IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIDS' FOR SHEET-METAL KEGS, CANS, OR POTS, AND SIMILAR VESSELS USED IN CARRYING PAINT AND OTHER VISCOUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
1 JOHN MOQUEEN of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, Foreman Metal Worker,
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF LIDS' FOR SHEET-METAL KEGS, CANS, OR POTS, AND SIMILAR
VESSELS USED IN CARRYING PAINT AND OTHER VISCOUS SUBSTANCES, 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 improvements in lids for covering vessels used for
carrying paint and similar viscous substances, which will enable such lids to be
secured to the vessels in a more efficient and perfectly tight manner than those
hitherto in use.
Referring to the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a
sheet-metal hand carrying paint pot or keg Z of the ordinary tapered or truncated
conical shape, fitted with my improved construction of lid A; and Figure 2 is an
edge section of the lid A detached; while Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 1 showing
the lid A as fixed down on the top of the vessel Z. Figure 4 is a vertical section
of a cylindrical metal keg or can ✗ fitted with my improved construction of
lid A; and Figure 5 is a corresponding edge section of the lid A detached; while
Figure 6 is a plan of Figure 4 showing the lid A as fixed down on the top of the
vessel X.
According to my Invention, this new or improved lid is formed out of a disc A of
sheet-metal so pressed into dies as to have its outer edge flanged considerably
downwards at a, while the inner upper part is compressed into an annular
inverted-shaped groove b close to the flange a and above the level of the central
disc part A. A strand or ring of cotton or hemp cord or other packing c is pressed
or inserted into the groove b of each lid, preferably saturated with oil white lend
or other jointing material; all so that when the lid is forced down over the upper
lip of the vessel it forms a completely fluid-tight joint, the lips being preferably
rolled slightly inwards, as shown in Figures 1 and 4 for ease in entering the
jointing groove 6 of the lid. Two or more strips of sheet-metal V are riveted to
the upper part of the vessel, which, when the lid A is pressed or beat down as
Price 4d1

page_text: described, aro bent in over the outer flanged part a, b, of the lid ▲ so as to
completely secure it.
The improved lid (A, a, b) shown in Figures 4, 5, and 6, is substantially the
same in construction as that shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, except that the central
disc part A of the lid is embossed slightly inwards at A* and has a small strap
handle B riveted to the disc part A outside, which may be applied to these lids
when desired for taking them off or putting them on to the vessel, but preferably
made not to project much above the grooved part 6 of, the lid for convenience in
packing.
The vessels Z and X are shown as fitted with ordinary wire handles Y, oscillating
in embossed cars or snugs y riveted to the upper part of the vessel, the samo rivets
answering to secure the strips of metal V which fix down the lid.
The bandle
and its fittings Y, y, are only shown dotted in in Figures 4 and 6, as these vessels
in the form of kegs may or may not be fitted with handles for shipment.
Having thus described my said Invention, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The constructing of sheet-metal lids with embossed flanges and grooves a, b,
for jointing over the lip edges of sheet-metal kegs, cans or pots, and similar vessels
for carrying paint and other viscous substances, all substantially as herein described
and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
•
Second. Forming lids for sheet-metal kegs, cans or pots, with embossed grooves,
wherein are fitted strands of cotton, hemp, or other jointing material to serve as a
fluid-tight packing between the upper edge of the vessel and the lid, substantially
as herein set forth.
Dated thie Seventh day of Tune 1981