A Drainer or Box to Attach to or Form Part of Buckets or Washtubs to Carry Soap.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Drainer or Box to Attach to or Form Part of Buckets or
Washtubs to Carry Soap.
ALFRED HOWARD MOORE Warehouseman, of Leek Staffordshire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A soap drainer or box, either constructed as a permanent part of the bucket or
tub, or to be attached at will.
1. When a permanent part of the bucket, the invention consists of a lip or pro-
jection forming part of the side of the bucket, see Figure I, the lip A. About
an inch below the top edge of this lip is placed a perforated drainer, B, so that the
water, from the soap placed on it, will drain back into the bucket. The perforated
drainer may be made loose, so that the buckets may be packed together in the
ordinary way.
II. When the complete drainer is required separable from the bucket or
tub, it can be made to attach either to the inside rim of the bucket or tub, or to the
outer rim.
For the inner rim drainer a perforated plate is used, with a rim round it to
contain the soap, one side of the drainer being made to fit the concave of the
segment of the circle of the bucket, and this drainer is attachable to the bucket by
means of hooks or catches.
For the outer rim drainer the same appliance is used, but fitted to the convex
of the segment of the circle of the bucket and with the addition of watertight
bottom & sides to prevent the water, draining from the soap, running down the
side of the bucket. This drainer is also attachable by means of hooks or catches.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1893.
ALFRED HOWARD MOORE,
Leek, Staffordshire.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
A Drainer or Box to Attach to or Form Part of Buckets or
Washtubs to Carry Soap.
I, ALFRED HOWARD MOORE, Warehouseman, of Leek in the County of
Stafford 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 :-
A soap drainer or box constructed either as a permanent part of a bucket or tub,
or attachable and removable at will.
I. As a permanent part of a bucket, the invention consists of a lip or projection
forming part of the side, as shown in Figure I-drawing left with Provisional
Specification-the lip or projection A. About half an inch or more below the top
edge of this lip is placed a perforated drainer B, so that liquid draining from soap
placed upon it, will drain back into the bucket. This perforated drainer may be
made fast in its position in the lip A or loose, so that it can be removed, to admit
of buckets being packed together.
II. As a complete drainer separable from a bucket or tub, to be attached at will
to the inner rim,-the invention consists of a perforated plate with a rim round
it to retain the soap, one side of this drainer being constructed to fit to the
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page_text: concave of the segment of the circle of the bucket or tub, see Figure II and
attachable thereto by means of hooks or catches.
III. As a complete separate drainer, attachable at will to the outside of a
bucket or tub, the drainer consists of a perforated plate with rim round it to retain
the soap.
One side of the drainer being constructed to fit the convex of the
-segment of the circle of the bucket or tub, with the addition of watertight bottom
& sides to prevent liquid, draining from the soap, running down the side of the
bucket or tub, see Figure 11I. This drainer is attachable to the bucket or tub by
means of hooks or catches.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is―
1. A soap drainer or box made as a permanent part of a bucket or tub, .by
means of lip or projection A, from and forming part of the side thereof, together"
with a perforated drainer B, either fixed or movable, in the manner herein shewn
and described.
II. The use of a drainer to be fitted, in the manner described herein, to the
inside of a bucket or tub.
III. The use of a drainer to be fitted, in the manner herein described, to the
-outside of a bucket or tub.
Dated this 17th day of April 1894.
ALFRED HOWARD MOORE,
Warehouseman, Leek, Staffordshire.