US941236A

US941236A - Cup.

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Publication number: US941236A
Application number: US45926708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mary Dishman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-10-23
Filing date: 1908-10-23
Publication date: 1909-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 1926-11-23

Description

M. DISH'MAN. Gun v .APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1908.

941,236, i Patented Nov.23, 1909.

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MARY DISHMAN, OF BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY.

CUP.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 23, 1909.

Application led October 23, 1908. Serial No. 459,267.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, MARY DISHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of l/Varren and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cups, of which the following is a specication.

rlhe present invention has for its object to provide a cup or receptacle particularly designed for use in schools for holding a small quantity of liquid such as oil or water according to the particular work in hand, the cup being supplied with a spring clamp of novel formation for attaching the cup to a desk, table or the like to prevent upsetting and spilling of the contents.

The invention resides most especially in the peculiar formation of the spring clamp, the means for attaching the same to the cup or receptacle, and the unique arrangement whereby the cup forms one jaw of the clamp.

The invention further consists of the novel features, details of construction, and combinations of parts which, hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the drawings hereto attached, and pointed out in the appended claims.

`Referring to the drawings forming a part of the specilications: Figure l is a perspective view of a cup or receptacle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the cup. Fig. 3 is a top plan View.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

rl`he cup or receptacle l may be of any size and construction and is generally formed of sheet metal reinforced at its upper edge by a bead or roll. The bottom 2 is raised thereby forming a space to receive the keeper 3 by means of which the spring clamp is secured in place. rl`he keeper 3 consists of a strip of sheet metal bent between its longitudinal edges to form a groove or channel, said keeper being soldered or otherwise attached centrally to the bottom of the cup and forming therewith a socket in which is fitted the attaching member 4 of the spring clamp. Notches are provided in the upper edge of the cup at diametrically opposite points to receive brushes or other articles thereby preventing their displacement.

The spring clamp is constructed of a single length of wire of suitable gage doubled upon itself and having its end portions form ing the attaching member 4 and a jaw the latter comprising oppositely disposed loops 6 which are connected by a diagonal element. The wire at the fold is bent to pro vide a series of coils 7 which increase the resiliency of the clamp. A portion of the wire between the jaw and the spring coils 7 constitutes the shank as indicated at 8 and this shank comprises angularly disposed parts so as to space the jaw from the bottom of the cup a sufficient distance to receive the top of the desk or other support to which the cup may be attached. The attaching member 4 of the clamp is likewise bent about at a right angle near t-he spring coils 7 to properly space the gripping members of the clamp and to throw the spring coils 7 below the bottom of the cup a distance to clear the same and be out of the way. The clamp is centrally disposed with reference to the cup or receptacle thereby equalizing the strain upon all parts. The attaching member 4 is slipped into the socket formed by the keeper 3 and is prevented from casual displacement by the bent end 9 being coniined between the end of the keeper and the pendent rim 10 surrounding the raised bottom 2. It is not necessary that the member 4 be soldered or otherwise positively secured within the keeper, hence the clamp may adjust itself so as to distribute the strain uniformly throughout its extent. The lower edge of the pendent rim l0 comes about iiush with the lower edge of the keeper 3, hence the gripping force is distributed upon said rim and keeper.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides an article admirably adapted for use in schools for containing a small quantity of water when painting in water colors or a quantity of oil when painting in oil colors, said cup being of such construction as to be conveniently secured to the top of the desk, table or the like in any position so as not to be in the way and said cup also serving to receive the brushes and prevent displacement of the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, is:

l. ln combination, a cup having a rim pendent from its bottom, a keeper secured to the bottom, and a spring clamp comprising an attaching member, adapted to be fitted to said keeper, and a jaw, the latter adapted to act jointly with said keeper and the pendent rim of the cup.

2. In Combination, a Cup hav-ing a rim ment by having a part confined between the pendent from its bottom, a centrally dsend of the keeper and the said pendent rim.

osed kee er attached to the bottom of the Sup and gpaced at one end from the rim, MARY DISHMAN 5 and a spring clamp comprising a jaw and an Vtnesses:

attaching member, the latter inserted Within F.` O. PUTNAM, said keeper and prevented from dsp1ace- GEO. R. GORIN.