An Improved Can for Conveyance of Milk.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Can for Conveyance of Milk.
I, SAMUEL MULLETT WILMOT, of Grove Cottage, Cumberland Road, in the city
and county of Bristol, engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to those cans which are used for conveying milk by road or
rail, and commonly termed "churns." The can is mounted upon wheels carried in
bearings formed in a bracket secured to the bottom of the vessel. The can is made
with one side straightened as the bottom is approached, and the wheels are placed at
that side. By this arrangement a D-shaped bottom is formed and all parts thereof
are kept clear of the ground when the can is tilted for wheeling. In moving the
can it is not rotated on the outer edge of the bottom, as is the case with existing
cans, but is wheeled in the same manner as a sack truck or hand-barrow. The milk
is accordingly not subjected to the oscillation and disturbance consequent upon
rotating such cans. The cans are capable of being placed in close proximity to one
another for conveyance in carts, trucks or the like.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1889.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Can for Conveyance of Milk.
I, SAMUEL MULLETT WILMOT, of Grove Cottage, Cumberland Road, in the city
and county of Bristol, engineer, 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 cans, commonly termed "churns," which are used for
conveying milk by rail and road.
The invention consists in so constructing such milk cans that they are adapted for
mounting and are mounted on wheels whereby, when it is required to move such cans,
they may be wheeled after the manner of a hand-barrow instead of being rotated on
the edge of the bottom as heretofore.
In order that all parts of the cans shall be clear of the ground when tilted back on
the wheels, as fulcra, for wheeling, one side, which may be conveniently termed the
back, of the can is flattened and made approximately perpendicular to the base,
or but slightly inclined. The wheels are placed at the bottom of the straightened
side.
Milk conveyed in cans constructed as above described is not subjected to the
oscillation and disturbance consequent upon the practice hitherto prevailing of rolling
"churns."
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1 thereon represents an
elevation of the flattened back of a milk can constructed in accordance with this
invention. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section on the line a, a Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a
plan of the bottom reversed.
The back a of the can is flattened and is nearly perpendicular to the base.
The front b is rounded and inclined at a greater angle than the back. At the
bottom the can is provided with wheels e carried in a bracket B secured to the can.
d is a handle for tilting the can backward and for holding and wheeling it when
tilted. ee are additional handles.

page_text: The can is wheeled in the same manner as a hand-barrow and, as aforesaid, milk
conveyed in it is not subjected to the oscillation and churning effect consequent on
rolling cans on the outer rim of the bottom.
Having now 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
Constructing a сав ог churn, for conveying milk by road or rail, with a
flattened and approximately vertical back such as a and fitting wheels to the can at
the base thereof upon which wheels the can is capable of being tilted and moved after
the manner of a two-wheeled hand-barrow or sack truck, substantially as above
described with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1889
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.