US847972A - Sheet-metal display-can. - Google Patents

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' 10.847.972 PATBNTED MAR. 19, 1907.

' P. RUDOLPHI.

SHEET METAL DISPLAY GAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. Z4, 1906.

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FRANK RUDOLPHI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL DISPLAY-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented IVarch 19, 19u?.

Original application led August 7, 1905, Serial No. 272,958. Divided and this application filed September 24, 1906.

SerialNo. 335.957.

Be it known that I, FRANK RUDOLPi-ii, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Display-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements lin slieet-metal display cans or boxes for containing, shipping, storing, and displaying for sale crackers, bakery goods, and other like articles.

My invention consists in the knovel con structionl of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described, and more particularly specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a p erspective view of a` display-can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3.3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line llfof Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a detail View of the spring signplate. Fig. 7 is a detail top or plan view of one corner of the can-body.

In the drawing, A represents the three sheetmetal upright side plates, and B the sheet-brass or burnishable-iiietal front plate forming the body of the can; C, the bottom plate, and D the hinged cover. The bottom plate C is secured by external folded seams c to the lower edges of the sides A and B. At the upright corners of the body the sheetinetal sides A and front side B are united by internal folded seams a. The upright side plates A of the body have at their upper ends horizontal right-angle flanges a', preferably about one-half inch in width, and angle-flanges a2, the lower edges of which meet and are soldered to the vertical sides A, thus forming hollow triangular stiffening bars or braces A at the upper end of the body at three sides thereof, and at its remaining or front side a similar hollow triangular stiffening and strengthening bar A2, having a corresponding horizontal flange a and angle- 1 flange a2, is provided. At the corners of the body the meeting horizontal fianges a and the meeting angle-flanges a2 of the hollow strengthening bars or braces A A2 overlap each other and are securely soldered to- .upper end of the body.

gether, thus forming a continuous hollow strengthening bar or brace all around the The sheet-brass front plate B of the body has a display-opening Bf in its lower portion surrounded by an inturned angle-flange b and closed by a removable glass plate E, held in place at its lower edge by a fixed guide E and at its upper portion by pivoted plateholders F, preferably of sheet metal and of triangular shape and hinged to the upright sides A A of the can by rivetsf, preferably lo cated but slightly below a horizontal line eX- tending through the contacting end f f of the holder F against the glass plate E. The hinged glassholders F have feet f2, which bear against the bottom plate of the can and serve as stops to limit the turning movement of the pivotal holders. The sheet-metal glass-plate holders F are furnished each with right-angle angesf3 on ltheir inclined side to cause the same to properly engage the glass plate E near the end thereof, and which also serve to strengthen and stifl'en the sheetmetal holders. At their upright and horizontal edges the holders F have folded rightaiigle flanges f, which serve to stiffen and brace the glass-holders.

As the pivoted glass-holder F fits snugly against the upright side plates of the can, to which they are pivoted, and as they swing in vertical planes parallel to said side plates, they shut down against the glass plate and accommodate themselves to the varying thickness of the glass plate, their own weight tending to hold them closed. As the glass plates always vary more or less in thickness, the gravity action of the holders in maintaining them closed is a material advantage in affording a secure holding means for the glass plate. As the pivoted holders open and close in vertical planes, variations in their closing or swinging movement, due to varying thicknesses of the glass plate, does not produce an open space or crevice between the holders and the side plates to which they are pivoted, into which crumbs can wedge, and thus tend to open the holders, and as my glass-plate holders are pivoted to swing in the plane of the side plates to which they are pivoted knocks or blows against the sides of the can also have no tendency to open or loosen the holders, as

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would be the case if the holders were hinged l to the side plates to swing open at angles thereto, and in my invention also any jars or jolts upon the can simply tend to tighten the vertical swinging holders against the glass plate.

The sheet-brass front B has at its upper portion a countersink or recess B2, surrounded by a marginal wall or angle-'llange b2 and forming a recess or seat to receive the eXternal-'litting removable sheet-metal spring sign-plate G, which is provided 'with tenons g g at its ends, that project through slots t2 in the langes b2 of the countersink or sign-receiving recess B2 in the brass front plate B. The spring sheet-metal plate Gr fits snugly in its recess B2 in the front plate at both ends and at its upper and lower edges, and it is inserted in place and its tenons inserted through the slots t3 therefor by springing, bending, or bowing the sign-plate outward, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. To facilitate the removal of the spring sheetmetal sign-plate from the brass front plate B, the latter is provided with a small hole t4, preferably at the middle portion of the sign seat or recess B2, through which a pencil or other small instrument may be inserted to outwardly bend or bow the l'lexible spring sign-plate, and thus free it from its seat and withdraw its tenons g lrom the slots or holding devices b3 on the brass front plate B of the can. The brass front plate B has a told b5 at its upper edge to give a smooth linish thereto, and 1t fits snugly and against and is soldered directly to and supported by the hollow triangular strengthening-bar A2 at the l'ront side of the can. The thin brass plate is thus given a strong support at its upper end by the bar A2 and a much stronger and better construction than those heretofore used, where a slot or passage-way is left between the bar A2 and the front plate for the removal and insertion of an inside-iitting sign-plate.

The hinged cover D has right-angle integral vflanges d at three of its edges and a front flange d of a separate piece and preferably of brass to correspond to the brass front B. The lower edges of the coverflanges d d have curves or coils d2, embracing a wire D, which completely surrounds the cover and forms also the pivot ol its hinge.

Thilo l prefer to use the interengaging holding devices on the spring sign-plate and Afront plate which I have illustrated in. the drawing and conslsting ol tenons on the sign-plate and lips or slots on the lront plate for holding the removable eXternally-'litting sign-plate in its seat on the outside of the liront plate and to permit the disengagement or withdrawal of these holding devices lrom each other by the spring or bowing movement of the llexible sheet-metal sign-plate, it will of course be understood by those skilled in the art that the lorm and construction of' these interengaging holding devices maybe greatly varied without departing from the principle of my invention.

This is a division ol my original application lor patent, Serial No. 272,958, 'liled August 7, 1905.

l claim- 1. ln a display-can, the combination with a lront plate having a display-opening therein, with a transparent plate closing said opening, and vertically-swinging glass-holders pivotally connected to the upright sides ol the can adjacent to the front plate and swinging about their pivots in planes parallel to the upright sides ot the can to which they are pivoted, substantially as speeilied.

2. ln a display-can, the combination with a front plate having a display-opening` therein, with a transparent plate closing said opening, and hinged glass-holders pivotally connected to the upright sides ol the :an adjacent to the Vlront plate, and pivotal glassholders having `leet engaging the bottom plate of the can to limit the turning movement ol' the holders, substantially as speciiied.

3. In a display-can, the combination with the front plate and adjacent upright side plates, ol vertically-swinging glass-plaie holders pivotally connected to said adj aeent side plates and provided with [langes engaging the glass plate, said glass-holders swinging about their pivots in planes parallel to said upright side plates to which they are pivoted, substantially as specified.

FRANK ltUDOLPllh litnesses 1 H. M. MUNDAY, PEARL ABR ,nu s.

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