An Improved Workman's Can.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Workman's Can.
We, MATTHIAS HAMMOND MASON of 2 Sussex Street, Sunderland and
THOMAS ANDERSON of 55 Would have Street South Shields both in the County
of Durham Plasterers 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved workman's can and has for its object a
simple and convenient means of enabling a workman to heat the contents of his
can. For this purpose we arrange in the bottom of the can, a receptacle or space
and appliance for holding a small spirit lamp therein which can be readily taken
out and placed in position for heating the can as hereinafter described.
In the figures illustrative of our invention,
Figure 1. shows an half vertical section and an half vertical elevation of the can
bottom and lamp held therein.
Figure 2 shows similar views but at right angles to the views shown in Fig. 1.
in order to enable the arrangement of legs for carrying the can to be clearly shown
and in Fig. 2 the lamp is shown in position for heating the can contents.
Figure 3 is a plan of the lamp.
Like marks of reference designate like parts throughout the following
description.
Referring to the figures, 1 is a can fitted with a convex base plate 2.
At suitable points around its basal margin a sufficient number of small brackets 3
are fixed, as shown in the drawings.
The lamp 4 is formed as shown, its upper surface consisting of a fine wire
gauze 4ª
Its interior may be filled with cotton C or equivalent material before
the bottom is soldered to the sides. At points around its basal margin corresponding
to the brackets 3 on the can, small projecting pieces or shoulders 5 are fixed, so
that the lamp can be put into the concave receptacle formed in the can bottom,
and then by slightly turning it round in the receptacle, the shoulders 5 can be
brought exactly over the lower lugs of the brackets 3 by which means the lamp is
held in position within the base of the can.
We further provide two pairs of curved or bent legs 6 hinged at their centres to
the can base at 7 so that they may either lie in a folded up position against the
underside of the can base, i.e. between the latter and the top of the lamp as shown
in Fig. 1 or they may assume the position shown in Fig. 2; these legs have small
feet thereon into which the flange F on the lamp is designed to fit when in the
position shown in Fig. 2. The flange F also serves to cover up the space between
the edge of the lamp and the can bottom as shown in Fig. 1.
The base of the lamp is somewhat dished to take the small stirrup or ring 8.
When the contents of the can are to be warmed the workman first by means of
the ring or equivalent device at 8 slightly turns the lamp in its receptacle, until
the shoulders 5 are clear of the brackets 3; the lamp then comes down and at the
same time the legs 6 are caused to drop down and are then used to hold up the can
and its contents at the requisite height above the lamp. A light may then be
applied to the cotton which must have been previously soaked in methylated spirit
and the apparatus is ready for warming as shown in Fig. 2. To replace the parts,
the legs have only to be folded up and the lamp returned to its receptacle as alread v
herein before explained.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
The improvement in workmen's cans consisting in the combination with the can
of a basal receptacle legs 6 and lamp 4 arranged so that when the contents of the
can are not required to be heated the lamp and legs may rest within the said
receptacle but when the contents of the can are required to be heated, the lamp
can by slightly turning it in its brackets be let down so as to further enable the
legs or can supports hinged to the underside of the basal receptacle aforesaid
to be placed in position for holding the can at the requisite height above the
lamp, the several parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as
herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of June 1892.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.