Improvements in Fire Buckets and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application. 14th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
-COMPLETE-SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire Buckets and the like.
I, WILLIAM ROWLAND MYERS, of Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey,
United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in the class of buckets and the like which
are adapted to contain suitable chemicals for extinguishing fire, and consists of a
novel cover, and means for securing the same within such bucket, whereby the
latter may be hermetically sealed, and thus rendered air and water-tight.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a fire bucket embodying the invention,
the parts thereof being shown in separated position.
Figure 2 represents a vertical sectional view of the same, the parts being shown
in assembled position.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.
A designates a bucket, the same being adapted to contain a chemical suitable for
extinguishing fire.
The bucket is rendered air and water-tight or hermetically sealed, by means of a
cover C made of paper or other suitable material, and consisting of the bottom D,
and the upwardly extending flauge E, which latter is adapted to contact with the
interior of said bucket, and bear against a ring F which is of wire or other
material, slightly elastic or flexible, serving to compress the flange against the
bucket, and thereby firmly holding the cover in position.
In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the inner portion of the bucket is
coated with suitable material as at G, whose function is to resist the action of the
chemical upon the material of which said bucket is made, and this coating after
application being slightly adhesive, assists to hold or cement the flange E in place,
the ring F forcing said flange tightly in contact with the interior of the bucket,
thereby forming a closed joint, the interior of said bucket being thus hermetically
sealed.
When it is desired to extinguish a fire, the cover C is broken, and the chemical
contained in the bucket thrown upon the fire, thereby extinguishing the same.
When it is desired to replenish the bucket, the ring and the broken cover are
removed, after which a new cover and the old ring may be placed in position.
The invention is applicable to a bucket other than a fire bucket, where the cover
thereof requires to be hermetically sealed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A fire bucket having a cover on the interior thereof, and means for holding
the same in contact with the inner side of said bucket, substantially as described.
2nd. The combination of a fire bucket, a cover fitted to the interior thereof, and
a ring adapted to hold said cover in contact with the inner side of the bucket, sub-
stantially as described.
3rd. A bucket adapted to receive a suitable chemical having a coating therefor
adapted to resist the action of said chemical, a cover adapted to seal said bucket,
and a ring of wire or other suitable material adapted to hold said cover in

page_text: contact with the inner side of said bucket, cemented to said coating, substantially
as described.
4th. In a fire bucket, a flanged cover adapted to be cemented to the inner side
of said bucket, and a ring within the cover adapted to press the same against said
side, substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of April 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.