US2079599A

US2079599A - Container

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Publication number: US2079599A
Application number: US728179A
Authority: US
Inventors: William C Bonthron
Original assignee: American Can Co
Current assignee: Primerica Inc
Priority date: 1934-05-29
Filing date: 1934-05-29
Publication date: 1937-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 1954-05-11

Description

May 11, 1937. w. C."BONTHRON CONTAINER Filed May 29, 1954 INVENTOR W /6T SM A0.

ATTORNEY Patented May 11, 1937 UNITED STAES ATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Application May 29, 1934, Serial No. 728,179

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to cans for containing and dispensing liquids and has particular reference to a spoutless pouring construction arranged in the can top for the easy dispensing of the liquid contents and for catching and returning into the can any remaining liquid following a pouring action.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a puncturable can top for a liquid containing can formed with a liquid returning depression or channel, the can being easily opened for the dispensing of its liquid contents and its depression preventing soiling of the can or wasting of its contents during and following such dispensing.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a self-draining, puncturable can top for a liquid holdingrcan having predetermined points of rupture for pouring and venting and having depressions or elongated channels associated with these points so that the liquid may be expeditiously dispensed during the proper venting of the can and then any liquid remaining on the can top after a pouring action will be returned to the can by way of the depressions and through the pouring and venting openings.

A further object of the invention is the provi sion of a fully sealed can for holding and dis" pensing liquids, the opening of the can, when its liquid contents is to be dispensed, being made by puncturing predetermined points to provide a pouring and a venting opening, such a can having a draining construction formed in a top wall which cooperates with the pouring and vent openings for catching and returning to the can any liquid passing through the pouring opening and not being fully discharged.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better under stood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, disclosesa preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective View of a sealed liquid containing can embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged sectional fragmentary views of the can taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2 and showing respectively the can top before opening and the can top after opening.

The present invention contemplates a simple form of sealed can with an imperforate metal top for containing and dispensing a liquid, such a can being particularly adapted to and being widely used for holding olive oil. liquid vegetable oils,

etc. The drawing accordingly discloses such a can, this being of the oblong type having rounded corners.

This can as best shown in Fig. 1 comprises an oblong can body H having a bottom l2 and a :top l3 the bottom and top being secured to the body in a tight hermetic seal as by the usual double seam Hi; The top I3 is formed with the usual sunken or depressed panel l5 which is preferably in a plane below the plane of the upper rim edge of the double seam.

A depression or channel It is formed in the top panel l5 and is preferably elongated to extend between opposite corners of the can top. Adjacent each corner a predetermined point may be indicated by a star out in the metal top or in other suitable manner which is located just inside of the rim of the top and adjacent the corner of the can. Each point I1 is located at an end of the channel IS.

The channel I6 is preferably formed in two similar sections which meet in a common zone IS in the center of the can, this zone forming the high position of inclined floor parts l9 at the base of the channel wall which slope down on each end toward each corner. The lowest portion of each inclined floor part IQ of the channel is adjacent the corner of the can top and it is in this section of the floor that each point [1 is located.

When the can is to be opened for the dispensing of its contents the can top is punctured at the points |l so that openings 2| are formed. One of the openings 2| may be utilized as a pouring opening and the other opening for venting during the dispensing of the can contents through the pouring opening.

Either of the openings may be used as a pouring opening depending upon which corner of the can is held in the low position during the dispensing or pouring action. Such a pouring is effected merely by tilting the can after the openings 2| have been made. By reason of the relative position of the pouring opening to the rest of the can and in addition the provision of the full venting of the can, the liquid flows freely discharging as a confined stream which usually clears the adjacent double seam rim of the can top. The disclosed close proximity of the opening 2| to the corner of the can gives an optimum discharge for the oblong shape of can. Other can shapes might require other positions to produce the best results. The contents of the container are usually not dispensed all at one time and accordingly after each pouring the can is again righted or brought into its upright position. Any of the liquid which then remains on the top of the can is caused to drain into one or the other of the channel sections and flows down the inclined floor [9, such liquid passing back into the can through the opening 2| at the lower end of its channel section. In this way the drainage which might otherwise flow down the sides of the can or over the top is caught and returned to the can, avoiding any waste of contents and soiling'of the can parts.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A can for liquids having a top adapted to be punctured at two diametrically opposite predetermined points, each predetermined point being located adjacent the edge of the can to provide a pouring opening on one side and a vent opening on the other, said top having an elongated channel extending diagonally across the can top, the floor of which is inclined downwardly from a common high position in the center of the can where the floor is substantially flush with the can top wall to a low position at diagonally opposite corners where it surrounds its associated predetermined point of opening, said channel being adapted to direct any liquid contents, remaining on the can top after a pouring action, back into the opening associated with the end of such channel.

2. A can for liquids having an oblong top and rounded corners adapted to be punctured at two diagonally opposite predetermined points in the opposite corners of the can top, said points when punctured providing pouring and vent openings, and an elongated channel formed in said top and extending diagonally across the same between opposite corners, the ends of said channel encircling said pouring and vent openings, said channel having oppositely inclined floor portions extending from a high level substantially flush with the center of the can top toward said diagonally opposite corners, said openings in the can top directing any liquid contents remaining on the can top after pouring, back into the can through said pouring and vent openings.

WILLIAM C. BONTHRON.