US1872771A

US1872771A - Container

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Publication number: US1872771A
Application number: US522903A
Authority: US
Inventors: Little Ernest Lamar
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-03-13
Filing date: 1931-03-16
Publication date: 1932-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 1949-08-23

Description

Aug. 23, 1932. 7 E L, MT1-LE 1,872,771

CONTAINER Filed March 16, 1931 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 TES? CONTAINER "l Application filed March 16, 1931, Serial No. 522,903, and in` Canada March 13, 1931.

This invention relates to improvements in contain-ers for package soap either in the form of flakes, granules, powder, or other convenient form, only it is packed in cartons and the objects of the invention are to permit of the carton being inserted within a metallic container for daily use in kitchens p or for other household use.

The present general practice in kitchens is for the housewife or maid to place a carton of soap chips, powder, etc., on a shelf adjacent to the sink or on the drain-board of a sink, so that it is convenient when it is necessary to use soap in powder or flake form to take the package and shakethe requisite amount of soap into a basin of water. The cartons are in the trade made of pasteboard or paper and it will be appreciated that a maids or. housewifes hands may be wet with the result that the deterioration of the carton takes place very rapidly and, moreover, the carton is invariably placed upon the drip-board just after being used and becomes wet on the bottom. This moisture is absorbed by the carton and is imparted to the soap flakes or soap powder in the carton, with the result that such soap cakes at the bottom of the carton and is not in a condition to be poured, besides which, the carton becomes unsightly. Moreover, when using a carton the top is usually opened, sometimes across the whole extent of the top or it may be that one corner only of the carton is opened and the carton is thus left exposed, so that the soap, if not 'used fairly quickly, becomes soft, which is detrimental to the pouring quality of the soap, and besides which, water splashing adjacent to the carton may enter the carton.

It is with a view to eliminating all these 4o objections that T have provided the metallic container within which the carton may be slipped and this container is provided with a pouring spout and an adjacent sliding lid whereby the dispensing of the soap may be controlled and the housewife or maid is thus enabled to dispense ory pour the requisite amount of soap necessary. This last pouring operation is difficult to accomplish with the ordinary carton per-se, because it is necessary to shake the carton to get the soap out with the result that it invariably happens too much soap is poured into the basin of water, preparatory to preparing the .suds for washing. v

Another feature of my invention is that the metallic containers may be enamelled or ainted in a color scheme to suit the color scheme of the kitchen or room in which they are being used, and in appearance the container is pleasing and the soap is maintained 601? at all times in that condition in which`it may be most advantageously used in the household.Y

So that the nature of my invention will be clearly understood, T have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, but I do not wish to be limited to this construction when in use, but t0 modify the .same in accordance with my appended claims which are set forth in detail at the end of my specification.

Reference is now made to the dra-wing for a specific application of the embodiment of the invention which T have illustrated, and

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation partly cut away of myl improved container.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several gures. 309' Referring to the drawing, 10 represents my improved container which is preferably made of tin or other suitable metal and this container is approximately in the form of a parallelopiped, open at the top and provided on one of the side walls with a pouring spout ll'which preferably extends across the whole width of the side wall.

Along the top edges of the container, I provide on the opposite lateral walls apairA of finger or thumb recesses 13 to facilitate withdrawal of the Carton from the container when the carton is empty. On the `lateral walls,"small depressions 14 are also provided yadjacent to the end wall remote from the pouring spout 11 and these depressionsform asuitable gripping means for the thumb and fingers ofthe user of the carton when dispensing soap. Tn addition the depressions 14 in the side walls of the container positively engage the side walls of the carton holding the soap, so that the carton is positively held within the container.

It will be understood that the soap carton will be of such a size as will frictionally engage the inner walls of the container but in the event of a carton being slightly undersize in width, such carton will be positively held by the depressions 14.

A slidable lid 12 is provided for the open end of the container. The lid 12 is provided with depending flanges along three of its edges, but that edge which will be adjacent to the spout 11 has no flangeso that the lid may be slid with ease away from the pouring spout.

This container is used with cartons, containing soap in powder, flake, or granule form, the carton being designated by the symbol A,

In using my container, the housewife or maid takes a carton of soap powder or flakes, etc., and makes a pouring opening either on the top or on the side wall thereof adjacent to the pouring spout 11 and the carton is inserted within the container 10, in which it is frictionally retained, as it engages the walls of such container and particularly engages the recesses 14 in such side walls.

The lid 12 is now closed on the container and the container may be placed on a shelf or other convenient place suitable for usev at a kitchen sink or other place wherever it is to be used.

When using the soap the user proceeds by gripping the container at the depressions 14 to shake out the desired amount of soap powder necessary.

If the opening is made in the top edge of the side Wall of the carton, the pouring spout 11 may form an adequate measure for the amount of soap being dispensed although this is not absolutely necessary.

The carton is thus protected from moisture and in so doing the soap contained in the carton is also protected.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A metallic container of the class described adapted to hold and frictionally retain a soap carton therein, open at the top end, and provided with a. pouring spoilt adjacent one of its end walls, the said spout extending the width of the container and forming a continuation of the top thereof, a lid flanged on three sides and slidably mounted on the open end of the container, finger and thumb recesses on opposite edges of the top of the container, and vertical depressions on either side of the container to frictionally retain the said soap carton and to form hand gripping means.

2. A metallic container of the class described adapted to hold and frictionally retain a soap carton therein, open at the top end, and provided with a pouring spout eX- E. L. LITTLE.