US1136635A

US1136635A - Shipping-jacket.

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Publication number: US1136635A
Application number: US78784513A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Weislowits
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-09-03
Filing date: 1913-09-03
Publication date: 1915-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 1932-04-20

Description

E. WEISLOWITS.

SHIPPING JACKET.

1,136,635. I Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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a 'citizen'of the United States,.residing-at Newark; in the county of Essex and State of New Jeresy, have invented new and use-.

Improvements in Shipping-Jackets,of},

' 1 which the-following is a specification.

*Myinvention'. consists offa new .and'inr for shipping oil' cans, gasolene cans, etc.

- Shipping jackets for cans of this kind the can in shipment. I have devised a means have to be strong and durable, and -the cover must be -fastenedson very securelfy as not'fto become loose or separated rom of securing the cover which makes it'impossible for removed when it is desired to pour from the can. My improved jacket is also so con-' struct'ed that the can cannot possibly slip out of the jacket when the can is tipped up to pour. I have alsoprovided new and improved devices for holding the can in the jacket.

In the accompanyingdrawings :-Figure.

I is a front elevation of the jacket showmg one part of the fastening device. Fig. 2 1s a sectional view' ofa jacket and can taken on the line 55 of Fi 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the jacket an can in. win- .verted position, partly broken awa to show,

the means for holding the can int e jacket; Big. 4 s an enlarged detail'oftheretain:

-ing part of the fastening device.

v I The device consists of a cyhndricaljacket 1 ,a" made preferably of meta corrugations b. The topof the acket is '40 bent over so as to form a ridge ,or rcollar c (see Figs. 2 and 4) and there is preferably against the flange d of the can e (the can being insertedin the jacket from the bottom) rand-it also strengthens the body of the jacketabbw After the can eis placed in the jacket a it is securely held in position'bytwo straps f made preferably of stripsof resilient metal and so constructed as to ap over each other i and form a joint. These straps are bolted f mma-cu f r Q- Specificationof Iletters Patent. npplicationfiled septeniber8,1918;. Serial1o."787;45.

at]; totheinside of the lower vpart 'oif the acket a and while only two'-'straps' are e cover to come ofl in shipment, and yet the'cover can be easily and quickly having severalor-screw's w.

' Patented Apr. 20,1915.

own, a. greater number may be used' if required. These straps hold the-Gen efsecurelyin position and also by reason of their resiliency tend to I press the. cantightly Around "the top of the jacket is securelfy v the ridge '0 and holds the cover Z in position. If desired, the strip is may be secured on'the inside of the jacket and the'ridge or collar 0 formed ontthe outside on the bottom of the strip ls. When the latter mode of co'nstruc- I tion is adopted the cover I ofcourse fitrout, side the strip 'k, and the lug member is secured to the body ofthe case [a 'instea of -to the,cover. At one sideof the stripllen a slot 'mhfl-To thejinsidej'of-thecoverZ is bolted a strip of metal nfiurnedover at the bottom to "form a hooked flange 0 which fits loosely yetseeurely in the opening At the opposite side of the cover is fastened on the outside a strip of nietalfp bent over, at g to form a locking'member. Attached to the outside of the strip k is pivotally mounted a 'swingin catch member r havin 'an opening 8 WhlCl'l fits over the end 0 the .flange where" the cover Z is hel on the jacket. :At-l each side of'the o'peni 8, 1n the member r are holes t through whic may be.

put a" wire or string u thus securely. holding thecover in position.

After the can e is placed in the jacket 0 and the, strips f caught together at 9, an ordinary wooden bottom, o. mayv jbefplaced inthe jacket a and Held in position by nails Theg'upper portion of the body' of the jacketia s provided with handlesw sw ngingl'yniounted on the sides of the jacket.

. Ina shipping-case the combination with a can havinga coverthereon, of a cyhndrical jacket adapted to receive the can throu h thebottom thereof, a rigid collar formed y bending the to ofthe casing over an annularwire an adapted to engage on its underportion the edge of said cover, res1lient strips secured at one of theirendsto the wall of the jacket adjacent the bottom there 60 against the ridge or collar 0 at the'upper' end'of the jacket.

proved shipping case or jacket to be used! p w p y ioo ' of anafnavingmm am ndmem- In estimanythieafi nae-teem l i into said jacket; said strips having means at gw gj their inner ends 7 whereby the same are "witiie'ssesf v 2 v 4 adapted to interlock and to press egzinst-- EDWARD.WEISLOWITS. -said can to hold the cover: againstsaid col-' Witnesses: 121% j g lar, anda removable bottom for closing the WILLILAM Mmmm bottom of the jacket. j I J 'iClslms, H.