Improvements in the Construction of Railway or other Milk Cans and similar Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1889-Accepted, 7th Sepf., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Railway or other Milk Cans
and similar Articles.
We, FRANCIS HABGOOD FREETH and SIDNEY JOB Pococк both of Victoria Works
Wandsworth Road in the County of Surrey Dairy Outfitters and GEORGE MARSH of
24 Pratt Street Camden Town in the County of Middlesex Ironmonger, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct a can which can be easily rolled or
trundled about and which will not damage the floor or ground and which is stronger
at the bottom than those hitherto made.
The invention consists in attaching a hoop or ring cylindrical in cross section to
the bottom or foot rim of the Railway or other milk can or similar article. This
hoop is preferably a tube of a length equal to the circumference of the foot rim of
the can or similar article the said tube being slotted longitudinally and curved into
a circular form with the slot on the top and the ends soldered or otherwise affixed
to each other. The hoop is attached by placing the foot rim of the can or other
article within the slot in the tube where it may be fixed if desired. The can or other
article can now be trundled on the side of the tube or hoop without damaging the
floor.
As a modification of the invention the hoop may form part of a support affixed
to the foot rim the hoop forming a bulge or projection on the bottom of the support.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1889
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Railway or other Milk Cans
and similar Articles.
We, FRANCIS HAвGOOD FREETH, and SIDNEY JOB POCOCK, both of Victoria Tin
Works, Wandsworth Road, in the County of Surrey, Dairy Outfitters, and GEORGE
MARSH, of 24 Pratt Street, Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Ironmonger,
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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct a can which can be easily rolled or
trundled about, and will not damage the floor or ground, which is also stronger at
the bottom than those hitherto made.
The invention consists in attaching a hoop or ring cylindrical in cross section, to the
bottom or foot rim of the railway or other milk can or similar article. This hoop is
preferably a tube of a length equal to the circumference of the foot rim of the can
or similar article, the said tube being slotted longitudinally and curved into a circular
form with the slot on the top and the ends soldered or otherwise affixed to each
other.
The hoop is attached by placing the foot rim of the can or other article within the
slot in the tube where it may be fixed if desired. The can or other article can be now
trundled on the side of the tube or hoop without damaging the floor.
As a modification of the invention the hoop may form part of a support affixed to
the foot rim, the hoop forming a bulge or projection on the bottom of the support.

page_text: And in order that our invention may be fully understood and carried into practice,
we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a partly sectional elevation of a railway milk can fitted with our in-
vention Figure 2 is a top plan of the hoop A, Figure 1; and Figures 3 and 4
are similar views of a modification of our invention.
The hoop A in Figure 1 is made preferably from a piece of metal tubing of a
suitable length and with a slit B cut lengthwise therein. This tubing is then
curved into a circular form and its end soldered, brazed, welded or otherwise affixed
to each other, or the tubing may be curved first and slit afterwards. The hoop so
made is then ready to be placed on the bottom or foot rim D of the railway milk
can or similar article. It may be loosely slipped on over the bottom or foot rim so
as to be detachable therefrom when desired, or it may be rigidly secured thereto by
soldering, brazing or by other suitable means of effecting a joint between two pieces
of metal. The hoop A may if desired be made from a solid bar with a longitudinal
slit B cut therein.
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In the modified form shown in Figures 3 and 4, the invention is made so as to
form a support for the bottoni inner edge of the can. This is effected by forming
piece of metal C into the shape and size of the inside of the bottom or foot rim D,
and turning up the bottoin A into the shape shewn in the section Figure 3. This
support may be either solid or hollow.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
(1) The construction of a hoop or ring for attachment to the bottom or foot rim of
a railway or other milk can and similar article, substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
(2) The modified form of our invention shewn and described with reference to
Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1889.
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.