US408108A - Shipping-pail - Google Patents

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H H O SHIPPING PAIL.

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No. 408,108. Patented July 30, 1889.

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HEZEKIAI-I HOWE, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.408,108, dated. July 30, 1889.

Application filed May 25, 1889.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEZEKIAH llown, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Pails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to pails for shipping butter, milk, and analogous articles; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully pointed out and described.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved pail, showing a portion of the inside and the outside lining broken away. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the cover, showingthe two sections thereof detached. Fig.4 is a side view showing a slight .inodification in the construction of the pail, a portion of the exterior and interior casings being broken away; and Fig. 5 illustrates the under supporting-piece, showing a plan and edge view thereof.

Like letters of reference denote correspond ing parts throughout the several figures.

The primary object of my invent-ion is to provide a device of the above-described char acter in which a free circulation of air will be maintained entirely around the inner containing-vessel, whereby the butter or other article to be shipped will be kept at a low temperature during such shipment or while in storage, thus insuring the preservation of the article and preventing its becoming soft or oily.

.In shipping butter in pails as heretofore constructed no means have been provided Serial No. 312,056. (No model.)

represents the exterior casing or jacket provided at its lower portion with a series of perforations a, arranged circumferentially around said casing.

Adapted to be placed within this exterior casing or jacket is the butter pail or receptacle 13, provided around its upper portion with a series of perforations Z), said receptacle being of such diameter as to allow an air-space to be formed between the same and.

the exterior jacket. This vessel B is also provided upon the inner face of the upper portion thereof, slightly below the perforations Z), with a circular ridge or support I). It is also provided with a flanged top N, which registers with and is supported by the flange a, surrounding the inner face of the exterior jacket. This serves to support the containing-vessel in its proper position, and as the length of the inner vessel is not equal to that of the outer jacket or casing a space is necessarily formed between the base of said outer casing and the bottom of the receptacle.

A double-headed cover is suitably hinged to the outer casing or jacket, and consists of an upper or outer portion C and a lower or inner portion D. Disposed between these two parts are pillars or uprights E, said pillars or uprights connecting the two parts by means of rivets or equivalents passing into the same, or, if preferred, they may be provided with tenoned ends fitting closely into appropriate recesses; and the upper portion is furthermore provided with a series of perforations o. By thus constructing this cover with an intervening space between the two sections I form an air-space above the containing-receptacle, and thus afford a free circulation of air at this point. A series of hasps F depend from diiferent points of the circumference of the uppersection of the cover, and are adapted to fitover staples G and to be retained by means of keys or equivalents H. The lower section of the cover, when in a closed position, rests upon the circular ridge or flange b of the containing-receptacle.

By following the course indicated by the arrows it will be seen that air enters firstby the lower perforations a, and, passing beneath the bottom of the inner containing-vessel, rises upward and completely surrounds the same, and thence passes into the upper chamber formed between the two sections of the cover through the medium of the perforations in the top of the inner containing-vessel, thereby completinga circuit around the same. The air finally passes out of the perforations located in the upper section of the cover, and by this means a continuous circulation of fresh air is maintainedentirely around the article to be preserved, whereby, in the case of butter and the like, the same is kept in a hard and compact form and without danger of any injurious or deleterious results from warm weather. When it is desired to remove the contents, all that is necessary to be done is simply to lift the cover, when the inn er receptacle may be conveniently withdrawn.

By my device the necessity of employing ice for cooling the contents is entirely obviated, and which, when so employed, causes soakage or rusting.

While I have mentioned my invention as applicable for the shipment and storage of butter, still I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to its use for that purpose, as it is evident that it. can be employed with equal advantage for the transportation of dairy products, milk, &c. \Vhen used for the latter purposethat is, as a milk-receptacle I prefer to adopta slightly-modified construction, (illustrated in Fig. at of the drawings,) which, while showing a modified form, yet does not depart from the broad principle of my inventi oni. 6., providing exterior and interior vessels so constructed and arranged as to form a space completely around said inner vessel.

It will be seen that this construction differs from the one represented by the other figures of the drawings in providing an under supporting piece or strip M, which passes beneath the bottom of the inner containing-receptacle, and is provided with downwardlybent ends m, the support proper or horizontal portion M being soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the bottom of the recep-- tacle, and the turn-down ends secured in a similar manner to the inner faces of the era terior casing.

The cover for this construction, as in the other case, is constructed in two sections, arranged, however, on an inclined plane, the bottom edge of theinner section resting upon a circular ridge or shoulder. Both sections are provided with a central neck-opening, as plainly indicated in the drawings, in which the exit-pipe or neck is inserted, said neck being provided with the usual stopper. In-

stead of hinging this cover, however, as in the other construction, I prefer to seal the same by soldering or otherwise securing the edge of the lower section of the cover to the annular ridge or flange upon the inner face of the contaming-receptacle, and also soldering the under face of the upper section of the cover, near the edge thereof, to the upper rim of the inner containing-vessel. any reason, it is found desirable to entirely remove the containing-vessel, all that is required is simply to cut the seal or solder at the bottom with a sharp implement, when the cover and containing-vessel may be removed entire, the solder connecting said vessel and cover holding them securely together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a pail for shipping and preserving butter and other dairy products, the combination, with an inner and outer vessel provided with suitable air-passages, of a cover or lid consistingof two sections suitably conneeted by uprights or pillars, the lower section thereof adapted to fit within the inner vessel and to be supported on a plane below the upper rim or edge thereof, and the upper section adapted to cover the outer vessel and provided with a series of outlet-holes or airpassages, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of an outer casin g having perforations at its bottom, and provided at its upper inner face with a surrounding ridge or supportingshoulder, an inner containing-vessel provided at its top with a circular flange adapted to bear against and be supported upon the supporting-shoulder of the outer casing, also provided near its top edge with a series of perforations and on its inner face below said perforations with a surrounding flange or ridge, said inner containing-ves sel being of such diameter and length as to form a circular airchamber between the same and the outer casing, and an air-space between the bottom thereof and the basepiece of said outer casing, a double-headed cover or lid made of two sections with an intervening space between said sections, so as to form an upper air-chamber, the upper section thereof provided with a series of exitopenings, and the depending hasps adapted to fit over suitable staples and to be secured thereto by pins or keys, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed mysigna-ture in presence of two witnesses.

HEZEKIAH IIOIVE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. MoRsELL, N. A. ACKER.

If, therefore, for

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