US2194915A - Combination receptacle - Google Patents

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J. J. SOKOS COMBINATION RECEPTACLE Filed March 11, 1939 The present invention has for its primary object ly The edge wall 2 of the body is provided -at the -5 .y

Patented Mar. 2,6, 1940 i i i i r UNITE t stares PATENT OFFICE; y', i lallsafll i' ,Y l

z COMBINATION RECEPTACLE v l Jamesr J. Sokos; RichwoodpW. Vat, assigner of, 'one-half to Thomas G. Sokos, ,RichwoocL W. Va. K y H Application March 11, 1939, Serial No. 261,334 i 1 Claim. (ci. 312478) rlhis invention :relates to improvements 'in by the two 'partition walls 5 which between them kitchen and table articles and" pertains particuform the narrow centralchar'nber which is verlarly to an iniprovedcombination container for tically disposed, and the `two side `chambers ,'l table use, I which are provided for condiments.

to provide a combination condiment and toothpick top end of the central chamber 6 with the opening container which comprises a pair of condiment re- 8 and secured within this opening and extending ceptacles having means associated therewith downwardly into the chamber 6, is a sleeve 9 of whereby the contents of either may be readily tubular form, the upper. end (1f-,Which projects 10 obtained, associated with a novel `type of toothabove the wall 2. This sleeve 9 iS pI'OVided Wil?h 10 pick container which is designed to normally the longitudinally extending diametrical slots l0 maintain the picks in covered or protected condiwhich open through the inner orlower end of the tion but which is readily operable to display all Sleeve and extend t0 a point Substantially abOVe of the toothpicks so that the seme may be resaid lower end. Within the sleevethere is slidmoved as required. ably disposed the elongated receptacle l l which 15 Another object of the invention is to provide in iS 0f CilCulaI CTOSS-SECOD and adapted if? fit e device of the character described, a tocthpick snugly Within the Sleeve S0 thatit may havelongiv container and dispenser of nevel form wherein tudinal movement therein without material side the picks as a group may be drawn pax-uy out play. The lower end of this receptacle is round*- from the container when the latter is uncovered, ed, aS indicated ai? l2, and aCI'OSS the 10W1' end 20 so that the toothpicks may be obtained ccnthere is Secured a bar I3, the ends of which exveniently." tend beyond the receptacle to provide laterally A further object ofthe invention is to provide Projecting guide fingers, each 0f Which Slidably in a combination shaker receptacle for condiengages in a guide Slot |0- Thus these fingers ments having two or more condiment compartlimit the upward movement of the receptacle 25 ments, a novel means for preventing the Condi and the design of the toothpickdispenser is such ment of one compartment reaching the discharge that when the receptacle ll l5 drawn upwardly openings when the contents of the' other compartto a' position Where a Portion 0f theppel end Will ment is being remevedproject from the upper end of the sleeve 9, the

The invention will be best understood from a nger ends of the bar '3 Will engage the upper 30 consideration of the following detailed descripends 0f the guide slots and thus Stop the out' tion taken in connection with the accompanying Wa'fd or u pWa'rd mqvemenll of' the "receptacle- If drawing'forming part of this specication, with deslred 'Smgle or mdependent ngers may be the understanding, however, that the invention joined to the reeptacl? H in ,placeof the bar ,'3'

is not to be confined to any strict conformity with The Sleeve 9 1,5 Provlded Wlth a. Cap M Whlch 35 the Showing of the drawing but may be Changed 1s adapted to fr1ct1ona1ly engageover lts .upper or modied so long as such changes or modicaend and attached 'to the inner sld@ 0f this Cap tions mark no material departure from the salient at its Center is a chain or ord I5', the other end features of the invention as expressed in the apof Whlch 1S secured to the mner sldepf the bot' 40 pended e1aimtom I2 of the receptacle.` This strand 15,' which 40 In the drawing; may be in the form of a iine chain, a cord or Fig, 1 is a Vel-tica] Sectionalview through the other flexible connection, facilitates drawing the receptacle embodying the present invention receptacle Il upwardly and it holds the receptacle Fig. 2 is a, Sectional View taken on the une 2 2 in raised position when the capl I4 is allowed to of Fig. 1 hang at the outer side of the body. 45

Referring new more particularly to the draw The edge wall 2 is provided at 'each side of the ing, the numeral l generally designates the body toothpck dispenser with ai condimenll discharge portion of the combination receptacle' embodying Opening la and Slcured'llo the Wall 2 and en' the present invention, which body is here Shown circling each opening IG 1s a discharge collar I1 as being in theform of a disk having the anupon the Oulel' end 0f Whlch l5 all ape-Timed dis' 50 nular edge wall 2 and the flat side walls 3. This penser or sfter Cap mbody may be supported upon any suitable base Secured t0 the limer Side of the Wall v2 at each such as the one here illustrated and. indicated Side 0f the iiOi'flll-iick dispenser and ai? a DOII generally by the numeral ll. In carrying out the 01056151 adjaQeD-b the Same, isa shield Plate I9 present invention, the body l is interiorly divided which extends the full interior width of the cham- 55 zles, it will be readily apparent that when the shaker device is turned into the proper position where the ccndiment may ow through the throat 2G and into the area 2| to be shaken from the adjacent apertured cap I8, the opposite guard plate i9 will prevent the condiment in that chamber from reaching the adjacent discharge nozzle From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that there has been provided in the device herein described, a novel combination toothpick dispenser and condiment shaker in which the contents of either condiment chamber may be readily shaken out without danger of accidentally getting any of the contents from the other chamber and in which novel means has been provided for vstoring toothpicks in such a manner that they will remain clean and sanitary at all times.

What is claimed is:

In a dispenser device of the character described, a supporting body including a base, a vertically arranged sleeve carried by the base and having an open upper end and longitudinal slots formed therein from the lower end to a point substantially above said lower end, an elongated substantiallytubular receptacle disposed within the sleeve for sliding movement longitudinally therein, the receptacle being open at its upper end, means carried by the bottom of the receptacle forming lateral elements slidably disposed in said longitudinal slots to aord limited upward movement of said receptacle, a removable cover cap for the upper end of the sleeve formed to fit over the sleeve, and a chain attached at one end to the inner side of the central part of the cap and connected at its opposite end to the inner side of the central part of the bottom of the receptacle, said chain facilitating lifting the receptacle and disposing the cap at one side of the sleeve for the maintenance of the receptacle in raised position.

JAMES J. SOKOS.

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