US935029A - Paper vessel. - Google Patents

Description

C. E. JENKINS.

PAPER VESSEL.

APPLIUATION FILED DB0. 5, 190s.

vPatented Sept. 28

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CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS, OFWASHINGTON, DISTRICT F COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SINGLE SERVICE PACKAGE CORPORATION, A CORPORA- TION 0F NEW JERSEY.

PAPER VESSEL.

Speecation of Letters Patent.y Patented Sept. 2S, 1909.

' Application led December 5, 1908. Serial No. 466,146.

Be it known that I, CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS, a citizen of .the United States,

residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, l1ave..invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Vessels; 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.

My presentinvention relates to closures for paper vessels, and has for its object the provision of a closure whichwill be easily applied by the ordinary bottle filling and capping machines-now in use; one which will be efiicient'in action and cheap to construct; and one which will, when the closure is applied to milk bottles, permit the housewife to readily separate lthecream froml the milk.

To these ends the invention consists in the details ofconstruction and novel combina- .shown in Fig. 3.

tion of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed, and particularly pointed out in. the claims. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals refer to like parts in all the views:-Figure 1, is a. longitudinal sectional View ofa paper vessel with my closure applied thereto. Fig. 2, a similar view showing a modified construction of closure. r Figs. 3, 4 and4 5, represent in section still other modifications of the closure; while Fig. 6, represents in perspective the parts of the closure shown in Fig. 3, before they are assembled. Fig. 7, is a plan View of the top disk of the closure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8, a like view of the topl disk shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 9a planview of the top disk 1 represents any suitable paper vessel, but preferably a spirally wound paper milk bot tle; 2 an inverted cup-shaped bottom closure, and 3 a large plug like or thickened disk like, top closure. The top closure 3 in all cases comprises an inverted cup 4, having the struck up flanges 5, from which may or may not project one or more ears or tabs 6,

as maybe desired, but in most cases a single tab will be found suflicient and desirable to Withdraw the closure. Fitting into this cup 4, is a filling block of solid material, which' in lFigfl, is shown as made up of a plurality of fiat pieces 7, which may be disks of paper; in Figs. 2Vand 5, as made up of a plurality of blocks 8, which may be papel'- board or othermaterial; while in Figs. 3 and the filling block 9 is a solid piece of paper-board, wood or other material. Fit` ting over this filling block in Figs. l and 3, is a disk 10 preferably of paper; and this disk in Fig. 1, is or may be provided with notches 11, as shown in Fig. v7, to accommodate the two ears or tabs 6 of the cup 4.

Fig. 8 shows -a single notch 12 in the edge of the disk 15 to accommodate the single tab 6 shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 9 shows four notches 13 to accommodate the four tabs belonging to the cup 4 shown in Fig. 3. The disk 15 of Figs. 2 and 8, is provided with a circular groove 16 to receive the edge which fits over and receives the top edge of the'cup 4. In this figure, as well as in Fig. 5, the notches are dispensed with; and in the latter figure the continuous smooth edge of the disk 19 jams down the' ears or tabs 6, as shown, causing them to lit against the upper ledge of the bottle 1, in the manner similarto that of the grooved flange 18 in Fig. 4.

In all the figures an inverted cup `of liquid proof material is provided which furnishes a continuous surface, and prevents liquid getting into the stopper to swell the same; a solid thickened disk like or flattened plug like stopper is provided which is readily vhandled by the capping and iilling machines now on the market; when this stopper is withdrawn the opening is suflicient for the house`-wife to readily skim ofi.l the cream; and the whole structure can be readily made from the waste paper produced by my bottle making machines. The tabs enable one to readily withdraw the stopper, although it is jammed down flush with the top edge of the bottle; and when the said stopper is so made Hush with the said top the bottle presents a smooth top, which is considered very desirable by the boards of health of the various cities, in order to prevent dirt and germs collecting thereon and thereby spreading disease.

What I claim is z- 1. A paper vessel closed at one end with a flanged cup and provided at its other end With a plug stopper comprising a flanged cup having a tab integral With the flange, and extending in prolongation of the same; a filling material solidly fitting said cup; and a disk overlying said filling material, having a notch fitting said tab, substantially as described.

2. A paper vessel closed at one `end With an inverted flanged cup; and having at its other end'a plug stopper Comprising -a flanged cup provided With a tab, a filling material composed of a plurality of pieces solidly fitting the same and a notched disk fitting the tab and overlying the filling material, substantially as described.

3. A paper vessel closed at one end With an inverted flanged cup; and having at its other end a plug stopper eomprising a flanged cup provided with a tab, a filling material composed of a plurality of flat disks solidly fitting the same, and a disk over said filling material provided with .a notch fitting said tab, substantially as described.

4. A spirally Woundpaper vessel closed at one end with an inverted flanged cup; and provided with a plug stopper composed of a flanged cup of liquid proof material having a tab integral With the flange; a plurality of layers of material solidly fitting said cup; and a notched disk fitting said flange and covering said layers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. SHEDD, ^REVA JACKMAN.

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