IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANS OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONVEYING MILK AND THE LIKE BY RAIL OR Mua an manrar 27
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wesley Marsden, of Wirksworth, in the County
of Derby, and of Imperial Chambers, Derby, in the same County, Tinman
and Brazier, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CANS OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONVEYING MILK AND THE LIKE BY RAIL OR
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wesley Marsden at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th December 1880.
WILLIAM WESLEY MARSDEN, of Wirksworth, in the County of Derby, and of
" IMPROVE-
Imperial Chambers, Derby, in the same County, Tinman and Brazier.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANS OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONVEYING MILK
AND THE LIKE BY RAIL OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSIT."
Cans or receptacles for conveying milk, butter, oil, paint, or other substances by
rail and other means of transit as at present constructed are liable to rough usage
from being rolled along on their bottoms in shipping and unshipping them, soon
destroying the can.
Now my Invention is designed to obviate these evils, and consists in constructing
the entire bottom or bottoms and lower hoops of such cans or receptacles in one
The bottom can be
piece of solid cast metal, preferably malleable cast iron.
bolted to the sheet metal body of the can, or by impressing a screw-thread
thereon it can be screwed into a thread cast or cut in the cast bottom, or other
means of securing by solder or otherwise can be used.
Cans thus made are stronger and not liable to be so easily injured.
I do not bind myself to any particular form or size of churn or vessel.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Wesley Marsden in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th May 1881.
WILLIAM WESLEY MARSDEN, of Wirksworth, in the County of Derby, and of
Imperial Chambers, Derby, in the same County. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF CANS OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONVEYING MILK AND THE LIKE
BY RAIL OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSIT."
Cans or receptacles for conveying milk, butter, oil, paint, or other substances by
rail and other means of transit as at present constructed are liable to rough usage
from being rolled along on their bottoms in shipping and unshipping them, soon
injuring or destroying the can.
Now my Invention is designed to obviate these evils, and consists in constructing
the entire bottom and bottom hoop with flange or rim for attaching the can body
of such cans or receptacles in one continuous malleable iron casting or any other
suitable metal, thus making the bottom, bottom hoop, and flange or rim for attach-
ment in one indestructible piece. The bottom can be bolted to the sheet metal
body of the can, or by impressing a screw thread thereon it can be screwed into a
thread cast or cut in the cast bottom, or other means of securing by solder or
otherwise can be employed.
I do not bind myself to any particular form or size of churn or vessel.
In the accompanying Drawings,
Fig. 1 shews a plan.
Fig. 2 a section of a can bottom constructed according to my Invention in one
piece of malleable cast iron or other metal.
The sheet metal of the can body is shown by dotted lines, and can be bolted at
intervals, or otherwise secured to the bottom, as will be apparent to any practical
tinsinith or sheet metal worker.
If desired the lower hoop can be cast with the bottom, joined to it with lugs
or ribs in one piece, and be afterwards bolted or otherwise connected to the can
body.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner of performing the same, I would have it understood
that what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim is,-
Constructing cans or receptacles for the conveyance of milk and the like by rail
or other means of transit with the bottom (or bottom and lower hoop) cast in one
piece of solid metal for attachment to the can body, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Wesley Marsden, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
WILLIAM WESLEY MARSDEN. (L.S.)