US1341638A - Metallic receptacle - Google Patents

Description

H. H. GOGAY.

METALLIC RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1919.

1,341,638, Patented June 1, 1926.

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METlLLIC REGEPTACLE.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application tiled April 21, 1919.V Serial No. 291,696.

To all fao/tom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY R. GOGAY a citizen ot the United States, residing at Lolulnbus, in the county of Franklin and State Ohio, have invented certain new and useliul Improvements in Metallic Receptacles, oi which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic receptacles, such as caslrs or barrels, and has for its object to produce a receptacle of this class characterized by exceptional strength and general durability, and one which may be employed for considerable periods of time without involving undue physical deterioration.

Another object of the invention resides in a receptacle of the above character wherein is provided novel means for bracing the ends thereof, wherein the bracing consists for each end ot a pair of spaced disk members which have their edges united and secured to the receptacle body and wherein their intermediate portions are spaced and joined by means of a centrally disposed ring or web, this structure serving to brace the receptacle against all manner of varying stresses and to prevent undue bulging or buckling of any portion thereof.

A further object is to provide one of the end closures of the receptacle with removable door means in order that access may be had to the interior of the receptacle or to permit of the withdrawal of its contents.

lVith these and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention accordingly consists in the novel features of construction7 combination of elcments and arrangement of parts hereinafter to be more fully described and to have the scope thereof pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying dr wing, forming a part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference denote like and corresponding parts:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the receptacle comprising the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

In its preferred form the receptacle A comprising the present invention consists of a tubular outer shell or body 1, which may be either formed from plain or corrugated materials, as desired. To inclose the ends of the body and to generally strengthen and brace the latter, the lower end 2 thereof is provided with a closure 2 of novel and improved conguration. This closure consists in its preferred form of a pair of spaced plates or disk members 3, which have their peripheral edges i bent at right angles to their central body portions to lie parallel to the inner wall of the body 1, and in contiguous relation. These edges may be secured to said body 1 either by means of rivets, as shown, or through the medium of spot welding, the connection ot course depending upon the general thiclmess of the materials employed. In section, the plates or disk members 3 diverge from their edges l toward their central or intermediate portions 5 and are formed to terminate centrally in substantially flat and spaced portions 6, and are united by means of an intermediately situated ring or web structure 7, the latter being equipped with flanges 8 which lie adjacent to the portion 6, in order that rivets 9 may be placed therethrough to effect the union of the spaced portion 6 of each plate. By virtue of this construction relatively thin metal may be employed and through the medium of the peculiar bracing set forth the receptacle will possess unusual strength and rigidity so that the same may be employed for considerable periods of time and may be subjected to hard usage withcut imparting undue detrimental eects to the same.

The upper end oi' the receptacle is also provided with an end closure 10 substantially similar to the bottom closure 2, and in this upper closure use is made of a pair ot plates 11 which are formed with adjacent peripheral edges designed to lie parallel with thesidcs of the body 1 and to which theedges are suitably secured. From points adjacent to their peripheral edges the plates 11 relatively diverge in a central direction and terminate in spaced relation adjacent to a centrally disposed ring structure 12, to which the inner circular edges of the plates 11 are secured, in any suitable manner. In the upper closure the flat portions 6 which are found in the lower closure are omitted and in their place a central opening 13 is provided. This opening is adapted to receive a separable closure member 14, which is substantially cup shape in cross section and is provided to exactly tit within said opening 13. The upper peripheral edge of the closure member is offset to provide an annular flange 15, which rests above the flanges 16 of the ring structure 12, said latter iianges being employed to unite the inner edges of the plates 11 in secured rela tion. rlhe closure member is further provided With vertical side Walls and with a substantially at bottom Wall 17 Vso that the opening 13 Will be completely covered When the closure member is in position therein. To lock the closure member in its applied position, the same is provided'with a thumb member 18, which extends through the bot-A tom'Wall 17 and is provided interiorly of the shell 1 With a ixed arm 19. This arm 19 extends radially from the member 18 and has its ends pivotally connected as at 20 with a plurality of latch bolts 21, the latter slidingfreely in guides @depending from the under surface of the Walls 17. By rotating the thumb member the bolts 21 may be retracted Vfrom engagement with the under edges of the lower of the'plates 11, so that the closure member-as a Whole may be lifted or removed from the opening 13.

From the foregoing it will be manifest thatV there is provided a barrel or metallic receptacle of considerable utility and one capable or" being produced at a very low cost in proportion to its capacity for service. Through the use oi the bracing or the end closures described the receptacle is rendered exceptionally staunch and durable and yet by virtue of the bracing the materials employed in the construction of the barrel may be relatively light or thin Without causing corresponding Weakness thereof in the barcomprising a pair of spaced metallic plates, l

said plates having their peripheral edges rigidly connected to said body and being further provided With registering axial openings, an annulus in alinement with said openings and secured to the inner edges of said plates, a removable closure situated in said openings and having an out-turned Aflange arranged to rest upon the outer of said plates, and locking mechanism carried` by said closure'and capable of being projected into and out of engagement with the inner of said plates.

A1n testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY R. GOGAY.

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