IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO BUCKETS, WATERING POTS, DIP CANS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS VESSELS."
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Haden Richardson, of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, and William Wheeler, of Middlesbrough, in the
County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO
BUCKETS, WATERING POTS, DIP CANS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS VESSELS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hadon Richardson
and William Wheeler at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
18th June 1878.
WILLIAM HADEN RICHARDSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, and WILLIAM WHEELER, of Middlesbrough, in the County of York. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO BUCKETS, WATERING POTS, DIP CANS, AND
OTHER ANALOGOUS VESSELS."
The said Invention relates to improvements in buckets, watering pots, dip cans,
and other analogous vessels, and has for its object to obviate the difficulty at
present experienced in filling such vessels from the top, which difficulty is especially
felt in cases where the vessel has to be filled by lowering it into a body of water
by means of a rope, as in the case of filling ships' buckets over the side of the ship.
According to this Invention an opening is formed in the bottom of the vessel,
and covering this opening is a valve, which opens inwards. This valve may be
held in position and guided and limited in its upward motion by any convenient.
guide and stop, and it, or its seating, is of such material as will ensure its water-
tight closure against the aforesaid opening in the bottom of the vessel.
On lowering the vessel provided with this valve into the body of water from
which a supply is to be drawn the valve will rise by reason of the pressure upon it.
from the exterior, and water will flow through the opening in the bottom of the
vessel until the said vessel is full. On drawing up the said vessel the pressure of
the water therein acting upon the upper side of the valve will cause the said valve
to cover and close the opening in the bottom, and the water will consequently be
retained in the said vessel.
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page_text: A perforated or reticulated guard may be fixed beneath the opening in the
bottom of the vessel to arrest matter which might clog the said opening.
More than one opening and valve may be employed if desired.
A similar arrangement of opening or openings, and valve or valves, may be
employed at the sides of the vessel in place of or in addition to those at the 5
bottom.
The valves may, if necessary, be kept in position by weights or springs so
arranged as not to impede the ingress of water.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Haden Richardson and William Wheeler in the Great Scal
Patent Office on the 14th December 1878.
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WILLIAM HADEN RICHARDSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, and WILLIAM WHEELER, of Middlesbrough, in the County of York.
IM-
PROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO BUCKETS, WATERING POTS, DIP CANS, AND
OTHER ANALOGOUS VESSELS."
Our said Invention relates to improvements in buckets, watering pots, dip cans,
and other analogous vessels, and hins for its object to obviate the difficulty at
present experienced in filling such vessels from the top, which difficulty is especially
felt in cases where the vessel has to be filled by lowering it into a body of water or
other liquid by means of a rope, as for instance, in the case of filling ships' buckets
over the side of the ship.
According to our said Invention an opening is formed in the bottom of the vessel,
and covering this opening is a valve, which opens inwards. This valve may be.
held in position and guided and limited in its upward motion by any convenient
guide and stop, and it, or its seating, is of such material as will ensure its water-
tight closure against the aforesaid opening in the bottom of the vessel.
In order that our Invention may be the better understood we have annexed
hereto a Sheet of Drawings illustrating certain forms of valves which may be used
in carrying our Invention into effect.
Figure 1 of the said Drawings represents in vertical section a bucket A having
an opening a at bottom surrounded by a margin forming a seat for the valve B
fixed upon the spindle 6 supported in guides 61. The said valve is provided with a
ring of india-rubber or other similar material 6, which ensures its water-tight
closure against its scat.
A portion of a bucket is represented in vertical section in Figure 2, shewing
another form of valve; it is of a conical figure resting in a seat of a similar
shape.
In Figure 3 we have shewn a valve similar to that shewn in Figure 2, but
applied to a dip can, such as may be used for extracting liquor from casks by
inserting the said can into the cask through the bung hole.
In these and all cases the valves or their seatings may be covered or lined with

page_text: india-rubber or similar material, which will ensure a liquid-tight closure of the said
valve.
On lowering the vessel provided with a valve according to our Invention into
the body of water or other liquid from which a supply is to be drawn, the valve
will rise by reason of the pressure upon it from the exterior, and water or other
liquid will flow through the opening in the bottom of the vessel until the said
vessel is full. On drawing up the said vessel the prossure of the water or othor
liquid therein acting upon the upper side of the valve will cause the said valve to
cover and close the opening in the bottom, and the water or other liquid will con-
sequently be retained in the said vessel.
A perforated or reticulated guard may be fixed beneath the opening in the
bottom of the vessel (for instance, as illustrated at c, Figure 2,) to arrest matter
which might clog the said opening.
We wish it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the forms or
position of the valves as shown in the Drawing, which merely represent examples
to aid in the more complete understanding of our Invention.
The said valves may be of any convenient size and shape, and may be disposed
in any convenient manner, for instance, they may be placed upon the side of the
vessel in place of or in addition to being at the bottom thereof, and if the pressure
of the contents of the said vessel be not sufficient to ensure a liquid-tight closure
of the valve the said valve may be weighted or pressed upon by springs to ensure
its proper closure without impeding the ingress of liquid.
Also any suitable number and arrangement of guides may be employed to guide
the said valve or its spindle.
More than one opening and valve may be employed in one vessel if desired.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may
be used or practically carried into effect, wo would observe in conclusion that what
we consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured
to us by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the herein-described
improvements in or additions to buckets, watering pots, dip cans, and other
analogous vessels, that is to say, providing the said vessels with a valve, or with
valves, essentially as and for the purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Willian Haden Richardson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.