevent leakage around The hot air is then again forced into the cask or barrel and the interior of the latter warmed or heated, so that the pores-of the wood will be opened, the hot air, under pressure, penetrating into every crack or crevice, and acting in the most eflicient manner to effect this'end. After the interior of the cask or barrel is thus thoroughly warmed, dried, and the pores of the wood opened the cask or barrel is detached from pipe G and the solution poured into it and the cask tor barrel turned, so that its interior will be thoroughly coated.

The pipe G is then inserted tightly in the bunghole and hot air again forced into the cask or barrel, which keeps the solution warm and fluid, and, owing to the pressure of the pump, drives or forces the solution into the open pores of the wood and into every crack and crevice, cansin g the interior of the cask or barrel to be perfectly coated and every crack closed, so as to effectually prevent leakage and evaporation.

I would remark that, it necessary or desired, the space 11 between the Walls a a, may be filled with sand, metal filings, or other suitable material to'inore rapidly heat the air by causing thelatter to be brought in contact with agreater area of heated surface, and the chamber D may also be supplied with a similar material for a like purpose.

As before stated, I donot confine myself to theprecise means herein described for carrying out my invention, as that may be modified then applying the solution to the interior warm surface of the cask or barrel and forcing it into the open pores, cracks, and crevices by hot air under pressure substantially as set forth.

0. "B. HUTGHINSON.

Witnesses:

WM. DEAN OVERELL, M. M. LIVINGSTON.

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