US1344455A - Metal container - Google Patents

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A. SCHROEDER.

METAL CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED-00130. 1919.

1 344,455 Patented June 22, 1920.

construction, cheap of manufacture and "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY SCHROEDER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

' METAL conrnrnnn.

To all whom it may concern: 4 Be it known that I, ANTHONY SoHRoEDER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of".Cuyahoga.and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Containers, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in metal containers or barrelsand pertains to that type designed for the transportation of substances'which require them to be positively sealed against the atmosphere.

Important objects of the invention reside in the manner in which the cover of the container may be frequently removed and both simply and eflectively resealed after use, the provision of a container which does not revquire the use of any special tool for opening or rescaling, and the provision of a container which will be exceedingly simple in highly eflicient in use and which will be better adapted to its intended purposes than any device of a like class with which I am acquainted. With the foregoing ends in view my invention consists in the novel constructiom arrangement and combinationof parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. j, Referring to the" drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts of reference throughout the various vlews, Figure 1 is a plan view of a container constructed in accordance with the principles above set forth; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectiorf on the line- 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an enlarged section showing another method of locking the cover in place. I,

As illustrated in the drawings the container comprises a cylindrical drum or body portion 1 of sheet metal, this has'secured to it the ends, one of which is designated at 2, by means of the joint 3, this joint is formed by an annular bead formed by the end 2 having its outer-periphery bent in such a shape" as to allow it to interlock with a correspondingly shaped bead of the body 1, and provides thereby a. rigid and extremely tight joint. A circular opening din the end is formed with an upturned flange 5 beside said open- "ing, which flange is inclined outwardly'and terminates in a plurality of equally spaced V putturned ears or projections 6. The cover flange and Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J ne 22, 192() Application filed October 30,1919. Serial No. 334,553.

gether as shown at ll.

In Fig. 3 I have shown another way} of sealing the cover in place. This consists in havlng the ears 6 bent over and about the flange 8 of the cover which is sufficient to securely lock the same in place. method dispenses with the use of locking wire, but has the disadvantage of mutilating the container to such an extent that after several openings have been made the container is rendered unfit for further use. It is obvious that various changes in form proportionsand minor structural details may be made without departing from the principles heretofore set forth and I do not wish to limit myself in the construction of the same further than is required by the state of the art or that which comes within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim. r f 1. The combination with a metal barrel having an opening in the top thereof surrounded by a flange, said flange terminating in a'series of spaced out turned projections,

tween the said projections, said cover a aptedto engage andv fit within the flange around the opening and fastening means engaging between the projections on the top those on the cover flange, to hold the cover inplace.

2. The "combination with a metal barrel having an opening in the top thereof sur- This.

rounded by a flange, said flange terminating in a series of spaced out turned projections, a cover having a flange provided with a seriesofidown turned projections fitting between the. said projections, said cover adapted to engage and fit within the flange around the opening, and a band threaded alternately over the projections of the cover 116 and under the projections around the openmg 3 j 2 4 ranges 3. The combination of a barrel having an opening and an outwardly projecting flange around said opening, said flange terminating 'in a plurality of spaced ears extending at an inclination from the edge of the flange, ing an outwardly projecting flange fitting Within the said flange and terminating in a plurality of spaced ears extending between said ears and at an angle thereto, and a band extending varound in the angle between the two sets of ears.

4, The combination of a barrel having an opening and an outwardly projecting flange around said opening, said flange terminating in a plurality of spaced ears extending at an inclination from the edge of the flange, a cover fitting said opening and having an outwardly projecting flange, fitting within a cover fitting said opening and havthe said flange and terminating in a plurality of spaced ears extending between said ears and at an angle thereto, and means engaging said ears to fasten the cover inplace.

5. The combination of a barrel having an opening with a plurality of spaced ears inclined outwardly from the edge of said opening, and a cover fitting the opening and having a plurality of spaced ears fitting be- -tween said ears and forming an angle there- 1 with, and a band extending around in the angle between the two sets of ears, to hold the cover in 'place.

In testimony whereof, I do afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY SOHROEDER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, EUGENE A. CANNING.

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