Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted. 23rd Feb., 1889
I HENRY ELTON cashier with Messieurs Charles Macintosh and Company of
Cambridge Street Manchester in the county of Lancaster India Rubber Manu-
facturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I apply a coating or covering of India-Rubber Gutta Percha or other analogous
substance to the inside of Coal vases or scuttles and other articles of a similar
character with the object of preventing or deadening the noise which usually
accompanies the use of such articles.
Dated this 11th day of April 1888.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Coal Vases or Scuttles and other Articles of a
similar Character.
1 HENRY ELTON Cashier with Messieurs Charles Macintosh and Company of
Cambridge Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster India Rubber Manu-
facturers 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 :-
According to my invention I apply a complete or partial coating or covering or
strips or pieces of a suitable form and size of India rubber Gutta percha or other
analogous substance or composition to the inside or other required parts of coal
vases or scuttles and other metallic articles of a similar character. with the object of
preventing or deadening, the noise which usually accompanies the use of such
articles.
As an illustration or example of the manner in which my said invention is to be
performed or carried into practical effect I have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings
representing the application of my invention to the metallic lining or box of a coal
scuttle.
Fig. 1. being a vertical section, and Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof.
a shows the lining of india rubber or other suitable material or composition and,
bare protecting strips of the same covering the angles and edges of the box on
the outside, the use of which strips will prevent the necessity for lining the inside
of the scuttle or vase itself with india rubber.
It will be evident that the application in this manner of the india rubber to such
metallic lining or box will prevent or deaden the noise usually caused by the removal
and insertion of the metal lining or box from and into the outside scuttle or vase.
It will also deaden the sound. caused by removing coals from the said scuttle
or vase.
I propose also to wholly or partially line or otherwise protect the scoop or shovel
in a similar manner, and I prefer to vulcanize the india rubber onto the metal and
for scoops or other articles. of a similar character to protect the edges or other
parts liable to excessive wear or friction by means of strips, or pieces of hard india
rubber which may be vulcanized on at the same time.
I would here remark that although I have only illustrated the application of my
invention to a coal scuttle, yet it will be perfectly understood that the same invention
is equally applicable to other metallic articles of a similar character for domestic use,
wherein it may be desirable to prevent or deaden, the objectionable noise which
ordinarily accompanies the use of such articles.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
The coating, lining, or otherwise protecting the parts, liable to contact with each
other, of coal vases or scuttles, and other articles of a similar character, with india
rubber, gutta percha, or other analogous substance or composition substantially in the
manner and for the purpose hereinbefore particularly set forth.
Dated this 11th day of January 1009.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.