IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC CASKS AND VESSELS."
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Laycock, of Birkenhead, Gentleman,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
METALLIC CASKS AND VESSELS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Laycock
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th April 1853.
I, WILLIAM LAYCOCK, of Birkenhead, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF METALLIC CASKS AND VESSELS" to be as follows:-
The first part of my improvements consists in the use of one or
more wrought iron double grooved bars between pieces of sheet metal,
for the purpose of firmly holding or connecting them together in the
making of metallic casks made without staves.
My second improvement consists in the use of a single grooved
wrought iron bar, for receiving the heads of a metallic cask made
without staves.

page_text: My third improvement consists in the use of single and double grooved
bars in the manufacture of, and for the purpose of connecting or holding
together certain vessels other than casks, such as cisterns, cylinders,
waggon bodies, packing cases, oil cans, tanks, and such like vessels;
but this part of my Invention does not relate to casks.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Laycock in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 14th November 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM LAYCOCK, of Birkenhead, Gentleman, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Laycock, Her special licence
that T, the said William Laycock, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Laycock, my excentors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF METALLIC CASKS AND VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that T, the said William Laycock, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within seven calendar months next and immediately after the date of
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Laycock, do hereby de-
clare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed. to be particularly described and ascertained in and

page_text: by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed (that is to say):
The first part of my Invention consists of the use of one or more
wrought iron double grooved bars, between pieces of sheet metal, for
the purpose of holding or connecting them together in the making or
metallic casks made without staves.
The second part of my Invention consists of the use of a wrought
iron single grooved bar, for receiving the heads of metallic casks made
without staves.
And the third part of my Invention consists of the use of single and
double grooved bars, in the manufacture of and for the purpose of
connecting or holding together certain vessels other than casks, such
as cisterns, tanks, cylinders, packing cases, oil cans, and such like
vessels.
Figure 1, of the annexed Drawings shows a metallic vessel made
upon my improved principle; Fig. 2, is a transverse section of the
same; Figure 3, is a vertical section of a part of a vessel, showing the
double grooved bar for uniting the sides of the vessel, and the single
grooved bar for receiving the head and bottom plates of the vessel;
Fig. 4, is a front view of the double grooved bar, with the side
plates inserted in the grooves; Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the
double grooved bar; Fig. 6, is a front view of the single grooved
bar; Fig. 7, is a plan, and Fig. 8, a section of the same. These
grooved metal bars may be formed either by hand, or rolled by
machinery. The double grooved bar is intended to receive the plates
of metal forming the sides of the vessel. The single grooved bar is
then fitted in the recess a, Figs. 4, and 5, and is intended to receive
in the groove marked, the top and bottom plates of the vessel,
which completes the operation. In Fig. 2, I have shown a vessel
made with 4 double grooved bars, but a greater number may be used
if required. Casks and other vessels made on this principle may be
readily taken to pieces and put together again; and they occupy little
space in packing on shipboard or elsewhere. An internal resisting bar
may be used if required, and the exterior of the vessels should in most
cases be strengthened or bound by hoops or bars.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and how the
same is to be performed, I reserve the right to vary the details thereof;
and what I claim is, the use of single and double grooved bars in and for
the manufacture of metallic casks made without staves, and the use of
single and double grooved bars in and for the manufacture of other
metallic vessels substantially in the manner herein-before set forth, and
shewn by the annexed Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Laycock, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
three.
Wm. LAYCOCK. (L.S.)