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Rectangular barrel for aging whiskey

  • US 4,484,688 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1983
  • Issued: 11/27/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rectangular barrel-like container, adapted for the aging of whiskey and other alcoholic beverages, which comprises, in combination:

  • A. head and side wall stave sections made from wooden oak staves;

    1. said staves having substantially planar surfaces and being of uniform width from top to bottom and from stave to stave,2. each of said staves having a tongue on one edge and a groove on the other edge for engaging with the groove or with the tongue of an adjacent stave,3. the staves forming the wall having a croze at opposite ends and a body portion, which has a straight longitudinal axis and is of uniform length,4. the staves forming the head having shaped ends, adapted to fit into the croze formed by staves forming the walls,5. said head staves being of uniform length and width;

    B. four corner members,1. each of said corner members being in the form of a triangle, when viewed in cross section, and having an apex, legs and a base,2. each of said corner members having been sawn from white oak bolts,3. each of said corner members being truncated at the junction of each of the legs of said triangle with the base of said triangle, and4. the base of said triangle forming a planar section, running the length of said member;

    a. one of said truncated edges having a tongue running its length and the other of said truncated edges having a complementary groove running its length,b. each of said four corner members having a croze at the top and bottom in the base of the triangle in the planar surface thereof;

    C. at least two sets of bumper and compression members, in which each set comprises;

    1. four flat bars, each bar;

    a. being equal in length to the width of one wall section,b. being tapered at each end to fit flush with the apex of said triangular corner member,c. and being adapted for transverse mounting across the side of a wall section in proximity to the croze,2.

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