Improvements in or applicable to Paint and Varnish Cans.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25'h Apr., 1894-Accepted, 2nd. June, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Paint and Varnish Cans.
I SAMUEL NUTTALL ASHWORTH of 21 Butler Street Oldham Road,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Tinplate Worker, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to the manufacture of
cans used to contain paint or varnish the object of the invention being to provide
means for cleaning the superfluous paint or varnish from the brush without its
running down the side of the can as it usually does.
The nature of my invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation
thereof.
The invention consists principally in the combination with the top of the paint
or varnish can of a bar stretching across the top against the edges of which the
sides of the brush can be scraped so as to remove all the superfluous paint or
varnish therefrom, thus promoting cleanliness and preventing waste, such bar being
so attached or connected to the top of the cau that it can be removed when it is
desired to stir round the paint or varnish (with the brush or otherwise) and readily
replaced.
Fig. 1 on the annexed drawings is an elevation (partly in section) of a paint
or varnish can with my invention shown as applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a plan
view of the same and Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a slight modification
thereof.
a (Figs. 1 and 2) is the body of the can which is wired round the top edge as
usual, and b is a cross bar of metal the ends of which are so formed that they
can be sprung over the wired edge or bead and will remain in position for use but
can readily be removed when desired for stirring round the paint or varnish or
cleaning out the can.
By the arrangement shown in these figs. the cross bar 6 can be entirely detached
from the can, but as it would then be liable to being mislaid I prefer to arrange
it as shown at Figs. 3 and 4 or in any other similar manner so that it is per-
manently attached by one end to the can but is capable of being raised up at the
other end.
According to the plan shown at Figs. 3 and 4 the bar 6 is permanently attached
to the can by a hinge at c and its other end is formed with a spring clip, and I
prefer to cut away a portion of the tin as shown at d leaving the wire bare so that
the clip falls into a kind of notch which will hold the end of the bar b firmly and
prevent sideways movement which might strain the hinge.
The cross bar b may be made either solid or hollow and it may be of a round,
square, triangular or other suitable form in cross section, and it may be attached to
the top of the can in any other convenient manner, so long as it is so arranged
that it can be removed therefrom or raised up out of the way for stirring, cleaning
or otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The combination with a paint or varnish can of a cross bar extending across

page_text: removed therefrom, or raised up and replaced when desired, substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein before particularly described and illustrated by
the drawings annexed.
Dated this 24th day of April 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.