US416817A

US416817A - Paper vessel

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Publication number: US416817A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 1906-12-10

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN VENEMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. "W. SEFTON MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

ESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 416,817, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed August 8, 1889.

To all whom it may cancer n:

Be it known that 1, JOHN VENEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Vessels, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of paper vessels used chiefly by retailers of ice-cream, oysters, and like substances of a semi-fluid character; and it has for its object the improved construction of such vessels.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinatter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a vessel embodying my invention with the lid closed. Fig. 2 is a corresponding view with the lid opened. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank from which the vessel is formed.

The same letters are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The body of the vessel maybe of the usual or any suitable constructiom -though I prefer that it should be a substantially rectangular blank of Manila paper creased, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, to form the bottom section A, end walls B, side walls C, and corner sections D, which, when the vessel is made up, fold over against the side walls and are secured to lock the vessel together by the ends of the wire or other carrying-bail E, as seen in Fig. 2.

The lid F, made of straw-board or other suitable material, has one end a bent up and secured to the inner side of one of the end walls B at or near its top by means of one or more staples b, stitching, or by glue or other suitable means, thereby aiding to stiifen said end wall, and in addition it has on each side an upturned flap c and at its free end an upturned flap d, which is provided with one or 5 more retaining-pieces G, of tin or other material, so bent or shaped as to fit over and embrace the edge of the end wall when the lid is closed, as seen in Fig. 1. The flaps c and d not only serve to stiflen the lid to preventv the collapsing of the vessel, but they render the vessel tight when the lid is closed.

If desired, and it is my preferred construc-.

tion, the edge of the end wall with which the I retaining-pieces G engage is provided with a stiffening strip H, of wood or metal or other suitable material, secu red thereto in any suitble manner.

Having thus fully described my invention,I claim- 1. The combination, with a paper vessel provided with a carrying-bail, of a lid having one end bent to form a vertical extension for attaching it to the vessel and attached thereto, and having its opposite end bent to form a vertical extension, said latter extension being provided with one or more retaining-pieces overlapping and embracing the edge ofthe end wall, substantially as described.

2. The combination, 1' with a paper vessel provided with a carrying-bail, of a lid having one end bent to forma vertical extension for attaching it to the vessel and attached thereto, provided at its sides with vertical upturnedflaps c and at its opposite end with the upturned flap 01, provided with one or more retaining-pieces G, overlapping and embracing the edge of the end wall, substantially as described.

JOHN VENEMAN.

Witnesses:

C. C. YOUNG, H. F. KINGSLEY.