IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY MILK CANS OR CHURNS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN LOVING of Belper in the county of Derby Wholesale Ironmonger do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY
MILK CANS OR CHURNS to be as follows:-
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Hitherto it has been the practice to make the bodies of railway milk cans or
churns of a cylindrical shape tapering from the bottom upwards; this form of can
or churn presents several disadvantages.
According to my invention I construct the body of the can or churn of a square
shape having rounded corners in cross section and tapering upwards the bottom or
base of the can or churn on which it stands being made circular in plan. The top
or mouth of the can or churn which receives the lid is of the same shape in cross
section as the body and is tapered in the usual manner.
By this improved construction I obtain several advantages amongst which may
be mentioned greater strength, convenience in handling the cans or churns and
greater facility for cleaning the same.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury,
Agent for the Applicant,

page_text: I JOHN LOVING, of Belper, in the county of Derby, Wholesale Ironmonger, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY
MILK CANS OR CHURNS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Hitherto it has been the practice to make the bodies of railway milk cans or
churns of a cylindrical shape tapering from the bottom upwards; this form of can
or churn presents several disadvantages.
According to my invention I construct the body of the can or churn of a square
shape having rounded corners in cross section and tapering upwards, the bottom
or base of the can or churn on which it stands being made circular in plan. The
top or mouth of the can or churn which receives the lid is of the same shape in
cross section as the body, and is tapered in the usual manner.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 represents
an elevation, and figure 2 a plan of a railway milk can or churn constructed
according to my invention; figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same on
line A, B, of figure 1. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a, is the body of the can or churn constructed of a square shape in cross section
as clearly shewn in figure and having the corners b, rounded and the sides
tapering upwards; c, is the bottom or base of the can or churn made circular in
plan as shewn at figure 1 and in dotted lines at figure 3; d, is the mouth of the
can or churn tapered in the usual manner but of the same shape in cross section
as the body a; e, figure 2 is the lid or cover of the same shape in cross section as
the body a, and f, f, are the ordinary handles of the can or churn.
By this improved construction I obtain several advantages over cans or churns
as at present constructed, amongst which may be mentioned greater strength,
convenience in handling the cans or churns, and greater facility for cleaning
the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The manufacture and use of the improved railway milk cans or churns constructed
as hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.