US650960A - Milk-can. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. TlEPK, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.A

MILK-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,960, dated J une 5, 1900.

Application sled April 1o, ieoo.

.T0 all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, HENRY E. TIEPKE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Milk Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal milkcans constructed particularly for use in railroad transportation, the object of which is to strengthen those parts most susceptible to strain and rupture in a cheap and effective manner, at the same time avoiding all interior seams which invite milk accumulations. This I effect by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved can with a cover applied thereto. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section of the breast and neck parts assembled; Fig. 3, a side view of the novel parts in section, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the ring member.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The construction is as follows: To the ordinary cylindrical body a is joined atop member consisting of an integral breast b and eX- tended neck portion c, as shown in Fig. 2. An iron band e is tted about the. said neck portion, with its base resting upon the hemispherical ekterior surface of the breast portion b. An exterior member consist-ing of a breast portion m and integral neck n, similar in contour to the inclosed parts, is next applied and suitably fastened to the inner breast b and the upper edge of the body a. The projecting portion of the neck c, Fig. 2, is next shaped by dies applied in the usual manner into a bowl d, thus completing the inner member, which now consists of an integral breast,

Serial No. 12,351. (No model.)

neck, and bowl. By this construction it will be observed that the ring is secure from vertical displacement by the bowl. As the various parts of my can are composed of sheet metal or other similar metal, I plate the parts thus assembled and fastened with tin to give a finished appearance to the can.

r I am aware that it is not new to reinforce the neck and breast portions of milk-cans, and I therefore do not claim the same broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination in a milk can, of a body, an upper linner member consisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer member consisting of an integral breast and neck, said outer member being attached to the inner member and the body, and a neckband intermediate the outer and inner'neck portions.

2. The combination in a milk can of a body, an upper inner member consisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer member consisting of an integral breast and neck, and a neck-band intermediate the outer and inner neck portions held in position by the lateral extension of the bowl.

3. The combination in a milk can of a body, an upper inner member consisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer member consisting of an integral breast and neck, said out-er member being attached to the inner member and body, and a neck-band intermediate the outer and inner neck portions, held in position by the lateral eXtension'of the bowl.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. TIEPKE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HAMBLIN, HoEATIo E. BELLows.

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