US1552134A - Can - Google Patents

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Sept. 1, 1925.

I 1,552,134 S. FREY CAN led l darch 28, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet J IN V EN TOR.

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Se t. 1,1925. 1,552,134 s. FREY CAN I Filed uarbh 28 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR.

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' Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES sremunn user, or Los AHGELES, cemronma.

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Application filed March 2a, 1923. Serial 1%. 628,211.

.State of California, have invented a new and useful Can, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cans of the type employed for holding garbage, lard and other substances. Y

An object of .the invention is to so construct the cans that they may be readily superposed to form a straight tier of cans that will be secure against toppling over.

Another object is to detachably secure the coversto the can bodies by a comparatively simple device.

A further object is to make provision for automatically forcing up the lidby' opera- ,tion of the bail of the can.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing superposed cans constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sectional elevation of the cans shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevation, partly in section, showing the can provided with a modification of the device for detachably holding the cover in place.

Fig. i is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the can provided with a still different modification of the de vice for detachably holding the cover in place.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the can cover provided with a modification of the device for detachably holding the cover in place.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental side elevation of one of the cans shown in Figure 1 with the bail raised into position to loosen the cover.

' Fig. 7 is a'seotional elevation of Fig ure. 6. Fig. 8 is a fragmental side elevation, similar to Figure 6, showing a modification of the means for engaging and lifting the.

cover.

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of Figure 8. The tubular body 5 of the can may be circular or of any other suitable form, and

is provided with a flan ed bottom 6, the flange being indicated at In the instance shown, the bottom 6 is connected vwith the body 5 by a double seam 8. I Theg'upper end or rim of the body 5 is formed with the usual rounded head or roll 9, and removably seated on said head is a cover 10. The portion of the cover 10 that engages the head 9 constitutes a rim-engaging seat 12 that liesbetween a shoulder 13 and a flange 14 of the cover. The edge of the flange 14 may be finished with a bead or roll 15. The outside diameter of the shoulder 13;is slightly less than the inside- -diameter of the flange 7 so that the'bottom of a similarly constructed can will fi t'over the shoulde'r'13 and rest on the seat 12, as

in Fig. 1, thus enabling the cans to be readily stacked one onanother for 'shippin and storing. The cover 10 is downwardly ished, as indicated at 16, and is provided on the dished portion with a suitable handle 17. The dishing of the cover is sufli'cient to permit the handle 17 to be contained between the cover and the bottom of the other can a that is seated on the cover, as clearly'shown in Figure 2. To increase the clearance between the handle of the can-below and the bottom of the can above, if desired, the bottom 6 of the can maybe recessed upwardly, as indicated at 18.

' Fastening devices are provided for detachably retaining the cover in place on the can body and such devices may be variously constructedat the time that the cover is stamped, the devices preferably being produced by a punching or pressing operation. In Figures 1 and 2 are illustrated fastening devices constituted b inwardly projecting cover. The punches 19 are'formed by indentations in the flange 14 just beneath the The fastening evices hold t e cover se-' ourely enough for ship'p' and to prevent displacement of the cover y dogs or other.

'90 punches or beads 19 m the flange 14 of the animals. In Fig. 5 the punch 191 is continuous to form an inwardl rounded bead extending. entire y around the lid flan In Fl g ure 3 the fastening devices for the projecting cover are constituted b punches which form tongues 20 out from .t e flange along three edges of the tongie and pressed or stamped inwardly from lie beneath the bead 9, the tongues extende cover-flange 14 so as to.

in g at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the can and the upper edges of the tongues engaging the under side of the bead 9.v The bead 9 being rounded enables the tongues to slip past said bead when the cover. is applied or removed.

In Figure 4 the fastening devices are constituted byinwardly extending punches which form rounded or convex projections 21 that are cut from the flange 14 along the upper margins of the projections and are punched inwardly so that the upper edges of the projections engage the under side of tions the rounded character of the punches and bead result in the cover being yield in 1 held in closed position.

. e foregoing described fastening de- .vices or any other suitable cooperating means on the cover and can body may be employed for detachably securing the cover in lace. it the present time shippers oflard and similar substances are employing cans" of the type manufactured more especially and used for holding garbage. In fact, garbage cans are purchased and the lard or other I chased for the purpose of holding Such cans of the usual construetmn cannot substances placed in .them and shipped. After the substance has been disposed of at retail, the can is sold and is generally purbe readily stacked, one u 11 another, because -of thepresence of e handle on the covers of..the cans. By the construction above described,.the covers can be rovided with handles and such handles wil not interfere with the stacking of the cans. When these cans have been relieved oftheir contents, they can be sold for the purpose of holding garbage and, if the pur. aser desires, he may press the dished-p0 ion 16 of the cover upwardl so as to eliminate the dishing in order t atrain will not collect on the cover in case of the'can being used for garbage and positioned out of doors, as

. is customary.

From the foregoing it will be clear that the can, constructed as above described,is

yery simple,'and is superior in several respects to the cans at resent employed for holding lard and the like, since cans of this construction can be stacked one upon another without danger of toppling over and since the covers are temporarily secured in place. This securing of the covers has the with a bail 22 which is connected at its opposite ends by bearings 23 to the side wall of the can. One end of the bail 22- is extended to form an arm 24 which may be angular, as shown- In-this instance the arm 24 is parallel with 'the bail and is longer than the distance between the adjacent bearing 23 and the edge of the can whenthe cover rests on the seat 12 with the punches 19 engaging beneath the bead 9. Thus, when the bail 22 is in its lowered position as in Figure 1, the arm 24 is not in engagement with the cover but, when the bail 22 is raised into substantially -a vertical position, as would result in picking up the can by the bail, the arm 24 engages the cover and forces the same upwardlyto loosen it from the can body, so that the cover can be readily removed. As seen in Figure 1, when the bail 22 is lowered, the arm 24 hugs the side of the can so that, as the bail is raised, said arm will not fail to enga e the cover. To secure this result the bail 1s sprung to normally hold its ends toward each other when the bail is in lowered position as in Figure 1 and, as the bail springs into position to engage and force upwardl the cover, thearm 24 is forced outwardly y engagement with theside of the can, thus. slightly spreadlng the bail. If thecover were not yieldingly held in place, it couldv be easily removed by simply raising it by the handle, but being so held, the rovision of the arm 24 enables the cover to e forced 0 en with little or no exertion on the part of t e operator.

inga modificatlon of the means for engaging and liftin the cover, the bail is indi- Now referrin to Figures 8 and 9, showcated at 25 an is connected by bearings 26 lar to the arm 24 except' that the arm 27 extends at an angle to the ail so that when the bail is moved from a position on the near side of the can in Figure 8 into vertical position, the arm 27 'willnot engage the can cover. However, the arm 27 is longer than i the distance between the bearing 26 and the. edge of the cover, 'when the cover is tightly closed, and thus, if the bail 25 be swung downwardly from its vertical position toward the far side of the can in Figure 8, the

to the side wall of the can. One end of the .bail 25 is extended to form an arm 27, similoosen it so that it can be readily removed.

The construction of the bail 22 and arm 24 in Figures 6 and? will be preferable if the can is to be usedfor holding garbage, since the lid will be automatically loosened when the bail is raised into vertical position by the garbage collector as he lifts the can to carry it to the garbage-disposal truck. The construction shown'in Figures'8 and 9 will be preferable when the cans are employed in transporting laid and other substances since, desirable to loosen the covers whenthe can is being carried by the hail from place to place.

in handling the cans, it is un- 1 claim: A can having a the body of the can,

havi'n an arm atone end to bear against bail being sprung to 'ered position and said arm being 'force the can as the bail 1s swung into position to en age and force upwardly the cover.

igned at Los'Angeles, 23d day of March, 1 923.

SIGMUND flanged cover fitting over I and a bail for the can California, this EREY. I

the. e ge of the cover flange when the bail. is moved to position to raise said arm, said I normally hold itsends toward each other when the bail is in low

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