System and method for recycling a barrel
OwnerJonathan William Rolederinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for merging recycling a barrel are disclosed. The method includes removing one or more barrel bands from the barrel that holds one or more barrel staves radially around a circumference of the barrel. The one or more barrel bands are removed by sliding from an inner position on an outside of the barrel to a smaller end portion of the barrel. The method further includes reversing an arc of the one or more barrel staves. The method further includes determining a joint side angle of the one or more barrel staves. In addition, the method includes machining the joint side angle on two longitudinal sides of the barrel staves such that the barrel staves are assembled into a recycled barrel such that the outside of the barrel staves faces an inside of the recycled barrel.
Claims19
A method for recycling a barrel, the method comprising:
- removing one or more barrel bands from the barrel that holds one or more barrel staves radially around a circumference of the barrel, wherein the one or more barrel bands are removed by sliding from an inner position on an outside of the barrel to a smaller end portion of the barrel;
- reversing an arc of the one or more barrel staves;
- determining a joint side angle of the one or more barrel staves;
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- machining the joint side angle on two longitudinal sides of the barrel staves such that the barrel staves are assembled into a recycled barrel such that the outside of the barrel staves faces an inside of the recycled barrel.
A barrel comprising:
- one or more barrel staves comprising recycled barrel staves that were previously removed from a salvaged barrel;
- one or more barrel bands that hold the one or more barrel staves around a circumference of the barrel, and wherein the recycled barrel staves are reversed such that their inner side faces an outside of the salvaged barrel;
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- a strength band that is positioned at each end of the barrel;
- wherein each strength band has a cross section that comprises:
- a first portion that is positioned against the side of the barrel;
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- a second portion that is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the barrel, and wherein the first portion and the second portion of the cross section are oriented to form an “L” shape.
A method for recycling a barrel, the method comprising:
- removing one or more barrel bands from the barrel that holds one or more barrel staves radially around a circumference of the barrel, wherein the one or more barrel bands are removed by sliding from an inner position on an outside of the barrel to a smaller end portion of the barrel, and wherein the barrel staves comprise recycled barrel staves that were previously removed from a salvaged barrel;
- reversing an arc of the one or more barrel staves;
- positioning two groze grooves on an inside of the barrel staves, wherein the two groze grooves comprise an inside upper groze groove near a top end of the barrel staves and an inside lower groze groove near a bottom end of the barrel staves;
- positioning two new groze grooves on the outside of the barrel staves, wherein the two new groze grooves comprise an outside upper groze groove near a second top end of the barrel staves and an outside lower groze groove near a second bottom end of the barrel staves, wherein the second top end is between about 25 mm to about 30 mm further inward than the top end, and wherein the second bottom end is between about 25 mm to about 30 mm further inward than the bottom end;
- cutting the two groze grooves on the inside of the barrel staves once the two new groze grooves are positioned;
- machining an upper headboard of the barrel to create a joint connection between the upper headboard and the outside upper groze groove of each of the barrel staves;
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- machining a lower headboard of the barrel to create the joint connection between the lower headboard and the outside lower groze groove of each of the barrel staves, wherein the recycled barrel comprises the upper headboard and the lower headboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.