AN IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL, WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents;
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BARRELS AND OTHER
VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL, WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS."-A communi-
cation from abroad by William Stuben de Zeng, of Geneva, in the State
of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 20th July 1866, and dated the 14th May 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th May 1866.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BARRELS AND OTHER
VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL, WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to produce metallic barrels and other vessels
that shall be light and strong, and at the same time perfectly air and water
tight, and not liable to be injured in transportation or by temporary contact with
fire, so that petroleum, oils; and other substances can be retained without risk

page_text: of leakage or danger from fire. Corrugated sheet iron is employed for the
cylindrical portion of the said vessel, and the same is to be rivetted together
where the edges of the sheets lap; the heads are also to be corrugated so as
to stiffen them; this is to be done between dies in a suitable press, and a
flange is also to be turned up all around the head, and the head is introduced
within the cylinder, and rests upon the first of its corrugations. The parts
are to be so formed that the edges of the corrugated sheet metal cylinder
project about a quarter of an inch beyond the edges of the said flange of the
head, and the edges of the said cylinder are turned over to retain the head,
after which a hoop of iron sufficiently strong is driven over the end of the
cylinder to strengthen the chime. Both heads are thus secured, and one or
more bung or tap holes are provided, for which purpose I make use of a metal
ring or disc with a hole and female screw to receive a metal screw plug ;
these metal rings or discs are to be rivetted to the sheet metal. When the
barrel or other vessel has been thus completed it is to be galvanized by
immersion in a bath of melted zinc or its alloys, the effect of which is to fill
all the pores and joints, and unite the parts with great firmness. This
galvanizing may be done both inside and outside, or only on the inside or the
outside. This improvement may be applied to the manufacture of milk cans
and other vessels as well as to barrels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 14th November 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
1, the said William Edward Newton, 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 lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Ax
IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BARRELS AND OTHER VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL,
WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS," being a communication to me from abroad by
William Stuben de Zeng, of Geneva, in the State of New York, United
States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the 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 Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
In the Drawing a vertical section of the improved barrel or vessel is
represented..
The object of this Invention is to produce metallic barrels and other vessels
that shall be light and strong, and at the same time perfectly air and water
tight, and not liable to be injured in transportation or by temporary contact
with fire, so that petroleum, oils, and other substances can be retained without
risk of leakage or danger from fire. Corrugated sheet iron is employed for
the cylindrical portion of such vessels, and this iron is to be rivetted together.
where the edges of the sheets lap; the heads are also to be corrugated so as
to stiffen them; this is to be done between dies in a suitable press, and a
flange is also to be turned up all around the head, and the head introduced
within the cylinder, and rest upon the first of its corrugations. The parts are
to be so formed that the edges of the corrugated sheet metal cylinder project
about a quarter of an inch beyond the edges of the flange of the head, and
the edges of the cylinder are turned over to retain the head, after which a
hoop of iron sufficiently strong is driven over the end of the cylinder to
strengthen the chine. Both heads are thus secured, and one or more bung
or tap holes are provided, for which purpose a metal ring or disc is employed
with a hole and female screw to receive a metal screw plug, and these metal
rings or discs are to be rivetted to the sheet metal. When the barrel or other
vessel has been thus completed it is to be "galvanized" by immersion in a bath
of melted zinc or its alloys after the surface of the metal has been cleaned in
any of the usual manners, the effect of which galvanizing is to fill all the

page_text: pores and joints, and unite the parts with great firmness; this galvanizing
may be done both inside and outside, or only on the inside or the outside.
This improvement may be applied to the manufacture of milk cans and other
vessels as well as to barrels.
The Figure in the Drawing is a sectional view of a barrel constructed
according to the Invention. a is the cylindrical portion of the vessel, which
is corrugated as shewn; 6 is the head, which is also corrugated; c, the odge
of the cylinder turned over the flange of the head; d, the hoop at the end to
strengthen the cylinder. The screw plug is seen at f.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "An Improvement in
Metallic Barrels and other Vessels for Containing Oil, Water, and other
Fluids," and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it
to be understood that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,
constructing sheet metal vessels in the manner herein set forth, and galvanizing
them by immersion in melted metal, so as to completely unite and coat the 1
parts, and render them perfectly water-tight, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Fourteenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)