[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR241.3]

[Page 382]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 241--BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 241.3  Application of tolerance for ``distance between heads.''

    The tolerance established in this part for the dimension specified 
as ``distance between heads'' shall be applied as follows on the various 
types of barrels in use:
    (a) When a barrel or subdivision thereof has two heads, the 
tolerance shall be applied to the distance between the inside surfaces 
of the heads and perpendicular to them.
    (b) When a barrel or subdivision thereof has but one head and a 
croze ring or other means for the insertion of a head, such as an inside 
hoop, etc., at the opposite end, the tolerance shall be applied to the 
distance from the inside surface of the bottom head and perpendicular to 
it to the inside edge of the croze ring, or to a point where the inside 
surface of a head would come were such head inserted in the barrel.
    (c) When a barrel or subdivision thereof has but one head and no 
croze ring or other means for the insertion of a head, such as an inside 
hoop, etc., at the opposite end, the tolerance shall be applied to the 
distance from the inside surface of the bottom head and perpendicular to 
it to a point 1\1/8\ inches from the opposite end of the staves in the 
case of a barrel or a \3/4\ barrel, and to a point 1 inch or \7/8\ inch 
from the opposite end of the staves in the case of the \1/2\ barrel and 
\1/3\ barrel, respectively. When a barrel or subdivision thereof has 
been manufactured with but one head and no croze ring or other means for 
the insertion of a head at the opposite end, and it is desired to insert 
a second head, the croze ring shall be so cut that the inside edge shall 
not be more than 1\1/8\ inches from the end of the staves in the case of 
a barrel or \3/4\ barrel or not more than 1 inch or \7/8\ inch from the 
end of the staves in the case of the \1/2\ barrel and \1/3\ barrel, 
respectively, or the other means shall be so adjusted that the inside 
surface of the head when inserted shall not exceed these distances from 
the end of the staves.