US247025A

US247025A - George

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Publication number: US247025A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1898-09-13

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` G. G. DRESSEL.

SAT'GHBL LUNCH' B0X. No'. 247,025. Patented sept. 13,1881.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.Y

GEORGE O. DRESSEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HANS REISS, OF JERSEY CITY, N. J.

SATCH EL LUNCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,025, dated September 13, 1881., Application filed July 16, 1881. (No model.)

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Satchel Lunch-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The inventionconsists in a satchel made of sheet metal or other rigid material, and provided with a hinged lid at one end and a suit-- able fastening or locking device, so that when the lid is turned down convenient access can be had to the interior ot' the satchel for the purpose of packing or unpacking, and that said satchel can be used conveniently for carrying such articles which constitute a lunch,

the. top portion of the Satchel being provided with a series ot' perforations,which are covered by a hollow ridge with perforated sides, so that the vapors and odors can freely esca pe from the interior ot' the satchel.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure'l represents a perspective View of my Satchel. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on a larger scale than the previous figure. Fig. 3 is a lougitudinalvertical section.

Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.

ln these drawings theletter A designates the body of my Satchel, vwhich is made ofsheet metal or any other suitable rigid material, so that its contents are protected against external pressure. This satchelis provided with a lid, B, at one of its ends, said lid being connected to the bottom of the body A by a hinge-joint, a, so that it turns outward and downward, and that when it is opened the articles requisite for a lunch can be readily introduced. My Satchel can, however, be used for papers or other documents, or for clothing or any other article, and it will be readily seen that when the lid at the end is turned down shirts, coats, or other articles can be introduced in my satchel much more easily than iu a satchel ot' the ordinary construction which opens at the top. With the lid Bis combined a fastening device,which, in the example shown in the drawings, consist-s of a bolt, b, which slides in holes in the lid and in a lug secured to the inner end ot' said lid, Fig. 3, and the upper end of which is bentand made to catch in a hole in the body ot' the satchel. When the boltis lifted up the lid can be opened.

On the top of the body A is firmly secured a hollow ridge, O, which is made to resemble the lock of an ordinary satchel. To this ridge is secured the handle D, and beneath said ridge are a series of holes, c, in the top of the Vbody A,while the sides of the ridge O are perforated with a large number of holes, so that the vapors and odors rising from the articles contained in the satchel can escape freely. At the same time the ridge O forms a screen to preventimpurities from passinginto the satchel through the holes c.

The outer surface ot` my satchel may be covered with leather, or with paper in imitation ot leather, or it may be painted to represent leather, and it con he made ot'any size, according to the puipose for which it is to be used. When used as a lunch-box it offers the great advantages that it can readily he packed, that it forms a good protection for its contents, and that it is not liable to assume a bad smell, since the odors emanating' from its contents can readily escape.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The combination, substantially as described, of the body A, provided at its top with the openings c and l'oraminous ridge O, with the lid B at one end of the body, as and for the purposes set forth.

1n testimony whereof l have hereunto set. my hand and seal in the presenccvof two subscribiug witnesses.

GEORGE C. DRESSEL.

Witnesses:

`W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.