Improvements in Cans for Containing Liquids.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1895
...Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1996.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cans for Containing Liquids.
We ALFRED ROBERT WHITEHEAD of St. Marks Villas, Woodhouse Lana;
Leeds in the County of York, Engineer and WILLIAM STERLING, of 220 Linden
Cottage, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to cans of the bottle neck class known as "breakfast cans,”
and as commonly used by factory and other operatives, but applicable to other cans
of like shape, such as milk oans, oil cans, and is designed to provide facilities for
"inspecting and cleansing the insides of said cans, which soon become foul through.
use and difficulty of thoroughly cleansing.
According to this our invention, the can is preferably made in the bottle. form.
as heretofore, but is divided at the shoulder below the neck, the neok and shoulder
part being hinged to one side of the can, and secured on the opposite side thereof
by means of a clasp. Around the upper part of the can, and Hush with the top.
thereof, is a flange having a recess or groove, and around the corresponding part of
the hinged shoulder and neck is a corresponding flange having a projection similar
to the groove, so that when the recess is provided with packing and the lid is closed,.
there will be a secure and fluid-tight joint between the two; whilst when open,
there is an open way the full size of the can, affording facility of cleaning and
scouring the inside.
Dated this 9th day of November 1895.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Cans for Containing Liquids.
We, ALFRED ROBERT WHITEHEAD, of St. Marks Villas, Woodhouse Lane,.
Leeds, in the County of York, Engineer, and WILLIAM STERLING, of 220 Linden
Cottage, Dewsbury Road, Leeds aforesaid, 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 oans of the bottle neck class known as "breakfast cans
and as commonly used by factory and other operatives, but applicable to other cans.
of like shape, such as milk cans, oil cans, and the like, and is designed to provide
facilities for inspecting and cleansing the insides of said cans, which soon become.
foul through use and difficulty of thoroughly cleansing.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,.
in which :-
Fig. is a side elevation of the improved can.
contional and elevation of vert of the improved can

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According to this invention, the can 1 is preferably made in the bottle form as
beretofore, but is divided at the shoulder 2 below the neok, the neck and shoulder
part being hinged at 3 to one side of the can, and secured on the opposite side
thereof by means of a clasp or hinged piu 4 and winged nut 5, the pin passing
through an open ended slot in the lug 6 fixed to the neck and shoulder part of the
can 1.
Around the upper part of the can and flush with the top thereof, is a flange 7,
and around the corresponding part of the hinged shoulder and neck portion is a
corresponding flange 8 and a recess or groove 9. The recess 9 is provided with
packing 10 such as rubber, and when the lid is closed there is a secure and fluid
tight joint between the two, whilst when open there is an open way the full size of
the can, affording facility of cleaning and scouring the inside.
It will be obvious that the form of clasp or fastener may be varied, but the one
shewn in the drawings we have found to be effective, as it is not necessary to open
the can except for cleaning purposes, but it can be so easily opened' that when not
in use the can would generally be opened, and the inside would then remain fresh
and sweet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A breakfast can made in two parts hinged together at the shoulder and provided
with a compressible packing and having a clasp or fastener, as herein described and
substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 11th day of August 1906
ALFRED ROBERT WHITEHEAD,
WILLIAM STERLING,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.