An Improved Sheet Metal Bottle or Receptacle for Containing 'Liquids.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sheet Metal Bottle or Receptacle for Containing
'Liquids.
EDWARD FRANCIS O'TOOLE, Gentleman, residing at 7939 N. Broadway, in
the City of St. Louis. State of Missouri, US: A., 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 :-
My invention relates to a 'sheet-metal receptacle or vessel for the reception and
retention of liquids.
The object of my invention is to provide an improved sheet-metal vessel
especially adapted for holding oil, molasses and analogous heavy liquids.
My invention consists in certain novel features of construction that will be more
fully hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawings: :
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a receptacle constructed in accordance with my
invention, parts thereof being broken away to more clearly illustrate the same.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the receptacle shown in Fig. 1, the same being inverted.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view' taken approximately on the indicated
line 3-3 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of the blank of which my improved vessel or
receptacle is formed.
In the construction of 'the device as 'shown, 1 indicates the body of my improved
vessel, the same being a rectangular sheet of metal when in blank form and before
the formation of the vessel is begun. Said rectangular piece of sheet metal is bent
by any suitable means into any desired form so that two of the opposite edges
thereof will meet and overlap to be joined in any suitable manner.
While the
rectangular sheet of metal is'in blank form, or after it has been bent into the form
desired for the body of the vessel, one end thereof is galvanized or plated in any
suitable manner, said galvanized end being indicated by the numeral 1.
'In some instances where small receptacles are to be formed, tubing that is
capable of being bent and worked may be cut in lengths suitable to form the
vessels or receptacles. When a body is so formed, the same is positioned in a
suitable machine and a series of spiral or tangent corrugations 2 are 'started'in
'the periphery of the body and on the non-galvanized end thereof, and grow'deeper
or wider toward the end of said body, 'thus bringing the end of said body together
and in the shape of a dome. These corrugations may be formed by being pressed,
or by what is 'commonly known as the spinning process. The corrugations are not
brought together; but an opening or aperture 3 is left at this end' and an exteriorly
screw-threaded neck 4 is constructed with an integral flange 5 that is fixed upon
A 'screw-
this dome-shaped end' by means of solder, or in any suitable manner.
cap 6 is 'adapted to be mounted' upon this neck' 4' and 'tightly close the same.
The lower and galvanized end 1ª of the body' has by any suitable means, a
series of spiral or tangent corrugations 5° formed therein, the same starting on the
periphery of said vessel and extending to the end thereof, growing deeper or
wider toward said end, thus bringing the lower end of the body' together and
forming the bottom for said body. By means of solder or analogous material 7,
the aperture that remains after the corrugations have been so formed is 'closed and
made water and air tight. However, this solder is not essential, as the corrugations
can be brought together to form a water and air tight bottom without its use.
It is essential that the lower end of the receptacle be galvanized or treated to a
plating or coating of material by any mechanical, chemical or electrical means of

page_text: plating or depositing. By plating or galvanizing the lower end of the body, the
surface of the material in said body will not be scratched, broken or abraded while
the corrugations are being formed therein. The surfaces of the corrugations in the
vessels so galvanized will not rust or corrode as will vessels not galvanized, the
surfaces of which are easily broken and abraded by the machine or means employed
in forming the corrugations.
If desired, the bottom of the receptacle may be rounded or dome-shaped, as is
the top, but I prefer making said bottom flat or nearly so. The corrugations may
also be formed straight and radially instead of spirally and tangent, and the
material at the top of the receptacle in which the top corrugations 2 are formed
may be galvanized or plated as is the material at the bottom of the receptacle,
though I find it necessary to galvanize only that part of the material in which the
bottom corrugations are formed. By galvanizing or plating only the lower end of
the body, a receptacle or vessel may be formed that is very much cheaper and
lighter and as efficient in every way as is a receptacle or vessel constructed of
sheet-metal, the entire surface of which is galvanized.
As is well known, the wear of a vessel or receptacle is usually upon the lower
end thereof and by galvanizing and corrugating the lower end of vessels or
receptacles they can be used much longer than are the vessels and receptacles such
as are in common use.
A vessel so constructed is very strong, and is especially adapted for containing
oil, molasses, analogous heavy liquids or any pressure-exerting chemicals.
The surfaces of the ends of the vessel or receptacle being galvanized, said
surfaces will not be scratched, broken or abraded by the machine or implements
used in spinning or forming the corrugations; therefore, said vessels or receptacles
will be rendered impervious to the action of rust, etc., that will otherwise occur
when the surfaces of the vessels or receptacles are broken or abraded.
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:
1. A receptacle for liquids, comprising a body having both its ends corrugated
and thereby closed.
2. A receptacle for liquids, comprising a body having its ends closed by spiral
or tangent corrugations, the material in said corrugated ends being galvanized or
plated by any suitable means.
3. A receptacle for liquids comprising a body having its upper end partially
closed and dome-shaped by spiral or tangent corrugations, a neck mounted on the
opening in said corrugations, a screw-cap for said neck, the base of said receptacle
being closed by spiral or tangent corrugations, the same being galvanized or plated
in any suitable manner.
4. A receptacle for liquids, comprising a body one end of which is closed by
corrugations extending from points on the periphery of the receptacle to the
closed end thereof, the periphery adjacent said corrugations being smooth, a body
of solder or analogous material for closing the central aperture in the said end,
and a plating or coating of suitable material upon only said corrugated end to
resist the corrugating implement and action of the liquid.
5. A. receptacle for liquids, comprising a body 1, is upper end partially closed
by forming in said body a series of overlapping tangent or spiral corrugations 2,
and the lower end of said cylinder being closed by a series of overlapping tangent
corrugations, the material of which said corrugations are formed galvanized or
plated by any suitable means.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant..