US1154000A - Salt and pepper shaker. - Google Patents

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C. A. CONGER.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. 1912.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

CHARLES A. GONGER, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2i, iota.

Application filed August 21, 1912; Serial No. 715,204.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. CoNenn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of @akland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Salt and Pepper Shakers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined salt and pepper shakers from which either material may be dispensed at will.

The object of my invention is to provide a shaker of this character of an improved and simple construction which will greatly reduce the cost of manufacture thereof.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shaker of the character described in which the supply of the materials in the shaker may be observed without opening the shaker.

- A. further object of my invention is to provide means for pulverizing or breaking up the salt lumps, which is rendered inoperative and silent when pepper is being dispensed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a metallic shaker having a novel form of dividing partition and which is constructed and assembled without the use of solder.

The invention possesses other advantageous features which, with the'foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description, where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the'present specification. L

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section of the shaker taken through the discharge portions. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the shaker with the top closing plate removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a modified form of shaker, in which the lower part of the body is made of glass. Fig. 4: is a detail showing the glass cylinder and the lower closing plate.

The device comprises a cylindrical body 2, preferably formed of thin metal, which is closed at the top and bottom by the dos ing plates 3 and 4 respectively.' The top plate 3 is secured to the body by means of the cap 5 which is crimped or rolledunder a flange on the upper end of the body. The lowerclosing' plate 4 is preferably formed integral with the base '6', which isprov'ided along its upper edge with a circumferential shoulder over which the lower end of the body is crimped or rolled. The entire device is made without the use of solder; the various parts being either crimped or rolled together, or being frictionally held together. The body is divided into two compartments 78 by the vertical partition 9 which is frictionally held in position. The partition is formed of a thin sheet of} metal formed in a tortuous curve, and before being inserted in the body, has a width in excess of the diameter of the'body. When it is inserted in the body therefore, it presses against the sides of the cylinder, making a close joint with said sides and being firmly held in place. By varying the curvature of the partition, the relative'sizes of the two compartments will be varied, and prefer to construct the partition as shown, so that the compartment 7 which is designed to hold salt, will be larger than compartment 8 which is designed to contain pepper. The top and bottom walls 34 are bowed slightly downward and upward respectively before the parts are assembled and are straightened or flattened by the partition when assembled, so that a tight joint is formed along the top and bottom of the partition, thereby completely isolating the two compartments. The partition is curved at the side edges so that it makes a material contact with'the side of the body, thereby making a tight joint and overcoming any slight irregularities which may occur on the edges of the partition.

Arrangedin the'bottom wall 4 are screw threaded ferrules 1213 registering with theseparatecompartments. These ferrules are preferably made of unequal sizes, the larger one 18 registering with the larger compartment-7. Engaging theseferrules are screw plugs 1415, which are removable to allow the compartments to be charged. These plugs are made of such length that unless they are screwed firmly to their seat, the lower ends thereof will project below the bottom of the base, thereby serving to indicate to the observer whether or not the plugs are properly seated. Should they be not properly seated,the shaker will tilt when it is set down. The base 6 is formed with outwardly flaring sides, thereby producing in effect, a funnel which is very advantageous in charging the material into the separate compartments Diametrically arranged on opposite sides of the body adjacent the top are substantially hemi-spherical protuberances1617 which engage the edges of and cover apertures in the body. These apertures and their corresponding protuberances register with the separate compartments, the protuberance 17 forming part of compartment 7 being the are arranged in the upper portion thereof, sothat no material will sift or fall from the perforations onto the table or other support when the shaker is set down. When the device is used, it is tilted to a substantially horizontal position with one of the protuberances at the lower side. Part of the material inthe lower compartment falls into the protuberance from which the desired amount is discharged by shaking. By this means, the tendency of the material to. cake and clog at the discharge perforation, due to the weight of the material behind, is prevented, since only a portion of the material enters the protuberance. y

Seated in the bead on protuberance 17 and extending into compartment 7 is a guard 21 formed of a single piece of wire bent into a double loop, which operates to hold the ball 22 inoperative relation with'regard to the protuberance. The guard, other than holding the ball in position, operates as a screen to break the larger lumps of salt, which after passing into the protuberance are crushed into finer particles by the ball crusher 22. apart a distance slightly less than the diameter of the ball and are bent at the center to form the hemi-spherical loops 23. When pepper is being dispensed, the ball falls between these loops, as indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 1 and is held in that position,

thereby preventing it from ratting when the device is shaken.

In Figs. 3 and 4, I have shown a modification in which the lower part of the body is formed of a glass cylinder 24, sothat the supply of materials in the compartments may be-readily noted. The glass cylinder is formed with the same internaldiameter as the metallic body and is provided at its upper and lower edges with beads '25'and 26, which are provided at intervals with notches 27. The body 2 is crimped over the bead 25 and a drop of japan of similar material placed in each notch which on hardening prevents a rotation of the glass with reference to the body. In this construction the bottom closing plate 28 is formed separately from'the base 6 and is held in place by arranging it between the glass cylinder and the base, and crimping the edge of the base The guard wires are spaced over the bead 26. The plate 28 is provided 2 with several small projections 29 corresponding to the notches in bead 26 and these projections engage in their respective notches and holdthe two parts against relative rotation.

I claim: 7 r

1. A salt andpepper shaker comprising a cylindrical body, fiat top and bottom closing plates permanently secured thereto, attortuously curved partition frictionally engaging the sides of the body and dividing the body into two compartments of unequal size,

a hollow base secured to said body 'andelevating saidbottom closing plate, said body being provided adjacent the top with diametrically disposed apertures of unequal size, the larger aperture re istering with substantially the larger compartment, an hemispherical protuberances permanently secured to said body and covering said apertures, said protuberances being provided at the upper portions only with discharge perforations. V 1 2. A salt and pepper shaker comprising a into two compartmentsya discharge portion for each compartment arranged on the duotile cylinder, and filling means for each compartment.

3. A saltand pepper shaker comprisinga 7 body, a partition dividing said body into two compartments, said body being provided with two outlets communicating respectively with'said compartments,'a crusher adapted to crush the material in the outlet of one of from said compartment-throughsaid outlet and means for holdingsaid crusher stationary as the material is shaken from the other compartment through its outlet.

said compartments as the material isshaken 4 4. A salt and pepper shaker comprising a 5 body, a partition dividing said body into two compartments, an outlet in one of said compartments, an aperture in the other compartment, a perforated discharge protuber- I ance fitting in said aperture, a flange and a bead on said protuberance engaging the edge of said aperture-and holding said pr0tuber ance in position on the body, a wire guard seated in said bead within said protuberance,

and a ball confined by said guard within said protuberance adapted to crush the material. as it is shaken through said protuberance from the compartment with which said protuberance communicates, said guardber,

ing provided with two inwardly projecting portionsbetween which said ball is adapted to be held against movement, while the material in the compartment with which the said outlet communicates is shaken through said outlet.

5. A device of the character disclosed comprising a base, a receptacle body mounted upon said base, a bottom receptacle wall, a partition resting upon said bottom receptacle wall and extending longitudinally of said receptacle body, said partition being greater in width than the diameter of said receptacle body, said partition being bowed to reduce its direct transverse dimension so that it may fit within said receptacle body with its side edges engaging the receptacle body wall under tension, a top receptacle wall resting upon the upper edge of said partition, a cap, said cap engaging said top wall, said can and top wall being crimped to the top of said receptacle body so as to draw said wall tightly against the upper edge of said partition, said receptacle being provided with an outlet'in its upper portion at each side of said partition.

6. A device of the character disclosed comprising a receptacle closed at both ends by top and bottom walls, a partition extending longitudinally within said receptacle with its ends engaging said top and bottom walls, said partition being bowed transversely so that its side edges engage under tension the side walls of said receptacle, said receptacle being provided with an outlet at each side of said partition.

7. A device of the character disclosed comprising a receptacle closed at both ends by top and bottom walls, a partition extending longitudinally within said receptacle with its ends engaging said top and bottom walls,

said partition being bowed transversely so that its side edges engage under tension the side walls, the side edges of said partition being curved so as to adapt themselves readily to the side walls of the receptacle and form a tight joint between the partition and the receptacle side walls, said receptacle being provided with an outlet at each side of said partition.

8. In a device of the character described a receptacle divided into two compartments, a protruding wall in each compartment opposite the protruding wall in the other compartment, each of said protruding walls provided with perforations, a ball in one of said protruding walls adapted to crush the contents thereof when said protruding wall is turned downward and the receptacle is shaken, and means for holding the ball against movement when the opposite protruding wall is turned downward and the contents thereof shaken out through the perforations therein.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, Cal, this 16th day of August 1912.

H. G. Pnosr, M. LE GoNrn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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