Improvements in or appertaining to Tins or Receptacles for Printers' Inks, Painters' Colours, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1895-Accepted. 4th May, 1895
TUN.
Improvements in or appertaining to Tins or Receptacles for
Printers' Inks, Painters' Colours, or the like.
I, MANDER JOHN SMYTH, of Hillside, Tettenhall near Wolverhampton, in the
County of Stafford, Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object a tin or receptacle for holding printers' inks,
painters' colours or the like, also a method and means for forcing out the contents
f such receptacles into a pot or other vessel, where they can afterwards be thinned
for use.
The invention is applicable especially for printers' inks, colours or the
like that are sent out in a rather stiff state.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to provide a tin or
receptacle of any suitable shape, this receptacle having an orifice at or near the
bottom. The orifice may be closed by means of a shutter or valve, or it is
hermetically closed by soldering in such a way that it can be opened by means of
a knife or other suitable tool, when the contents of the tin are required for use.
Also if desired, a lip or neck may be provided, so that the tin can be corked or
stoppered when not in use. The means for forcing out the contents of the tin
comprise a stand, uprights joined to this stand the said uprights being provided at
the top with a nut, and a vertical screw passing through the nut, capable of dipping
into the tin or can. The screw may be provided at or near the top with a handle
for rotating it, and at the bottom with a presser foot or base.
The paint tin is placed on the stand, the top removed and a hole opened or made
in or near the bottom. The screw is then rotated by the handle, the result of
which is that the screw enters the tin and the presser foot or base presses the
contents of the tin out of the hole at the bottom into a pot or other vessel placed
underneath to receive it. After use, the hole is corked up or otherwise closed to
prevent the contents flowing out.
It is obvious that the lid of the tin itself may be used for pressing the contents
downwards when the screw is rotated, or the crew itself may be provided with a
device for automatically opening the lid and pressing it downwards into the tin.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or appertaining to Tins or Receptacles for
Printers' Inks, Painters' Colours, or the like.
MANDER JOHN SMYTH of Hillside, Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, Manager, 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 has for its object a tip or receptacle for holding printers' inks,
painters' colours oils grease or the like, also a method and means for forcing out

page_text: Sen recepancies me a pot or other vessel, in NC CARCE
required where they can afterwards be thinned for use. The invention is applicable
especially for printers' inks, colours or the like that are sent out in a rather stiff
tnte.
In the drawings;
Figure 1 is a sectional side view of the device together with a tin of paint with
lid removed;
Figure 2 a front view showing an unopened tin;
Figure 3 the device in actual use.
In these figures, E is a tin or receptacle of any suitable shape, this receptacle
having an orifice H at or near the bottom. The orifice may be closed by means of
a stopper J, or it is hermetically closed by soldering in such a way that it can be
opened by means of a knife or other suitable tool, when the contents of the tiu are
required for use. Also if desired, a lip or neck may be provided, so that the tin
can be more easily corked or stoppered when not in use. The means for forcing
out the contents of the tin will be understood from the following description,
reference being had to the drawings, in which, A is a stand, B uprights joined to
this stand, and provided at the top with a nut C, a vertical screw D passes through
this nut and is capable of dipping into the tin or can E. The screw D may be
provided at the top with a handle E' for rotating it, and at the bottom with a
presser foot or base F. G is the pot where the paint can afterwards be thinned
For use, H the hole in the tin which can be opened by taking off the cover 1,
the stopper and Kn disc for protecting the contents of the tin from air and dust
after it is opened.
The mode of action is as follows:-
The paint tin E is placed on the stand A, the top removed and the bole H
opened or made in or near the bottom. The screw D is then turned by the handle.
the result of which is that the screw enters the tin, and the presser foot and disc
press the contents of the tin out of the hole at the bottom into the paint pot G or
other vessel placed underneath to receive it, as shown in Figure 3, in the exact
quantity required.
I have described one way in which my invention can be carried into effect, but
it is obvious that the screw may be supported in any other suitable manner instead
of that shown, thus, instead of providing a stand A on which to rest the tin, the
uprights B might be clipped to the top or sides of the tin or fastened thereto in
any other suitable manner. Furthermore, have described my invention more
especially as applied to paint tins, but I do not limit my invention thereto ns it is
equally applicable for the other purposes set forth.
Among the advantages resulting from the use of this invention may be mentioned
the following The stiffest paints and even lithographic inks can be ejected from
the tin in the exact quantity desired; waste is done away with, as only just what
is required is drawn from the tin, the remainder being entirely protected from air
and dust by the disc K and stopper J. No skinning can ever take place. The
device can be used without soiling the fingers, and the prevention of waste saves
its cost in a very short time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what mauer the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
1. As an improved article of manufacture a tin or receptacle for holding
printers' inks, painters' colours or the like constructed and arranged substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
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2. The use, in combiuntion with tins or cans of printers' inks, painters' colours,
oils or the like, of means, substantially as set forth, whereby the contents can be
ejected from the tin in the exact quantity required for use without involving
waste, while such means allow of the remainder being entirely protected from air
and dust.

page_text: 3. The combined arrangement or construction of parts forming the improved
device for ejecting paints, printers' inks, grease or the like from their tins or
containers in the exact quantity required without involving waste, also the means
for protecting the remainder left in the tin or container from air or dust sub-
stantially as set forth.
Dated this 25th day of March 1895
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.