CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN TIN VESSELS FOR PACKING AND PRESERVING PAINTS AND OTHER MATERIALS, FLUIDS, OR SUBSTANCES.
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Copland, of the Town and County of Kingston-
upon-Hull, for the Invention of " CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN TIN VESSELS
FOR PACKING AND PRESERVING PAINTS AND OTHER MATERIALS, FLUIDS, OR
SUBSTANCES.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Copland at the Office
CERTAIN
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th November 1877.
CHARLES COPLAND, of the Town & County of Kingston-upon-Hull.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TIN VESSELS FOR PACKING & PRESERVING PAINTS AND OTHER
MATERIALS, FLUIDS, OR SUBSTANCES."
This Invention has for its object improvements in tin vessels for packing and
preserving paints and other materials, fluids, or substances; and the improvements
particularly relate to tin vessels for packing and preserving paint in a condition
ready for use when the vessel is opened.
For this purpose, in carrying out my Invention, a tin vessel for holding paint
prepared ready for use is first made with a fixed top or cover, an opening being
left in the bottom, through which the prepared paint is introduced, the opening.
being afterwards hermetically sealed by soldering a certain quality of tin or tin
plate over it.
A separate loose cover of metal or other materials is then fitted over the top or
bottom of the vessel, so that when the vessel is opened for use by cutting out the
fixed top or cover (which is so arranged that it can be done readily by an ordinary
pocket knife), the vessel can be used as an ordinary paint can or vessel for
holding the paint whilst being used therefrom. A wire or other handle is applied
to the upper part of the vessel for carrying or suspending it when in use. The
loose cover combined therewith can be placed over the top to prevent the paint
from drying or deteriorating.

page_text: In like manner, hermetically sealed tin vessels for containing preserved meat, or
other substances or fluids, may be provided with a separate loose cover for covering
the contents when the fixed cover is cut away. Such vessels may also be provided
with a handle, so as to afford convenience for heating the contents, or such vessels
may be used for cooking purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Copland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th May
- 1878.
" CERTAIN
CHARLES COPLAND, of the Town & County of Kingston-upon-Hull.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TIN VESSELS FOR PACKING & PRESERVING PAINTS AND OTHER
MATERIALS, FLUIDS, OR SUBSTANCES."
This Invention has for its object improvements in tin vessels for packing and
preserving paints and other materials, fluids, or substances; and the improvements
particulary relate to tin vessels for packing and preserving paint in a condition
ready for use when the vessel is opened.
For this purpose, in carrying out my Invention, a tin vessel B (as represented in
the Drawings hereto annexed) for holding paint ready for use is first made (of any
suitable size) with a fixed top or cover A of pure tin, or a thin tin plate called
tagger," an opening being left in the bottom of the vessel B through which the
prepared paint is introduced, the opening being afterwards hermetically sealed by
soldering a disc of tin plate over it.
"
A separate loose cover C of tin plate or other material is then fitted over the top of
the vessel B, so that when the vessel is opened for use by removing this loose cover
C, and cutting out the fixed top or cover A (which is so arranged that it can be
done readily with an ordinary pocket knife), the vessel can be used as an ordinary
paint can or vessel for holding the paint whilst being used therefrom. A wire or
other handle D is applied to the upper part of the vessel for carrying or suspending
it when in use. The loose cover C, combined with the vessel B, can be placed over
the top to prevent the paint or other contents from drying or deteriorating.
In like manner, hermetically sealed tin vessels for containing preserved meat or
other substances or fluids may be provided with a separate loose cover for covering
the contents when the fixed cover is cut away. Such vessels may also be provided
with a handle, so as to afford convenience for heating the contents, or such vessels
may be used for cooking purposes.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice, I would remark that I do not claim any of the
parts separately, which are well known and in common use; but what I claim is,
the improved arrangement, combination, and application of an additional loose
cover with the fixed cover A (either of which can be readily removed) to vessels
for packing and preserving paint and other materials, fluids, or substances, so as to
render such vessels more convenient and useful than heretofore, substantially in the

page_text: manner and for the purposes herein-before described, and represented in the Drawings
hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Copland, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
WILLIAM BELL,
Cashier,
66, Peel St.,
Hull.
CHAS. COPLAND. (L.S.)