Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, parts of Buckets, Pails, Cans, Coal-hods, and other like Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, parts of Buckets, Pails,
Cans, Coal-hods, and other like Articles.
We, CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS, EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER, and DAVID WALTER
COOPER, trading as The Wollescote Galvanizing Company, all of Nine Locks
Works, Brierley Hill, in the County of Stafford, Hollow-ware Manufacturers,
and WILLIAM JOSEPH EADES, of Wolverley, Kidderminster, in the County of
Worcester, Foreman of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture of, certain
parts of buckets, slop and other pails, cans, coal-hods, wash-up tins, and other
analogous hollow-ware articles made from sheet metal, and has for its object,
to improve the method of making the foot parts of such articles and to simplify
the connection of the bottom of the body to the foot, whereby a neater and more
substantial article is produced at a reduced cost and without the employment of
skilled labor.
In carrying out the manufacture of the bottom of a bucket, forming both the
closure and the foot ring, we take a blank of sheet metal, and operate upon the
same by means of a pair of dies, or between a single die and a force and fashion
the same into a dish-shaped stamping having an annular channel near the edge
and of the following cross section. The middle part is slightly dished or con-
caved and comprehends about 5/ths of the whole diameter and terminate in the
shoulder of a shallow annular stepping which is outwardly continued into a
deep annular or circumferentially U-section channel which is of about the
same depth as the height of the foot ring required, whilst the upper edge of
the outer wall of the channel is terminated in a flat flange.
In the next process, the walls of this annular groove a short distance above the
bottom or returned end are closed together by spinning, rolling or other pro-
cesses, thus leaving a hollow or beaded edge at the bottom which may enclose a
beaded wire dropped into the channel or trough prior to the closing.
There is thus formed a combined bottom and foot ring whose outer or marginal
part is somewhat of a T cross section with a shoulder or lift at the inward
edge which is continued into the middle dishing.
The bottom or lower open end of the body part of the bucket has a right
angled flange which seats onto the top of the T-sectioned edge, with the inside
of the bottom of the body lying snugly over the annular shoulder surrounding
the dished middle of the bottom. The body part and the bottom are then con-
nected together by turning or spinning the extreme lip of the T-sectioned edge
of the latter over the foot flange of the former into a hollow beaded or closed
joint. If necessary a reinforcing wire may be introduced between the beading
in order to make the connection more rigid.
The foot flange of the body, instead of overlapping the closed together sides of
the foot ring, may be furned down at the edge and inserted between the said

page_text: sides of the foot ring and the outward lip of the T-edge rolled or closed over
onto the top of the body flange.
In some forms the bottom edge of the body may be flangeless and its lip
would then be forced into the joint made between the closed-together walls of the
foot-ring. Or instead of the said bottom edge being flanged it may be solid
or hollow beaded and instead of the walls of the foot ring being turned out at
right angles they may be continued upwards above the seating flange and then
turned over the beading or angle flange at the bottom edge of the body.
Dated this 15th day of October 1898.
CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS,
EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER,
DAVID WALTER COOPER,
WILLIAM JOSEPH EADES,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, parts of Buckets, Pails,
Cans, Coal-hods, and other like Articles.
We, CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS, EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER, and DAVID WALTER
COOPER, trading as The Wollescote Galvanizing Company, all of Nine Locks
Works, Brierley Hill, in the County of Stafford, Hollow-ware Manufacturers,
and WILLIAM JOSEPH EADES, of Wolverley, Kidderminster, in the County of
Worcester, Foreman of Works, 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, and in the manufacture of, certain
parts of buckets, slop and other pails, cans, coal-hods, wash-up tins and other
analogous hollow-ware articles made from sheet metal, and has for its object,
to improve the method of making the combined bottom and foot ring parts of
such articles, to strengthen the said parts, and to simplify the connection of the
lower end of the body to the bottom and foot, whereby a neater and more sub-
stantial article is produced by the employment of less skilled labor.
In carrying out the manufacture of the combined bottom and foot ring of a
bucket we take a circular or other blank of sheet metal, such as represented in
Figure 1 and operate upon the same by means of a pair of dies, or between a
single die and a force or other suitable tools in such a manner as to fashion the
same into a stamping having an annular channel near the edge. This stamping
is represented in plan in Figure 2, and in transverse section in Figure 3, whilst
Figure 4 represents a sectional view of one edge upon an enlarged scale.
The middle part of this stamping, which is slightly dished or concaved,
comprehends about ths of the whole diameter and terminates in a deep annular
or circumferentially U-section channel a², of about the same depth as the height
of the foot ring required, whilst the upper edge of the outer wall of the
channel is extended into a flat flange a³, which comes at a slightly lower plane
than the edge at, of the dished middle part.
In the next process, the walls a³, of this annular groove, a short distance above
the bottom or returned end (which forms the rest edge of the ring) are closed
together by spinning, rolling or other processes making a foot ring with double
side walls, or having a double thickness of metal but preferably leaving a hollow

page_text: or beaded edge a6, at the bottom or rest edge, which may enclose a beaded wire
dropped into the channel or trough prior to the closing. The partly fashioned
article thereby formed is represented in topside plan in Figure 5, underside
plan in Figure 6 and transverse section in Figure 7, whilst Figure 8 represents
an enlarged sectional view of one edge.
The combined bottom and foot ring thus produced has its outer or marginal
part somewhat of an _ cross section with an annular abutment, shoulder or
lift a', at the inward edge of the flange a³, and from which the middle dishing a',
is continued.
The bottom or lower open end 6, of the body part b, of the bucket (which is
represented in transverse vertical section in Figure 9 and underside plan in
Figure 10) has a right angled annular flange 62, adapted to seat onto the top
or flat flange a³, of the sectioned edge of the foot ring, with the inside of the
said open lower end b, of the body lying snugly over the annular shoulder a,
surrounding the dished middle of the bottom, which is prepared to receive the
said body flange by turning up the metal at the extreme outer edge of the
flange a³, into a vertical lip a³, as represented in plan in Figure 11 and trans-
verse section in Figure 12, with Figure 13 representing an enlarged sectional
view of one edge. The bottom is next inverted to the position represented in
section in Figure 14 and topside plan in Figure 15, ready to receive the foot
flange of the body and then the foot ring and body parts are connected together
by turning or spinning the said extreme vertical lip of the L-sectioned edge of
the former over the foot flange of the latter into a hollow-beaded or closed
joint.
Figure 16 is a view, upon a larger scale than Figures 9 and 14, showing how
the body is placed upon the double-walled foot ring, with the circumferential
flange of the body lying upon the opposite flange a³, of the foot ring or within
the annular seating comprehended between the bottom shoulder a', over which
the open end of the body fits, and the vertical lip a8, formed by turning up
the outer edge of the said flange a³, which is made as a continuation of the
outer wall of the ring, whilst Figure 17 is another sectional view (upon the
same scale as Figure 16) showing the completed joint or connection between
the two parts, with the vertical lip as, closed by spinning or otherwise over
and onto the foot of the body in such a manner that it is securely connected with
its combined bottom and foot ring. Figure 18 is an elevation of a finished
bucket.
If necessary, a reinforcing wire may be introduced into the beaded joint thús
formed in order to stiffen and make more rigid the joint.
Instead of providing the lower edge of the bucket with a flange resting upon
the annular flange of the foot ring, the said edge may be continued into a
vertical band or ring, which is inserted between the sides of the foot ring, and
which are then closed together with the body ring between them.
Figure 19 represents a section of a bucket body with a vertical ring b¹, at
the lower open end in accordance with this form of the invention. Figure 20
is a section of the combined bottom and foot ring with the vertical sides opened
to receive the body ring and Figure 21 is a sectional view of the completed
joint. The beading shown around the terminal edge of the outer wall of the
foot ring may be dispensed with.
In some forms the bottom edge of the body may be flangeless or without the
ring at bottom and in such a case, its bottom edge or lip would then be forced
into the joint made between the closed-together walls of the foot-ring. Or
instead of the said bottom edge of the bucket body being flanged as in Figures 1
to 18, the said bottom edge may be provided with a solid or hollow bead b¹, as
represented in Figure 22, adapted to take within the circumferential channel
of the combined bottom and foot ring, which is preferably formed as represented
in Figure 23, and after the beaded edge of the one part has been socketted into

page_text: the annular seating of the other, they are connected or rigidly united to one
another by closing the outer wall of the said seating over the body beading,
as represented in Figure 24.
Figure 25 represents a section of another modified form of combined bottom
and double-walled foot ring, in which the dished middle part a¹, is surrounded
by a circumferential step a, inwards of the vertical sides, so that the edging of
the foot ring is somewhat of a T-section, the shank part being of a double
thickness of metal, with the return part forming the rest edge, whilst an
inner portion of the head part forms the bearing or seating upon which the
foot flange of the body rests and is secured by closing over and onto it, the
outer portion of the said edging, whilst as a further modification, instead of the
outer wall of the vertical side being continued into a flat flange terminating in
a vertical lip, the said outer wall may be continued upwards vertically to form
the annular lip to be turned down onto the flange of the body which rests upon
a step or seating surrounding the dished middle part and coming inwards of
the vertical sides.
The inner and outer walls of the side ring need not necessarily be formed
integral with one another as in the several arrangements as the outer wall may
be made separately from the inner one and secured thereto, preferably at the
bottom or rest edge by closing the metal of the one over and around the metal
of the other, with the connection being either hollow beaded or fitted with an
inserted wire edging or otherwise.
Figure 26 represents a sectional view of another modification of the con-
nection between the body of a bucket and a combined bottom and foot ring in
accordance with our invention. In this form, the set down rest flange or
annular seating a³, is formed at the bottom edge of the side wall as, of the
combined bottom and foot ring a, and the beaded lower edge 1, of the body b,
of the article comes upon the said flange the outer portion of which is turned or
rolled over the said beading and thus secures the foot ring and bottom to
the body. Figure 27 is a view showing the flange a³, before it is turned over
the beading b¹, and Figure 28 represents the two parts a and b separately.
The application of the invention to the combined bottoms and foot rings of
pails, milk and other cans, baths, coal-hods and hollow-ware articles gènerally,
whether round or oval, and in the means of connecting such bottoms and rings
to the body parts of such articles, differs in no essential respect from its applica-
tion to buckets as herein described and illustrated.
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: -
First: A foot ring and bottom combined, for buckets, pails, cans, coal-hods
and other like articles consisting of an inverted dished bottom part, with
flanged vertical sides which form the foot ring and over which the bottom end
of the bucket body sockets, and is there secured by turning over or upon it, the
flange of the foot ring, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly: A foot-ring and bottom combined, for buckets, pails, cans, coal-
hods and other like articles, having double side walls, or with the ring part
having a double thickness of metal whose returned or closed end forms the rest
edge; the union between the said bottom and foot ring and the body of the
article being made either by the lower open end of the said body coming
between the inner and outer walls of the said ring, or by turning or closing
part of the metal of the ring over a bead or flange on the body.
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Thirdly: A foot-ring and bottom combined for buckets, pails, cans, coal-hods
and other like articles, the ring part of which has double walls with the returned
end forming the rest edge and with the upper part of one of the walls formed
into an annular or circumferential seating adapted to receive the lower flanged
or beaded part of the body of the article, which is united or connected to the

page_text: said bottom and foot ring by closing the metal of the one over the other sub-
stantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 18, 22, 23, 24 and 25.
Fourthly: A foot-ring and bottom combined for buckets, pails, cans, coal-hods
and other like articles, consisting of an unpierced bottom, surrounded by an
annular step or set down horizontal flange or outstanding seating formed from
the metal of a double-sided ring part, and upon which, a flange, beading or its
equivalent at the bottom edge of the body comes and is there secured by turning
or closing the outer edge of the said flange or seating over the said flange or
beading substantially as described and set forth.
Fifthly: A foot-ring and bottom combined for buckets, pails, cans, coal-hods
and other like articles, consisting of a closed middle part or bottom surrounded
by a step or by a set-down flange or seating, coming inwards or outwards of
the double side walls of the ring; upon which said step or seating the lower end
of the body of the article rests and is connected to the bottom and foot ring
by closing a portion of the outer walls of the ring over a flange, beading or
equivalent on the body, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1
to 18 and 21 to 25.
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CALEB WILLIAM ROBERTS,
EBENEZER ELIAS COOPER,
DAVID WALTER COOPER,
WILLIAM JOSEPH EADES,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.