US1804891A

US1804891A - Container for insecticides, etc.

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Publication number: US1804891A
Application number: US342186A
Authority: US
Inventors: Newman Milton Thayer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-02-23
Filing date: 1929-02-23
Publication date: 1931-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 1948-05-12

Description

May 12, 1931. M -r. NEWMAN I CONTAINER FOR INSECTICIDES, ETC

Filed Feb. 23. 1929 2 'Shiss-Sheet 1 Milton Thg a r' N INVENTOR. EWTTLEU'L ATTQRNEYS.

May 12, 1931. M. NEWMAN CONTAINER FOR INSECTICIDES, ETC

Filed Feb. 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIIUIHII INVENTOR.

M-Luun THELHEP Newman w ATTORNE The primary object of this invention is the in.

Patented May 12, 1931 i MILTON THAYER' KEV-IMAM, OF JAGKSGNV ILLE, FLQRIDA CONTAINER FUR IZ-EEECLZCEDES, ETC.

' Application filed February 23, Serial No. 342,186. v

This invention relates to improvements in the body and cover portions respectively of containers especially well adapted for receiva modified form of container constructed in ing insecticides, germicides, or disinfecting accordance with the objects of this invenmaterial. tion, and showing the relative openings thereprovision of a relatively economically con- F igure9 is a view ofthe parts interfitted in structed box or receptacle which comprises a such relation that the openings of the body plurality of complementary interfitting parts and closure parts of the modified form of adapted to preferably receive an insecticide, invention are staggered and out of aligning 19 germicide, or disinfectant, but which may relation to completely close the compartment 60 receive other materials; the parts of which of the box. are provided with openings that are out of Figure 10 is a perspective view of the modialignment and in staggered relation to perfied form of box of Figure 9, with the body. mit a complete closing of the compartment and closure parts completely interfitted in a of the receptacle or container, when not in different relation than that shown in Figure 65 use, and the parts of which maybe rear- 9, preferably by inverting the closure portion ranged in a complete interfitted relation to of Figure 8, so as to cause an alignment of align the openings ofthe respective partsto the transverse openings in the parts ofthe expose the compartment and the materlal modified box, to provide an ingress opening therein, so that fumes from a disinfectant, or for insects, to the poisonous materials pref- 70 a passageway for the ingress of insects or the erably provided in the compartment. like may be provided, for access to the mate- Figures 11 and 12 are taken respectively rials therein, which are ordinarily poisonous, on the lines shownin Figures 9 and 10 respecif the device is used for receiving an insectitively. I cide. I Figures 13 and 14: are perspective views of Other objects and advantages of this in the body-and closure portions of a second vention will be apparent during the course modified form of container, adapted to re f the following detailed description. ceive materials such as an insecticide, and In the accompanying drawings, forming which are provided with relatively staggered a part of this specification, and wherein openings therein which may be placed in or simil reference C 1 designate correout of alignment to close or open the com spending parts throughout the'several views, partment of the boX to the atmosphere when Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the the parts are completely interfitted.

inter-fitting body and closure parts of a pre- Figure 15 is a view showing the parts of ferred type of container on u d 111 the second modified form of container inter- Cordance Wlth the oblects abovementlonedfitted in such relation that the transverse Figure 3 ShOWS the Parts of Figures 1 and openings thereof are out of alignment to com- 2, interfitted to completely close the c01npartt n, close the Compartment of the ment of thecontainer with the materials enm ii i i V S M H 611mm of Figure 16 is a perspective view of the'inh t g 3 5 d 2 terfitte-d parts of the second modified form of an: was: MW n i the parts completely interfitted', f relatlon from that shown 1n F gure 15, caused 45 pose the materials therein I by lnverting the closure portlon of the con- Figures 5 and 6 are respective sectional t w y to allgn the transverse P views taken on their respective section lines g of the Parts of a t0 p designated in Figures 3 and i of the drawgress passagewaysfor 1nsects,t0the POISOnous material.

ings- Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of Figure 17 1s a transverse sectlonal view 7 taken substantially on its line 17 -17 of Figure 15.

Figure 18 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 1818 of Figure 16, showing the container supported upon a vertical standard or support.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shown preferred and modified forms of the invention, the letters A, B and C may respectively designate the preferred, first modified, and second modified forms of the improved container for insecticides and the like.

Referring to the form of invention A, the same comprises a body portion D and a closure portion E. The portions D and E are of the intertittiug slide type of container, and in this connection the body D may comprise a bottom 10, of plane formation, having upstanding end walls 11 and 12 and side walls 13 and 14. The shape of the body D may be square, rectangular, or it may be polygonally or otherwise formed. It defines a compartment which is open at the top of the body, and which may he closed by a closure E of the telescoping type. In the compar ment, upon the bottom, 10, is a poison in the form of an edible gummy material, which includes a base ingredient impregnated with some poisonous ingredient.

The side walls 13 and 14 are respectively provided with openings 19 and 20 therethrough; the opening 19 being adjacent the end wall 11 and the opening 20 being adjacent the end wall 12; said openings preferably being less in height than the height of the walls 13 and 14.

The closure E is of the box type, including the

side walls

22 and 23 and the parallel spaced connecting

walls

25 and 26, either of which may be a bottom or top wall, depending upon the manner in which the box body D is slipped into the closure E. The

side walls

22 and 23 are respectiyely provided with

openings

27 and 28, adjacent opposite ends of the closure E, so that transversely, in a line normal to the longitudinal axis of the closure E, said openings do not overlap. The passageway in the closure of course. receives the body D, in an intertitting relation therein. With the wall 26 up permost and the body 1) slipped into the closure E, it is to be noted that the

openings

20 and 28, of the abutting side walls 14 and 23 of the body and closure of the box respectively, are in staggered non-aligning relation, and similarly the openings 19 and 27 of the

side walls

13 and 22 of the box body and closure D and E respectively are in nonaligning relation. In this position of parts the compartment of the box body is entire- 1y closed Ofli by the closure E. Thus, the box may be used for receiving articles in a sealed or enclosed manner against liability of escape of theeontent-s thereof; against liability of access of insects thereto; and against liability of escape of fumes or materials therefrom. However, merely by re versely inverting one of the parts, say the closure E, as shown in Figure 4:, the opening 27 of the side wall 23 is aligned with the abuttin side wall 14, for the purpose of exposing the contents 17, preferably poison bait, or an insecticide of any approved nature, and similarly, at the opposite side of the box, with the parts so interfitted, the openings 28 and 19 are aligned, with the

side walls

13 and 23 abutting. Thus, two ingress openings are provided in the interfitted parts of the box for access of insects to the box.

In the first modified form of box ll, the same includes the body F and closure G. The former includes a bottom 30, with upstanding end walls 31 and and upstanding side walls 33 and 234i; the latter having

elongated openings

36 and 37 respectively, the ends of which openings are defined by upwardly convergent edges, and the height of said openings from the bottom being less than onehalf the distance of the walls defining the height of the box body. The poison bait or material 37 is aflixed or rests on the bottom 30 within the compartment of the box body 1*.

The closure G is of the box t ype, including the side walls 40 and ll and the spaced parallel connecting

walls

42 and 43, defining therebetween a passageway within which the body F is interfitted, in a relation which is well known. The side walls 40 and 4-1 are provided respectively with openings 45 and 16, which are elongated longitudinally of said walls, and in height are less than the height of the closure (i; said

openings

45 and 46 extending from the wall 13 thru less than one half of the height of the walls 41, and the ends thereof being designated by edges or margins which converge from the wall 43 to the longitudinal edges which terminate intermediate the

walls

42 and 43, as shown in Figure 8.

When the part F inter-titted in the part G, with the box body F in its natural upstanding position, resting: on the plane bottom 30, with the wall 4-3 of the closure G uppermost, it is quite apparent that the openings 3b and of the abutting); side walls 33 and 4-0 respectively will lie offset and not in overlapping relation. Similarly, the open.- ings 37 and 1-6 of the walls 341 and 41 respectively will not overlap. This permits the compartmentof the body F to be entirely closed and shut off when the body F is interfitted in the closure G, as is well shown in Figure 9, and the contents 3*? enclosed and sealed against escape, loss, or access from the exterior thereto.

Merely by inverting the closure G, and intertitting the parts, the walls 3 and 40 of the parts F and G respectively will liein abutfIl ment, withtheir openingsS? and lo aligning to provide an ingress opening to the compartment of the box B. Similarly, the

walls

33 and 41 will lie in abutment, with the

openings

36 and 46 in alignment to provide an opposite ingress opening to the compartment of the box B.

The second modified form of box C is somewhat different in construction, but possesses a characteristic principle of the forms of invention above described. The body comprises the interfitting body and closure parts H and K.

The box body H preferably comprises a plane bottom 50, with

upstanding end walls

51 and 52, and

parallel side walls

53 and 54. The bottom supports the material 55, which in the preferred instance is some poisonous bait or insecticide.

Each of the walls 53 and of the body H I are provided with a pair of spaced openings;

the wall 53 having the said openings and 61, and the wall 54 having openings 6?) and 64 therein diametrically opposed to the openings 60 and 61. The

openings

60, 61,63 and 6 1 have individual vertical heights less than one-half of the height of the wall in which placed; the said openings extending from the bottom 50 upwardly along said walls. The

said openings may be diagonally inclined on the walls. The box body H is, of course,

open at the top thereof.

. The closure K comprises the

side walls

67 and 68 and the .normal spaced connecting walls 70 and 71-, either of which may be the relation therein.

top wall, depending upon the manner. in which the closure is assembled upon the body. The passageway through the closure K, of course, receives the body H in an interfitted The wall. 71 is imperforate. The wall. 70 is preferably provided with a plurality of openings 74. therein, of any approved number, which may be diamond-shape. This wall 70 when the box body H is slipped into the closure K, with the bottom 50 in abutmentwith the wall 70,

closes off the openings 74. However, when the box closure K-is inverted and in the position shown 1n Figure 16, with the box body slipped therein, the openings 74 form means of ingress to the compartment of the box C. The

side walls

67 and 68 .are each provided with a pair of openings therein. The wall 67 has

openings

77 and 88 therein, and the wall 68 has openings 79 and 80 therein.

These pairs of openings extend through onehalf the height of their respective side walls, extending from a location in the plane of the wall 71, and their other ends terminating eni tirely short of the wall 70. The said openthe open top of the body H, as shown. in Figure 15, the compartment of the box C will be entirely closed and the contents sealed therein. However, by: inverting the position of the' closure K, the

walls

53 and 68 of the body H and closure K will lie in abutment, and the pairs of

openings

60 and 79 and 61 and 80 aligned to form means of ingress to the compartment of the box. Similarly the walls 67 and 5 1 will lie in abutment, with the pairsof openings 63 and Z7 and 6 1 and 88 placed in alignment to form means of ingress to the compartment. In this position of parts, the openings 74 will of course form means of ingress to the compartment. I

lVith any of the forms of boxes, means may be provided to suspend the same. Thus,

it is preferred that the box or container Cbe provided with a flap 90,which may be metallic or otherwise, secured to an end of the'im perforate wall 71, and which has an opening 91 therein for receiving a nail or like suspending element 93*, by means of which the box may be suspended vertically from a support L. In this position, to prevent the box body from dropping from the closure K, it is preferred to provide another bendable flap 93, uponthe opposite end of the imperforate wall 71, as shown in Figures 1 1, 15 and 18 of the drawings, which may be bent be neath the end wall of the box body H, to prevent a separation of the box body and closure, as shown in Figure 18. w i

I am well aware that exterminators or containers for receiving insect poison and the like, have heretofore been provided. One popular form of such container is that of a tube with a cake of poison set therein. How-- ever, as some insects, such .as roaches, are

rather timid, the insect, when crawling into the open end of the tube, sets it into'rolling motion, which frightens the insect away.'

This is avoided in the case of my improved box, since it has a plane bottom and there will be no liability of rolling or movement to frighten the insect away. Furthermore, in the case of the conventional tube, no means is provided for sealing the same, for transportation, storage, orto close off the poison material thereof prior to use, or when not de sired to be used. With. my improved exterminator or insecticide receiving container these features are important. It is neces sary to maintain them in storage. or instance, steamships and other watercraft are large users of insecticide and exterminatorsi \Vith the tubular type, the motion of the craft sets it in rolling motion, and it is practically worthless. In my improved container, these objections have all been overcome.

Various changes in the shape, size, and are rangement of parts may be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described,- without departing from the spirit of the in vention or the scope of the claims.

I claim: a

1. In a container of the class described the combination of a body having a compartment therein and a box-like closure having a passageway for slidably receiving said body, the said body and closure each having side walls, each having openings therein in such relation that the body and closure may be interfitted to shut OK the openings of one with respect to the other to completely enclose the compartment of the body and the con tents thereof, the parts being relatively reversible for interfitting to align said openings for the provision of ingress and egressways to the compartment of the body.

2. In a container of the class described the combination of a box consisting of a pair of relatively slidably interfitted parts comprising a body and a closure therefor, the body including a bottom with upstanding side and end walls, and the closure including spaced upper and lower walls with connecting side walls defining a passageway open. at the ends of the closure for slidably receiving the body therein, the side walls of the body and closure being provided with openings therethrough extending less than one-half the height of the respective wallson which 0- sitioned, and so related that when the body and closure are interfitted in one position the openings of the body side walls will be overlapped by unimperforated parts of the side walls of the closure, and upon inverse interfitting the openings of the side walls of the body and closure will align to provide ingress and egress ducts to the compartment.

3. In an insect exterminator a container comprising a pair of relatively interfitted parts including a compartment providing body and a closure with a passageway for slidably receiving the body therein, said parts having transverse openings therethrough in such relation that when the parts are interfitted the openings of one part will be covered by an imperforate part of the other part, and upon inversion said openings of the parts aligned to provide ways for ingress and egress to and from the compartment of the body, a poisonous bait in the box, means to support the box closure at one end,

- and means at the other end of the box to permit the sliding of the body from the box closure.

4. In an insect extermlnator, a container f; comprising a pair of relatively interfitting telescopically related polygonal shaped box parts including a compartment providing body and a closurewith a passageway for slidably receiving the body therein, said parts having transverse openings through the Walls thereof in such relation that when the parts are interfit-ted the openings in a wall of one part will be covered by an imperforate part of an adjacent wall of the other part, and upon inversion said openings of the walls of the parts aligned to provide ways for ingress and egress to and from the compartment of the body, and a poisonous bait in the container.

MILTON TI-IAYER NEWMAN.