US1552999A

US1552999A - Shipping and measuring vessel

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Publication number: US1552999A
Application number: US726302A
Authority: US
Inventors: Miner Charles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-07-16
Filing date: 1924-07-16
Publication date: 1925-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1942-09-08

Description

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UNITED STATES CHARLES MINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIPPING AND MEASURING VESSEL.

Application filed July 16, 1924. Serial No. 726,302.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MINER, residing at 110 William Street, New York city, N. Y., and being a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Shipping and Measuring Vessel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a box embodying the invention.

Figure 2'*is an elevational view partly in full lines and partly in section showing a plurality of boxes conforming to the present invention in stacked relation; and

Figure 3 is a partially full line and partially sectional elevational view of a modified form of cover as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a plurality of measuring pockets or receptacles of different and predetermined capacities which are formed integrally with and preferably by pressing from a sheet metal cover or closure adapted to cooperate with any type of a shipping vessel, although preferably one of the general type illustrated in the drawings, the object being to combine with the vessel or container a cover or closure adapted to cooperate therewith in the conventional manner and at the same time provide a plurality of measuring pockets or receptacles of, say one-half teaspoonful or any multiple thereof which may be desired, the receptacles being of different capacities and being so arranged that the outer surfaces of the box or container, including its cover, project to such a normal plane as will not interfere with convenient stacking and packing for shipment of such containers.

To that end, the box 4: is provided with a cover 5, preferably of sheet metal, in which there are formed a plurality-two in the drawings-of

receptacles

6 and 7, the receptacle 6 being designed to be of a capacity when level full, while the cover is in an inverted position, of onehalf teaspoonful, and the receptacle 7 for example being, when in the same position, of one teaspoonful. It is evident that any multiple of the beforementioned capacities may be employed and the number of pockets may be increased, though a feature of the invention contemplates the projection of the pockets to substantially the same plane, as illustrated in Figure 2, in which the upper plane of the

pockets

6 and 7 presents an intermitted horizontal surface adapted to permit the fiat bottom portion of the upper receptacle 4 to rest thereon, this being true whether the bottom of the box is flanged downwardly or not, and for convenience of illustration, it

will be noted that a flange 8 is shown as formed on the bottom container of Figure 2, this flange ordinarily comprising the seamed portlon of a tin box.

The

receptacles

6 and 7 may be formed either by pressing in the cover 5 so as to project outwardly and beyond the normal plane of the box cover, or may be formed as shown in Figure 3 as projecting inwardly of the common structure combining the receptacle and the cover so as not to project beyond the normal exterior plane thereof, both types of receptacles being within the invention. The forms shown in Figures 1 and 2 do not decrease the normal capacity of the container, Whereas when the

pockets

6 and 7 are formed as shown in Figure 3, it will be obvious that the capacity of the boxes or containers 4 is diminished by the sectional area of the pockets, though the structure as a unit is somewhat reinforced and is better adapted to shipping.

What I claim is:

1. In a shipping vessel, a container, a cover adapted to cooperate therewith with the normal plane of the cover substantially in alinement with the upper edge of the container and a plurality of spaced pockets in said cover projecting to substantially a common plane beyond the normal plane of the outer face of said cover.

2. In a shipping vessel, a container, acover adapted to cooperate therewith with the normal plane of the cover substantially in alinement with the upper edge of the container, said cover being provided with a plurality of spaced pockets or receptacles of different capacities so disposed with relation to the covered container as to present a relathe total area of said cover adapted to facil-.

'the normal plane of the cover substantially. in alinement with the upper-tedgeeofthe con tainer, said cover being provided with a plurality of spaced pockets or receptacles of different capacities so disposed with relation to the covered container as to present a relatively; flat surface of an area -less;than

itate'stac'king a: plurality of covered containers.

4. A conta ner wlth vertical slde walls, a

one piece cover having marginal flanges adapted to directly engage said vertical walls and having therein a plurality of transversely extending and widely spaced pockets, the normal plane of the' cover be-- ing in substantial alinement with the top of the said side walls.

walls and a cover, the entire cover being 1' formed of asingle piece-of sheet metal having vertical edge flanges in engagement with the side walls of' the container and having a plurality 'ofwidelyspaced pockets pressed :therein, the normal plane of-the'cover being ed. to contact. with the vertical walls of the container and provided with a plurality of spaced pockets of different capacities so disposed with relation to the container as to eX- tend transversely of and nearly across; the

sarne'withits normal plane substantially in line withthe upper edge of the container. 7. A coverfor a contalner comprising a single piece of-metal pressed to form a closure having a head substantially parallel to the plane-of the top of a containerwhen-the cover is applied to acontai-ner, a container engaging flangefabout the peripheryof the head for frictional gripping engagement -with' the walls of a .conta1ner, and spaced receptacle" forming portions extending from fthehead and havingflat bottom forming 5; In combination, H/CODJCZHHBI' having slde portions. disposed in a common plane substantially parallel to'the plane of the head. fIn witness whereof I'have hereunto set my hand.'

CHARLES MINER.