US1028289A - Container for small articles. - Google Patents

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P. B.- SGHRAVBSANDE. .CONTAINER PoR SMALL ARTICLES.

APPLIOATlON FILED AUGiZ, 1911.

1,028,289, A' I l l Patented Junei4,1912.

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PETER. B. scHRAvEsAND,

OF MONTREAL,` QUEBEC, CANADA.

CONTAINER FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 4l, MM2.

Application file-d August 2, 1911. Serial No'. 641,955.

V To all 'whom z' may concern f nipulation ofthe cover Beit known that I, PETER B. SonnevesANDE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada', have invented certain new and useful Im-V provements in Containers for Small Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved display package or .container for small articles which can be conveniently inspected by a :l stomer in a store and which will adord a convenient household package of the articles until re quired for use.

Themproved package or container has been more especially designed for containing and marketing dress hooks, eyes and loops which have heretofore been sold in envelops or upon cards. The several articles can be readily inspected through the display openings which extend over the several compartments, and by proper macan be individually removed from the package without disturbing lthose which are not desired. v

In order that the invention may be .fully understood, I will first describe the same with reference'to the accompanying drawings, and afterward point out the novelty more particularly in the annexed claims.

In said drawings: Figure l is a plan view of my improved display package or container, Fig. 2 is an end view, partly broken away, of one end of said container, shown on a larger scale, Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the opposite end of the container, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 1 -4 of Fig. l, Fig. 5 is asimilar View taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. l, Fig.

i 6 is a face view of one of the cover plates removed from its retaining cap, and Fig. 7 is a partial vertical longitudinal sectional view of the improved container. g

In the preferred form of the improved display package or container, as shown in the accompanying drawing, I take a rec-v tangular piece l of sheet metal'or other suitable material, and cut therein two alined longitudinal display openings such as indicated at 5 and 6 which leaves a transverse strip 7 of the material separating them. The sheet of material is then shaped into cylindrical form and secured preferably by plates, the articles' inturned edges or flanges providing a longitudinal seam 8 which forms a rib projecting `on the interior of the cylindrical body. I next. take a rectangular sheet'of transparent material such as mica, glass or Celluloid, indicated at l and place this on the interior surface of the hollow body so as to close the display openings' 5 and 6. A central transverse partition l is then provided of disk form to accurately litthe interior bore of the hollow body and with a radial notch 16 to fit over the longitudinal rib' 8. This partition disk l5 is then'inserted longitudinally in the hollow body so as to engage the transparent material l0 directly beneath the strip tion divides the hollow body into two compartments and retains the transparent material in place under the display open- 1113's- To subdivide' one of the longitudinal compartments I provide a longitudinal parti- .tion plate such as shown in- Fig.4 5 consisting of a single sheet of metal folded and bent upon lines 20, 21 and 22to form longitudinal partition plates 23, l2st and 25 which are arranged angularly with relation to each other. The plates 23 and 24E serve to lessen the depth o'f the subdivisions of the compartment. so as to present the articles contained therein closer to the display opening in. that end of the package. The folded .division plate 25 divides the compartment into two subcompartments. It

will of course be understood that the partition 23, 24, 25 may be separate plates properly secured. togetherand in position inthe container body.

The open ends of the container are closed by flangedcaps shown at and These caps are secured to the ends of the container by any suitable meanssuch for instance, as by upsetting the metal or by pin-punching the overlapping parts or by solder. rlhe fastening means will of course depend largely upon the material of which the container and caps are made. and is formed with a semi-circular opening 3l leading to one or more of the container compartments. opening 3l closed by a semi-circular cover plate 32 formed with an integral semi-circular spring 33 and an outwardly presented lug 34. The plate 32 with its spring 33 litsV snugly within the circular flange of'cap 30 so that the opening 31 will be closed in the 7. The parti? The cap 30 has its' Each cap 30 spring 37 and for-opening up held yieldingly 'tral notch 35b plane'of the partition plate 25..'Ihis cover normal 4position of the plate. The lug 34 rests in closed position in a slight indentation-or notch a formed in a iiange of the cap 30. A By this mounting of plate 39, it will be understood that the plate can be revolved ,in the cap to throw openthe openin 31. A second-notch 30b is designed to receive the lug 34 when the plate 32 is moved into open position. The spring 33 tends to yieldingly hold the lug 34: in engagement with either of the notches 30t and 30h. The cover plate 32 is confined between cap 30 and the end of the cylindrical hollow body of the container. The cap 35 which fits upon the opposite or subdivided end of the container is provided with a similar cover plate 36 having an integral curved a lug 38. The inwardly presented iange of the cap 35 is formed with the radial notches 35, 35b and 35. In the normal closed position of plate 36, lug 38 is in engagement with the cenwhich is in the longitudinal "plate 36 can be opened in either direction communication -with either of 'the two longitudinal subdivisions ofthe main compartment. I

In theapplication of the invention shown in the drawing, the container has three compartments indicated at a', y and a, the rst of which is designed to contain dress hooks, and the other two of which hold respectively the eyes and loops which are used with dress hooks. In Fig. l of the drawing, I have shown but one of each of these articles to indicate the specific use described.

The advantages and operation of the improved display package or container will be understood from the above.

What I claim is: y

1. A container comprising a hollow cylindrical body formed with openings, a transparent sheet ,covering the openings and a transverse partition4 disk adapted to retain the transparent sheet in position.

2. A container comprising a hollow cylindrical body formed with openings and having inturned flanges providing a longitudinal interior rib, a transparent sheet covering the openings, and' a transverse partition dislr adapted to retain the transparent sheet in position and having a radial notch adapted to receive the interior rib.

3. A container'comprising a hollow cylindrical body, and a folded longitudinal partition plate bent so as to provide three radial partitions and compartments.

IETER B. SCHRAVESANDE.

Witnesses:

GERTRUDE I. GIBBoNs, A. G. E. RANKIN.

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