Improvements in Receptacles for Holding Paint and other Colouring Substances, Varnish, and Oils commonly used by Painters and Decorators.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Receptacles for Holding Paint and other Colouring
Substances, Varnish, and Oils commonly used by Painters and
Decorators.
We FREDERICK WILLS of 14 Harriet Street Burnley in the County of Lancaster
Painter and Decorator and TOM HARTLEY ROBERTS of 24 Holly Mount Burnley
aforesaid Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to facilitate the means whereby receptacles for
holding paint and other colouring substances varnish and oils may be kept clean.
We propose to manufacture a bag or lining to fit inside the said receptacles
which bag or lining will hold the paint and may be easily removed and replaced
at will.
We propose to manufacture receptacle which will hold the bag or lining firmly
by means of a rim to fit on the edge of the receptacles at the mouth.
We propose to manufacture the said bag or lining from oil paper or other paper
of all kinds, linen cotton, and silk.
Dated the 10th day of January 1891.
FREDERICK WILLS.
TOM HARTLEY ROBERTS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Receptacles for Holding Paint and other Colouring
Substances, Varnish, and Oils commonly used by Painters and
Decorators.
We, FREDERICK WILLS of 14, Harriet Street, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Painter and Decorator, and Toм HARTLEY ROBERTS of 24, Holly
Mount, Burnley aforesaid, Gentleman, 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 paint cans and like receptacles, and consists in the
application to such cans of interchangeable linings or casings, removable aud
transferable at will.
The interchangeable linings or casings hold the paints, varnishes, and oils to be
used, consequently the outer receptacle or can is kept constantly clean and free of
colouring matter.
The can may also be provided with a loose rim or shield to secure the upper edge
of the lining to the mouth of the can, protecting the said lining from becoming
unduly worn, and preventing paint or other colouring matter from finding its way
between the lining and the inner surface of the tin or can.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is an elevation in section representing a paint can with lining and protecting
rim or shield.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the rim or shield.
Figs. 3 and 4 are views representing another mode of fixing the lining to the
mouth of the can to that represented in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an elevation in section of the can and lining; the former being in reality
an open cylinder without bottom.
Fig. 6 is a plan of the under part of the same.

page_text: In Fig. 1, A and B represent respectively the side wall and bottom of the can
and C the lining or inner casing, which may be of cloth, parchment or of other
fibrous or other substance prepared in any suitable or well known manner to render
the lining impervious to turpentine, oils, varnishes, spirits, or paints, which may be
deposited within the lining or casing C. To add strength to this structure or lining,
we secure a disc D of wood, cardboard, metal or other material by means of cement
or like adhesive substance or in any other suitable manner, so as to render the
bottom of the lining capable of sustaining the weight of paint or the like, which
from time to time may be deposited within.
The rim or shield E, seen in Figs. 1 and 2, is employed to secure the lining to
the upper edge or mouth of the can or like receptacle. This is effected by inserting
the rim or shield in the mouth of the can, with the edge of the lining interposing
between the said rim and the side wall of the can.
The rim or shield E may, if desired, be dispensed with, in which case a band of cloth
or other flexible material F may be used and cemented or otherwise fixed to the upper
part of the lining C, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4 and drawn over the edge of the can
or receptacle when it may then be secured in place by an elastic band G. The
interchangeable linings or casings C may, if desired, be formed of sheet metal, the
upper edge of the metal lining being preferably flanged as at H to project over
the rim I of the can, which supports the metal lining C and its contents in the
manner seen in Fig. 5. When the interchangeable linings C are formed of sheet
metal, it will be obvious that the can may be open at its lower end as shewn in
Figs. 5 and 6. We would here observe that earthenware suitably glazed or
enamelled may be used for the manufacture of our interchangeable linings or casings
in substitution of the materials herein above mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The manufacture and use of interchangeable linings or casings in combination
with paint cans, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The employment of a rim or shield to secure the upper edge of the lining as
seen in Figs. 1 and 2.
3. The method of securing the upper edges of the lining to the can, substantially
as described and illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.
Dated this 21st day of April 1891.
THOS. RICHMOND,
Agent.