Improvement in Water Cans and Pots, Buckets, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Water Cans and Pots, Buckets, and the like.
I, JAMES THOMAS HARRISON, of The Poplars, Buckingham, Auctioneer, do
hereby declare the nature of this my invention to be as follows:-
An improvement in the construction of water cans, or vessels for holding and
carrying water, whereby the rusting out of the bottoms and rusting off of the
lids be avoided. My idea and invention is to use a brass, copper, or other non-
corrosive metal for the bottoms, which I have hammered down in the centre to
a concave shape (instead of the usual flat bottom) and this is inserted up the sides
of the can so far that the concavity is well clear of the ground level and then well
fixed and soldered in, so that when the can pot or vessel is apparently emptied
out, (but a certain quantity of the water tails back inside,) this will gradually
draw down into the concavity and evaporate there on the noncorrosive surface;
and where hinges are used on the top of the vessel (particularly for hot water) I
employ copper, or other noncorrosive wire, to hang on the lid with, instead of
the tin flaps now in common use.
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I, JAMES THOMAS HARRISON, The Poplars, Buckingham, Auctioneer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
An improvement in the construction of water cans or vessels for holding and
carrying water, whereby the rusting out of the bottoms and rusting off of the
lids may be avoided. My idea and invention is to use a brass, copper, or other
metal which is not readily corrodible under the action of water, for the
bottoms, which I have hammered down in the centre to a concave shape (instead
of the usual flat bottom) and this is inserted up the sides of the can so far that the
concavity is well clear of the ground level and then well fixed and soldered in,
so that when the can, pot, or vessel is apparently emptied out (but a certain
quantity of the water tails back inside) this will gradually draw down into the
concavity and evaporate there on the noncorrosive surface, and where hinges are
used on the top of the vessel (particularly for hot water) I employ copper or other
wire, which is not readily corrodible under the action of water, to hang on the
lid with, instead of the tin flaps now in common use..
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page_text: Referring to the annexed drawings,
Figure 1, is a side elevation partly in section.
Figure 2, plan view.
Figure 3, section through line ay in Figure 2.
a is the can having the curved bottom b so that the water may drain towards
the centre and then evaporate without corroding the joint of the bottom to the
can after the same has been emptied. c is a hinge of copper wire or other metal
engaging in a similar metal thus preventing corrosion through the galvanic
action set up when dissimilar metals are employed. The curved bottom 6 may
be made of any suitable material or metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: :-
1. The improved water can, pot or bucket substantially as described and
illustrated herein.
2. In water cans, pots, buckets and the like; a curved or depressed bottom of
suitable material and so arranged as to cause the water or fluid to fall towards
the centre of the bottom where it may then evaporate and so prevent corrosion
at the junction of the bottom and the sides of the vessel; a hinge of copper or
other metal which is not readily corrodible under the action of water for attach-
ing the lid to the vessel, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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