US227303A - Sheet-metal can - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
- B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
- B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
- B65D17/4011—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening completely by means of a tearing tab
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- rDhis invention is applicable to a can made of tin or other sheet metal, to be used for holding hermetically sealed paints, varnish, or other substances, liquid or dry, in which the joint between the cover and the body of the canis closed by a strip of thin metal; and the object of the invention is to secure a more cheap, easy, and perfect closing of the can by means of the strip than has hitherto been done in the ease of strip-cans, at the same time securing the easy removal of the strip without injury to the can or to lthe cover, or without renderingthe cover apprist to be a secure, perfeet, and permanent cover to the can after the strip has been removed.
- Figure l is a vertical transverse section of a can-body. made according to my invention.
- Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section oi' the cover.
- Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of a can embodying my invention, showing the can-body, the cover, and the strip in place.
- Fig. et is a side view of the can and a partial section, showing the relative positions of the can-body, the cover, and the strip when the two last are in their proper places.
- Fig. 5 is a side view of the can closed.
- A is the cylindrical body of the can, made preferably of sheet-tin.
- a peripherical rib Around the body, and at a proper distance from the top edge of the body, for strengthening the can against lateral pressure, is formed a peripherical rib, B. From the upper base of this rib the can-body slants slightly upward and inward continuously to the edge, as denoted by a a.
- the cover C is made with a iiange, c, projecting downward, when the cover is in position upon the can, about half the distance between the top edge of the can-body and the peripherical rib.
- the lower edge of the liange is crimped or beveled inward, as shown at d, so as to receive and support the upper edge and a considerable part of the under surface ofthe closing-strip F, as shown in the drawings at Fig. 3.
- the cover grasps firmly and tenaciously the can-body, and the ridge c, at the upper side of the bevel thus formed, constitutes a serviceable guide to the soldering-iron when the strip is being soldered to the cover.
- the cover When the cover and stripF are in position the cover is supported by the top edge of the cau-body, and also bythe slanting side ofthe can-body, which is grasped by the beveled crimped-in portion of the iange of the cover.
- the upper edge of the strip ts into the bevel d, and a portion of the under surface of the strip is soldered to the beveled portion of the flange of the cover, as indicated in the drawings, aud the lower edge of the strip is supported by the rib B at the point where itis adjacent to the slant.
- the slant prevents the solder from running up and uniting the can-body and the cover to each other.
- the closing-strip may have a free end, either' with or without a loop or ring attachment, or the end may be lightly soldered down, as may be desired. ln manufacturing the can it will be found most convenient if the strip is tirst attached to the cover before the latter is put upon the can. This being done, and the cover then being placed in position, the lower edge of the strip may be soldered to the can, as described.
- the rib B serves as a guide to the soldering-iron, in the same way that the ridge c of the lian ge of the cover serves as a guide for soldering the top edge of the strip to the cover.
- Ihe solder for attaching the strip to the cover andthe can-body should be sufficiently soft to part when a tangential strain is exerted longitudinally upon the strip.
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Description
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' L. RICHARDSON.
' Sheet-lVIetal` Can. No.` 221,303. Patented IVlay 4,1880.
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Leonard Richarcls/ N` PETERS, PHOTO-UTKOGRPM ER, WASHINGTON. D. C.
UNTTED STATES PATENT OEFic.
LEONARD RICHARDSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
sHl-:i-:T-METAL CAN.
vsienoIEICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 227,303, dated Mey 4, 1880.
Application filed March 29, 1880. (No model.) v
To all 'whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEONARD RICHARDSON, of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of NewYork, haveinveuted a certain Improvement in Sheet- Metal Gans, of which the following is a specication.
rDhis invention is applicable to a can made of tin or other sheet metal, to be used for holding hermetically sealed paints, varnish, or other substances, liquid or dry, in which the joint between the cover and the body of the canis closed by a strip of thin metal; and the object of the invention is to secure a more cheap, easy, and perfect closing of the can by means of the strip than has hitherto been done in the ease of strip-cans, at the same time securing the easy removal of the strip without injury to the can or to lthe cover, or without renderingthe cover uniit to be a secure, perfeet, and permanent cover to the can after the strip has been removed.
Figure l is a vertical transverse section of a can-body. made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section oi' the cover. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of a can embodying my invention, showing the can-body, the cover, and the strip in place. Fig. et is a side view of the can and a partial section, showing the relative positions of the can-body, the cover, and the strip when the two last are in their proper places. Fig. 5 is a side view of the can closed.
A is the cylindrical body of the can, made preferably of sheet-tin. Around the body, and at a proper distance from the top edge of the body, for strengthening the can against lateral pressure, is formed a peripherical rib, B. From the upper base of this rib the can-body slants slightly upward and inward continuously to the edge, as denoted by a a.
The cover C is made with a iiange, c, projecting downward, when the cover is in position upon the can, about half the distance between the top edge of the can-body and the peripherical rib. The lower edge of the liange is crimped or beveled inward, as shown at d, so as to receive and support the upper edge and a considerable part of the under surface ofthe closing-strip F, as shown in the drawings at Fig. 3. When the flange orn the cover is thus beveled in, the cover grasps firmly and tenaciously the can-body, and the ridge c, at the upper side of the bevel thus formed, constitutes a serviceable guide to the soldering-iron when the strip is being soldered to the cover.
When the cover and stripF are in position the cover is supported by the top edge of the cau-body, and also bythe slanting side ofthe can-body, which is grasped by the beveled crimped-in portion of the iange of the cover. The upper edge of the strip ts into the bevel d, anda portion of the under surface of the strip is soldered to the beveled portion of the flange of the cover, as indicated in the drawings, aud the lower edge of the strip is supported by the rib B at the point where itis adjacent to the slant. When the strip is Asoldered to the can-body at this point the slant prevents the solder from running up and uniting the can-body and the cover to each other. The closing-strip may have a free end, either' with or without a loop or ring attachment, or the end may be lightly soldered down, as may be desired. ln manufacturing the can it will be found most convenient if the strip is tirst attached to the cover before the latter is put upon the can. This being done, and the cover then being placed in position, the lower edge of the strip may be soldered to the can, as described. In this part of the operation the rib B serves as a guide to the soldering-iron, in the same way that the ridge c of the lian ge of the cover serves as a guide for soldering the top edge of the strip to the cover.' Ihe solder for attaching the strip to the cover andthe can-body should be sufficiently soft to part when a tangential strain is exerted longitudinally upon the strip.
The operation of hermetically closing the can having been already suiiiciently described, it is obvious that in order to open it all that is necessary is to grasp the free end of the strip, (having iirst detached it, if it has been fastened down,) or the ring or the loop, if it has been furnished with one, and by the exeroise of suficient force totear oft' the strip the solder will easily part, permitting this to be done, and the cover will remain, to be taken off and replaced at pleasure, in the saine manner as an ordinary can.
I am aware that a sheet-metal can has been formed with aprojeeting bead near its top,
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and the mouth of the can contracted above said bead to receive a flanged cover, the strip to be torn oil' resting upon the bead and elnbracing a straight portion of the flange of the cover; butin my can, while the ilange of the cover is bent inwardly to form an extended lip, the inner surface of which snugly gripes the inclined or beveled portion of the can, the inclination of the outer surface of the ilange gives it a snug and griping it within the tearstrip, and the shoulder formed by the bending of the flange forms a guide for the solderingtool. A can-cover has been formed with a shoulder to guide the soldering-tool in attaching the strip; but in that case the flange is not inclined, and is formed of a separate piece attached to the cover by soldering.
What I claim is- The can having the projecting rib B and inwardly-beveled portion above said rib, and 2o provided with the cover O, having the inwardlybent struck-up iange, forming the lip d and shoulder c, and the strip F, having its lower edge resting upon said rib and its upper edge resting against the inclined outer surface of 25 said ange of the cover, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
LEONARD RICHARDSON.
Witnesses:
J AMES S. OOALLAGHAN, J oHN J. CALDWELL.
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