US607433A

US607433A - Henry b

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Publication number: US607433A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1915-07-19

Description

No. 607,433. Patented v.lu|y.|9, |898.

H. B. HAIGH.

MILK CAN.

(Application Illd Oct. 22. 18H7.)

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ATnNT HENRY B. IIAIGI'I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN'OR TO THE IRON CLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MILK- srncIrIcArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,433, dated .Tiny 19, 189s.

Application filed October 2 2 l 8 97.

T0 all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. HAIGH, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of lKings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to milk-cans, andy more particularly relates to the construction of the upper or neck portion of the can, and has for its object to provide animproved can having the neck portion thereof reinforced in a peculiar and effective manner and in such a way as to permit the neck of the can to be made of two parts, each one interlocking with the other and each reinforcing the other, whereby the mouth portion and the breast portion of the can can be constructedindependently of each other, and thereforewith greater facility than when made in one piece, and when placed in position relatively to each other will form aneck of superior durability, each part of which overlaps the other part In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure l is a vertical sectional'view of a milk-can the upper portion of whichis constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the upper portion of a milkcan, showing a somewhat different form of construction.V Fig. 3 is also a vertical sectional view of the'upper portion of a milk-can, showing still'another form of construction. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail View of a part of a milk-can mouth and breast before the same is assembled in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the upper portion of a milk-can with the reinforcing-strip shown in Fig. 3 removed Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different iigures of the drawings.

Heretofore milk-cans have been constructed in various ways, one of which has been to make the mouth, neck, and breast of the can in one integral piece or structure, which, aside from the difficulty in obtaining such a structure, has resulted simply in the production of a can which is extremely weak at the neck Serial No, 656,077. (No model.)

portion thereof, where it shouldbe of great strength and rigidity, as the neck being formed in one piece with the mouth and breast is of the same thickness as such'breast and mouth, and therefore not being reinforced it `follows that when the cans are subjected to the ready and easy construction of the upper portion of the milk-can, while at the same time so reinforcing the neck portion thereof that the rough handling or usage of the same will not affect or impair the usefulness of the can.

` In a general way the upper portion of this can or receptacle comprises a mouth member having a neck portion and a breast'member also having a neck portion, preferably of the same area as the neck portion of the mouth, the neck portion of one member fittingwithin and being preferably completely overlapped by the neck portion of the other member and lthe neck portion of one member interlocking with the neck portion of the other member, so that as compared with the mouth and breast portions of the can the neck thereof is of greater thickness and rigidity.

In the preferred form thereof herein shown and describedV the flaring mouth member 2 of the can A is provided With'a depending neck portion 3 and immediately above such neck portion with an interior annular recess 4, Figs. 1 and 4;. The breast member 5 of the can is drawn inwardly to form an upwardly-extending neck portion 6 and shown in one construction of less diameter than the neck portion 3, so that it can be inserted in and overlapped by said neck portion 3. Each neck portion extends at an angle to its respective breast ormouth member, thereby rendering such neck part rigid. Before the neck parts are completely assembled the neck portion 6 of the breast member is in this construction' of greater width or area than the mouth neck portion 3, whereby the upper IOO part thereof is adapted to overlap a portion of the mouth proper above the angle thereof and form locking means for the two neck portions and the breast and mouth members and also reinforcing means for the mouth at the angle thereof. When the parts are assembled, Fig. l, the neck portion of the breast extends upwardly through the neck part 5 and projects above the same, such projecting part being bent or turned outwardly at a relatively sharp an gle to form a locking-flange 7, which rests in the annular recess 4 and so locks the neck portions and the breast and mouth members together, the upper edge 7 of said flange being flush with the inside face of the mouth. The lower edge of the mouth neck portion 3 rests on the breast member and may project slightly below the point of juncture of the breast neck portion 6 with the breast, thus protecting such juncturepoint. By this construction when the parts are assembled it will be seen that one neck portion is substantially of the same area or width as the other neck portion, so that one completely overlaps and reinforces the other throughout the entire area thereof.

From the above it will be seen that the loeking-liange 7 also serves as a reinforcing means for the mouth member at the point of juncture therewith of its neck portion 3, and consequently at the mouth angle, while at the same time it will be seen that the actual joint or point of connection S of the breast neck portion with the mouth neck portion is at a point remote from the angle of the neck and in a location outside of the interior of the can, so that the joint is perfectly observable and is accessible for cleaning without requiring special care on the part of the operator.

From t-he foregoing it will be seen that an improved can is provided having a neck of extreme strength and rigidity and heavily reinforced at the point of greatest strain, each neck portion forming such neck being of the same width or area, and that the neck is so constructed as to avoid the making of any seam within the can which would be unobservable or inaccessible, thereby avoiding any increased liability (over the ordinary cans heretofore in use) of retaining dirt or germs and thereby impairing the sanitary value of the can.

In the construction of can shown in Fig. 2 the neck is reinforced in the same manner as the can-neck shown in Fig. l, the neck portions of the mouth and breast being locked together in a similar manner. In this construction of can, however, the locking and reinforcing iiange 7 is shown carried by the mouth neck portion instead of by the breast neck portion, it being liared outwardly and fitting with a flush joint into an interior annular recess 4', formed immediately below the point of juncture of the breast neck portion 6 with the breast. In this construction it will be seen that the breast neck portion 6 is maintained between two outwardly-fiarin g portions of the mouth member, one being the Haring mouth portion 2 and the other the aring locking-ange 7', the breast neck portion 6 overlapping the mouth portion 3 instead of being overlapped thereby, as in Fig. l.

In the construction of can shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the neck may be constructed similar to either of the forms above described, but is shown, preferably, constructed in a similar manner to the can shown in Fig. l and provided with a closed protected space 9, shown herein formed by making the locking-iiange 7 of relatively greater area, as compared with the annular recess 4, and adapted to receive an annular reinforcing or stiffening band or member 10, which may be constructed of any suitable material -such, for instance, as metal-whereby the thickness of the neck is treble that of the breast or mouth portions proper of the can, so that still greater rigidity and strength are imparted to the can-neck. In practice this ring 10 may be made of a tempered-steel band of suliicient resiliency and stability to safely sustain the shocks to which this class of article is necessarily subjected and thereby prevent any bending of the neck, which would, if occurring even to a slight extent, prevent the cover from fitting properly.

When the parts have been assembled and firmly locked together, they are subjected to the usual coating or tinning operation, Whereby the seams are filled and the joints firmly cemented together by the coating metal, which acts as a soldering medium. In the construction of can shown in Figs. 3 and 5 when this tinning operation has been completed the band will be securely closed in and protected in its closed and protected space from oxidation by water or by the acids which are formed from any of the metallic or other fluids that may be left on the can.

From the foregoin git will be seen that the mouth and breast portions of the can can be formed of separate members, thereby facilitating the construction of the upper portion of the can, while at the same time the weak point and the'one which is usually subjected to the greatest injury and the roughest usage is thoroughly reinforced and protected, and that owing to the flush joints the retention of dirt or germs is obviated and the sanitary value of the can is not impaired, and that, furthermore, by the construction of cans shown in Figs. l, 3, 4t, and 5 the locking-joint is observable, so that any dirt or foreign matter forming at such point can be readily 0bserved during the cleansing operation, so that by the present improvement a can is secured which from a sanitary point of view is equal to a can made without joint, while at the same time is of greater durability and rigidity and more easily constructed than such a jointless can.

I claim as my invention- 1. A milk-can comprising a breast member IIO provided with a neck portion; and a mouth member provided with a neck portion, one of said neck portions extending within and being overlapped by the other neck portion, and one of said neck portions having a laringreinforcing and locking flange, and one of said members having an annular recess for the reception of said flaring ange whereby the breast member and mout-h member are locked together by a Hush-joint interlocking means.

2. The herein described milk receptacle comprising a mouth member provided with a depending neck port-ion and an annular recess above said neck portion; and a breast member having an upwardly-extending neck portion extending within and overlapped by said mouth neck portion, and having a fiaring locking and reinforcing flange seated in the recess of the mouth member and forming therewitha flush joint, whereby the mouth neck portion and the breast neck portion are each reinforced one by the other throughout the entire area thereof, and whereby the point of juncture of said neck portion is located outside of the interior of the can.

3. A milk-can comprising a breast member provided with an integral neck portion; and a mouth member provided with an integral neck portion, one of said neck portions extending within and being overlapped by the other neck portion to form an annular space intermediate said integral neck portions, and one of said neck portions having a aring reinforcing and locking flange, and one of said members having an annular recess for the reception of said flaring iiange, whereby the breast member and mouth member are locked together by a flush-joint interlocking means, and whereby such interlocking means forms a closure for completely closing said annular space. f

4. A milk-can comprising a mouthmember provided with an integral neck portion; a breast member also provided with an integral neck portion, said integral neck portions so overlapping each other and connected together as to form a closed protected annular space intermediate such integral neck portions; and a reinforcing band inclosed in said space, intermediate said neck portions, and forming a treble-reinforced neck.

5. The herein-described milk-can comprising a mouth member provided With a depending neck portion and an annular recess above said neck portion; abreast mem ber provided with an upwardly-extendin g neck portion eX- tending through and overlapped by the mouth neck portion throughout the entire area thereof, and having an outwardly-extending flaring locking and reinforcing flange seated within the annular recess of the mouth member and forming therewith a iush joint above the neck of the can, said Haring flange constituting reinforcing means for the mouth member adjacent to the neck angle thereof; and an annular metal band intermediate the Vneck portions of said breast and mouth members and of the same area as each of the said neck portions, substantially as described.

HENRY B. HAIGH.

lVitnesses:

GEO. E. BAKER, E. A. MEAD.