Improvement in the Manufacture of Tin. Iron, and other Metal Drums for Carrying Oils and other Liquids.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Tin. Iron, and other Metal
Drums for Carrying Oils and other Liquids.
I, GEORGE Cox, of No. 110, Broomwood Road, Clapham Common, in the
County of Surrey, Commercial Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
By my invention I flange or slightly dish the lid of the drum, in the process of
manufacture, outwards from the inside at (& around) the punched hole and on to
this exeteriorly raised flange or rim I fix the suitably shaped nozzle, so that there
may be no internal projection to prevent the free outflow of the liquid contents;
and in order to give greater strength at the bung hole to resist the force of bung
driving. The nozzle may be put on and soldered or otherwise fixed into position
on the outside or the inside of the raised flange or rim, or the punched hole in the
lid may be left flat and then fitted with a flanged nozzle, the same improvement
being thus effected without dishing of flanging of the lid.
June 23rd 1890
GEORGE COX.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Tin, Iron, and other Metal
Drums for Carrying Oils and other Liquids.
I, GEORGE Cox, of No. 110, Broomwood Road, Clapham Common, in the County
of Surrey, Commercial Clerk, 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 has for its object improvement in the manufacture of tin, iron, and
other metal druins for carrying oils and other liquids.
I dish the lid of the drum outwards from the inside around the bung hole and on
to the rim or part so raised I fix a nozzle to receive the bung.
This method of construction allows a very free outflow of the contents and gives
greater strength to resist bung driving.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper end of an oil drum made in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the lid.
The lid is dished outwards at a around the bung hole and on to the raised part
the nozzle is fixed by brazing, soldering or otherwise so as to leave no internal
projection.
The lid is fixed in its place in the usual way. A small gutter or channel a¹
formed in the lid leads from the periphery into the cavity at a it facilitates the
draining out of the liquid so that the drum may be more completely emptied than
would otherwise be the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A metal drum for carrying oil or other liquid, and having a cavity within the

page_text: Tid around the bung hole formed by dishing the lid outwards at this part and
having also a nozzle fixed to the raised part around the bung hole substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 20th day of January 1001
GEORGE COX.