US437094A

US437094A - Shipping-can

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Publication number: US437094A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1907-09-23

Description

(No Model.) 1

a. 1); CHASE. SHIPPING UAN.

No. 431,094. Patented Sept. 23. 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. CHASE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE C. D. CHASE SYRUP COMPANY, OF MISSOURI.

SHIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,094, dated Sept mber 23, 1890.

Application filed September 1'7, 1889. Serial No. 324,202- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. CHASE, of the'city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improveinent in Shipping-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My device consists of a sheet-metal can inclosed in a cylindrical body of wood and havin g a removable cylindrical cap.

7 Figure I is a side elevation of the device. Fig. II shows a side elevation of the can prop? with the case in axial section at 11 II,

No novelty is claimed in the can 1, in th body 2 of the case, in the upper hoop 3,-that extends above the top ofthe body, leaving an annular recess or channel at 4 to receive the lower edge of the cap or top 5, in the cylindrical part 6 of the cap, or in the head 7. The head '7 and cylindrical part 6 are secured together by nails 8, which pass through the hoop 9.

10 are strips of tin or other material, whose upper ends are secured to the cap, while their lower ends are adapted to be secured to the body 2. The ends 11 of the strip are shown bent inward to engage beneath the edge of the hoop 3.

12 are nails or tacks by which the lower parts of the strips are fastened to the hoop.

I make the head with a recess 13 to receive the top of the canto brace the cap or top 5 against side jar or strain.

It will be seen that the top or cap will form a much-needed protection for the part of the can most liable to injury, and thus will in many cases prevent the breakage of the can, with the resulting loss of contents, and injury to other articles over which the liquid might flow, or danger of fire resulting from the escape of combustiole liquid. Another great advantage is that the cans may be packed in bulk for shipment, the cans being placed one upon another without any danger of injury, and thus the charge for transportation will be much reduced.

If preferred, the ends 11 of the strip may be respectively bent over the top 7 of the cover and inserted beneath the edge of the hoop 3, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. II, the upper ends being secured by tacks, as shown.

I claim as my inventiou 1. A shipping-package having the following combination: a can 1, with cylindrical body and conical top, a case having a cylindrical body 2 fitting the body of the can, and a hoop 3, extending above the top of the body, forming an annular recess 4, a cap 5, with a recess 13, receiving the apex of the can, and a cylindrical part 6, whose lower edge fits within recess 4, and fastenings 10, adapted to secure the lid to the case, engaging at the lower end the hoop 3 and fastened at the upper end to the cap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a shipping-package, the combination of the can 1, the case having a cylindrical body 2, with an annular recess 4, a cylindrical cap 5 6, the hoop 9 at the top of cap 5, the vertical fastening-strips 10, extending from the top of the cap 5 between the latter and the hoop 9 and alongside the side 6 of the cap and secured to the top of the body 2, and nails or fastenings passing through the hoop and strips and into the head of the cap, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES D. CHASE.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT.