US2181661A

US2181661A - Dispensing container for tacks

Info

Publication number: US2181661A
Application number: US220997A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lowry Hubert Elza
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-07-23
Filing date: 1938-07-23
Publication date: 1939-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 1956-11-28

Description

Nov. 2& 1939. H E LOWRY 2.181661 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR TACKS Filed Jul 23, 1958 Patented Nov. 28, 1939 Y UNITED STATES ?ATENT OFFICE 2,181,661 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR TACKS Hubert Elza, Lowry, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July '23, 1938, Serial No. 220,997

' 1 claim. (o1. '221--14c) This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements .in dispensers for tacks, small nuts, bolts and the like for use in various industries, and has for its object to provide an improved dispensing container which is very simple in construction and efficient in operation, the tacks or the like being kept in a sanitary condition and very readily accessible when desired for use.

A further object of the invention is a device of this character which is so constructed that it will conveniently hold a quantity of tacks, for example, and which is mounted to swing upon a supporting framework in such a manner that it will normally be held in a position to avoid any accidental discharge of its contents but which at the same time may be very conveniently actuated by one hand of the operator or workman to freely deposit in his hand any desired quantity of tacks when he desires them for use.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds,

the invention will now be specifically described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front elevation of an embodiment of my invention with two of the containers shown, one being illustrated in the position it will assume when not being actuated or manipulated and the other one being shown in the position assumed when moved by the hand of a workman to discharge a quantity of tacks or the like.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, the section being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation with the section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out my invention, a table II! or other convenient support, a supporting frame consisting in the present instance of standards II preferably made of sheet metal strips bent near their lower ends to form feet I2 by which they are secured in upstanding position upon the table II] by means of screws I3 or similar fastening devices.

The standards II are formed in their upper edges with vertically disposed longitudinal slots I4 adapted to receive a spindle IE to support any desired number of my improved containers or dispensers, it being within the purview of my invention to place as many as seven or eight containers or even more upon the spindle I5 I mount upon according to the requirementsof the particular industry in hand.

Each container I6 is preferably formed of sheet metal and is chute-like in conformation, being provided with a closed bottom H, a rear end wall I8, and a sloping top wall embodying a sharply inclined portion I9 spaced from the end of the wall I8, a somewhat less sloping intermediate portion 20, and an opposite end or outer portion 2| which is hinged at its rear edge as at 22, and which forms a gravity-closed gate at the discharge end of the chute-like casing l6, as best illustrated in Fig. 3. The space between the sharply oblique portion I9 of the top and the rear end wall I8 is normally closed by preferably a sliding lid 23 formed at its rear edge with a curled portion 24 by which it may be conveniently grasped so as to be slid into position or slid backwardly whenever it is desired to fill the casing I6 with tacks or the like.

The casing I6 is pivotally mounted intermediate of its ends on the spindle I5, as at 25, the casing being formed in its sides with openings thru which the spindle I5 may be passed for this purpose, the parts being so proportioned that normally, or in other words, when the container is not in use, the larger or rear end thereof when filled will overbalance the forward end portion of the casing and assume a position as illustrated in Fig. 2, with the relatively narrow discharge end of the casing pointing upward, and to limit the swinging movement of the casing in this direction I provide a rod 26 extending slightly above and forward of the spindle I5 and connected at its ends to the standards II, said stop rod 26 being designed to contact with the intermediate portion "of the top of the casing, as clearly illustrated in the drawing.

Projecting forwardly and relatively downward from and at an oblique angle to the bottom II of the casing I6 at the narrow discharge end thereof, is a bumper plate 2'! provided with an angularly disposed portion 28 soldered, riveted or otherwise secured to the bottom, as shown.

In the operation of my improved dispensing container, the same is filled with tacks, for example, and the casing normally rests in the inclined position illustrated in Fig. 2 with the discharge end pointing upward as hereinbefore described. Whenever a workman desires a handful of tacks, all he has to do is to place one hand upon the bumperplate 21, the back of the hand contacting with said plate, and in this way swing the casing on the spindle in a direction to move the contracted discharge end downward, whereupon the gate 2| will be automatically swung open under the pressure of the weight of the tacks within the casing, and when the workman has received from the casing the quantity he desires, he merely releases his hand from the bumper plate whereupon the casing will swing backward to its normal inactive position illustrated in Fig. 4, the stop rod 26 limiting such movement.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable and efficient construction of dispensing container for tacks, small nuts, bolts and the like, which will keep the contents sanitary and which may be very readily'operated by the single hand of a workman to receive in his hand any desired quantity of the articles desired for his use While the accompanying drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but that various changes may be made in the construction, ar-

rangement and proportions of the different parts without departing from the invention as claimed.

What is claimed, is:

A dispensing container for tacks and the like comprising a support, spaced standards mounted upright on said support and formed in their upper edges with vertically disposed slots, a spindle received in said slots and extending from one standard to the other, another spindle connected at its ends to said standards and located slightly above the first-named spindle and to one side of the slots, and a chute-like casing pivotally mounted between its ends on the first-named spindle and so mounted thereon that it will be normally swung to a position where one end will point upward, said swinging movement being limited by contact with the second-named rod, said chute-like casing being provided at its rear end with a receiving opening and a closure therefor and at its other end with a gravity-closed 20 gate.

HUBERT ELZA LOWRY.