Improvements in Milk-churns, Oil-cans, and other like Receptacles..
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Milk-churns, Oil-cans, and other like Receptacles..
I JAMES JOSEPH WHITBY, of 31, Holly Street, Dalston, London, N.E..
Dairy Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in milk-churns, oil-cans, and other
receptacles, and consists in so constructing them, that the whole of the liquid
contents can be readily drawn off without having to tilt such receptacles.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a milk-churn, for instance,
with a lower portion consisting of a flanged base from which rises a vertical rim,.
the front part of which is of less height than the back.
The milk-churn proper, is fixed in any suitable manner, to the aforesaid vertical
rim or sides, of the base portion preferably by soldering the sides of the churn to.
the former.
The bottom proper of the milk-churn, is inclined to any suitable degree, from
the back to the front, the draw-off tap or cock being situated at the front of the
churn as near the lowest level of the bottom as possible.
The sides of the base portion aforesaid, may be braced or strengthened if-
desirable, by means of cross-pieces or angle-irons.
Dated this 18th day of Anril 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Milk-churns, Oil-cans, and other like Receptacles..
JAMES JOSEPH WHITBY, of 31, Holly Street, Dalston, London, Dairy
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner tho-
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in milk-churns, oil-cans, and other like.
receptacles, and has for object to so construct such receptacles that the entire
liquid contents of same can be readily drawn off, without recourse having to be-
had to the expedient of tilting the said receptacle.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet.
of illustrative drawings wherein :-
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of the bottom portion of a milk-churn constructed
in accordance with my invention,
Fig. 2. being a side elevation of the complete milk-churn, part being broken.
away to expose the interior thereof, while
Figs. 3. and 4. are perspective view of details of the invention.
Referring to the drawings, a is a separate bottom portion, comprising a flanged
base from which rises the rim a', this said rim being strengthened by angle-irons or
cross-pieces a².

page_text: Where the milk-churn, for instance, is for use in conveying milk for a "house to
house" delivery, the rim a¹ of the bottom portion a, is fashioned of greater height
at the back than at the front, as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, so that by this means
there will be a downward incline from the rear to the front of such rim a¹.
The milk-churn 6 fits over the separate bottom a aforesaid (Fig. 2) and is
secured by soldering, or in any other convenient manner.
The bottom proper 6, of the milk-churn b is situated above the bottom edge
of the said churn, and is given the same degree of inclination as the rim a¹ of the
separate portion a, so that such bottom proper b' will rest upon, and be largely
supported by the upper edge of the rim a' and the angle-irons or cross-pieces a², as
clearly illustrated by Fig. 2 of the drawings.
The draw-off tap or cock c is located in the front of the milk-churn b, on or
about a plane with the lowest point of the bottom 6¹, so that by this means every
particle of the contents of such milk-churn can be readily drawn off.
Where the milk-churn is only intended for conveying milk by train or for
similar purposes, I may form the rim a¹ of an equal height all round instead of
being higher at the rear than at the front, as in the example before described and
shewn by the drawing, and also place the bottom proper 6¹ in a horizontal or level
position.
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 :--
1. The improvements in milk-churns, oil-cans, or the like, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In milk-churns, oil-cans, or the like, the separate bottom portion comprising a
flanged base from which rises a rim higher at the back than at the front and having
angle-irons or cross-pieces, in combination with the milk-churn or the like, proper,
having an inclined bottom situated above the base, substantially as specified and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of January 1896.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.