US2545108A - Canned liquid dispenser - Google Patents

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March 13, 1951 1. PUTNAM, JR

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March 13, 1951 1. PUTNAM, JR

CANNED LIQUID DISPENSER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 12, 1947 gwue/wfo'b I [2: fwd/7241 Patented Mar. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein the opener for the can or other like receptacle is removable and is mounted in a novel manner for detachment, while the body of such structure is sectional, it being made from plastic material,

although it may be made from any other suitable selected material or materials, and the can for the liquid is readily and easily introduced and removed, as the occasion may require.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein its pouring spout is adaptable for a closure cap which is removably fitted in place for closure sealing, the body of the structure being such as to accommodate cans or the like of different sizes, the can or the like being air vented on the opening thereof when placed in the structure for easy dispensing of content.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, which is simple in its make-up, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong, durable, neat and attractive in appearance, susceptible of various uses, compact, readily and easily handled, possessed of few parts, readily and easily assembled with dispatch, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the structure in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is an elevation looking toward the inner face of one of the sections of the body of the structure.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the structure.

Figures 5 and 6 are fragmentary sections showing connection details of the punches to the top, at the spout and vent ends, respectively.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates generally the structure in its entirety, and comprises a-sectional or two-part body, the parts being identified at l0 and II, respectively, they being identical and match one another at the meeting edges l2 when abutting one with the other, to provide a receiving chamber l3, as created by the hollow formation of such parts of said body. The sections or parts 10 and l l are preferably made from plastic material, although the same canbe made from any suitable selected material or materials.

The body at its bottom is fully open, while the top crownof the said'body is domed or upwardly arched as at I4, while at the meeting side edge of the section or part III of the body is a bead I5, which overlaps the side edge of the section or part II adjacent thereto and counterseats in a companion channel I6 in the latter, so that the inner surface of the body will be smooth for a flush joint between the sections or parts 10 and H, respectively.

Immediately beneath the domed or arched top crown at diametrically opposite areas concurrent with the meeting edges l2 of the sections or parts I0 and II of the body are socketed webs H, which create head shoulders of approximately sector formation, the sockets I8 being located to intersect the joint between the sections or parts I 0 and II, and one has interfitted therewith a tubiform outwardly tapered punch forming an opener I9, which has a beveled outer cutting tip 20, while in the other socket 8 is a corresponding punch 2|, which forms a vent hole in a can, denoted generally at B, containing liquid to be dispensed in the use of the structure A. The webs have formed therein upwardly divergent passages 22 and 23, respectively, the former being for dispensing purposes, While the passage 23 is an air inlet-vent passage.

The domed or arched crown 14 about the passage 22 is formed with a boss 24 on which is detachably fitted a pouring spout 25, while removably engaged in the passage 23 is a closure cap 26, it having a central stopper formation 21 which is insertable in the said passage 23 to eifect a plug thereto.

Detachably threaded at 28 onto the open bottom of the body constituted b the sections or parts It] and H, is a cup-shaped bottom closure v29, which has arranged therewith a coiled spring 30, which acts against the bottom of the can B to hold the same in place within the chamber I3, and this spring adapts difierent sizes of cans to the said structure A, as should be obvious when placed within the latter.

The body formed by the parts or sections and I I is provided with companion matched loop handle portions 3|, which join or abut each other on the uniting of the said sections or parts together.

The punches l9 and 2|, respectively, are removable from the sockets I8 on the opening of the joint between the sections or parts It] and H of the body, this joint being separable in any suitable manner. These punches l9. and 2! are preferably made from stainless steel, although they can be made from any other suitable material or materials.

The structure A is pressed over the can B" of liquid which is introduced through the open bottom of the body constituted by the parts or sections HI and H, when the bottom closure 29 is detached, the opener [9 being adapted to penetrate the top of the can 13', while the punch 2i pierces such top to provide an air vent therein, and thereafter the bottom closure 29' is attached to the body for retaining the can 13 in the chamber 13 thereof, the spring 30 being adapted to take up slack between the body and can, as should be apparent. This spring 30 also snugly positions the can B within the structure A.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the kind described, comprising a central longitudinally split container-receiving body dividing it into two separable edge interfittin'g section's, effecting dome and open base ends, a base-closing section detachably engaging the body to separably hold its sections together at its open base end, air venting and dispensing punches, respectively, interposed between the sections at the dome end and removably socketed therein at confronting edges of the body sections when interfitted to each other, and a pouring spout common to the dispensing punch and separably interlocking the body sections at the dome end of the body.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a central longitudinally split container-receivingi bo'dy dividing it into two separable edge interfitting sections, efiecting dome and open base ends, a base-closing section detachably engaging the body to separably hold its sections togetlier at its open base end, air venting and .dispensing punches, respectively, interposed between the sections at the dome end and removably socketed therein: at confronting edges of the body sections when interfitted to each other, a pouring spout common to the dispensing punch and separably interlocking the body sections at the dome end of the body, and slack absorbing means confined in the base section and bridging the meeting edges of thebody sections when interfitti'ng each other.

ISRAEL PUTNAM, JR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 489,923 Boulter Jan. 17, 1893 1,072,588 Duncan Sept. 9, 1913 1,142,940 Davis et a1 1 June 15, 1915 1,710,230 Paulson Apr. 23, 1929 2,112,470 Sevelle Mar. 29, 1938 2,160,976 Mirati June 6, 1939 2249.918 Sprout July 22, 1941

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