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W. H. PERKINS.

POWDER BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 15, 1910.

969,398. Patented sept. 6,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER H. PERKINS, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 'IO WATERBURY VlVSGr.

C0., OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION. i

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 15, 1910.

Patented Sept. (i, 1910. serial No. 538,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thnt l. n/riait Il. Pnnntss, n citizen ot' the Uniteth States, residing :it Cheshire, in the eounty otc New Haven :nul State ot` Connecticut. haveinventetl n new :nul useful Improvement in lowtler-lioxes;

and I lo herehY (leelnre the following` when teken in connection with the :teeonipnnying drawings nntl the letters of reference nntrketl thereon,. to he n t'ull, elettr. :intl exnet tteseription ot' the sanne, :intl which snitl tlrttwings constitute port ot' this specification, nntl represent. 1n-

Figftney l n viewpnrtlv in sitle elevation untl partly in vertienl section of n powderhox enihotlying ntv invention. Fig. l :t hrolien view thereof in vertical section. Fig. 3 :t plnn view thereof with :t portion ofthe neek in section to show the molle ot' fastenin,f r the pintle.

My invention relates to un improvement in non-refillzthle powder-boxes. the ohjeet hein j to protluee :tt :t low eost for nntnutzteture, tt non-retillnhle powtler-hox ot nent :intl attrait-tive, nppettrunee. eonstrnetetl with purtieulnr rel'erent-o to"eonvenienee ot use ns well :is to non-retilltthility.

With these en ls in view tny invention consists in eertnin tletuils ot eonstrnt'tion :intl eoinhinzttion ot' purts :is will he hereinnfter tleserihetl :intl pointetl ont in the elnint.

In carrying ont my invention the o ylint'lrienl hotly 2. inelinetl shoultler il. neel( 4 nntl top 5 ot the nox nre tlrztwn t'roln n single pieee ol sheet-nn-tnl. The .sttitl top 5 nnnle .Slightly erowninj 1- in tot'in to enhnnee its ttppenrnnf'e unil inerense its strength, :tnl'l lurnishetl with e. single tliselnlrgenperture (i whieh is eirenlnr in torni, :is shown.r t-honleltl its t'ortn muy he van-lett us llesireth tlnngetl nml ero\\'nin; pivotnl eover T tits snugly over the upper entl ol' the net-lt' I so ns to entirelv eover the top 5 :intl is hinged in plat-e hy u wire pintle l'he discharge aperture t2 is loentetl. :is l muy now point out, to one sifle ol u liney passing eentrnlly through the snill top :intl eove' :nifl trans4 verset)1 through the pintle ntitlwny the length thereof. spring-tinger fl nnule inteprnl with unil tlepentling t'roin the lnnt'e oiV the eover 't' is heul to snnp into :tn :innulzu' groove l0 l'orniell in the neeltfl nl :t point.4 justl helow the lower etlg'e ol' the tlepentlinln' thingie of the eover 7 when the sante is in its elosetl position. tv :t point' tlireetl)Y opposite the sttitl sprintf-finger E). the tlnnge o'tl the eover fornuwl with :in integrul lent hein inwnrtl to protlnt'e n hunt-hte ll which enters the groove l() :tt :t point. tlininetrienlly opposite the point therein which receives the sttltl spring-Hilger S), the snitl linuelile, 1l receiving' the pintle S whieh is t'ortnetl tront n short length ot' wire :intl the entls of which.

ns shown, are bent inwnrtl nntl pttssetl through the wztlls of the groove l() :tntlthen hent; (town upon the inner` fno-e thereot'l tts shown in Fig.

lv loetttin.;- thetliselntrge-npertnre t3 :ts :thove tleserihetl` l tnnlte in v intprovert hox purt'ienlzn'ljf Convenient to use since when the tlisehttrg'emperture is so loetttell the nut.- urttl ntotle ot' holdingthe hox in shutting ont the powtler is in the position shown h y Fig. 3 in whieh the :tperture is in its lowest position with rel'erenee to the contents of the hox. ln this position ot the aperture.` the shaking ot the hox (loes not ten l to swing' tho eover T into its elosetl position us the line in whieh the hox is slntlt'en is su'hstztn- .tinll'v purztllel with the line ot the pntle t' :nul l nueltle ll, whereas it' the aperture were loentetl in the renter ot.' the top or on n line, pttssing venti-:illy through the lop :nul eover :nul trnnsverselv Lln'one'h the pintle ntitlwaly the length'thm-init. the `elteet ot slmlt'ing the hox woulll he lo entuse the (zover T to swing townrll or into its elosetl position :intl so he in the w:t.\ otl tho free, egress oli' the powtler 'front the ztperllne When the lvoX hns heen lillell with powtler through tho open lower elnl ot its hotlyy i, the suine is lil-used h v :t thtngetl or enp-lilte hottotn l2 into \\'hi ll the etlgfo ol the hox is set. 'lille hottoln l2 is seeuretl in plnee.

h5 the ent ront-ent nl. nnnnlatr hetnl lil tornietl in its lztngfe into :t 4groove ll tortnetl elose to the etlgfe ot'the hotly 'l :ts elenrl \r shown in ["ig. l.

ln :t powtler-hox` the eotn'hinntion with :t fvlintlrienl hotly hnvineI nn inelinell shoultlet' merging' into :t net-lt' surnlonntell hy n erownin ftop t'ortnell with :t tliseltnreeopening'. ol' :l thinned over hing/ll lo the snitl neel( :intl shutting over the snitl top in whitli the .snitl lis ltnr;'e-o|lening is lovoted to one side of a line passing centraily specicution in the presence of two subscribv through the Said top and Governi, a right ing witnesses. anglo 1o the pivot of the latter, whereby when th@l box is shaken for the discharge of 5 ih@ powder, its cover Will not swing out to- 'Titliesses:

wurd or into its closed position. J. S. NEAGLE,

In iostimony whervoi, I have signe@ this HENRY Lomz.

vWALTER H. PERKINS.

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