Bucket

The Buckets ( Austrian, Switzerland. , ARTIST BESTSELLERS BY CATEGORY. ), Also Amper ( Austrian sl ), the runner, Küfe, the vat, is an open-topped, cylindrical or slightly conical container with a flat, rarely curved bottom composed of different materials, preferably from wood or leather before today made ​​of metal or plastic. He is a versatile transport. Preferably, it is used for the transport of liquids or bulk goods. To carry the bucket is usually provided with a movable handle, which can be shut down when pouring, pouring the contents.

Word origin

The word bucket can be etymologically over medium high German e (i) nber, e (i) mber, Old High German eimpar as Lehnbildung in Latin amphora " Pitcher " attributed ( OHG b ( h) eran, to carry Greek φερειν ). Also, the South German dialect term Amper is likely to have its roots in the Latin word amphora.

The handleless tub ( Old High German botah, see English body, torso without limbs ) was during the Middle Ages by the increasingly einhenklingen e (i) n- amber and the two-handled zuo - amber, the tub replaced. Even North German vat, Pütz or pail derived etymologically from as vat.

The Bavarian- Alemannic word bucket existed in Middle High German and was formed from the medieval Latin copa, derived for the Latin word Cupella, drinking vessel, cup or cupa ton. At the same root is the runner, and the runner, OHG kuofa to cupa. But parallel is the reference to the runner as the highly curved staves: Cooperage stands for barrel making.

Historical

Situlae and Roman bucket

Early findings of buckets in Europe are the Situlae, ornate bronze bucket, probably used for cult purposes, conical with footprint and handles which are attributed to the Hallstatt period and to and from the 6th century BC in Slovenia, northern Italy ( Etruscans, Italians ) Austria ( Hallstatt culture: Magdalen mountain, Hallstatt, Duerrenberg ) can be detected.

From the Roman Empire, there are some findings of buckets of metal ( mainly driven brass or bronze ): container with a top mounted handle, but a stand like a chalice. The first evidence comes from Hemmoor west of Hamburg, which the term has prevailed Hemmoorer bucket. These vessels were probably used by the Romans in the 2nd and 3rd centuries for wine. However, by Roman trade relations they came also to areas outside of the Roman Empire, where they were partially used as urns or grave goods. As the origin of the ore fields Hemmoorer bucket in the western Rhineland be suspected in Eschweiler. In addition, wood bucket with metal fittings were common in the Roman imperial period.

The bucket in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

Medieval bucket usually show up of wooden staves with iron fittings and were from Cooper (also: Kübler or Böttcher) manufactured. The bucket was carried either in the hand or on a supporting rod. Grimm's German dictionary describes the bucket as " a round gefäsz, situla, wood, sheet metal, porcelain with a movable grif to attach and carry ", noting: "We understand today under the bucket containing and contained ." The bucket was a measure of capacity to modern times (Example: Five bucket of water ) are common, and corresponded to the 19th century either about 12 liters - about the now common size of a 10 - or 15 -liter bucket - or about 60 liters, the dispensing bucket (see Schankmaß ). This was intended to be carried by two people on a pole.

• Various applications of buckets

Fire bucket ( 19th century)

Bucket conveyor in mining

Simple board bucket at the well ( Japan, Contemporary )

Use the bucket to the support rod ( The mason, from what you want to be, 1880)

Metal pails on the yoke (Venice, 19th century)

The runner

The skid ( Küfe ) is especially included as a barrel of salt for the transport of salt in the older literature. But the carrying device is suspended from the tub, the drum itself has no handle. Again, the notion of a hollow measurement is available. The runners were different in size. A full skid for horses had a weight of around 55 kg large casks to transport salt on cars had around 74 kg.

As Perkufe is called open at the bottom, fitted top with a drain hole, truncated cone-shaped runners who filled like a funnel with the damp salt paste through the large opening now found above, on the Perstatt, plunged after the brine and drying of the content and were withdrawn. The salt content remained standing as a truncated cone for further processing. These salt cone ( salt domes ) were for centuries the general standard transport containers largely standardized size.

The runner was, according to the value of the salt and the reliability of the dimension, a measure of the tax and customs.

Designs

In addition to simple tubs there are also those with a spout ( "beak " ) or with a tight-fitting lid. A space saving in the storage model is the Folding Bucket.

Dustbin, with Pedalöffner for the lid

Plastic bucket with spout, metal handle and revolving handle

Servierkübel for ice and champagne

Use

Used the bucket:

• In everyday life about as garbage or trash
• In domestic, agricultural, horticultural and construction as transport and storage device with a diverse field of application
• As planters for potted plants
• The fire bucket as small extinguisher