An Improvement in the Construction of Milk and other Cans.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Construction of Milk and other Cans.
We JOSEPH BRINDLE of 14 Field Street Failsworth in the County of Lancaster
Mechanic, RICHARD LOVETT READE of New Hall Wythenshaw Road Sale, and JOHN
TAYLOR of 181 Northenden Road Sale, both in the County of Chester Merchants do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is applicable principally to the cans used for the transmission of
milk by railway and other conveyances, but may also be applied with advantage to
cans such as are used in cotton and other mills and known as "sliver cans
"and for
other similar purposes:
The object of the invention is to prevent the injury to which such cans are liable
from their being roughly set down or allowed to fall more or less heavily upon the
edge of the iron ring or shoe with which the bottom of such cans is usually
protected.
The invention consists principally in the use for such purpose of a kind of elastic
cushion ring to receive the shock and thus to prevent or lessen the chance of injury.
For this purpose wo fix a second ring inside the ordinary ring leaving an annular
space between the two, in which space we place a ring of india rubber or other
suitable elastic or compressible material.
Upon this elastic ring we place a loose ring or hoop of iron or other metal of such
a width as to cause it to project beyond the bottom of the ordinary ring, and we make
vertical slots in this ring and we connect it to the two fixed rings by means of bolts or
rivets passing through the said slots.
This loose ring therefore with its india rubber or other clastic backing will form a
kind of elastic cushion and will receive and absorb all sudden shocks to which the
cans are liable, whereby the cans will be rendered much more durable and less liable
to injury.
Dated this 13th day of November 1889.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Construction of Milk and other Cans.
We JOSEPH BRINDLE of 14 Field Street Failsworth in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic, RICHARD LOVETT READE of New Hall Wythenshaw Road Sale and
JOHN TAYLOR of 181 Northenden Road Sale in the County of Chester, Merchants,
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:-
This invention is applicable principally to the cans used for the transmission of
milk by railway and other conveyances but may also be applied with advantage to
cans such as are used in cotton and other mills and known as "sliver cans" and for
other similar purposes.
The object of the invention is to prevent the injury to which such cans are liable
from their being roughly set down or allowed to fall more or less heavily, upon the
edge of the iron ring or shoe with which the bottom of such cans is usually protected.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed will be readily understood on reference to the drawing hereunto annexed
and the following explanation thereof.

page_text: The invention consists principally in the use for such purpose of a kind of clastic
cushion ring to receive the shock and thus to prevent or lessen the chance of injury.
The drawing represents a section of the lower part of a can with our invention shown
as applied thereto.
For the purposes of our invention we fix a second ring inside the ordinary ring a
leaving an annular space between the two, in which space we place a ring or strip of
india rubber c or other suitable elastic or compressible material.
Upon this olastic ring we place a loose ring or hoop d of iron or other metal of
such a width as to cause it to project beyond the bottom of the ordinary ring a, and
we make vertical slots in this ring and we connect it to the two fixed rings a and b
by means of bolts or rivets e passing through the said slots.
This loose ring & therefore with its india rubber or other elastic backing e will
form a kind of clastic cushion and will receive and absorb all sudden shocks to which
the cans are liable, whereby the cans will be rendered much more durable and less
liable to injury.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
The combination with the iron ring or shoe at the bottom of a milk or other can,
of an inner fixed ring of smaller diameter leaving an annular space between the two,
in which space is placed a third iron ring projecting below the other two a ring or
strip of india rubber or other elastic material being placed between the top of the
loose ring and the bottom of the can; the loose ring being also provided with vertical
slots through which pass rivets connecting it with the two fixed rings.
Dated this 13th day of August 1890.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchestor, Agent for the Applicants.