US1154885A - Removable braced shipping can-case. - Google Patents

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2- (5.]. RECORD.

REMOVABLE BRACED SHIPPING CAN CASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 3, 1914. l 1 54,85 Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

ononen a. nnconn, or qonnnnur, OHIO. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.28, 11915.

Application filed December 8, 191,4. {aerial 291.0. 876,108. I

' wooden shipping jackets or cases-of the same form. In manufacture, thfi strips or veneers of W d Wh lQ l bitllt 1 h? b-Qdy of the case are-often wrapped tightly around the can hooped thereon and supplied with a wooden bottom, on which the eanrests, It is manifestly difficult to withdraw the can from such'a case. Destruction of the case and injury to the can are the risks vincurred in this operation. J acketed cans many instances are consequently left in that condition until. repair becomes necessary. This is often the work of tin smiths who know little about the method of fitting on the case or jacket and destroy it in removing itto get at the leaks in the can. In view of these obj ections jacketed cans are often left unrepaired, each can being used only once or until it leaks, the relatively large attendant expense also contributing to this end. The bottom of the case also necessarily bears the strain of gravity due to the can and contents resting thereon. This strain is of no, utility, but the contrary, as applied to the ordinary wooden caseqbottom. It becomes important to utilize said strain, in combination with the action of other parts, for bracingfthe can body; also to permi-t'the withdrawal of the case bottom which will allowjthe case body to be easily lifted off the can, so that separation of can and case is easy without injury, notwithstanding a very tight fit tbetween these parts, and these parts may be put together-again after can-cleaning aor-can mending and used as before with no repa r of the case.

My Patent No. 1,117,951 granted November17th, 1914:, on whichthis invention is an improvement, made'use of outer and inner metallic hoops-or bands for the upper ends of the case, affording a remedy against the defects above mentioned as pertaining to tightly bound wooden hoops, but still using a wooden bottom which rests on an inwardly bent annular flange of the lower inner band of the, case.

This wooden bottom is a separate pa t, l b to W p by ea a dry e or to; swel under h i luen e f m is u In the former case it will not bear evenly and adequately on all points of the upper portion of the annular flange forcing, as it should, the vertical part of the inner band 7 against the wall of the case body and embedding the fastening points of the former i the la e mo e se ely- My present invention dispenses with all need for the said separable and movable wooden bottom by extending the annular flange inward to the center, filling the middle space with sheet metal constituting a bottom, whicl ri-s integral with said flange and inner band and retains the upwardly and inwandly bent curvature of said flange as in said patent and for the same purpose. If were introduced intoa shipping case having such a flange, as in said patent, but having nobottom, it would require to be of a diameter only slightly less than the in-- terior diameter of the shipping case to remain securely inclosed and bear on said flange with the tightening eflect stated.

Also the can bottom would be unprotected and might be indented or penetrated by any rough or sharp object on which it might be accidentally set. 7

present construction will permit 0utward stress to be exerted on the lower inner metal band by the weight of a can which has a less diameter than the inner diameter of the upper flange of said band, beside securely retaining said can within said case and protecting its bottom.

improvement is to be distinguished from end plugs for packages containing confectionery and other loose articles, which plugs are sometimes provided with an annular metal wall and an integral disk form part and have a certain similarity in appearance to my band integral with the bottom, but are not devices spread by weight for binding nor intended to work in that way.

My invention therefore consists in a shipping case for cans having a lower inner metal hoop or band provided at top withan annular upwardly and inwardly bent flange and a metal bottom extending across the interior space surrounded by said flange, the said bottom, flange and band being operative as one piece and the weight of a can of any size on said bottom or flange serving to force said band outward against thewooden bodyerably used, as in the case of saidpatent,

with an outer metal bandaffording a firm grip on the wood between the two metal bands. The inner band at least is also preferably provided with teeth which are forced into the case body by the actionabove de- 3 scribed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 represents a vertical central section through a'can and itscase embodying my invention, showing the bottom and inner band ofxthe latter held by small nails; Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the lower part of the same,

using teeth or points for fastening; Fig. 3

represents a detail view of thebottom and inner hoop rigidly connected; Fig. 4 represents a similar View of these elements made integral; Fig. 5 represents an enlarged vertical section of a part of the periphery of Fig. 3, showing the joint; and Fig. 6 rep resents a detail view, partly sectioned, ShOW? ing another me band and bottom.

A designates the wooden or paper body of the case, B the can fitting therein, 0 the metallic outer lower hoop or band similar to that shown in myaforesaid Patent No. I 1,117 ,951, it being held in place by fastening devices such as d Fig. 1, or G, Fig. 6, hereinafter'described, or as described and shown in said patent.

The can rests on case bottom E, as usual some little height above the lower edge of p the case body, the part of the latter below said plane of support receiving on its exter1or face the outer band C and on its lnterlor face the flanged inner hoop or band .'D,

which. has substantially the construction of the inner lower band disclosed in said patent, but is practically integral with the flat bottom E aforesaid, in other words the two elements will act in practice as though they were one piece,

. making the said bottom and inner band in two pieces rigidly joined, as in Fig. 1, or by making. them actually in one piece only, as

7 in Fig. 4. In the former case there may be" a doubly welded joint 6 between them, rolled flat into the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

This is apreferred construction, as the de-- vice thus made'is greatly stiffened and strengthened, at the joint, bracing more or less the hook D and bottom E. This bottom and band'in either case constitute a removable part-or element of more or less resilient metal, circular in form with downward wall, in effect the inner band of my said patent having its inwardly bent upper flange extended across the surrounded space to form a casebottom.

' The action of the inner hoop Dis substantially as in my former patent above mentioned, the pressure of theweight of the can and its contents bearing down on the flat central disk which constitutes'the case botans of fastening the inner This is eflected either by to its lower flange d. I 'am aware that an inner mtom proper, and acting on the rounded corner and upper part of the inner hoop or band D so as to force the'latt er out against the wood of the case, bracing both this part of said case body and the said bottom. This outward pressure holds the said bottom removably in place by the binding of' the flange against the case. As shown in Fig.

2 this inner band D may be provided with teeth or points (Z embedded in the wood of the c aseand' preferably forced into thelatter by a .suitabletool or machine after said inner hoop is in place. The pressureofthe weightfof the can and contents. on the case bottom E, transmittedthroughthe bent inner hoop as before described or directly. on the inner part of inwardly curved'flange e or on both said bottomand'said flange, will tend to'hold-these points embedded. Never- Y theless, they will yieldiunder suitable strain of pryingapplied by any convenient instrument. Thereis then no obstacle to lift ing off the remainder of thefcase or jacketintact, leaving the can uncovered and free. To facilitate this, I fit the'case body more loosely on the" can than is usual in such manufactures,-and am enabled toidoso by' the special bracingconstruction-"of the part 7 comprising my case-bottom andl inner-hoop, which increase the protection of'the can. 3

Fig. l shows the substitution ofnails d for the teeth 'or'pointsd. These areeasily. driven and of. coursejadd to the safety of'the fastening. 'Of course, they mustbe withdrawn or cut off before thebottom'and'the inner hoop can be removed. Or 'holesmay. 5

be punched through the outer and inner bandsan'd the intervening wood of the case, i

protects the same. As the said band is thus" I the lowest of the parts or devices concerned in the incasing of the canit' affords-abroad" foot or base resting on thefloor or other? support and receiving the weight of the caseii I dir'ectlyon saidflange and of the can and contents on bottom E and through'hoo'prD lower band for; a' shipping case provided with an upwardly. and inwardly bent flange surrounding an 'open spaceand arranged to be acted on bythe weight of a can and used with a separate interposed wooden bottom-is1not new, this construction being found in my own patent aforesaid.

'I am also aware that it is not new to provide cylindrical packages of confectionery and other loose material with disk-form end plugs having annular walls for fitting into the ends of said packages.

I do not claim either of said devices in this application, but

What I do claim is:

A shipping case for cans consisting of a wooden body provided with an inner metal band for the lower end of said body, an outer metal band opposite the said inner band and means for holding said bands together on the intervening Wood, the said inner band being provided with a can supporting bottom extending across the space Within said band, the said bottom and band acting as one piece and having an intervening inwardly and upwardly bent part whereby the weight of a can on said bottom transmits an outward pressure to said band causing it to bind against the wood.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE J. RECORD.

Witnesses:

M. B. SMITH, RUTH DORMAN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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