IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS OR CANNISTERS TO BE USED FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ECONOMISING SPACE AND FREIGHT
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Storer and David Storer, both of Glasgow,
in, the County of Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS OR CANNISTERS TO BE USED FOR HOLDING
LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ECONOMISING
SPACE AND FREIGHT."
Sealed the 21st July 1868, and dated the 24th January 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Storer and
David Storer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 24th January 1868.
We, JAMES STORER and DAVID STORER, both of Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS OR CANNISTERS TO BE USED
POR HOLDING LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ECONOMISING SPACE AND FREIGHT," to be as follows, that is to say:-—
This Invention, which relates to the construction of vessels or
cannisters in order that less waste of room or space may be occasioned
by their use, and also that the freight charged by shipowners for the
stowage space occupied by them on board ships may also be diminished,

page_text: consists in forming the vessel or canister approximately square, that is,
with sides partly flat and partly circular instead of being entirely
circular as hitherto; and in place of forming the ends of flat recessed
plates these are under the present Invention recessed at or near to the
edges only, whilst the central or main part of the ends are dished out,
so as to be level or nearly so with the extreme edges of the sides.
Additional saving of space may also be effected by making the sides
as flush or level as practicable with the end rings.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Storer and David Storer in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 24th July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
STORER and DAVID STORER, both of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said James Storer and David Storer, Her
special license, that we, the said James Storer and David Storer, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
James Storer and David Storer, our executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter, during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, oxercise, and vend within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS OR CANNISTERS TO BE
USED FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ECONOMISING SPACE AND FREIGHT," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said James Storer and David Storer, by an instrument
in writing under our hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause. the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said James Storer and David Storer,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
Our said Invention, which relates to the construction of vessels or
cannisters in order that less waste of room or space may be occasioned
by their use, and also that the freight charged by shipowners for the
stowage space occupied by them on board ships may also be diminished,
consists in forming the vessels or cannisters approximately square, that is,
with sides partly flat and partly circular instead of being entirely
circular or entirely square as hitherto; and in addition to forming the
ends of flat recessed plates they are also, under one modification of the
present Invention, recessed at or near to the edges only, whilst the
central or main part of the ends are dished out, so as to be level or
nearly so with the extreme edges of the sides. Additional saving of
space may also be effected by making the sides as flush or level as
practicable with the end rings.
And in order that our said Invention may be properly understood we
now: proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, reference being had, for the sake of more complete elucidation, to
the explanatory Sheet of Drawings which we have hereunto appended,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
Figure 1 is a vertical section, and Figure 2 a plan of one modification
of a cannister constructed in accordance with this Invention. The
cannister A, as shown in plan, Figure 2, is flat on the sides, and round
or of circular form at the corners. The bottom of the cannister B,
Figure 1, is recessed to a depth only sufficient to allow of its being
riveted or otherwise fixed to the sides. The top C is recessed in the
same manner as the bottom, but a little deeper to permit of the handle D
being riveted or fixed on and kept below the level of or at an equal level
with the sides. E is a capsule or thin and hollow metallic fixing, having
a screw thread formed on both the inner and outer sides of the neck,
so that it may be soldered or otherwise fixed into the top C, and when
the cannister is to be emptied of its contents a tap may be screwed
into the inside of the capsule E, and the bottom of the capsule forced out.

page_text: Figure 3 is a section, and Figure 4 a plan of another modification of
a cannister A, in which the bottom B is recessed at the edges only,
and the central part is dished out until it is nearly flush or on the
same level with the end of the sides. Instead of recessing the top C.
to the same depth all over it is recessed round the edges sufficiently
deep to permit its being riveted or fixed to the sides, and gradually
deepens towards the centre to allow plenty of depth for the handle D,
so that the handle may not project above the level of the ends. E
is a neck fitted on for the reception of a stopper or bung.
Figure 5 is a section, and Figure 6 a plan of another modification.
In this case the bottom B is formed the same as in Figure 3, and
the top is dished out in the same manner except a part in the centre,
which is recessed to receive the handle D.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the
manner in or under which the same is or may be used or practically
carried into effect, we would observe, in conclusion, that what we
consider novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured
to us by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the con-
struction of cannisters with the sides partly flat and partly circular in
combination with the dished or shallow ends, as herein-before described
and shown on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, or any mere
modification thereof.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Storer and David Storer,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-second day
of July, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES STORER. (L.s.)
DAVID STORER. (L.s.)