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Patented Nov. I, I898. G. G. WESTERFIELD.

METALLIC RECEPTACLE.

(Application filed. May 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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M ETALLIC RECEPTACLE;

sPEorEIoATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,343, dated November 1, 1898 Application filed May 12, 1898- Serial No. 680,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANVILLE G. 'WEsrEE- EIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to metallic receptacles, and particularly to the class of receptacles adapted to be assembled by the user from a blank without the necessity of soldering or otherwise permanently connecting the joined members of the receptacle.

The invention has for its object to provide a form of blank for the body of the receptacle which can be packed in a flat condition for transportation and assembled for use by an ordinary workman.

It has for a further object to provide an improved construction of end or head piece which can be readily fitted upon the body and is securedin place against accidental disconnection.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective of the invention with one head or cover removed. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional details illustrating the method of securing the head or cover upon the body portion. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the preferred form of the tongues provided upon the body portion, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of the receptacle is formed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the draw- Ings.

The letter A designates the body of a receptacle, which upon opposite edges-forinstance, the upper and lower edges-is provided with a series of tongues 13, cut from the body of the metal, the ends of said tongues projecting parallel with the upper edge of the body portion. One of the remaining edges-for instance, the side-is provided with a series of similar tongues O, and the opposite edge has formed therein slits or openings D. This blank may be bent into any de sired shape to form a box, keg, or other similar receptacle. For instance, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the blank is bent into a cylindrical form and the tongues 0 pass through the slits or openings D and are turned down upon the outer surface of the overlapping end of the blank. This forms the body of a receptacle, and the tongues upon the upper and lower edges are adapted to pass through heads or caps applied at opposite ends to complete the receptacle or closure. The heads E are provided with an annular flange portion E,

adapted to fit over the opposite ends of the ,2 receptacle, and these flanges have formed therein slits or openings E through which the tongues B are passed and then ben'tdown- Ward upon the outer surfaoesof the overlapping flange E of the coveror head. To facilitate the introductionof these tongues into the slits or openings E fone longitudinal wall of the same is bent inward, as at E so that when the head or cover is placed upon the body, with the openings E in alinement with the tongues B, said tongues will pass through the openings and can be bent downward to secure the heads or covers in position and com- 8o plete the receptacle. This is illustrated in detailby Figs. 2, 3, and 4, wherein the sev eral progressive steps of securing the head or cover in position are illustrated.

The inner longitudinal walls of the slits or openings D are bent inward at D, similarly to the walls E of the openings E to facilitate the introduction of the tongues 0 through the slits or openings D.

The tongues 13 and C may be formed in any 0 suitable manner; but I have illustrated in Fig. 5 the preferred construction of such parts,wherein the metal at the opposite sides of the tongue is bent over and upon the body of the tongue, as illustrated at B. This material stilfens and strengthens the tongue and obviates the necessity of making two additional cuts in the metal to remove the surplus material from opposite sides of the tongue. The body of the receptacle may also be provided with any desired number of stiffening-beads F, one of which is illustrated in Fig. l and a series of the same in Fig. 6. The circumferential beads stiffen and strengthen the sheet metal, so as to prevent it from bending, crushing, or being indented when under pressure incident to rough usage or packing of the receptacles one upon another.

A receptacle constructed as hereinbefore described can be produced by a single stamping or cutting operation and the pieces forming the body and heads of the receptacle left in a practically flat condition, in which they can be most conveniently transported or stored. hen it is desired to assemble the receptacle, the user has simply to bend it into the desired curve or angular shape, securing the parts in position by the tongues passing through the slits. It will be noted that these slits are not of sufiieient diameter to permit any play or looseness between the overlapping ends, and the overturned tongues firmly hold the parts together. The inwardly-bent walls of the slits also facilitate the introduction of the tongues, which could not be successfully otherwise accomplished. The advantage of the particular form of tongues and slits upon the opposite ends of the body are also obvious, particularly as the tongues do not project beyond the upper edge of the body, whereby the head is limited in its movement by he edge of the body portion A and the tongues passed through the slits in the operation of placing or setting the head or cover upon the receptacle. It will thus be seen that any tension upon the head will be borne at the bend of the tongues in such manner as to prevent the heads being forced off the receptacle by inward pressure against the same.

The construction of parts provides a metallic receptacle light in weight, simple in construction, readily assembled for use, and which can be manufactured at a very small cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. A blank for metallic receptacles provided upon opposite edges with a series of tongues and upon one meeting edge with a series of tongues adapted to enter slits formed in the opposite meeting edge; substantially as specified.

2. A metallic receptacle comprising a body portion provided with tongues and slits upon its meeting edges, a series of tongues upon one of its free edges, a head or cover having an angular flange provided with a slit, one horizontal wall of which is bent inward to re ceive tongues upon the opposite free edges of the body; substantially as specified.

3. In a me allic receptacle, a body portion provided with tongues and slits upon its meeting edges, a tongue upon the free end of said portion formed by slitting the metal and bend ing the separate portions upon the body, and a head or cover provided with an opening through which said tongue is adapted to pass; substantially as specified.

4:. In a metallic receptacle, a body portion provided upon its meeting edges with tongues and slits having a longitudinal wall thereof bent inward, a series of tongues upon the opposite free edges of said body portion, a series of stiffening-beads extendingacross-said body portion, opposite heads or covers provided with slits having an inwardly-bent longitudinal wall, through which slits the tongues upon the free edges are adapted to be passed and bent back downwardly upon the head or cover; substantially as specified.

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

GRANVILLE G. \VESTERFIELD.

\Vi tn esses:

EDWARD D. REARDON, H. O. BRANHAM.

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