Improvements in Milking-pails, also applicable to other similar Receptacles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1890-Accepted, st Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Milking-pails, also applicable to other similar
Receptacles.
I, GEORGE COTTON of Middlewich in the County of Chester, Draper do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
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Hitherto it has been the practice in milking cows for the milker to place the milk-
pail between the knees and to support the same by pressure exercised by the knees
upon the outsides of the pail.
Now this invention consists in providing the milking pail with a pair of flaps or
ears hinged externally to either side of the pail and which when held up or opened
out to the horizontal position afford a convenient means by resting on the knees of
the milker of supporting the pail without the pressure and fatigue hitherto experience:l.
Or 1 produce a similar support by returning externally the rim of the pail so as to
form a rest.
My invention further consists in providing the mouth of the milk pail or other
similar receptacle with a wire or other suitable sieve or grating-the object of which
is to keep the milk or other liquid pure and free from all foreign matter and to avoid
the necessity of filtering the milk as hitherto necessary. By providing this sieve with
hinge and thumb piece, it can be tilted and the milk can he readily removed from
the pail.
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JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Milking-pails, also applicable to other similar
Receptacles.
1, GEORGE COTTON of Middlewich in the County of Chester Draper 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 :-
Hitherto it has been the practice in milking a cow for the milker to place the
milking pail between the knees and to support the same by pressure exercised by the
knees upon the sides of the pail.
In this manner the operation of milking has hitherto been rendered extremely
fatiguing especially to females whilst the muscular pressure necessary to be exercised
against the sides of the can in order to support its weight has been detrimental if not
injurious to the health of the milker.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a side view Fig. 2 a front
sectional view and Fig. 3 a plan view of a milk pail having my improvements
applied.
In all the views a is the milking pail which is of the ordinary metallic construction.
The improvements consist in providing the pail a with a pair of flaps or rests 6 most
conveniently formed out of stout metal rod hinged externally to either side of the pail
as illustrated and which flaps or side rests when held up or opened out to the hori-
zontal position (as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3) afford a convenient means by resting
on or across the knees of the milker of supporting the pail without the muscular
pressure and consequent fatigue hitherto experienced.
Instead of being hinged immediately beneath the top rim of the pail as illustrated in
the accompanying drawing it will be obvious that the flaps could be fixtures or be

page_text: arranged lower down the sides of the pail or could be made sliding or adjustable
around the pail or can and so that they can be folded down or put out of the way
when not required.
In case of using these side flaps with pails having fall-down handles the ears or
brackets which support the handles can form the support also for my improved hinged
flaps.
My improvements are equally applicable to wooden pails, buckets and to cans or
other similar receptacles and whether used for milking or for any analogous
purposes..
Since the date of filing my Provisional Specification I have ascertained that my
proposed improvements in providing the mouth of the milking pail with a sieving
or straining arrangement has already formed the subject of Letters Patent and hence
I desire to and hereby disclaim the same.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a milk pail or other similar vessel the application of flaps or side rests hinged
or otherwise mounted externally on the opposite sides of such vessels for supporting
the same whilst in use substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dotad this 20th day of Santambo- 1800
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.