An Appliance for Protecting Carboys in Hampers.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 27th Nov.. 1889-Accepted. 28th Dec.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Protecting Carboys in Hampers.
HERBERT FINCH The Aqueduct Chemical Works Marple near Stockport Chemical
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The invention consists of a loose covering or lid for the tops of carboy hampers,
whereby the carboy is protected from breakage when stowed in tiers, and is also kept
in position and prevented from dislodgement when being emptied of its contents by
tilting. The Protector is made of two rings of metal or wood, of different diameters,
placed one within the other concentrically, and lying in the same plane or otherwise,
the larger and outer ring intended to be lashed or affixed to the top hoop of the
hamper, and the smaller and inner one to fit round or over the neck of the carboy.
The two rings are connected or braced together by narrow hoop iron or wire or
other material, and the whole then varnished.
HERBERT FINCH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Protecting Carboys in Hampers.
I, HERBERT FINCH, of The Aqueduct Chemical Works, Marple, near Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Chemical Manufacturer, 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 :-
Carboys for containing acids or other chemical liquids are usually packed in
hampers either wicker or iron but hitherto without any protection to the top
or neck.
This invention is designed with the object of providing a cover or protector for
the shoulders and necks of carboys when so packed to protect them from breakage
when stowed in tiers or during transit and also to maintain the carboy in position
in the hamper and prevent its dislodgement when being moved or tilted to empty it
of its contents.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
two forms of the invention are shown.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of one form of the appliance.
Fig. 2 sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 3 plan of same.
Fig. 4 elevation of another form.
Fig. 5 sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 6 plan of same.
The appliance is constructed with two rings or hoops A and B placed con-
centrically the hoop A being of considerably greater diameter than the hoop B.
The diameter of the hoop B is made to correspond with that of the carboy neck so
as to pass loosely down over it while that of the hoop A is equal to the greatest
diameter of the carboy or to the diameter of the top of the hamper. The two
rings are firmly secured or braced together by straps or strips of hoop iron, wire,
wood or other material C thus forming a protecting cover for the exposed top or
shoulders of the carboys.
It may be formed of any suitable material such as hoop iron, wire, wicker, wood,
or similar material or a combination of these.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the appliance is shown with the inner hoop or ring B.
placed at a considerable distance above the hoop or ring A though still concentric

page_text: with it and the straps or strips curved or bent down from the one to the other to form
a shield or cover for the neck of the carboy. The hoops or rings A and B and the
straps or strips C are made of hoop iron or steel bands fluted or corrugated the
straps or strips being attached to the hoops A and B by being bent over or round
them.
Referring to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the concentric hoops or rings A and B. are placed
in the same plane the straps or strips C being formed of flat hoop iron bent, backwards
and forwards round them which may be secured at each joint by a rivet or similar
fastening.
When the carboy is packed in the hamper a packing or layer of straw or hay
band is placed on the top or shoulders thereof over which the protector fits as a kind
of lid, the ring B fitting over the neck and the ring A upon or within the top hoop of
the hamper to which it is lashed or otherwise secured. The corked end of the neck
of the carboy is then only exposed and the liability to breakage rendered very remote
and the carboy may be turned upside down when being emptied without fear of
dislodgement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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1. An appliance for protecting the tops of carboys in hampers, of annular form
to cover the top or exposed part of the carboy with an opening or hoop through
which the neck passes substantially as described.
2. An appliance for protecting the tops of carboys in hampers having two hoops
or rings, one through which the neck passes and the other to fit on or within
the top hoop of the hamper, connected together by straps or strips of rigid material
substantially as described.
3. An appliance for protecting the tops of carboys for use in combination with the
hampers in which they are packed constructed substantially as described and shown
in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.