US529677A

US529677A - Half to james b

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Publication number: US529677A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1911-11-20

Description

(No Model.)

G. BRINTON.

GAN on VESSEL. No. 529,677. Patented Nov. 20,1894.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE ERINTON, or HAREISBURG, PENNsYLvANmfAssIeNOR OE ONE- HALE 'ro JAMES E. BAILEY, OE SAME PLACE.

CAN O'R VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 529,677, dated- November 20, 1894. Application iiled April 4, 1893. Renewed September l0, 1894. Serial No, 522,597. (No model.)

To ZZw/lwm it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE BRINTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an improved Can or Vessel, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac-v companying drawings.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture, and consists of an improved can or vessel, principally used for baking-powder, spices, &c.; and its peculiarities will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings on which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts: Figure l, represents a vertical sectional vew of my improved can or vessel, with a label applied thereto; and Fig. 2, a side ellevation of the same, the label also being app ied.

It'may be stated that there are two essential features which my invention has in view: one

is the provision, by a peculiar form of con-y struction, of a perfectly flush exterior surface between the body of the c an or Vessel and its cover with the incidental provision of stiifening the upper end of the can or vessel to pre`V vent external and accidental pressure from causing it to collapse more or less; and the other is the shortening of the vertical measurement of the can or vessel proper, yet without reducing its interior size or capacity, and to also at the same time render the can devoid of any lateral projections or beads which will interfere with the exterior uniformity of surface and occupy space in packing.

. With these objects in view my invention will be fully understood by the following de-` tailed description.

The letter A designates the bodyof a can or vessel constructed of thin sheet material. A suitable distance below its upper end it is contracted in diameter by compressing its walls inward, to such a degree that the external diameter of the reduced belt C is as much less than the external diameter of the body portion proper as the thickness of the wall. This results in the two rst named objects being accomplished, namely: making the excapacity.

i Vterior surface of the cover B flush with the exterior surface of the body, and incidentally strengthening the upper end of the body byy 4on down the entire can body, as will appear from the description of the next feature of the invention. Referring now to the lower end of the can or vessel it willbe seen that the usual projecting bead or ridge formed by the seam between the body of the can and the bottom of it is entirely omitted and avoided. Instead thereof the exterior surface is uniform and flush from end to end, including the cover.

The letter E designates au inwardly turned portion of the body, upon which is placed the bottom, F. By solder or otherwise the joint is made perfectly tight and the two parts fixed together so that the bottom becomes in effect a part of the can body. It is noticeable that the distance between the lower side of the bottom and the lowest part of the can is only equal to the thickness of the material, and thereby the vertical height of the can proper, measured upon the outside, is reduced to the minimum, yet without reducing the-interior In the manufacture of articles of this kind these details are of important consideration for economy of space occupied by large numbers of such cans or vessels in packing boxes, interior capacity for containing goods, and all and every kind of excess in material and cost all enter into the problem of rapid and economic production, compact and cheap shipment, dro. uniform exterior, in which all of the parts are iiush for the convenience and feasibility of applying the wrapper orlabel, is of first importance. This wrapper or label, as suggested in the description of Fig. 1, above, is applied to the can and cover by wrapping it around them, it being preferred that the wrapper or label shall be of such length that its ends will Besides this a perfectly meet when the can and cover are completely incased. It will be observed from the drawings that the wrapper or label is devoid of irregularities, uneven ness or creases and that it takes in the cover as Well as the body of the can, there being;- no single bead or projection exlzending exteriorly from any part of the artic e.

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

As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described sealable can or vessel, the same consisting of a cover of uniform exterior diameter and devoid of beads or projections, abody of thin material the upper end of which is contracted to form a reduced belt, the cover fitted over said belt with its entire exterior Ilush with the entire exterior of the body, the lower end of the body being turned inward and a bottom proper fitted within the body and upon such turned-in portion, and a label-Wrapper covering the can and cover on their uniform outside or exterior surface, the' GEORGE BRINTON.

Witnesses:

WM. H. SHERTZER, GEORGE W. LIESMANN.