US277696A - Butter-package - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. F. ELLIS.

BUTTER PACKAGE. No. 277,696. Patented May 15,1883..

N. PETERS, Phulolthorapher. Walhngon. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHF. ELLIS, CF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

BUTTER-PACKAGE.

`SPEGIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,696, dated May 15, 1883,

Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JosEPH F. ELL1s,a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county ot' Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to cans or vessels for packing or storing butter and other analogous substances, and has for its object to furnish a simple and inexpensive can or package which can be filled and emptied with great ease and facility, special provision being also made to protect the body of the can from injury during transportation and while being handled; also to permit the cans to be readily' grasped in removing the same from the boxes in which they are packed or nested77 during transportation.

Io these ends the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter, and then set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a butter package or can constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a packing-box, showing several of my improved canswor packages nested therein, and Fig. et is a top View ot' said box and cans.

A represents a shell or body having open ends, and made of a cylindrical or angular shape. This shell or body is constructed ot' sheet metal, glass, porcelain, papier-mache, or other appropriate material not liable to affect or taint the substance put up therein.n In practice I generally make the shell or body of tin, and ot' acylindrical shape, as is shown in the drawings.

B and C are wooden heads, which are iuserted into the open ends of the can or shell A, and held therein by friction by slightly indentin g the metal of the can upon the covers, or in any other suitable manner. The heads are provided with an inner horizontal ledge, a, which receives or supports the ends of the can or shell A, or limits the insert-ion of the heads into the can or shell. A vertical shoulder, b, extends from the ledge a and joins a second horizontal ledge, c, which extends from said shoulder b, and constitutes, in conjunction with an outer vertical face, d, a rim or projecting portion for convenience in grasping or handling the cover. A number ot' wooden strips o'r slats, I), surround the body or shell A, and are secured to the shoulders I) of the heads by means ot' wires, bands, cords, or nails, which constitute a fastening device, j', that will permit the strips to be readily applied .to the end heads and detached therefrom. The object of the strips or slats is to protect the body or shell A from injury during transportation or while being handled. Lhe ends ot' the slats or strips abutV against the ledges c of the heads, so that the displacement ofthe strips is etfectually prevented thereby, and by the device which serves to secure them to the heads. An ordinary binding wire or cord generally suffices to secure the strips to the head; but it is obvious that the strips may be secured to the covers or heads by nails or screws. I also propose to provide the strips with beads or inner'projections, which are let into corresponding recesses made in the shoul4 ders b, as is shown in Fig. One ofthe heads is provided with a central opening, J, which serves for the introduction ot' a butter-trier, in order to permit the contents of the can to be examined without removing the heads.

Acan or vessel constructed as above de scribed is specially adapted for packing or putting up butter for sale and use, although it is apparent that it can be used for holding other substances.

In order to remove the contents ot' the can or vessel, the heads thereof, together with the surrounding packing-strips, are removed, and then' asuitable plunger can beintroduccd into one end of the can for forcing out the contents through the otherend; or a. suitable implement can be used for prying out the contents.

It will be understood that in order to remove the end heads and slats from the body the fastening device j' must first be removed at one end of the can, when the slats, with the other end head, can be slipped from the can- IOO body. The detachable end headsof the can will also permit both ends of the cany to be opened for facilitatngthe cleaning of the same.

. Whenthe cans are packed in a box or transporting-case, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, it will be observed that the projecting rims ot' the covers abut together, so as to prevent the cans from coming in contact with each other, thus avoiding damage or injurious pressure upon the cans. `The projecting rims of the covers (particularly when they and the cans are of a circular or rounded shape) Will serve as handles for conveniently lifting the same from the packing-box. v

I am aware that it is not broadly new to put up butter and other plastic substances in vessels or jars having open endsand detachable end heads; also., that cans have heretofore been provided with a surrounding casing or crate composed of Wooden strips for protective purposes.

I am also aware that a powdercanister has been constructed of a cylindrical paper shell or body, Wooden end heads ttedtherein, and

staves or slats secured to the under sides of 25 vertical shoulder b, horizontal ledge o, and vertical face d, the slats D, andthe detachable fastening devices f, for securing the slats to the shoulders b of the end heads beneath the projecting rims formed by the ledges o and faces d, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature iu presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH E. ELLIS.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER MEGGETT, FRANK LANE.

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