US1641030A - Transportation container - Google Patents

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1,641,030 Aug. 30,1927. M. GROSS TRANS PORTATI ON C ONTA I NER Filed March 19,26

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Mosns GROSS, or ronrwonrn, Texas.

TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER.

- Application filed. March 23, 1926. Serial No. 36,744.

ble or practicable to ship such goods without loss because there will be no deterioration of the goods and no loss of goods and the goods will be maintained fresh indefinitely, because they will not be affected by, variable weather conditions; and another advantage is that the containers can be prepared and the goods shipped with very little, if any, additional cost, and the containers will be acceptable to the transportation companies because there will be less liability of claims for damages, Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application. 7

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the box.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken sectional view of the box.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

.The container consists of a box 1 0. any suitable design and a lid 2. The box is made of two walls or a double wall throughout, having an outer wall 3 and an inner wall 4. The lid 2 also has an inner wall 5 and an outer wall 6. The lid 2 has a depending fiange for retaining the lid on the box. The object of the two wall members spaced apart is to fill in between the two walls an insulation which will prevent cold air and heated air from passlng through the walls. The goods may be placed in the box and shipped long distances or stored for periods of time without affecting the contents of the box. Some material, preferably powdered charcoal 8, is placed in the spaces between the walls. The material may be placed between the walls in any suitable manner. One advantage of the powdered charcoal is that it will be easily movable, so that it can be evenly distributed. The inner wall a is in the form of an open top box. The filler 8 is placed on the bottom 9 to the required thickness. The structure forming the inner wall 4 is then placed on the filler 8 and spaced from the outer wall 3 all about the side wall. The filler 8 is then poured in between the inner and outer walls until the filler is flush with the upper edges of the inner and outer walls. The filler is then sealed in between the walls by a sealing strip 10 which may in some instances be placed on top of the edges, as shown in Fig. 2, or lapped down on the sides of the walls as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The top 2 of the box or container is in the form of an open top box. The lid is inverted and the filler placed therein and the filler is sealed therein by the inner wall 5.

The bottom'wall 9 is extended on all sides to form a sealing flange 11 and the depending flange '2 bears against the flange 11 to perfect the sealing of the container againstthe admission of air.

From the showing in the drawings and description, it is seen that an economical container is provided which will securely protect the contents of the box against weather or temperature conditions and will also protect the contents of the box against vermin. The container is thus well adapted for shipping confectionery and other edibles into any kind of climate and this fact has been thoroughly demonstrated under various heat and cold conditions.

What I claim is,

1. A transportation container forcandy and other perishable food comprising a box having double wall members spaced apart on all sides and the bottom, a lid for said box, an insulating filler filling all the spaces between said wall members, and means for sealing said filler in the side and end walls consisting of a sheet of material placed on the upper edges of the wall and lapped partly down on the inside of the wall and lapped on the entire outer wall to the bottom thereof.

2. A transportation container for candy and other perishable food comprising a box' having double wall members spaced apart on all sitles and the bottom, an insulating tiller filling all the spaces between said wall members, means for sealing said filler in the side and end Walls consisting of material placed on the upper edges of the wall and lapped partly (flown on the inside of the wall members and lapped on the entire outer Wall to the bottom thereof, and a lid for the box cooperating with said sealing means.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand this 20th clay of March, 1926.

MOSES GROSS.

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