Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1887
Specification Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1887
We JAMES MILNE ROBERT MILNE ALEXANDER MARTIN MILNE and WILLIAM
MILNE trading together as Milne Brothers of Sydney in the Colony of New South
Wales Brassfounders and Coppersmiths do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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This invention has been specially devised in order to produce a transporting package
case or vessel for merchandise such as oils spirits and other liquids and such as raisins
currants cement and other solids which package case or vessel after transportation
may be used for other purposes. By this means the cost of transit of the package
case or vessel is obviated or minimised and that of the contents very considerably
reduced.
This improved transporting package case or vessel consists essentially of a welded
or braised tube of iron steel or other metal. This welded or braized tube may have
any sectional form for instance it might be cylindrical oval square or oblong. This
welded or braised tube might further have one or both ends which may be concave
flat or convex welded or braised to it and is provided with proper orifices for
filling it.
We prefer to make a cylindrical welded tube of iron or steel having a diameter of
from say six inches to twenty four inches and a length of from four feet to twenty feet
and for the carriage of liquids having plug holes in the ends while for the carriage
of solids one end only is welded and the other after the tube is filled bolted to the
other end.
In the drawings herewith Figures 1 and 2 show respectively longitudinal sections
of a welded and a bolted end of our improved transporting package case or vessel and
Figure 3 is a cross section of such an one when cylindrical A is a welded or braised
shell B an end welded or braised to the shell B a plug hole therein and both ends
may be of this construction C is a bolted end C¹ being a plug hole (a stem and
C³ its nut C being a flat stay reaching straight cross or starwise over the ends of the
shell A which are in this case left thickened for subsequent welding or braising if
required. A vessel having two ends B is filled with liquids for transportation through

page_text: holes B¹ which are then closed by a screw plug and the contents are afterwards with-
drawn through same orifices. Solid contents are filled into a package case or vessel
having one end B or two ends C and are fastened by screwing up nut C³ the end C
jambing against the thickened end of the shell as shewn in Figure 2 while said contents
are withdrawn by unscrewing nut (³ and turning and springing the loose end C from
the shell A. The ends instead of being of metal may be temporary ends of wood or
other material screwed to the ends of the shell. The contents having reached their
destination are withdrawn and the package case or vessel may be used for any purposes
where strong welded or braised tubes are required.
It is to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to any particular size or
sectional form of our improved transporting package case or vessel nor to any particular
kind of metal of which they may be made but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is: :-
An improved transporting package case or vessel consisting essentially of a welded
or braised metal tube with ends welded or braised or otherwise affixed to such tube
substantially as herein described and explained.
Dated this Eighth day of October One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven