US1718684A - Salt shaker - Google Patents

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' MW: 25, 1929. E..G.COBELLI 1,718,684

SALT SHAKER Filed June 18*, 1928 Inventor .27. c caaezza' A fizwwza.

Attorney Patented June 25, 1929.

' UNITED STATES EDWIN G. COBELLI, OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.

SALT SHAKER.

Application filed June 18, 1928. Serial No. 286,296.

The present invention relates to an improved shaker for salt, pepper or other condiments, or in fact for powdered or finely divided material which it may be desired to take out of the box or other receptacle; and

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the shaker embodying the features of my invention,

' and Figure 2 is a vertical section thercthrough. Referring to the drawin in detail it will be seen that the box or bofy 5 is in the pre ferred embodiment of a frusto-conical formation merging at its upper smaller end into a cylindrical externally threaded neck 6 to receive the internally threaded flange 7 of the concavo-convex cap 8.

The lower or larger end of the frusto- .conical body 5 merges into an inverted fruso-conical flange 9 the bottom of which merges into a ring bottom plate 10. The inner edge of the ring bottom plate 10 merges into a substantially frusto-conical discharge funnel directed up into the body 5.

This funnel is curved longitudinally with its convex surface inwardly. This funnel merges into a concavo-convex perforated top 12.

By moving the shaker up and down in substantial vertical direction it will be seen that the contents thereof will be directed r upwardly and suspended in the upper portion' of the structure so as to gravitate down through the apcrtured cap 12.

The shaker may be made of metal, glass or other suitable material. The present embodimcnt of the invention has been disclosed 40 in considerable detail merely for the purposes ofexemplification since in actual practice it will attain the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention andthe above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacri- 5o ficing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is A shaker of the class described comprising a frusto-conical body merging at its up per end into a cylindrical neck, a cylindrical flange dctachably engaged on the neck and havlng a concavo-convex cap thereon, the bottom edge of the body merging into a downwardly directed inverted frusto-conical flange merging in turn to a horizontally inwardly directed ring plate bottom which merges in turn into an upwardly and inwardly directed frusto-conieal funnel terminating into a concavo-convex erforated extremity, the funnel bein ongitudinally curved to present an inwardly disposed concave face.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

EDWIN G. BELLI.

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