US981744A - Package. - Google Patents

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J. F. BOWDITGH.

PAOKAGE: APPLIOATI'ON FILED MAR.19. 1910.

'Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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JOHN F.

BOWDITCH, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKAGE.

Sgeeification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Jan. 1'7 1911.

Application filed March 19, 1910. Serial No. 550,445.

To all whom it may concern: Be it-known that 1, JOHN F. Boworron,

of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of ltlassachusetts. have invented certain new and. useful liiipi'oveiiieiits in Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for pack- 1 aging powdered or granular material in such form that it can be conveniently discharged in limited quantities. and preferably so that the-material may be scattered as it is used.

The object of the invention is to provide a l cheap and convenient holder for the powder or granular material so that the holde and its contents may be sold as a package ready for the contents to be gradually used up, after which the holder may be discarded.

To these ends the invention consists in a holder or package substantially as hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder constructed according to my invention. F 2 repre sents a longitudinal section through the holder and powder or granular material contained therein. Fig. 3 is av perspective view of one of the slides or partitions.

Similar reference characters indicate the through the opening same. or similar parts in all of the figures.

.\n elongated container 10 which is preferably in the form of a tube, has a'permanentl closed end 11. and a series of slits 12 at substantially equal distances from each other. These slits are usually too narrow to permit of the escape of the material in the container 10 even if the partitions hereinafter referred to are removed.

Extending transverse of the container are slides or partitions 13, preferably having tabs 1+ to enable the partitions to be withdrawn and reinserted if desired. The other end of the container is provided with a cap .15 which when removed, enables the container to be tilled. Near the end which is provided with the cap 15. there is a side opening l 3 which is normally closed by a sleeve 17. said sleeve having an opening 18 which. when the sleeve is rotated so that the openings to and 18 are partially or wholly registered. will enable the granular material to be sifted out. Preferably the sleeve 17 is held in its longitudinal position between a collar 19 and a cap 15, it being understood that the cap 15 is permanently secured in place after the container has been filled.

All of the members may be made of paste poses the sleeve 17 may tion shown in thedrawings, and then either punching holes in the cap 15 or entirely removingit, will enable the contents to be sifted out.

In filling the container, the material such as a carpet sweeping compound or comminuted wax for waxing floors. or bluing, is tilled in to the level of the lowest slit 12 and then a slide or partition '13 is putin. After this the filling proceeds to the next slit and another partition is put'in ,placeand so on until the entire cap 15 put on. 1

Since the partitions are of paste board the tabs 1 1 may be folded down and covered by the advertising label which is usually employed for such goods. But in this case the paper which covers the t bs should be of such material as to enable it to bel readily broken to enable the user to lift up the tabs of the partitions to enable the latter to be pulled out. 1

,Vhen the material is to' be usechthe upper compartment is opened in either manner described and the material sifted out '2'. 6., all of the material which is above the upperpartition can be so sifted out. This will lt 'ii a definite and known quantity. No excess quantity of the material willescape from the container. \Vhen it is desired that more of the material shall be used. the upper slide or partition can be wholly or entirely removed. \Vhen all of the slits are occupied by parti tions thelatter can be removed successively, 2'. e., after the material above each partition has been used,. access to the contents of the next compartment can be had by simply removingthe top partition which still remains above the material in the container.

If desired, only one or two partitions need be used. flftlaa granular material is tofb coarse to'escape through the slits 12, or if the label wrapping extends entirely over the slits, the package can be used with only one partition, in which case such partition is not discarded after it is first withdrawn.

Supposing there is but one slide or parboard. For some purbe left in the positition 13 and that it first occupies the uppermost position provided ,for by the series of slits. WVhen the contents of the container above said partition shall have been sifted out and the container turned then to an tube is fillo'danld the" or parts of the device upright position, the said partition can be inserted in the next to the top slit and utilized as a barrier to prevent the escape of more than the desired quantity of the material when the container is again inverted for sifting. Repetitions of this operation will result in the gradual use of the material, in measured, quantities.

As has. been stated, the device as a whole is of material so cheap that it can be entirely discarded after it has been emptied -with0ut further waste or loss than when any ordinary paste'board box is thrown away.

It is to be understood that I do limit myself to the use of the holder for powdered or granular material. Obviously the compartone Eid, a removable partition occupying one ofthe' slits {and extending entirely across the container coacting with said closed Jena, to form'a'comp'artment to hold granu- ';la}, material-when the holder is inverted,

and means whereby the contents of said compartment can be sifted out.

2. A packaging holder constructed to be completely filled and to retain its contents during transportation, said holder comprising an elongated container closed at one end and having a movable closure at the other end, said container having a series of slits in its wall, and a removable partition dividing the holder into compartments and adapted to be inserted through either slit whereby it may be transferred from one position to another relatively to the ends of the container, said partition coacting with the movablev closure to form a compartment to hold and retain a definite quantity of materialregardless of the position of the holder.

3. A holder comprising an elongated container having a series of slits in its wall, a series of removable and independent parti tions transverse to the container and dividing it into compartments, portions of the partitions projecting through said slits whereby they may be removed in succession, said holder being filled with material in all its compartments, and means whereby the contents of one end compartment may be sifted out.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN F. BOWDITCH. Witnesses:

O. F. Brown,

P. W. PEZZET'II.

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