US Patent: 1,101,391
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| Barrel Heading-Up Machine
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Patentee:
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| Edwin F. Beugler (exact or similar names) - Buffalo, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Dec. 21, 1911 |
| Granted: |
Jun. 23, 1914 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co.
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Description: |
| "This invention relates to improvements in machines for heading up barrels. One of the features of this invention has reference to a plate for supporting a plurality of barrel heads in superimposed position and manually operated means for raising said plate a distance about equal to the thickness of a barrel head, so that the heads may be successively removed from the plate by a suitable mechanism and carried to and deposited in proper position in the mouth of the barrel. Another feature has reference to a barrel head centering and supporting device composed of a ring arranged above the barrel supporting plate and provided with a series of spring mounted fingers supported by the ring and arranged in the form of an annulus, through which the barrel heads are successively forced by the elevation of the barrel head supporting plate; said fingers being bent at or near the middle so that the annulus will have outwardly flaring upper and lower portions and a constricted intermediate portion. Another feature has reference to a pneumatic carrying mechanism for picking up the parts of a barrel head by suction from its supported and centered position in the upper portion of the barrel head supporting ring, and carrying and depositing the same in proper position in the mouth of a barrel so that its surrounding edge will be in horizontal registering position with the chime or groove in the barrel staves. Another feature has reference to a barrel encircling cable which is adapted to be looped around the upper portion of a barrel arranged in the machine, the novel means for contracting the same around the staves of a barrel to grip and hold the barrel head in the chime or groove of the staves and a brake for locking the staves in their constricted position. The principal objects of the invention are to quickly and conveniently assemble and center the several parts or pieces comprising a barrel head, to pick up the same in its assembled condition and carry it to and adjust it in proper position in the mouth of a barrel, and to contract the staves to hold the head parts in place, and to hold said staves in contracted position while the carrying mechanism is detached and removed and the hoops are driven on." |
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