US50022A - Improvement in the construction of cans - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY VV. MILLAR, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTIO OF CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,022, dated September 19, 1865.

To allwhom tt mat concem:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. MILLAR, of tica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottom for (Ja-ns, Pails, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal Vertical section of a can with its bottom constructed according to my invention, taken in the line a; x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a View of the bottom when looking into the can.

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My invention consists in constrncting a bottom for a can, pail, or other metallic vessel in a conical form, or in theform of a frustum of a cone, its apex or point extending upward into the can, so as to strengthen the resisting-power of the bottom, and also, when it may be desirable, to afl'ord a better opportunity for drawing off the entire contents of the can by t'aucet or the like.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of a milk-can constructed in the ordinary way, a a being strips soldered around the same for the purpose of strengthening it and protecting it against injury, as usual. i

To form the bottom, I take several triangular pieces of metal, B, and solder or otherwise ``join their edges together, so that when they ical bottom B and body A-are then joined together by solderin g or in any suitable manner. I then secure'to this the rim O, which is to form the pedestal of the can, its flange c extendin g up above the rim Z) and restin g against the body Aof the can. Applying the pedestal inward the sidesof thecan and tends to loosen the joints where the said bottoms are fastened to the sides.

With a bottom made according to my invention this disadvantage is obviated, for the rea` son that a weight resting upon it causes it to operate on the principle of the arch; but there is no liability of straining outward the sides of the can, for the reason that the bottom edges of said sides are confined by the rim O on the base of the said conical bottom B. The parts thus secured are held firmly together and remain in perfect condition so long as the material of which they are composed lasts.

I purpose also making these bottoms in the form of. the frustum of a cone, the points being bent inward and soldered together orotherwise secured together, or actual] y cut off and a cap or plate placed over the top or opening.

A can constructed in this way, with a conical bottom affords a better opportunity for entirely drawing olf its contents when it is de! sirable to use a cock or faucet, which may be inserted at thelowest part, and thus completely drain the can, as can be readily understood, and this is a desirable feature in stationary g cans used for containing oil, molasses, 8m.

What I claitn as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Gonstructing the bottom and secnring the same tothe body of the can in the manner shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this Slst day of March, 1865.

HENRY XV. MILLAR.

Witnesses DEXTER GILLMORE, MICHAEL GLARK.

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