(NoModeL) 0. L. KNEELAND.

BUTTER PACKAGE. w Patented Oct. 25,1891

WITESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. KNEELAND, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

BUTTER-PAC KAG E.

$PEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,011, dated October 25, 1892.

Application filed April 27 1892- Serial No. 430,897- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. KNEELAND, of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Butter-Packages, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to butter-packages.

My object is to produce a device for suspending a butter-package within its case and provide suitable means for detachably secu ring the cover thereon.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which-are specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of the package complete. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the outer casing with the cover and butterholder removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the butter-holder detached. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the upper portion of the package complete, showing means for holding the cover thereon. Fig. 5 is a view of the ears to which the bails are attached.

A is the butter-holder, consisting of a jar of glass, vitreous, or other material, preferably open on top.

B is the casing, (shown in the drawings in substantially the form of a pail,) having a bail b and a cover 0. WVithin the casing I socure the jar-supports cl, each consisting of a bar of metal, so that its vertical arms are substantially parallel with the sides of the casing and its bottom parallel with the bot-tom of the casing, and also cross each other at the bottom of the pail, having their upper ends secured to the sides of the vessel adjacent to its top and of such form that the jar will fit closely within the vertical arms and rest upon the bottom, and will thereby be supported in a position detached from the sides and bottom of the vessel, but free to swing laterally (more or less) in case of concussion against the casing. Around the top of the casing and Within it I secure the bow-springs e by their upper ends, substantially equidistant from each other and projecting inwardly far enough to bear with yielding spring-contact against the upper part of the jar and operating to take up any lateral concussion against the upper part of the casing, while permitting the jar to swing laterally. It will thus be seen that the jar is protected against lateral concussion and that it has an air-chamber around its vertical walls andunder itsbottom, the joint and several advantages of which construction will be readily seen.

0 is the cover, provided with an edge flange to fit over the top of the casing and also serves as a cover to the jar.

1 and 2 are cars secured upon the opposite sides of the casing, the ear 1 being provided with an inwardly-extending notch 5 and the ear 2 being provided with an eye 6.

3 is a lever having arms i, and their ends upturned, as at 7, adapted to engage with the eye 6 and notch 5, respectively.

The lever 3 is provided centrally at 8 with a bend upon the sides, upon which the arms are located for the purpose of producing a tension upon the cover when the lever 3 is in engagement with the eye and notch in the ears, and thus hold the package tightly in the casing.

1 Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a butter-package, the combination, with the jar, of the outer casing and supports there in, consisting of metal bars having their upper ends secured to the casing and extending inwardly and down the sides thereon, and semielliptic springs secured at their upper ends within said casing and bent at its bottom and adapted to support said jar, said casing being provided with ears having upwardly-extending notches, and a lever bent centrally to engage with the cover for the purpose of securing it yieldingly and adapted to engage with the notches in the ears, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, 1892. 7

CHARLES L. KNEELAND.

In presence of- F. M. ACKERMAN, RosWELL Mom.