AN IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS FOR HERMETI- CALLY SEALING PAINTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Kirkby Peace, of the Firm of W. K. &
C Peace, of Eagle Works, Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufac-
turer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS FOR HERMETI-
CALLY SEALING PAINTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES."-A communication from
abroad by Frederick L. Whiton and John W. Masury, of New York, in
the United States of America.
Sealed the 31st January 1860, and dated the 3rd August 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Kirkby Peace
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd August 1859.
J, WILLIAM KIRKBY PEACE, of the Firm of W. K. & C. Peace, of Eagle
Works, Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS FOR
HERMETICALLY SEALING PAINTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES," (a communication
from abroad by Frederick L. Whiton and John W. Masury, of New York, in
the United States of America,) to be as follows:-
The objection to the soldered tin cases and bermetically sealed vessels at
present in use is the difficulty of opening them or removing the lid without
much labor and the necessity of employing proper instruments for the purpose.
Such vessels it is proposed in accordance with this Invention to construct of
any required form, with a ring or rim of thin brass or other soft metal attached
to the top edge of the same. To accomplish this the body of the vessel is
constructed, and the bottom attached thereto in the ordinary manner, but in
place of materials of the same tenacity and thickness being used for the top of
the vessel, a ring or rim of thin brass or other soft metal is attached to the top

page_text: edge of the can, and secured in the ordinary mode by soldering. For sealing
the vessel after it shall have received its contents, a disc of tin is soldered to
the ring or rim, leaving between the same disc and the sides of the vessel suffi-
cient space for the passage of a penknife blade; the vessel is thus hermetically
sealed, but it may be opened with facility, and the lid removed by cutting
through the brass rim or ring with a penknife or other sharp instrument.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Kirkby Peace in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd February 1860.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
KIRKBY PEACE, of the Firm of W. K. and C. Peace, of Eagle Works, Shef-
field, in the County of York, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Kirkby Peace, Her special license that I, the said William
Kirkby Peace, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Kirkby Peace, my executors, 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 law-
fully 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 AN IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS FOR HERMETICALLY SEALING PAINTS AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES," (which has been communicated to me from abroad by Frederick
L. Whiton and John W. Masury, of New York, in the United States of
America,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Kirkby Peace, 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 performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Kirkby Peace, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereto annexed,
and to the letters and fixtures marked thereon (that is to say):-

page_text: The Invention consists in constructing tinned or galvanized iron or other
cans or vessels of any required form with a ring or rim of thin soft metal
attached to the top edge of the same. The objection to the soldered tin cases
and hermetically sealed vessels at present in use is the difficulty of opening
them or removing the lid without much labour, and the necessity of employing
proper instruments for the purpose. Such vessels it is proposed in accordance
with this Invention to construct so that they may be opened with facility by
using a penknife or other suitable sharp instrument.
Figure 1" represents an elevational section of a vessel made according to
this Invention with the top sealed. Figure "2" represents also an elevational
section of a similar vessel with the top open. The body of the can is con-
structed, and the bottom attached thereto in the ordinary manner; but in
place of using materials of the same tenacity and thickness for the top, thin
brass or other soft metal is used, and a ring or rim thereof (see "a," Figure
"1,") secured to the top of the can by solder. For sealing the can after it
shall have received its contents, a disc (see "B," Figure "1,") of the same
material as the body of the vessel is used, and soldered to the rim or ring "a,"
leaving between the said disc "B" and the edge of the can sufficient space for
the passage of a penknife blade.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is or may be carried into effect, I declare that what I claim
and desire to have secured to me by the above in part recited Letters Patent,
is the construction of a metallic vessel for hermetically sealing paints and other
substances, one end of which shall be composed in part or wholly of thin brass
or other soft metal, in such manner that the top or cover may be removed by
severing the said end of brass or other soft metal with a penknife or other
sharp instrument, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Kirkby Peace, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
C. A. MALONE.
W. K. PEACE. (L.S.)