Slivers of Cotton or other Fibrous Material
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1888
Specification Accepted, 13th July, 1888
Slivers of Cotton or other Fibrous Material
We, GEORGE MANWOOD and WILLIAM HENRY MANWOOD both of Tame Valley
Tin Works Dukinfield in the County of Chester Tin Plate Workers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
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This invention relates to the construction of the cans employed in connection with
machines used in the preparation of cotton or other fibrous materials into which the
slivers of such materials are coiled and which are usually called "sliver cans
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The principal object of the said invention is to strengthen the lower part of such
cans and thereby to increase their durability
The invention is applicable both to the construction of new cans and also to the
repairing and strengthening of old cans
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the
annexed drawing and the following explanation thereof
Figs 12 and 3 are vertical sectional views of detached parts of the said invention
before being put together, and Fig 4 is a similar section of the same complete, applied
to the lower portion of a sliver can
is
"
The body a of the can is of a cylindrical form and may be made of tin or of sheet
steel or other suitable metal
The bottom 6 (Fig 2) is made of sheet steel with an edge or flange e turned down-
wards all round the same and is preferably corrugated in a series of concentric circles
This turned down edge fits inside a sheet steel rim or "binder "d (Fig 1) which
itself encloses the lower portion of the body a of the can
Inside the flange c is fitted a wrought iron ringe Fig 3 which is rather deeper
than the flange and is rebated or reduced in diameter all round the upper portion of
the outside, so that the flange c fits thereon, the lower or thicker portion of the ring ⚫
forming a foot for the support and protection of the bottom of the can
It will be seen that when the flanged bottom b, the ring e and the binder d are put
together the flange c of the bottom is held between the ringe and the binder das

page_text: shown at Fig 4 and the three are all rivetted together in this portion, forming
altogether a firm and durable shoe and bottom for the lower portion of the cylindrical
body a of the "sliver can
"
The body a of the can fits inside the binder d and rests on the bottom 6 and is
firmly rivetted to the binder d so that the whole is securely held together, without any
necessity for soldering
It will be evident that our invention may not only be used for the construction of
new "sliver cans," but that it is equally applicable to the repairing and strengthening
of old cans whether the body of the can is made of sheet steel tin or other suitable
metal
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed or carried into practical effect
we declare that what we claim is
The combination of the sheet steel flanged bottom, the sheet steel rim or binder and
the wrought iron ring with a cylindrical body or can made of either sheet steel, tin
or other suitable metal all being arranged and rivetted together substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore particularly set forth and described, and illustrated by
the accompanying drawing
Did the 10th of Than 1000
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants