Improvements in and connected with Paint Kegs or Drums, Tins, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Paint Kegs or Drums, Tins,
and the like.
We, EDMUND DOWLING, of 75, King Henry's Road, Primrose Hill, EDWIN
SKELTON PINCHIN, of Voglesnest" Compayne Gardens, South Hampstead,
CHARLES EDMUND DOWLING, of 29, Marlboro' Road, Chiswick, and ALBERT
CLARENCE HILL, of 7,, Hillfield Road, West Hampstead, all in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement: -
The object of this invention is to enable paint kegs or drums and the like to
be used as paint pots, or when empty as buckets by providing the same with
handles or bails secured thereto in such a manner as not to interfere with the
packing of the said kegs or drums for transport or storage.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents side view of a paint keg constructed according to this invention
ready for packing.
Fig. 2 is section of same.
Fig. 3 is view of same keg ready for use as a paint pot or bucket.
Fig. 4 is plan of keg.
Fig. 5 is view of underside of same.
Fig. 6 is perspective view of keg, when filled and ready for packing or shipment.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs. a is a paint keg or
drum or tin preferably formed of sheet metal having a bottom 6 rivetted soldered or
otherwise secured thereto and a lid c which is made to fit the top of the keg drum
or tin and secured therein by clips d or any other suitable means.
The clips & are rivetted to the keg drum or tin at f and are turned down over
the edges of the lid when the latter is in place or the lid may be secured to the
keg drum or tin in any other suitable way.
The handle or bail g is formed of an approximately U shaped strip of metal
or other suitable material long enough to reach a little beyond the bottom of the
keg drum or tin and we secure to the portion g thereof a strip of wood or other
suitable material h to give a better grip to the hand. We form also slots k in
the said strip which slots engage with studs & secured to the opposite sides of the
said keg drum or tin near the top thereof.
When the keg drums or tins are full and packed for transport the handle g is
pushed down into the position shewn by Fig. 1 and Fig. 6 and in full lines Fig. 2
and the ends thereof turned upwards under the bottom of the keg drum or tin as
shewn.
The clips are turned down over the lid c and the whole occupies practically no
more space than the ordinary keg or drum.
m is a handle secured to the lid e to enable the latter to be removed from the
keg drum or tin the said handle being recessed at n to receive the bail g when the
keg is ready for packing of transport the said bail lying in the said recesses and
flat against the top of the keg, the handle m being used to carry the keg.

page_text: When the keg drum or tin is opened the strips g may be cut off below the slots k
and the bail turned on one side the clips d are then bent into the position shewn
in dotted lines Fig. 3 and the lid c removed. The keg drum or tin may be then
used as a paint pot. When empty the keg drum or tin may be used as a bucket
or other receptacle for containing liquid or solid substances.
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:-
1. Kegs drums or tins having handles or bails attached thereto the said handles
being composed of strips of metal or other suitable material bent into a suitable
shape and attached to the bodies of the kegs drums or tins by means of studs
secured thereto which studs engage with slots in the said handles a piece of wood
or other material being attached to the upper part of the said handles all sub-
stantially as and for the purpose stated.
2. Handles or bails for kegs drums and the like consisting of strips of metal or
other suitable material bent into a suitable shape having a piece of wood or other
suitable material attached thereto to form a grip the said strips of metal being
long enough to be turned up under the bottoms of the kegs drums or the like the
said handles being secured to the kegs drums or the like by studs secured to the
bodies thereof which studs engage with slots in the said strips all substantially as
herein before specified.
3. In kegs drums tins and the like the construction and use of a handle m as
shewn by Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 secured to the lid of the keg drum or tin as and for the
purpose stated.
4. Kegs drums tins and the like constructed as shewn by the accompanying
drawings.