An Improvement in Milk Ohurns and other Articles Required to be Rolled upon their Edges in Transit.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification. Left; 25th-Nov., 1898 Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
An Improvement in Milk Ohurns and other Articles Required to be
Rolled upon their Edges in Transit.
I, WILLIAM JAMES HARRIS BUCKLER of Old Meeting Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Dairy Utensil Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to milk cans or churne used for the carriage of milk by
road or rail, and has distinct reference to the bases or font parts of the same.
Such cans or milk containers are subjected in their transit to much ill-usuage, and
are constantly being rolled from place to place upon the outside edge of their
buses. This rolling in cane, as usually constructed, raises in a short time a "burr"
or sharp cutting edge upon the said bases, or the edges of the same become ragged,
and when the cans are picked up or lifted by hands into or out of railway vans, or
other vehicles or places, the "burr" or roughened edge so formed frequently causes
injury to the persons so engaged.
Now my invention overcomes the before-named difficulties and consists in
providing such cans or milk containers with a base fashioned at its lower edge into
a rounded, semi-rounded, or ball-shaped part or rim, made preferably of steel, and
constructed in such manner that the rolling edge of the said base, or the edge upon
which the can or container is rolled, shall be perfectly round, or present no sharp
or cutting edge whatsoever to the persons moving the same. Such a rounded
edge will at all times preserve its shape and wear as long as the container lasts.
My improved base will be connected by rivetting to the depending circular
flange of the can bottom, and will be preferably made up of two strips of
B-section metal, formed into rings and connected together one within the other by
rivettings or brazings. The outside ring member of this compound ball edge base
is extended upwards to about double the length of the inner one, the edge of the
latter forming a shoulder to fit against the edge of the depending flange of the can
bottom, and the extended part being provided with holes coming coincident with
like holes in the can or container flange wherein rivets are placed for the connection
of the said base to the can. By constructing the base of two rings connected
together as described the taking out of the can bottom and the putting in of a new
one is made much more simple, it being only necessary to drill out the rivets, when
the inside ring of the compound base can be taken away without, in any way,
interfering with the outer band of the same.
I wish it to be observed that I do not confine myself to the particular section of
metal specified, as various sections can be used which will give a like result.
My invention is applicable to all articles which are required to be rolled upon
their edge in the manner described.
Dated this 19th dow of Anvil 1908
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improvement in Milk Ohurns and other Articles Required to be
Rolled upon their Edges in Transit.
I, WILLIAM JAMES HARRIS BUCKLER of Old Meeting Streut, in the City of
Birmingham, Dairy Utensil 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:-
This invention relates to milk cans or churns used for the carriage of milk by
road or rail, and to other similar articles designed to be rolled from place to place.
Such cans or milk containers are subjected in their transit to much ill usuage, and
are constantly being rolled upon the outer edge of their bases from place to place,
such rolling, in cans as usually constructed, in a very short time raises a burr or
cutting edge upon the bases, or the edges become ragged; in consequence of which
injury is caused to the persons engaged in lifting the same into and out of railway
vans, vehicles, or places.
Now my invention, which relates to the bases of these cans, is designed to
prevent such injury, and also to facilitate the cans being rolled from place to place.
It consists in providing the same with a base fashioued at its lower edge into &
rounded, semi-rounded, or ball-shaped sectioned rim or part made, proferably, of
steel, and constructed in such a manner that the shape of the rolling edge shall be
permanent, and no cutting edge presented to injure the hands.
In the sheet of drawings annexed herewith
Fig. 1 represents a metallic churn for transit with a base constructed according
to my invention; part being shown in elevation and part in section.
Fig. 2 represents an underside plan of the churn base, whilst
Figs. 3, 4, and 5, show upon an enlarged scale a section of metal of which my
improved base is constructed.
The can or churn, with the exception of its base, is made in the ordinary
manner, the same consisting of a hollow metallic body a, crown b, and bottom c;
the first-named having handles d attached for carrying. The lower cylindrical
part a' of the body a is parallel sided, and adapted to fit within a socket part e,
and up to a shoulder e, of a ring base g, the lower edge g of which is round or
nearly round in cross section.
This ring base g 1 preferably make from a length of suitably sectioned steel, or
from two lengths as shown in Fig. 4, the lower edge 9 of which is preferably flat,
and made to run off into curved sides, so as to give a flat surface for the churn to
stand upon when upright. The strip or strips, as aforesaid, when cut off from the
length of metal are turned up into a ring and attached to the lower depending
part a of the cburn body by rivets a', or by brazing; the attachment being made
a very rigid one.
In Fig. 5 the lower edge g, of the ring base g, is made perfectly round, or
without the flat bottom g, but I do not limit myself to any particular shape so
long as a circular, part-circular, bulbous, or ball-edged figure is retained.
It is obvious that my invention is applicable to casks, barrels, and tubs for
brewers' work and other purposes; the application of which is illustrated in the
sheet of drawings at Figs. 6 and 7, the parts marked 9 representing the ring base
or ends constructed arcording to my invention.
By forming the ring base 9 of two sectional parts, as shown in Fig. 4, the
renewal of the bottom c is simplified, as it is only necessary to disconnect the inner
ring from the outer one by drilling out the rivets, when the bottom will fall out
without disturbing the outer ring of the compound ring base..

page_text: The ring base may, instead of being made from strip metal, be cast, (malleable
iron being the most suitable metal) and attached to the base or lower part of the
can body by rivetting or brazing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I'
claim is :-
First. In milk cans or churns and like articles for transit and to be rolled,
providing the same with a round, semi-round, bulbous, or ball-edged ring base
or end, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.
Second. The construction, arrangement, and fitting of the parts as set forth.
L1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.