US79907A - Improvement in milk-cans - Google Patents

Description

G. A. HGGI'NS.

MILK CAN.

No. 79,907. Patented July 14, 1868.

Olpe/B415 25 l meg; i @www www @5mg/L GM@ www iM/@/w w MMM www@ inside.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEO. A. HUGGINS, OF MANNSVILLE, NEV'YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF -AND H. W. SHEPARD, OF SAMEPLACE.

.IMPROVEMENT IN vMILK-CANS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent lNo. 79,907, dated July 14, 1868.

' To all whom t may concern,.-

- Beit known that I, GEORGE A. VHUGGINs, of Mannsville, county of Jefferson, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Cans for Carrying Milk and for other purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ref- 'erence being jhad to the accompanying drawr ings and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the bottom piece on the Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom piece Vfrom the outside. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the middle.

The object of my invention is to provide solid metallicbottoms for milk-cans and such cans as are used for various liquids which are to be handled very frequently, and are used principally inconveying milk from the dairy to the market; but I do not confine my invention to Jthat particular, as the cansmay be used for conveying and containing oils and other liquids.' ,In the usual method of constructing milkcans the bottoms are of the same material as ,the sides, and which, for economy, are of tin.

The lower hoops are made strong; butas these cans are As ubjected to rough handling they soon become so much damaged as to be constantly in' a leaky. condition, which causes much loss, and is besides the constant source of expense and annoyance in repairs.

y"In my invention lI V'provide solid bottoms,

which are of one piece of casting, and by the peculiar shape the weight of the can is so ar should be soldered also, and when thus fixed no amountl of rough handling can possibly jar.

the soldering apart, asthe rivets keep the two metals firmly together. The bottom being made hollow underneath, and the base at b being vconsiderably largerthan the ltop of the rim at b, gives more stabilityto the whole can, and the weight of the bottom piece being so much more than the upper cylinder it will require extraordinary force to overturn it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the side of the can; B, the cast bottom piece; b, thetop lof' the rim; vb,the bottom of the rim; c, the recess on theinuer side, which may be plain, corrugated, or tinted; cf, the recess on the upper side or inside of the can, having correspondingiiutings or corrugations; d, the rivets to hold the cylinder to the bottom piece.

It will be observed that by my arrangement oi' V-shaped groove in the bottom I am en-` abled, by means of rivets and solder, to securely att-ach the same to the body of the can, entirely dispensing with the outer anxiliarylioop now i generally used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

The sheet-metal body A and cast or malleable bottoni B, when the latter is grcoved as to form a seat for the former, and at thc same time, furnish an outer rim for the prol teetion of its lower edge, when the same are combined and attached substantially as described, as and .for the purpose specified.

In testimonywhereof I have signediny naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. r

GEO. A. llU(GlNS.

Witnesses:

I). G. BULKLEY, S. J. HAM.

Images