US1480583A - Package for stoneware or the like - Google Patents

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' Jan. 15 1924. 1,480,533

R. P. WHITE PACKAGE FOR STONEWARE OR THE LIKE Filed'April 1, 1922Y 2 sheets-sheet x e r Y 4 Jan. 15 1924. 1,480,583

R. P. WHITE PACKAGE FOR sfroNEwAiE'oR THE LIKE Filed April l, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @CU/wrm Patented Jan. 15, 1924;

UNITEDSTATS PATENT OFFICE f RICHARD r. WHITE oF cHicAGo, ILLINoIs.

PACKAGE ron. sToNEWARn on THE LIKE.

Appiioationniiiea April 1, i922. seria; No. 548,665.

To all whom z5 mtl/y concer/n.:

13e it known that I, RICHARD P. `WHITE, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident'of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illi-" no1s,"have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages 'for Stoneware or theylike,of'vvhich1the following is a speciication and Whichfare illustrated in the accompanying "drawings, forming a' part thereof,"y 'l The invention relatesto packing heavy fragile articles @such"a`s' stoneware, thick glassware, andthe like kfor' `shipment or rough'handling Iat any time'. A'sheretofore practiced, the 'c ostof providing a safe packportion to their-value 'and the loss by break-` age in shipment and handling is encessive. The invention accordinglyfhas for its object a package for stoneware and'like articles de` signed to furnish" an Xeffective protection against' breakage, especially by kContact With other articles of the 1sanieshapevv and kind,

without being of such elaborate construction that its co'st isa `material itemiin proportion to the value ofthe article or itsrvei, iht

excessive. 'To this end the inventionA contemplates a packageorcovering which may be Lappliedlto ythe article `and held thereonlfor'receiving the blows and shocksl which would otherwise/be 'most' likelyy to be directly effective yupon the article Without completely enclosing thesame- Under .these circumstances the, article if preferred,

be displayedforsale and, in some forms,

used as desired vvhileprotected thepack-l age.

In the accompanyingy dravvings-y Fig. 1 is a perspective vievv showing one form of the improvedpackage` as `a"pplieol.to

nel@ being @riparati'ed` 1:9. facilitate/1 ilustra tion, and"y Fig?? is a perspective View similar'to Fig. 1, but partly in section other form of package. y

t The limproved. package preferably ,com-

and shovving anprises one or more bands or hoops, as 10,'

11, (Fig. 1)vand (Fig. 3), 141, 15, (Fig. 4), 16, 17 (Fig. 5), 1S (Fig. 6) or 19, 2O and 21 (Fig. 7). These bands maybe formed from any suitable inexpensive material, the bands illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive being vvoodand those illustrated in Fig?` being formed from corrugated paperboard. When Wood is' used the employment of short lengths is permitted' by formingeach band from a' series ofsections,'as 22, 23, (Figs. 1

and 2)"placedend to endiUnder these cirlcuinstances, thejends of adjacent hoop sec-y tions may be connected, as by a vvire staple 24 or all of the sections may be held in place upon the article vto be protected, by Van veri- `circling loopf25, 26of Wire (Fig. 5)..,

While the articles, `as v`27 28 and 29, selected forillustrations in Figs. ,1 to 5 inelusive, 'each comprises a substantially ,cylin drical `body 31 With a liange "or bead 32 at its rim, and the corresponding hoops 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16, 17,`are in each of these cases shovvnfas'being applied onlyl'to the 4said cylindrical body, these hoops are of suicient thickness to project'y beyond `the line of d the outer edgekof the saidilange or bead 32.

The flange or bead32, even when Wholly uny rcovered, as in Figs. 1 and 5, 'is nevertheless protectedt from contact With any upright sur- `face or v vith similar articles of the samer" vsize having like protecting hoops. n yIfv de` sired,vhovvever, a further protection may to thefhoops, as 10, `11, (Figs. 1 and) at vintervals about the same. vWhen these staves y are used,they yare preferably of a length slightly greater lthan theheight of the ari ticle to be protected.' `Without other covfbe `provided ,applying upright staves 33 ering for the top and bottom ofthe article they would accordinglylserve to prevent contact of thefends ofthe article'jvvith largesur lfaces, but additional protectionmay be pr'o-' cross pieces 34., 35,130 the, l

ided .by applying ends of the staves." l

In all casesfit` ispreferable to provide means for preventing` vertical displacement of the said hoops or bands upon the "bo'dyf` of the article., In the `form of construction illustrated in Figs.' l, 2 and 3, thecylin- I drical bodyportion 31 of thearticle`27is' foined with circumferential beads 36 (Fig. 3) one in line with each of hoops 12 and 13 and these hoops are grooved to receive the said beads. lThe staves 33 may accordingly be of such length that the cross pieces 34 and 35 are supported entirely out of contact with the ends of the article.

In Fig. 4 the wall of the article 28 is formed with annular grooves `37 and each of the hoops 14 and 15 is formed with a bead 38 upon the inside of the same for entering one of the said grooves. In Fig. 5 the wall of the article 29 is formed with circumferential ribs 39 and 40 and one of the hoops, as 17, is applied over the rib 40 and is grooved to receive the same. In this case the other hoop, as 16, is held against vertical displacement by being located between the rib 39 and the flange or bead 32 provided at the rim of the article. p

Protection for the bottom of the article may be provided without the use of the corresponding cross pieces, as 35 (Fig.V 3) if desired, by so locating one of the hoops, as 15 (Fig. 4') that its lower edge extends substantially to the plane of or below the b ottom of the article. A ring 41 may then be applied to the said hoop, as 15 to extend inwardly from the lower edge of the hoop under the bottom., of the article. Under these circumstances, the said ring and hoop will both be more firmly held upon the article if the bottom 42 of the article is circumferentially rabbeted, as at 43, to receive` the inwardly projecting portion of the ring. In the form of construction illustrated in Fig. 5, protection for the bottom of the article, as 29, is provided by wires, as 44'which extend diametrically across the same and have their opposite ends applied to and secured upon the binding loop 26.

When staples, as 24, are employed for connecting the ends ofadjacent-loop sections, as

22, 23. additional protection against dis-l placement of'the corresponding hoop, as 11, may be obtained by making one arm, as 45 of the stapleof greater length than the thickness ofthe hoop and providing the wall of the article, as-27 with recesses, as 46, for receiving the projecting-end of the staple. In the'case of a stoneware article, as 27, (Fig. 2) the said recesses, as 46, are, of course, readily formed during the manufacture of the same, before firing.

In theform of construction illustrated in Fig. G the protecting hoop 18 is applied to the article, asi-47., from one end of the same and is held against removal bythe provision of a series of interrupted ribs orA flangesl 48 and 49 formed upon the inside of the hoop and upon the outside of the article, respectively. Prefrerably these two sets of interrupted ribs are, yso located and proportioned that the -ribs ,48 upon the,inside of the hoop` may be passed `between the ends ofwadjacent against the bottom of the article, the said hoop and cross pieces will be firmly held upon the article and may be allowed vto remain in place while the article is in use, if

80 In Fig. 7 the several hoops or bands 19,

desired.

20 and `21, are applied directlyv to the article 30 and may be held in place thereon by aV suitable adhesive. I/Vhen this form of pack age is used some of the hoops, as 19 and 21 will desirably be shaped in cross section to conform in shape with the part of the article to which they are applied.l As shown,- the.

article 30 comprises the said cylindrical body 31 and marginal bead 32 and the hoops or bands-19 and 21 are respectively formed to fit over the bead 32 and over the lower edge or angl-e 51 at the bottom of the article.

I claim as my invention- 1. A 'stoneware package comprising, in combination, a or the like having an up'- wardly Afacing circumferential Lshoulder adjacent its lower edge, and a protecting hoop extending about the jar above the shoulder and underneath the jar. l

, 2. A stoneware package comprising, in combination, a jar or' the Vlike having oppositely facing circumferential shoulders, and a protectinghoop extending about the jar and engaging bothshoulders, the outer'diameter of the hoop being greater than the largest 'exterior 'diameter of the jar.

3. A package for frangible articles, comprising in combination an article having cire. l

cumferential shoulders, protecting bands engaging the exterior surface of said article between said shoulders, stavesV of greater length than the article secured to said bands, and heads secured to said staves. Y

4. A package for astoneware or like article comprisingin combination, a split protecting band surrounding the article,means for securing the ends of said band together and means comprising interengaging members formed on the wall of the article and on the band for preventing axial displacement of the band.

5. A package for a stoneware or like article comprising, in combination, a protecting band surrounding the article and pro- Ajectingbeyond its end, means preventing Aaxial displacement of the band comprising interengaging members formed on the wall ofthe article and on the band and a protecting element appliedto one end, of the band and extending inwardly therefrom over the the article and band for preventing axial end of the article. displacement of said band, and a protecting 6. A package for stoneware or like article element secured to 'one end of said band and 1U comprising, in combination, a protecting extending inwardly therefrom over one end 'I band of substantially uniform diameter of said article. l

throughout its length surrounding the article, interengaging means on the Wall of RICHARD P. WHITE.

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