US961160A - Knockdown bilge-barrel. - Google Patents

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PLA. PRAHL. KNOGKDOWN BILGB BARREL AIfPLIGATION ILED JUNE 16, 1909.Y

961,160. Patented June 14; 1910.

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FREDERICK A. 'PRAEI-IL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR- TO BABCOCK BOX COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

KNOCKDOWN BILGE-BARREL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. PBAHL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Bilge-Barrels, .of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to knock-down bilge barrels. It seeks to secure an increased economy and convenience in production with ka greater strength and durability in the structure.

The features of the invention are hereinafter set forth and shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication.

In the drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which like reference vnumerals designate corresponding parts in the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrel; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the barrel body showing the position of the heads; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view through the barrel body at the meeting edges of the fabric and on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the fabric of which the barrel body is made; Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the body fabric as shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the upper endof Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the specific features of the invention Vas shown in the drawings, 1 is the -body of .the barrel in tubular form. It is fmade up from the body fabric, shown in Fig. 5, which consists of a number of flat flexible staves 2 having the outside wires 3, 4, 5 and 6 extending across all the staves on one side and secured to the staves by staples 7, `and the inside wires 8, 9,10 and 11 extending across all the staves on the opposite side vand secured to the staves by the same staples, .the inside and outside wires preferably registering lwith each other, as shown. Of course the wires .need not always be in regislterand in eithercase it is not always Vessential that they be held by the same staples. rlhe faces of the staves may have anyl con- :tour desired and may have .their edges abut- .ting or spaced apart as desired. In the present instance the staves are spaced apart in the fabric, so as `to form a ventilated barrel, and have theirjabutting edges straight.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1S, 1909.

Patented Julie 14, 1910.

serial No. 502,562.

The intermediate wires 4, 5, 9 and 10 are made fast to the staves by their staples, but the top and bottom or end wires are loosely held by their staples, as shown in Fig. `6, so that the ends of the staves may have a lateral movement on these wires when the barrel is set up. Ihen the fabric is bent into tubular form the edges of the body fabric are held together by any suitable means, but preferably the oppositely projecting wire ends are employed as the fastening means, as shown. In this case the oppositely projecting wire ends of all the outside wires are twisted together as at 12. The inside intermediate wires 9 and 10 preferably have their ends hooked together as at 13, in Fig. 7. In setting up the barrel and forming the bi'lge the ends of the staves at the top and bottom of the barrel are forced vradially inward after the intermediate wires have had their ends fastened together, as described.

Then the ends of the barrel body are being thus constricted, the surplus in the end wires works through the staples, these wires having been left loose in their staples as heretofore described, and then the outer wire ends are fastened together and the inner wire ends may be secured together or left overlapping, as shown in Fig. 3. In constricting the ends of the barrel the intermediate wires 4, 5, 9 and 10 act as a fulcruin on which the staves bend, and may be called fulcrum wires. The end wires 3 and 6 may be called constricting wires because they have the purpose and function of keeping the ends of the staves bent inward and the ends of the tubular barrel body contracted and so maintain the bilge in the barrel.

The lower head 14 is preferably supported on the inner side of the wire 11 and may be held in place by the staples 15. The upper head 18 preferably rests against the wire 8 and is held in place by staples 19. The number of intermediate or fulcrum wires may be varied to suit conditions.

By having the inside wires extend across all the staves on the inside, and the outside wires extend across all the staves on the outside and stapling them to the staves, a much stronger and more reliable structure is provided than where wires are interwoven with the staves, and the fabric can be more economically produced.

It is preferred to have the inside wires of larger gage thanthe outside -wires as shown vloo in the drawings. It will, of course, be understood that at, flexible metal bands are the equivalent of the Wires, and the term Wires is herein used in this sense.

ln constricting the ends of the tubular body to form the bilge, the outside end Wires may be draivn through their staples acting like drawstrings to draiv inward the ends of the staves, or the ends may be constricted in any other convenient Way.

Among the advantages of the inner end wires 8 and ll, are that they provide secure and reliable means for supporting the heads in place against inwardly directed pressure, that they facilitate the formation of the body fabric into tubular form in setting up the barrel, and that they add strength and rigidity to the ends of the barrel, the upper ivire S being especially serviceable in this respectl when the barrel is filled and shipped with a cover of burlap or other textile fabric instead of a head.

TVl/'hat is claimed and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is l. A flexible fabric for a knock down bilge barrel comprising a series of flat, flexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcruin Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the same side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack.

2. A llexible fabric for a knock -down bilge barrel comprising a series of flat, iiexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcruin Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the saine side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across allthe staves on the same side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said Wires having their ends projecting beyond the ends of the fabric for interconnection.

8. A flexible fabric for a knockdown bilge barrel comprisingl a series of flat, flexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the saine side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the saine side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said Wires having their ends projecting' beyond the ends of the fabric for interconnection, and said fulcruni Wires being fast in their staples.

A. .A flexible fabric for a ventilated knockdoivn bilge barrel comprising a. series of flat, flexible, separated, straight edge staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires eacl extending across all t-he staves on the saine side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack. i

5. A flexible fabric for a ventilated knockdoWn bilge barrel comprising a series of flat, flexible, separated, straight edge staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrmn Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the saine side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move their staples to take up slack, said Wires having their ends projecting beyond the ends of the fabric for interconnection.

6. A liexible fabric for a ventilated knockdoivn bilge barrel comprising a series of flat, flexible, separated, straight edge staves having a plurality of transverse fulcruni Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constrict-ing wires each extending across all the staves on the same side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said Wires having their ends projecting beyond the ends of the fabric for interconnection, and said fulcruin Wires being fast in their staples.

7. A knock-down bilge barrel comprising a flexible body fabric consisting of a series of fiat, flexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the saine side and located near the ends `-of the staves and stapled thereto, said const-ricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said fulcruin and constricting Wires act.- ing to maintain the bilge in the barrel, and also to permanently maintain the integrity of the fabric, and an end Wire extending across all the staves on the inside and stapled thereto, and a head resting against said Wire. A

S. A knock-down bilge barrel comprising a flexible body fabric consisting of a series of fiat, flexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the saine side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the same side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said fulcruni and constricting Wires acting to maintain the bilge in the barrel, and also to permanently maintain the integrity of the fabric, and end Wires extending across all the staves on the inside and stapled there to, and heads resting against said Wires, oppositely projecting Wire ends being secured together to hold the barrel body in shape.

9. A ventilated knock-down bilge barrel comprising a flexible body fabric consisting of a series of flat, iexible, separated straight edge staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the saine side and located near the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said fulcrum and ccnstricting Wires acting to maintain the bilge in the barrel, and also to permanently maintain the integrity of the fabric, and an end Wire extending across all the staves on the inside and stapled thereto, and a head resting against said Wire.

10. A ventilated knock-down bilge barrel comprising a flexible body fabric consisting of a series of flat, flexible, separated straight edge staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and stapled thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires each extending across all the staves on the same side and located nea-r the ends of the staves and stapled thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their staples to take up slack, said fulcrum and constricting Wires acting to maintain the bilge in the barrel, and also to permanently maintain the integrity of the fabric, and end Wires extending across all the staves on the inside and stapled thereto, and heads resting against said Wires, oppositely projecting Wire ends being secured together to hold the barrel body in shape.

ll. A iexible fabric for a knock-down bilge barrel comprising a series of flat, flexible staves having a plurality of transverse fulcrum Wires 4;, 5, 9 and 10 located on opposite sides of the staves and each extending across all the staves on the same side and fastened thereto, and having transverse constricting Wires 3 and 6 each extending across all the staves on the same side and located near the ends of the staves and fastened thereto, said constricting Wires being free to move through their fastenings to take up slack, and said fulcrum Wires being fastin their fastenings, and end Wires 8 and l1 extending across all the staves on one side and fastened thereto, said Wires 8 and 11 being located on the opposite side of the staves from the Wires 3 and 6, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication, in the presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK A. PRAHL.

Vitnesses:

IDA G. GILMORE, BEATRICE MrRvIs.

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