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Show -jJMbisW IMPLEMENT TO OPEN DAnltELS vSScR The purpose of the Invention lllus- aMssBM tratml in tho accompanying cut Is tn ' SfflP provide nn Implement which will rap- Hkvn Idly force the top hoops from barrels SHE to allow tho ends to be removed or In- isssssssK scried nnd tho barrels headed up. A liLB fool Is provided, which rests cither on t H tho chime and projects Inside tho bar- ' H rel or engages the head If the barrel H has not been opened This foot forms H the fulcrum for tho lover, which Is H provldoiTat lis outer end with a carved hook to bo slipped under the hoops, H iiiiZ i sH DEVICE TO IlEMOVE HOOPS. M when n downward movement of tho H lever detaches them from the staves, the Implement being moved to two or H moro positions to loosen the different H parts of tho hoop. When used on a hogshead or large barrel tho fulcrum J and hook can be reversed, when n lift- Ing movement will havo tho tamo et- H feet The Inventor claims that the lm- H plement will da Its work rapidly, with- ,H out Injury to the barrel or hoops, H |
