[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR241.5]

[Page 374]
 
                  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. 241.5  Standard dimensions.

    Whenever in the rules and regulations in this part the error on a 
dimension is mentioned, this error shall be determined by taking the 
difference between the actual measured dimension and the standard 
dimension. The error is an error in excess and is to be preceded by a 
plus sign when the measured dimension is greater than the standard 
dimension. The error is an error in deficiency and is to be preceded by 
a minus sign when the measured dimension is less than the standard 
dimension.
    (a) The standard dimensions of a barrel for fruits, vegetables, and 
other dry commodities other than cranberries, and of a barrel for 
cranberries, with which the actual measured dimensions are to be 
compared, are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Barrel for
                                                 fruits,
                                               vegetables,
                                              and other dry   Barrel for
                 Dimensions                    commodities   cranberries
                                               other than      (inches)
                                               cranberries
                                                (inches)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diameter of head...........................         17\1/8\     16\1/4\
Effective diameter of head (see Sec.                16\3/4\     15\7/8\
 241.4)....................................
Distance between heads.....................            26       25\1/4\
Circumference of bulge, outside measurement            64       58\1/2\
Length of stave............................         28\1/2\     28\1/2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) In the case of all subdivisions of the barrel for fruits, 
vegetables, and other dry commodities other than cranberries, and all 
subdivisions of the barrel for cranberries, the following dimensions are 
hereby standardized for the purpose of the application of tolerances, 
and the actual measured dimensions are to be compared with these:

Subdivisions of Barrel for Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Dry Commodities
                         Other Than Cranberries
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           \3/4\      \1/2\      \1/3\
               Dimensions                  barrel     barrel     barrel
                                          (inches)   (inches)   (inches)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effective diameter of head (see Sec.       15\1/4\    13\3/8\    11\5/8\
 241.4)................................
Distance between heads.................    23\1/2\    20\1/2\       18
Circumference of bulge, outside            58\1/2\    51\1/2\    45\1/4\
 measurement...........................

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Subdivisions of Barrel for Cranberries

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effective diameter of head (see Sec.       14\3/8\    12\5/8\       11
 241.4)................................
Distance between heads.................       23         20      17\1/2\
Circumference of bulge, outside            53\3/8\       47      41\3/8\
 measurement...........................
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(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)