Improvements in "Railway" Milk Cans.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left,- 20th Aug. 1892-Accepted, 24th Sept.,'1392
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Improvements in "Railway" Milk Cans.
1, GEORGE COTTON, of High Town, Middlewich, in the County of Chester,
Draper, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:
This invention refers to what are commonly known as " railway" milk cans or
cans used for transporting milk by rail which have hitherto been made with two
distinct handles,--one on either side-and which handles owing to their shape and
projection have proved very destructive to the body of the can, being sometimes
torn away and causing leakage of the milk.
Now this invention consists in providing such cans with an "allround" handle or
rail encircling the can and held apart from the sides of the can by suitable stays or
supports thereby affording a ready means of lifting or carrying the can and at the
same time forming a.guard or protection from injury or damage.
This improved handle or rail may only partially surround the can and may be
recessed where supported by the stays or projections or may be otherwise shaped to
suit the different makes of cans and may also be extended along the surface of the
can to completely protect it.
Dated this 20th day of November 1891.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Railway" Milk Cans.
I, GEORGE COTTON of High Town, 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 :-
This invention refers to what are commonly known as railway milk cans used
for conveying milk by rail which have hitherto been made with two separate
handles, one on either side, but which handles owing to their shape and pro-
jection have proved very destructive to the body of the can, being sometimes torn
away and causing leakage of the milk.
Now this invention consists in providing such cans with an "all-round"handle
or rail encircling the can and held apart from the sides of the can by suitable stays
or supports, thereby affording a ready means of lifting or carrying the can and at
the same time forming a guard or protection from injury.
This improved handle or rail may be recessed where supported by the stays or
may be otherwise shaped to suit the different makes of cans and may also be
extended along the surface of the can to completely protect it.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. is a perspective view of a milk can with my improved handle shewn
applied thereto.
A is the handle held away from the sides of the can by means of the stays Bas
illustrated. The handle is either cast in one piece with the stays B and band C
or formed of wrought iron tubing and screwed together in sections. The band C is
rivetted or otherwise fixed to the body of the can and the stays B which are of any
shape or design are similarly fixed in position.
Fig. 2 illustrates in plan the handle or rail recessed at each place where supported
by the stays B thus avoiding all projections and rendering the can more compact.

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It will be obvious that the "all-round" handle allows of the can to be taken
hold of and lifted at any position and forms a guard or protection from injury as
aforesaid.
The dotted lines shew the can protected by rails D extending along the sides
of the can.
My improvements are equally applicable to railway milk cans with parallel
sides.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A railway milk can with an "all-round" handle or rail substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2nd. The modified form of handle as shewn in Fig. 2 and the protecting rails
(shewn dotted) substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of August 1899
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.