DE1579470A1 - Divided container - Google Patents

Description

DipL-Ing. KURT LENGNER

Patent attorney HAMBURG 26 · .. “ _ΜΛι .

· -Γ APR. 1965

Rexall Drug and Chemical Corporation, Lon Angeles 54, California, U.S.A.

Divided container

The present Lrfindurip; refers to a subdivided Container, which is used to hold and store materials can be used for shipping and jervading. Jer container v / eis a number of separate compartments in which, in particular, different foods are stored can. The individual parts can be used in an effective way are sealed against each other.

It is generally desirable to keep certain items, such as perishable foods, in the fold, that is, in the refrigerator, in order to keep them usable for a longer period of time. . In some cases, these "However äterialien of the moisture which normalerweifse in ri'hlschr'nken exists adversely affected For example, candy verden sticky, venn ^{T 'euc:} iti ^ keitspehalt in the icebox is to gr ^ R. and they are not in a leak-proof container. Food can also acquire undesirable odors and tastes from other materials that are moved at the same time.

■ As a result, the container should prevent the acceptance of cold smells and unfamiliar tastes. The container should also serve to separate different materials from one another.

_{to be} kept away from others without them being able to mix .

The subject of the present invention is a subdivided container, which is ideally suited for the separate storage of food.

The partitioned container of the invention is to store food in 7ühlschr ^v Potions usable. Its compartments can hold various tight foods and be tightly closed against each other.

The erfindunpf ^ emäße divided container also has a removable handle, which is used when ä'.r container is used for serving food. The handle attaches to a central portion of the container when needed, but is designed so that it can be easily and quickly removed and stored in the container when the latter is being used for food preparation.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings Drawings explained in detail. In these drawings, ■

Pig. 1 is a perspective view of the container according to the present invention, wherein the serving handle is is in its place;

Pig. 2 is also a perspective view of the Container according to the present invention, ivoboi the serving handle removed and replaced by a sealing cap;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the "compartmentalized container" with the handle in the four-position;

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the divided container genr ^; ß of the present invention;

Pie. 5 is a cross-section along line 5-5 in FIG. 2;

Pig. ! 6 is a partially enlarged view in a ^T aßstab Prides -des divided PUU ^W, v / hich lter and VcrschluM-deckols in Pi%: 5 of the drawings;

Figure 7 is a partial side view taken along line 7-7 in Figure 3;

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Fig. 8 is an enlarged partial cross-section through the central plane of the Γ-container, from which the details to recognize with regard to the C-square handle and its attachment are.

The drawings show the preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, which is designated in its entirety by 1 ". This device consists of an open-topped, subdivided container 11 as well as a handle 12 and a closure 13; the two latter The container 11, which is open at the top, has a bottom 14 and an annular side wall 15 which extends vertically upwards, so that a container is formed. The center wall 15 ends in a stiffening flange 17 that extends upwards and extends all the way around the container 19 and protrudes from it Eoder.a 14- an upright hub is arranged, with which several inner walls 21 arranged at a distance from one another are firmly connected CKEN radially up to the outer wall 15, r.it which they are also firmly connected, so as> 3, the Τ "ι -.:- ,. · β of Echälters or ^SCY: Key from each other in a corresponding plurality of separate compartments 22, 3 of which are shown in the drawings. The hub 20 is preferably attached approximately in the upper part of the container, so that the container is in equilibrium when the handle 12 is screwed tight (see Figures 1 and 3) and the container is lifted with the aid of the handle.

"/ which can best be recognized from Figs. 2 to 4 · 'is for the Container 11 is provided with a closure lid 13 which is in de-r position is to seal the Beb: "· the old airtight. The cap 13 consists of a substantially flat inner part 23, which has a downwardly open, U-shaped on its outer circumference liut 24 has. The U-shaped hat 24 is of perpendicular high-β standing walls 25 and 26 and the adjacent upper wall

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"and 27 formed. At the outer V / and 26 there is also an un-

A further outwardly protruding projection 28 is provided, on which, in turn, handle-like extensions 29 can be provided at a point that appears suitable or at points that appear suitable, which facilitate the upward bending of the groove 24 from the upstanding edge 16. The interaction between the upright hand 16 and the downwardly opening groove 24 results in an airtight seal, as is known from the UbA patent specification 2,859,786. The closure lid 13 is preferably made of a flexible material, such as low density polyethylene. T ^T an recognizes in particular from the. Enlarged representation in Fig. 6, that by appropriate spacing of the points, at v / elchen the inner dividing walls 21 touch the outer wall 15 below the upper circumferential border 16 and by appropriate design of the inner oeitenwand 25 of the closure lid 13, so that this merges directly into the flat inner part 23, the closure cover 13 rests against the upper edges 30 of the partition walls 21.

The tone structure of the upright center hub 20 can best be seen from FIGS. 7 and 8. The hub 20 consists of a cylindrical, open-topped side wall 32 and has an impermeable base 33 which is formed by a conical recess 34 in the base 14 of the container. The cylindrical "and 32 l ^ '. Opens into a flat other land 35, which can form a support or a support for the reef 12, as will be explained in more detail below. In the interior of the cylindrical A screw thread is cut in. From Fig. 8 it can also be clearly seen that the dividing walls 21 extend from the bottom 14 of the container 11 as far upwards as the central hub 20, so that the corresponding upper edges 30 and 35 in The fact that the upper edges 3C and 35 lie in one plane enables the flat inner part 23 of the closure cover 13 to be seated in a manner which will be explained in more detail below.

Of the. Handle 12 is best known from FIGS. 1, 7 and 8 . It consists of an upper self-contained Bü gel part 37 and a shaft 38, the lower end 39

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Has screw turns. Between the lower end with Sohrftu benwindungen provided * 39 and the upper end of the shaft 38 a plan 4o is provided, the distance of which from the extreme lower end of the lower part 39 corresponds to the depth of the open hub 20 from its bottom 33 to the upper edge 35 or etv .'as greater than this distance, as with X in Pig. 8 is indicated. As a result, the handle 12 can be screwed into the middle hub 20 until the lower end of the lower part 39 touches the top of the base 33 of the hub *. As can also best be seen from FIG. 8, the puddle 40 then rests against the upper edge 35 of the hub or is located a short distance above it. In this way, the two parts can be screwed together without the risk of the lower end 39 of the handle 12, which generally consists of a plastic material, being constricted or being subjected to tensile forces on parts of smaller diameter, whereby a Breaking can occur.

In Pig. 5 of the drawings it can be seen that the flat inner part 23 of the closure lid 13 is bent downward so that it rests tightly against the upper edges 30 of the dividing walls 21. While the upright edge 16 together with the downward open groove 24 results in a substantially airtight closure of the container 11, is achieved by the interaction of the Closure cover with the dividing walls 21 also substantially complete closure of the individual compartments of the container from one another. The extent to which the closure cap and the partition walls 21 are in contact with each other in the outer area, in which the partition walls in the circumferential Outer wall 15 pass over, are enlarged in that the edge parts of the dividing walls 21 are formed slightly curved, as at 41 in Pig. 6 can be seen.

When using the device according to the invention, different foodstuffs can be filled into the different compartments of the container, the closure lid put on and the container stored or transported in a refrigerator, in the latter case the risk of liquid being released passes from one compartment to dae other, or that a food in a compartment

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Takes on odors from the other food in the other compartment, is decreased. The degree of effectiveness of the sealing between the closure cover 13 and the upper edges of the individual partition walls can be further enlarged, as will be explained below will. If one presses on the closure cover 13, while it is already firmly seated on the upstanding edge 16 various points, which are roughly in the ridge above each compartment below, it is due to the fact that that the groove 24 consists of a flexible material, possible that some of the air enclosed in the container is pressed out, so that in the impermeable container Vacuum is created. The pressure difference that is so between the Inside and the outside of the closure cap 13 is created, presses the flat inner part 23 even more firmly against the Upper edges 30 of the individual partition walls 21. "

The container according to the present Irfindung is consequently a very useful and usable device, which can be used for feeling and transporting various materials, e.g. food, whereby, as already mentioned, there is a risk of liquid spillage from a compartment into the others, or the acceptance of odors emanating from one material by another, far-before-nd is reduced. As a result, the housewife can pour a different material into each compartment, e.g. boiled plums, chocolate candy and olives, put the sealing lid on airtight and, preferably after squeezing the air out of the container, place it in a refrigerator to la ^ crun ¹ -. If the subdivided container is to be used for serving, the cover 13 is removed and the handle 12 inserted to facilitate transport.

The container according to the invention can of course also be used in other Form and can be used to store other i'materialien serve as food, e.g. biological cultures, photographic films, uncatalyzed resins, etc.

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Claims (6)

Patent claims Divided container, characterized by a top open container door (11) with several containers in one position Partition walls (, 21) which divide compartments and whose lUBs run the upper edge (16) can accommodate a flexible closure lid (13) which is designed ao that an airtight Closure of the container and, at reduced pressure inside the container, a tight contact with the upper one Ka »t of the partition walls results. 2) Subdivided container according to claim 1, characterized in that that the partition walls (21) are fixed to the container (11) are connected and have essentially the same height, during the hand (16) over the upper edges (30) of the partition walls (21) protrudes. 3) Subdivided Büv.ltnis according to Anepruch 1-2, characterized by the the container as an impermeable, open bowl is trained, the upper edges (30) of the partition walls (21) all lie in one plane, which is slightly below the rbene is located, in which the circumferential edge (16) lies and the flexible cover (13) is impermeable and bends downwards and an upright one downwards open U-shaped circumferential hat (24) with the help of which an airtight seal between the upright Tiand (16), the impermeable bowl (11) and the impermeable Lid (13) is made possible, in addition, the upper edges (30) of the partition walls ^ 21) with the bottom of the flexible lid so Zusair.x.env / irken, there? you a density Effect the isolation of the individual compartments from one another. 4) Subdivided container according to claims 1-3, characterized in that 3ich the upright partition walls (21) radially from an open-topped, cylindrical hat. (20) au « BAD ORIGINAL '- / 2 . *, 109851/0012 extend whose upper edge (35) in the same Ί-plane as the upper edges (30) of the partition walls (21), so that a smooth transition between the two results. 5) Subdivided container near claims 1-4, characterized in that that the upper edges (30) of the partition walls (21) in the area of the annular side wall (15) of the container fi (11) are curved upwards and unite with this at points that are slightly below the upper edge of the Landes (16). 6) Subdivided container according to claims 1-5, characterized in that the open-top cylindrical hat (20) one closed end (33) and on the inside screw winding (36), which is provided for receiving the screw thread which is provided on its lower part (39) with an outer screw thread Handle (12) when the container is used as a serving bowl should be used, the Sriff (12) also has a radially protruding puddle (40) which attaches itself to the screw-wound Toil (39) of the Handle (12) and from the lower end of the part (39) is as far away as corresponds to the inner depth or a little more than the inner depth of the liabe. BATH ORIGINAL 109851/0012 Blank page