US424901A

US424901A - Spouted measure

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Publication number: US424901A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-01
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-01

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(No Model.)

G. El RAYMOND. SPOUTED MEASURE.

No 424,901. Patented. Apr. 1, 1890.

W1 fix-15555- In WEE 1L A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EDWARD RAYMOND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

S POUTED MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,901, dated April 1, 1890.

Application filed eptember 20, 1889. Serial No. 324,503. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD RAY- MOND,'a citizen of the United States of Amer ica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My measure for measuring quantities is (1 esigned for use in the retail trade and for other obvious purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my measure. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with its slide pushed out. Fig. 3 isavertical section thereof, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the handle.

I11 constructing my measure I employ a suitable can or receptacle A, to which I rigidly secure, either as shown or in any ordinary manner, a guide B, which serves as a guide for the chute or spout C, the guide being slotted at (6 for reception of the stem of the finger-knob b. The guide B is a piece of metal or other material curved at its top to conform to the upper curve of the chute or spout O, and also curved to conform to the periphery of the measure, and riveted or otherwise secured, as shown, at its vertical edges to the can A. The finger-knob I) is riveted or otherwise rigidly .secured to the chute or spout O. In practice the slot a serves as a guide for projecting and retracting the chute or spout, the stem cl of the finger-knob b, in connection with the wall of the slot a, serving to prevent the chute or spout from being retracted beyond the limits of the slot. The

can or receptacle A, having the bottom flange A, is provided with the opening or handaperture 6 in said flange, through which the hand may be passed to reach the handle E, which handle is soldered or otherwise secured to the side walls of the bottom flange A.

In emptying the measure of its contents the chute or spout is first projected out from the measure, and then the measure-handle E is reached by passing the hand through aperture e in flange A. The handle thus arranged 011 the bottom of the measure is readily grasped through opening e and the measure inclined as desired to empty its contents. The chute or spout C may be secured either on the outer orinner periphery of themeasure with results alike beneficial and convenient.

Thus constructed a very useful, efficient, and inexpensive measuring-can is produced,wl1ich greatly simplifies manipulation, renders the measuring of many articles more convenient than hitherto, and greatly economizes time and labor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A measure having a sliding chute and a handle at its bottom for emptying it, accessible through a hand-aperture in the bottom flange, substantially as shown and described. 2. A'measure having a raised bottom, a handle secured below the bottom, and a chute sliding in a guide and operated by means of a finger-knob which projects through a slot in the guide, substantially as shown and described.

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

' GEO. EDWARD RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

N. O. PHILLIPs, S. A. JOHNSON.