An Improved Device for Facilitating the Emptying of Tanks and other Vessels and for similar Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1889
(Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Facilitating the Emptying of Tanks and
other Vessels and for similar Purposes.
I, CAMILLE DU FOUR, Junior, of 64, Malmesbury Road, Bow, in the County of
Middlesex, Colour Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved device which is chiefly designed to facilitate
the removal of liquids from tanks, baths, and other vessels which cannot be emptied
by pouring the liquid therefrom. My improved device is however, also:applicable
for other purposes, for instance, the removal or transfer of grain or similar material
from bins or other receptacles.
My improved device is made in the form of a closed box with one end removed
therefrom, and so constructed as to correspond in shape with the bottom and corners
of the vessel or receptacle to be emptied, that is to say, the bottom and sides (of the
box or scoop are so formed as to permit of its open end or mouth being placed 'close
to the bottom or corner of the said vessel in the position best adapted for collecting
or taking up the water or other substance to be removed. My said invention therefore
affords the means whereby small quantities of liquid can be very easily removed from
a bath or the like.
I find that a very convenient form of my device for ordinary use is that of an
oblong box or scoop with a flat bottom or with the bottom suitably curved so that it is
either convex or concave as may be required.
The said box or scoop is preferably made of sheet metal. On the top of the box or
scoop 'I provide a handle which is firmly attached to the same in any convenient
manner. prefer to make the said handle of wood or other slow conductor of heat
and to enclose the said handle in a casing open at the top. This casing serves to
prevent contact of the water or other liquid with the hand of the person using the
device. The said casing is sometimes perforated to permit the escape of any liquid
'that may enter it.
My improved device will also serve as a measure, and for this purpose-I sometimes
provide it internally or externally, with a graduated scale.
'The said device may, moreover, be used as a dust-pan or for any other purpose for
which it is.adapted.
If necessary, it is strengthened by internal or external ribs, ties or stays..
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Facilitating the Emptying of Tanks and
other Vessels and for similar Purposes.
I, CAMILLE DU FOUR Junr. of 64 Malmesbury Road, Bow, in the County of
Middlesex Colour maker, 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:
My invention relates to an improved device chiefly designed to facilitate the
removal of liquids from 'tanks, 'baths and other vessels which on account of their:size
or for other reasons cannot be emptied with facility by simply pouring the liquid

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 I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved device constructed substantially as hereinbefore described, for the
purposes specified.
Dated h:
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C. Du FOUR, JR.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.