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H. E. HOOD.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, I915.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

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if @A AFN? HUBERT EDWIN HOOD, OF BUFFALO, NEN YGRK, ASSIGNOE, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE F. F. DALLEY CGRPGRATIONS, LIMITED, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA,

A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT EDWIN HOOD, a citizen of Canada, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Boxes, of which the following is a pecification.

This invention relates to a box which is more particularly designed for packing shoe polishing paste although the same may also be used for packing other materials.

it is essential in boxes used for packing shoe lilacking that a tight joint is maintained between the cover and the body thereof so that air will be excluded from its contents and the latter prevented from drying out. \Vhen, however, a tight joint is produced between the cover and body itis usually very difficult to open the box by means of the hands only.

It is therefore the purpose of this invention to provide a box of this character with an opening device which is comparatively simple and compact in construction, which requires no more metal in its manufacture than that used in the manufacture of the boxes heretofore in use, which permits of obtaining a powerful leverage so as to enable the box to be easily opened, and which is so constructed that the same can be very easily and readily manipulated by any one having no previous experience with the same.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a box equipped with my improved opening device and showing the box in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the box, showing the opening device partly in section and the cover lifted part way from the body. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken in line 4%, Fig. 1 looking downwardly. Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary vertical transverse sections taken in the correspondingly numbered lines in Figs. 1 and 8, respectively. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary horizontal. section taken in line 7-7, Fig. 1, looking upwardly.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Although my improvements are applicable to boxes which may be used for various purposes and which may vary in general design, that shown in the drawings is more particu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, i ilt- Serial No. 6,753.

larly intended for packing shoe blacking paste and comprises a lower circular body which is provided with a bottom 1 and an up wardly projecting annular flange 2 at the edge of the bottom, and a circular cover having a t p 3 and a downwardly projecting annular flange at which its over the flange of the body. in its closed position the lower edge of the cover flange is ar ranged close to or actually engages with an annular outwardly n'ojectin g head. or shoulder formed on. the flange of the body. 'fhcsc two parts of the box are preferably constructed of tin or other suitable material in any usual and well known manner. My

structed as follows: On the outer side of one part of the cover flange is arranged a supporting bracket which in its preferred form comprises a horizontal web 6 projecting outwardly from the lower edge of the cover flange, an upright wall 7 projecting upwardly from the outer edge of the web and substantially parallel with the cover flange, and a stop lip 8 projecting horizontally inward, or substantially so, from the upper edge of the wall toward the cover flange and preferably into engagement with the same, as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6. This bracket is preferably constructed integrally with the cover from the same sheet of metal, it being possible to do this without using any more metal than has heretofore been required to produce an ordinary cover inasmuch as this bracket can be stamped out of the metal which has heretofore been cut away between adjacent cover blanks and wasted.

The web of the bracket is providedwith an opening or slot 9 which preferably is of the same width as the distance between the wall and the cover flange but terminates at its opposite ends short of the ends of the web so as to retain a connection between the wall and the lower edge of the cover flange, as best shown in Figs. i and 7. A lever is provided for lifting the cover from the body with ease and certainty, this lever being preferably constructed from a piece of metal wire in the form of the letter U so as to produce an inner bearing arm 10 which is comparatively short, an outer operating arm 11 which is adapted to be grasped by the fingers for manipulating the lever and a bight or cross piece 12 connecting the corresponding inner ends of these lever arms. The bight of this lever is arranged in an opening 13 formed in the wall of the bracket adjacent to the upper end thereof and about vertically in line with one end of the slot 9 whereby a pivotal connection is produced between this lever and the bracket. W hen thus assembled the short inner or bearing arm of the lever is arranged between the inner side of the wall of the bracket and the outer side of the cover flange while the outer operating arm of the same is arranged outside of the bracket wall, as shown in Figs. 5 7;

In the normal closed position of the box the lever projects downwardly from its pivot at an angle to the shoulder or bead of the body, as shown in Fig. 1 in which position the inner arm of the lever may rest loosely against the shoulder or head of the body. \Vhen it is desired to open the box it is only necessary to turn the lever in a direction which will cause its inner arm to turn downwardly into an'upright position whereby this inner arm by passing downwardly through the slot of the bracket and sweeping over a part of the body bead will cause the cover to be pried up or lifted from the body a suflicient extent to loosen the same, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the complete removal of the cover may be effected subsequently with comparative ease by sole use of the fingers. By arranging the pivot of the lever about in line with one end of the slot said end serves as a stop which limits the throw or swing of the lever in the direction for opening the box and arrests this opening movement when the lever reaches a vertical position in which it has produced the maximum lifting efiect which it is possible to exert upon the box by the lever. By providing the upper end of the wall with an inturned stop lip this wall is not only braced and prevented from becoming displaced while handling or packing the box but this lip also serves as a stop which limits the upward movement of the inner arm of the lifting lever and insures retaining the lever in its proper position so that an inexperienced person will have no difficulty in properly manipulating this lever for the purpose of opening the box. The lower end of the inner bearing arm of the lever is preferably flattened or broadened somewhat, as shown in Figs. 4-7, so as to increase the extent of its contact with the body bead or shoulder and thereby insure proper lifting of the cover from the body. This opening device as a whole is very simple in construction, the same can be produced without any material increase in cost, it permits of packing boxes for shipment as closely as has been possible heretofore, and persons without any previous ex perience are capable of opening the box readily and quickly. Furthermore, this construction of opening device in nowise affects the air tight joint between the cover and the body, so that there is no liability of the contents of the box drying out by the entrance of air.

I claim as my invention:

A box comprising a body having a flange provided *ith an outwardly projecting annular bead or shoulder, a cover having a flange 'fitting over the flange of the body and provided on its. outer side with a bracket having a web projecting laterally from the lower edge of the cover flange, an upright wall projecting upwardly from the outer edge of said web and along the outer side of said cover flange, a slot in said'web and a stop lip projecting inwardly from the upper edge of said wall toward the cover flange, and a lever pivoted on said Wall and having an inner arm arranged between the wall and cover flange and adapted to swing upwardly into engagement with said step lip or downwardly through said slot and against one end of the latter and also against said body shoulder and an outer arm arranged outside of said wall and adapted to be manipulated.

Witness my hand this 6th day of February, 1915.

HUBERT EDWIN HOOD. Witnesses THEO. L. PoPP, E. M. GRAHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

'Washington, D. C.

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