US300476A

US300476A - Refrigerating package for shipping and preserving butter

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Publication number: US300476A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 1901-06-17

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 0. P. JOHNSON.

RBFRIGBRATING PACKAGE FOR SHIPPING AND PRESERVING BUTTER,

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O. P. JOHNSON.

RBFRIGERATING PACKAGE FOR SHIPPING AND PRBSERVING BUTTER,

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OLIVER I). JOHNSON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

REFRIGERATING PACKAGE FOR SHIPPING AND PRESERVING BUTTER, OYSTERS, dc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,476, dated .Tune 17,1884.

Application filed Augnst23,183. (No model.)

. To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, OLIvER l. Jonsson, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Fashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages for Shipping and Freservin g Butter, Oysters, cc.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to packages for shipping and preserving butter,oysters, ish, game, and all perishable commodities; and its object is to provide a package of this class possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficlency.

My invention relates especially to that class of shipping and preserving packages that comprise in their construction a compartment for ice, mechanism for conducting the drip of the saine from the package, and mechanism for securely binding the top in air-tight position; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction, arrangement, and operation of parts, substantially as Will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved package as adapted for shipping oysters and the like. Fig. 2is avertical sectional viewrv of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View thereof on the line n; fr, Fig. 2. Fig. A is a horizontal sectional view on the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top view ofthe package. Fig. Gis a detail perspective view ofthe end of one of the arms of the spider or top clamping-plate and of the grooved plate that receives said end. Fig. T is a bottom view of the head. Fig. 8 is a de tail sectional view of the joint between the cover and edge4 of the body.

Corresponding parts in all the gures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of the package, which is preferably formed, in the usual manner, of staves B, secured by hoops or bands C,andconve1ging toward the top. The body A has a bottom, D, and an open top or mouth, E.

F is a removable pan or vessel, that comprises abottom, G-, and sides H, that are preferably perpendicular. This pan F conforms approximately to the interior shape of the v body A, and fits dou-'n in the month thereof,

and the top edge of its sides H is provided with an outward]y-proiecting circumferential horizontal supporting-flange, Livhich conforms to the top edge, J, ofthe stares B, and is of about half the width of said edge J, as shown. The body A is preferably formed of Wood, While tbe ice-vessel F can be formed of sheet metal and have its flange I formed by bending the top edge over. This pan F, as will be observed, closes the mouth of the body A by extending across the same, and, by reason of its width, can contain one or more large and solid pieces of ice, when the ice will melt less rapidly than if it were broken up into comparatively small pieces to be placed and contained in its pan or receptacle.

To carryA off the drip of the ice, the pan F is provided at a suitable point in its bottom G, and at the edge thereof, with a dou-"n Wardly-projecting tubular extension, K, that forms a conducting-pipe,and preferably converges toward its lower end. This pipe K is received by a corresponding flaring mouth or recess, L, in the top of a block or strip, M, through which extends a perforation, N, from the mouth L to its bottom end. The said block )I has preferably an angular exterior, and has its bottom end, O, fitted neatly in a corresponding opening, l?, cut in the bottoni D of the body A. Ly reason of its angular' ,exterior the block M cannot turn or become displaced in said opening I); but, to further secure it from vertical displacement, its outer edge, Q., is made to conform to the interior contour of the body A, and the block is secured against the latter by means of nails or screws It. The block M comes up ush with the bottom G of pan F, and thereby serves as an auxiliary support therefor, and the pipe K,iitting in the ltop of said block M, serves as a means to prevent iateral dispiacement or strain on the lower portion ofthe pan. The channel KN Will afford a convenient means of exit to the dripping from the ice in the IOO pan, and the cold air descending in said channel from physical laws will preclude the possibility of hotair from the outside ascend-ing into the ice-pan. The bottom ends of the staves B preferably extend a short distance below the bottom disk, D, so that a space, S, will be formed under said bottom when the package is set in Vposition on the 'floor or ground, as in transportation in cars, &c. The bottom orifice of the channel N opensinto this space, and the cold air .descending from the channel will fill the said space, so thata coldair chamber is provided under the bottom for the further protection or preservation of the contents of the package, which ordinarily rest directly on the bottom D.

Vhen the package is designed only for butter, ears or handles T T may be provided for lifting, as shown in Fig. 3; but when it is designed for oysters and like heavy com1nodities I prefer to provide a bail, U, as shown in Fig. 1.

V designates the top or cap piece of my improved package. It is formed-of two disks, WX, that are secured together by pins or screws Y, with the grain of the wood preferably in opposite directions to secure greater strength. The bottom or inner disk, X, has a less diameter than the top disk, NV, and fits down inthe mouth of pan F, while the top disk extends out over the top edge of staves I3. An annular gasket, Z, covers the under side of this projecting portion of disk XV, said gasket being 4secured in position by binding its inner edge, A?, between the disks of the.

cover. When the cover is clamped down, as hereinafter specified, the gasket Z binds on the flange I and effects a tight joint.

32 is a spider-plate, that is centrally pivoted by a pin or bolt, C2, on top the cover V, and comprises four radial arms,D`l,that are preferably widened at their outer ends to effect a broad clamping-edge, El. The ends E2 are received by grooves F2 in the inner faces of castings or plates G, that are secured to the outside of the body A and project above the cover V. These grooves are inclined so that, as the spider-plate B'l is turned to guide its ends E into said grooves, the ends ofv the arms will be guided downwardly to securely bind the cover V down in position. These grooves F2 do not extend entirely across the face of the casting, but are preferably formed with a stop-shoulder, H2, at their lower end, to limit the movement of the ends E and prevent said ends from passing entirely through the groove. One or more of the ends E2 are provided with a hook, I2, that is adapted to be engaged in any one of a series of holes or recesses, J 2, in the top edge of a shoulder, K2, projecting from the side of the casting having the shoulder IP. This hook servesv to retain the ends E2 in position in the grooves F2. The spider-plate B2 is below the plane of the top edge of the castings G2, and a transverse block, I?, is preferably riveted or otherwise secured on top the plate B2,to bring the same to the plane of the castings G2. Therefore, when one package is placed on top another, the block L2 will form a rest for the top package, so that the latter will not rest below the castings and be liable to damage or break the same from off the package. This block L2 also affords a hold to the hand in operating the plate B2.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. The package can be readily filled by removing the icepan and cover, and will afford alarge and unobstructed space for the contents. The pan can/then be replaced and filled with ice, after which the cover is to be rmly secured down y in position. This package will retain its contents in fresh and solid condition by reason of the ice-chamber above and cold-air space below, and the drip of the ice is carried off without permeating or interfering with the contents in any way.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a shipping and preserving package, of a body, a block secured vertically against the side of the same on its interior, and provided with a longitudinal drip-channel, and an ice pan or vessel eXtending across the top portion of thebody, and supported on said block, and provided with a drip-opening registering with the channel in/ the supportingsblock, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the body of the package, a block secured inside the body against the sides thereof, and provided with a longitudinal perforation terminating at its top in a mouth or recess, and an ice-pan extending across the top portion of the body, and provided with a tubular extension or pipe in its bottom edge that enters said mouth, to convey the drip and retain the pan from lateral displacement, said pan being removable, substantially as set forth.

Y 3. The combination, with the body of the package having an ice pan or vessel in its top portion, and provided with an angular openling in its bottom at its side, of a drip-block having a corresponding bottom end fitted in said opening, and provided with a longitudinal drip-ch annel, said block bein g secured vertically against the side of the body, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the body of the package having the open mouth, sides, and bottom formed with the opening at its side, the drip-block fitted in said opening and secured vertical ly against the interior sides of the body, and provided with a longitudinal perforation terminating in a mouth or recess at the top, and the ice pan or vessel. supported in the mouth of the body by an annular lateral flange at itstop edge, and provided with the tubular extension at its side edge, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. As an improvement in shipping and pre- IOO serving packages, a body having its sides tending down below its bottoni to form an inclosed cold-air space, and provided with a closed interior icc-chamber, and with a dripconducting channel extending down from the ice-chamber and opening into the said coldair space, "which is iilled by the cold air descending from said channel, the contents be* ing placed between the ice-chamber and the bottoni forming the top of the air-space, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the body of the package having a series of plates or castings projecting above the edge of its mouth, and provided with asiinple inclined groove in their inner faces, of the cover having a centrallypivoted plate formed with integral radial arnis y having flat outer ends, which enter the inclined grooves and are guided downwardly thereby to clamp the cover, substantially as set forth.

'7. The combination, with castings or plates having a groove in their inner faces, and provided ivith a shoulder having a series of holes or recesses, of clamping plates or arms piv oted and adapted to enter said grooves, and

provided at their end With a hook adapted to engage said holes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

S. The combination of the castings or plates having a groove in th eil: inner faces, the cover, a spider-plate 'pivoted thereto, and having radial arms to enter said grooves, and hooks secured at the end oi' said arms to engage the castings and retain the arms in position, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of the body of the package, the castings or plates projecting above the top edge thereof, and formed with inclined grooves in their inner faces, and with a shoulder having holes or recesses, the cover-disk the spider pivoted thereon, and having a se ries of radial arms adapted to enter the grooves, and hooks pivoted on the ends ofthe arnis and engaging said holes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. The herein-described casting or plate having au inclined groove in its face and provided With a shoulder at the lowerinost end of said groove, having holes or recesses, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l1. The combinati on oi' the castings or plates projecting above the cover of the package, the spider-plate having radial arms engaging said castings, the spider being onalower plane than the castings, and a transverse strip secured across the spider-plate to bring the same up to the plane ofthe top edge of the castings, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER l. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J. REED Lrrrnm., Giro. l. lPB'rrv.