Appeal No. 96-3520
Application 08/260,563
APPENDED CLAIM
1. A drum comprising
a cylindrical steel body having a height and a diameter
and including an upper rolling hoop and a lower rolling hoop,
each of said rolling hoops having a substantially flattened outer
surface and a diameter at said outer surface of not more than
about 23¼ inches;
a steel head; and
a steel bottom
wherein the diameter of the cylindrical steel body is constant
with the exception of the area of the rolling hoops and further
wherein the rolling hoops are deformable from a circular
configuration to an elliptical configuration when squeezed into
an area adjacent a like drum, with said flattened areas of
adjacent rolling hoops contacting each other as bearing surfaces.
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