| US Patent: 676,819 
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| Machine for Heading-Up Slack Barrels | 
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| USPTO Classifications: |  | 147/6 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 21, 1900 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 18, 1901 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | A. J. Sangster - patent attorneyOur invention relates to an improved means for heading and hooping barrels in which the several pieces composing a barrel-head are assembled and temporarily maintained in an assembled condition by a spearing device, the heads being then placed in a barrel-mouth and fastened therein by exterior compression upon the staves and the forcing home of the upper hoops; and the object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple and easily and rapidly operated means for this purpose. |  |