US2212476A - Multiple pail - Google Patents

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H. KIELBERG MULTIPLE PAIL I Aug 20, 1940.

.Filed Dec. 8, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. KIELBE RG MULTIPLE PAIL Filed Dec.

Aug. 20, 1940.

.8, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 20, 1940 l uN-1 eo;srArEs ,PAT'ENT OFFICE:

a corporation of Delaware I Application December 8 nestable multiple-pail which can be fabricated at exceptionally low cost and'which has'important advantages in utility. 7

Multiple pails of various types have heretofore been made, but they have all, so faras' I am aware, been subject to certain disadvantages. One of the primary disadvantages of such pailsv has been that they have not, been nestable or stackable like ordinary single pai1s.- This has ordinarily been 'due'to the fact that nesting or Sir stacking of multiplepails'has been prevented by the very shape or construction thereof or by the nature and location of the handle member or both.

Nestability of metal ware of the typeabove referred to is highly important'in shipping. If the ware can be nested the costof'shipping is very much lower than if it cannot be nested, as the space consumed is reduced to a, fraction of the space necessarily consumed without nesting,"and also lower transportation rates obtainand less expensive means of packing need be employed. The problem of designing a nestable multiple pail has long existed inthe art, as multiple pails have been used for many years, but so far as I am aware this problem has never been satisfactorily solved prior to the present invention,

I provide, a'multiple pail comprising a plurality of pail members and handle means for the mul tiple pail, the pail members and handle means being connected together in such a way that the multiple pail may be nested or stacked with re spect to other similar multiple pails. I preferably employ ordinaryfull round tapered pails and connect them together with their open topslying l substantially in the same plane and with handle pail is stacked upon the second mentioned multiple pail- The-handle means is preferably designed so as to offer a minimum: of. interference to full access to both pails when the multiple pail is in use and it offers a sturdy and convenient manner of carrying the multiple pail.

Other details, objects and advantages of the "invention will become apparent as the following description of a present preferredembodiirient thereof proceeds. r

In theraccompanying drawings; I have shown a Wheeling Steel Corporation, Wl 1 eeling, W. Va.,

1937 Serial N0.'1'78,710

6 cla s. (Cl. 220-94) 1 g I present preferred embodiment of the invention,

in which a Figure 1 -is a perspective view of a multiple pail;

I Figure 2 is an elevational view of two multiple") pails such as the multiple pail shown in Figure 1 stacked or nested one upon orwithin the other;

-Figure- 3 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view through the two stacked or nested multiple pailssho-wn in Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a central transverse cross-sectional View through the two stacked or nested multiple pails shown in Figure 2. I Referring 'now more particularly to the drawings, there are provided two full round sheet metal-pails 2 which may be'of ordinary construction. As shown in the drawings these are standard seamed and swaged sheet metal pails having bottoms seamed thereto and having the usual wire to-p rims. Indeed they are preferablyidentical with ordinary single pails as now on the market save that the bail ears and bails employed on' ordinary single pails are not provided. The pails 2 are preferably taken off the regular standard pail production line in the pail factory prior toattachment of the'bail ears and bails. This avoids the necessity of making special pails for my multiple pail and hence greatly reduces the cost of the multiple pail.

In the pails 2 the side walls are shown at 3,

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they being seamed together in usual manner at 4.

The bottoms of the pails are shownat 5 and the wirerims at 6. The side walls or bodies 3 of the pails are swaged as shown at 1 whereby to strengthen them relatively to similar unswaged pails. The fact that the pails 2 are of circular cross section rather than of non-symmetrical cross section, as has ordinarily been the case in the provision of pail members for multiple pails,

enables the pails 2 to be swaged on the ordinary 1 rotary swaging dies employed in pail. factories.

1 In making my multiple pail two or more of the pails' 2' may be employed, two of such pails being employed in the embodiment shown in the drawings; The pails are positioned with their top 'pail members 2 a common'handle and connecting member designated generally by reference numeral'8..

The common handle and connectingmember 8' is. preferably blanked. out of sheet metal and stamped and formed to the shape shown in the drawings. When so formed itcomprises an upper or grip portion 9 and two similar-opposed depending connecting portions IU. Each of the portions Ill extends generally downwardly and somewhat outwardly relatively to the pail members 2 as shown in Figure 4. It is made gradually tapered to greater width from its upper portion downwardly so as to fit between and lie against the opposed side faces of the pail members 2. Opposed shoulders II are provided at the upper portions of the respective connecting portions l0, and these shoulders I I directly underlie and contact with the under faces of the rims 6 of the pail members 2 whereby toaiford a measure of support for the pail members independently of the;

'"full round pails are preferably employed, their welded connections between the connecting portions I and the pail members,*as will pres-. ently be described.

The grip portion 9 of the member 8 has the metal at its side edgesturned upwardly as-shown at I2 whereby to strengthen and stiifen the mem ber'8 and provide a. smooth comfortable grip portion. The grip portion is of least width at its icenter and its Width gradually increases from the.center towardboth ends of the member, 8, as-shown in Figures 1 and 2. This not only makes the grip portion exceptionally comfortable when I the multiple pail isbeing carried, but also 'provides for conformation of the grip portion with theexteriors of the pail members of a similar multiple pail when the second mentioned multiple pail is stacked on the first mentioned multiple pail. Thisconformation may be understood from the shape .of the grip portion 9 as shown in Figure l and also from ,Figures 2 and 3 in which (as is also the case in Figure 4) two identical multiple pails are shown stacked or nested one upon or within the other. As the two multiple pails are identical the reference numerals apply equally tothem both.

When the multiple pails are stacked the bottom edges I3 of the respectiveportions II! of the mem-- ber 8 of the upper multiple-"pail rest uponv the rims of the pail members 2 of ;thelower multiple pail as shown in Figures 2 and 4. v The bottoms of the pail members 2 of theupper multiplepail enter the upperfportions of the pail members 2 of the lower multiple. pail.- The grip portion 9 of the member. 8 of the lower multiple pail lies between thepail members-2 ofthe; upper multiple 'pailgand intermediate theportions II] of the member 8. of the upper multiple pail; The grip portion dis-preferably so designed, as indi-; cated above, that it will fit snugly and conform tothe opposed faces of the pail members of a; multiple pail stacked upon the multiple pail of which it is a pa'rtr'lThus the grip portion posi-- tions the two multiple pails relatively to one another horizontally whereas the vertical positioning thereof is effected by-the lower'edges I3 of the portions II] of the member 8 of the upper multiple pail. As shown in, the drawings, the lower edges I3 of the portions Ill of-the member 8 of theupper multiplepail rest on the rims 6 of the pail members of theilower multiple pail and thus prevent-sticking of I the multiple pails when nestedf Y Themember .8 is preferablyconnected with the pail members 2 by spot'welding each ofpthe portions I 0 to each :ofxthe pail .members along the respective edge portions I4 zther'eof'. This provides a strong permanent union andv adapts the multiple'pail to be carried by the common handle and "connecting-member .'8 while main I gether.

taining the respective pail members 2 in their proper relative positions even when they are filled with water or other liquid. The multiple pail is preferably galvanized or otherwise suitably dip coated, and-I prefer to do this after assembly of the pail members 2 and the member 8 and the spot welding together thereof, as the coating covers the, welding. However, the individual pail members 2 and the member 8 may, if desired,

be individually coated and then "connected to- As will be seen from Figure l, the handle member is so positioned and is of such character that it does not materially interfere with access to both of the pails throughout their respective entire cross-sectional areas. Thus, even though manner of connection and support is such that 1 their complete individual utility is not impaired.

gether by.-the., simple expedient of -passing acord or. wire over the grip pqrtion 9 ofqthe top lllllli tiple pail so 'that it; lies between "the,- opposed portions I2 thereof and thence downwardly and under the connecting member of the lowermost m p p i ,i --j' The word pail is used herein as a word of broad-definition andnot of, limitation and is not intended to be limited to the-specific type of container which is commonly referred tocom-r mercially as a pail. I

Whi le I have shownand described a. present preferredembodiment ofthe; invention, it is to be distinctlyunderstood that the invention is not limited thereto but may .be otherwise variously embodied within the'scope of the following. aim -x" ,7

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A nestable double pail comprising a pairof pai I each of smaller dimension at theibottom than atthe top -a nd an-integral connecting and carrying member-comprising ,a-pair of opposed connecting-portions disposed respectively on op-- posite sides of a pl ane;-.containi ng theaxes ofthe pails,ar 1d connecting thev pails to form a dQllble pail unit andahandle portion for carry--, ing the double pail unit; extendingbetween the respective;;connecting portions the lower portions; of -:the1 pailsv being. spaced apart a distance sufficient to greceive the handle portion of a similar double pail to permit'nesting 2.;1A..n,estable double" pail comprising pails each of smaller dimension at the-ibottom;

than at'the-top; and a generallyu shaped mem-;

the pailstarid'zservingla's a. handle for. thezdoublez pail unit, the lowerportionsof the pails being spaced. apart a distance suflioient -to receive. the

handle portion of a similar. double pail to permit nesting. 1

" -3"..*A 'n'estable doublepail comprising apair of f pails in side-by-side rela.tion.;each of smaller:

dimensions at the bottom than:1.at"the'top,aa handle member. positioned-between said pails and 1 securing them rigidly together, said handle member comprising a substantially horizontal hand grip portiondisposed above the pails and portions connected to the hand grip portion adjacent its ends extending downwardly therefrom between the pails, said downwardly extending portions being rigidly connected to both pails, the said downwardly extending portions being spaced apart a distance greater than the length of the hand grip portion and securing said pails in sufficiently spaced relation below the tops thereof to receive the hand grip portion of a similar double pail to permit nesting.

4. A nestable double'pail comprising a pair of pails in side-by-side relation, each of smaller dimensions at the bottom than at the top, a handle member positioned between said pails and securing them rigidly together, said handle member comprising-a substantially horizontal hand grip portion disposed above the pails and portions connected to the hand grip portion adjacent its ends extending downwardly therefrom between the pails, said downwardlyextending portions being rigidly connected to both pails, the said downwardly extending portions being spaced apart-a distance greater than the length of the hand grip portion and securing said pails in sufficiently spaced relation below the tops thereof to receive the hand grip portion of a similar double pail to permit nesting, said hand grip portion being shaped to engage the adjacent walls of a superimposed double pail when nested and thus laterally position the pails relative to each other.

'5. A nestablevdouble pail comprising a pair of pails in side-by-side relation, each of smaller dimensions at the bottom than at the top, a handle member positioned between said pails and securing them rigidly together, said handle member comprising a substantially horizontal hand grip portion disposed above the pails and portions connected to the hand grip portion adjacent its ends extending downwardly therefrom between the pails, said downwardly extending portions being rigidly connected to both pails and bridging the space therebetween, the said downwardly extending portions being spaced apart a distance greater than the length of the hand grip portion and securing said pails in sufficiently spaced relation below the tops thereof to receive vthe hand grip portion of a similar double pail to permit nesting, said downwardly extending portions of the handle member of said double pail contacting the upper edges of an adjacent lower double pail when nested and supporting said first mentioned double pail thereon.

6. A nestable double pail comprising a pair of pails each of smaller dimension at the bottom than at the top and a connecting and carrying member comprising a pair of opposed upwardly extending elements disposed respectively on opposite sides of a plane containing the axes of the pails and rigidly connecting the pails together in side-by-side relation to form a double pail unit and a handle portion for carrying the double pail unit extending between the respective upwardly extending elements and connected to the upper ends thereof, the lower portions of the pails being spaced apart a distance sufiicient to receive the handle portion of a similar double pail to permit nesting.

HENRY KIELBERG.

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