AN IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR PAINTS STAINS AND BRUSHES
Year: 1885

page_text: I GEORGE HENRY CROWTHER, of Westgate, Cleckheaton, in the County of
York, painter, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
RECEPTACLE FOR PAINTS STAINS AND BRUSHES to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a combined receptacle for holding paint and brushes
separated by a partition and at the two ends or sides thereof other receptacles for
staining and knotting. To carry out my invention I construct a paint can of an
oblong form with rounded ends and having a partition which divides the interior
of the can into two unequal parts, the larger of which is to be used for paints and
the smaller thereof for water to contain paint brushes.
At one end of the can and attached to the rounded portion thereof is fixed either
permanently, or by hooks, a smaller can which may if required be subdivided
for the purpose of containing stains, and at the opposite end of the can is attached
in like manner a compartment having a tight fitting cover in which is fixed a
brush for knotting.
I prefer to use two handles to this form of can to prevent the liability of
overturning.
A brass cap is fixed close to the bottom of the receptacle for brushes, by
unscrewing which cap the contained water may be let out, without upsetting the
paint contained in the adjoining compartment.

page_text: Improved Receptacle for Paints, Stains, and Brushes.
I, GEORGE HENRY CROWTHER, of Westgate, Cleckheaton, in the County of
York, painter, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
RECEPTACLE FOR PAINTS, STAINS, AND BRUSHES and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention relates to a combined receptacle, for holding paints, and brushes,
divided by a partition, and having at the two ends, or at the sides thereof, other
receptacles for containing materials for staining and knotting.
To carry out my invention, I construct a paint-can by preference of an oblong
form, with rounded ends, and having a partition which divides the interior of the
can into two unequal parts, the larger of which is to be used for paints, and the
smaller thereof for water to contain paint-brushes.
At one end of the can, and attached to the rounded portion thereof, or to one of
the sides of a round can, is fixed, either permanently or by hooks, a smaller can or
cans, which may, if required, be subdivided, for the purpose of containing stains,
and at the opposite end or side of the principal or central can, is attached, in like
manner, a compartment having a tight-fitting cover, in which is fixed a brush for
knotting.
I prefer to use two handles to this form of can, to prevent the liability of
overturning.
A brass cap is fixed, close to the bottom of the receptacle for brushes, by
unscrewing which cap, the contained water may be let out, without upsetting the
paint contained in the adjoining compartment.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, I will proceed to describe
the same, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1
represents a side view in perspective, of my improved receptacle, when of an oblong
form, with rounded ends, as herein described, and Figure 2 a plan of the same.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in both the drawings.
The compartment intended for holding paints, mixed ready for use, is represented
at A, and the compartment B is to contain water, in which the brushes are placed,
to prevent the paint which remains in such brushes, after they have been used,
from drying in the brushes, and becoming set or hard.
The small brass plug K, or any similar device, is fixed in the side of the
compartment B, and near the bottom thereof, for the purpose of letting off water
from that compartment, when it is necessary to do so, without having to invert
the can, which would upset the paint, or other liquid substances contained in the
other compartments. CC represent the handles, of which there are by preference
two, for the purpose of holding the can steadier in a horizontal position.
The compartments D and E are intended to contain materials for staining
different colours, and the compartments communicate with the water compartment B
by means of two holes F, so that when paint brushes are placed in the com-
partment B, the water therein contained is caused to overflow through the holes F.

page_text: into the compartments C and D, and the water which has thus overflown covers
the staining materials and prevents the surfaces thereof from becoming dried up,
or skinned over by evaporation.
At the opposite end or side of the can to that at which the compartments D
and E are placed for containing staining materials, is placed the compartment G,
which is for the purpose of containing knotting," a kind of varnish or
preparation used to cover the knots of wood, previously to such wood being
painted.
This latter compartment G is covered with a tightly fitting lid H, for the
purpose of preventing spilling or loss by evaporation, and through this lid is passed
the brush J, fitting tightly into the lid, and used for the purpose of applying the
knotting.
The compartments D and E for containing staining materials, and the covered
compartment G for containing knotting, all as, and for the purpose herein described,
are not necessarily soldered, or fixed permanently to the body of the receptacle or
can A B, but may be attached thereto by hooks, screws, or similar devices, which
permit them to be detached from the body of the can A B, when required.
The body of the principal or central can A. B, is not necessarily oblong in form
but may be round or rectangular, which forms would be merely modifications of
the form of receptacle herein described and represented.
I do not claim that my improved receptacle shall be exactly of the form or
contour described, or that it shall contain exactly the articles enumerated in
each compartment respectively, as herein referred to, as they may be varied, or
used for other substances, as convenient to the operator; but I declare that what
I claim is
more
A receptacle for paints or varnishes, stains, brushes, water and knotting, or
similar materials, such receptacle being divided, if required, by one or
partitions, and having various compartments or supplementary vessels, as described,
either attached permanently to the body of the cam, or attached thereto by means
of hooks, screws, or similar devices; all as described and represented in the
accompanying drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this Second day of July 1885.
TURNER & BAKER,
Agents for the Applicant,
Town Hall Chambers, Bradford (Yorks).